WWE's Chris Jericho talks about just how bad it was at WCW near the end of the Turner-owned era.
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@sumbitch3rdgen10 жыл бұрын
whenever I see a FedEx car driving on the street I just think to myself that it's delivering an empty box to Chris Jericho
@TacomaStreetcarDisaster10 жыл бұрын
And when he opens it to discover it's empty, he shakes his fist at the sky and screams, "BIIIISCHOOOOOOFFFFFFF!"
@321gogamer7 жыл бұрын
lestachette
@comradecarabao9122 Жыл бұрын
Well, he is one of the world's only collectors (however inadvertently) of empty FedEx boxes.
@MrDaruis10 жыл бұрын
That fed ex package contained Chris Jericho's push. LOL
@piro435110 жыл бұрын
LMAO!!!
@FerretJohn9 жыл бұрын
***** The WWF Lt Heavyweight division, led by Taka Michinoku, was a mid-card joke, it was never given the respect WCW gave their Cruiserweight division. Russo himself never booked a single match, he was writer writing overall stories, indeed many people have said Russo's view was that pro wrestling shows would be successful if they removed as much of the wrestling matches as possible, and he had Vince McMahon over his shoulder looking through Russo's work going "Okay, we'll throw out these 20 ideas and run this one. In WCW Russo didn't have McMahon or anyone else filtering out the bad ideas. Now I won't blame Russo for WCWs fall, that was plain to see well before he got there, but he did relegate the cruiserweights to mid-card jobbers, stripped all the luchadores of their masks, and had them compete in a Pinata on a Pole match.
@disposable_hero17255 жыл бұрын
Kevin Nash tore his quad mailing the Fed EX
@dustybarton63853 жыл бұрын
Yeah he kind of sounds ungrateful when talking about WCW
@juicer678 жыл бұрын
Chris got out of WCW at just the right time. Smart man.
@SandmanFightingSys6 жыл бұрын
juicer67 he was possibly one of very FEW WWE helped put over after the acquisition of WCW. For the most part WWE made a laughing stock out of WCW transfers instead of helping them grow their careers. Prime example, Goldberg. Involved in possibly the most boring storylines ever concocted and booked in some of the dumbest and shittiest matches ever to be televised in the history of wrestling.
@gezzarandom6 жыл бұрын
Him and Big Show made the right move.
@thesupervisor32705 жыл бұрын
WWE didn't treat him no better. Him and HHH had major heat so they held him down a lot
@skinnypippen95805 жыл бұрын
@@thesupervisor3270 TRUTH!
@surferguy19744 жыл бұрын
@@thesupervisor3270 True! My friend and I were just talking about that, they somewhat pushed him into a Main Eventer and treated him better than what WCW ever did but i felt he was being held back because of HHH and Stephanie!
@BradleyVolk310 жыл бұрын
That's actually creepy, the FedEx thing. I'll bet he's proud he became a WWE guy before he had no choice. Smart guy.
@jaepoxz2 жыл бұрын
I bet he tore that box apart wondering if he’s missing something
@NathanArnoldCharging11 жыл бұрын
I doubt that, Chris. I'll bet Bischoff, Hall, & Nash each took turns planting air-biscuts into that package before they sent it, giggling all the way to the FedEX office in Atlanta.
@madmanszalinski10 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure Hulk Hogan ate all the opportunity before it got mailed out.
@InvisibleHotdog14 жыл бұрын
Actually, Jericho was well known even when he was working in Canada, Mexico and Japan, he was well known. So, no, WCW didn't make him. Jericho made himself. He went to ECW and still wrestled in the other promotions, that's how WCW found him! He was used well because he was amazingly talented, both with the stick, in the ring and entirely as a worker!
@SRPC2110 жыл бұрын
Poor management but near the *very* end it was actually a great product (shortly before Russo was fired). It was too little too late though :(
@thesupervisor32706 жыл бұрын
I have been saying this for years. The last few months was decent. Right after Russo left and Kevin Sullivan started back booking.
@exe25173 жыл бұрын
@@thesupervisor3270 Johnny Ace was the head booker during that period
@TheNewEmphinix9 жыл бұрын
The Finger Poke of Doom fucked it all up.
@jpogrady8812 жыл бұрын
Love Jericho.. I remember his gimmicks in WCW were just hilarious with the 'man of 1004 holds' or his greenberg angle.. then he went to WWE and was finally taken seriously.. he was never "the man" on Raw like The Rock, Stone Cold, HBK. or even HHH but he was a great character who always delivered awesome matches... great technical wrestler.
@chadanderson573610 жыл бұрын
In my opinion the last two years of WCW was very bad 1999-2001 and it all started when Bill Goldberg lost his winning his streak to Kevin Nash at the end of 1998, and it really pissed me of when Kevin Nash lost the WCW World Heavywight title on purpose to Hulk Hogan and a very new Wolf-pack was formed NWO black and white members started to combine with the wolfpack and they all started to gang up and attack Bill Goldberg after he got arrested and came back to the arena from the police station. The best WCW moments were when Kevin Nash was the leader of the NWO wolfpack and on his team were Sting, Lex Luger, Randy Savage and Konan competing aganst Hulk hogan NWO black and white with Scott Hall and watching Bill Goldberg wrestle when he was on a very big winning streak and of course watching the Nitro Girls dance I miss those WCW days.
@shindean10 жыл бұрын
I specifically remember cutting WCW out of my life when a buddy of mine told me who finally beat Goldberg's streak. Was it over a spectacular finish with a great performer? Was it "Wrestlemania moment" comparable? Was it a grueling battle to the point of exhaustion where the ending was acceptable like Bret and HBK Ironman? Nope, cattle prod. Goldberg, who is already a performer, had to double fake getting hurt by a fake cattle prod, and then lay down like jobber. This was the last shit that WCW was ever going to throw at me.
@BizzyIzzy879 жыл бұрын
It all started when Goldberg arrived in general. Worst character in pro wrestling.
@BizzyIzzy879 жыл бұрын
shindean Goldberg is what ruined WCW. A non charismatic 1 min wrestler who was more super human than Cena.
@shindean9 жыл бұрын
BizzyIzzy87 Nope, because Goldberg could still wrestle. I understand charisma goes a long way in the industry, but the only time I've forced myself to watch a Cena match without going to sleep is when I went to Wrestlemania here in Miami and watched him lose. RVD had more time to show off his charisma in ECW, but he was such a fan favorite through his wrestling that he was eventually the world champ in WWE. WCW ruined everyone, the smart ones jumped ship and got their titles shots fairly soon.
@MrDeadsr9 жыл бұрын
BizzyIzzy87 Nah it wasnt him. it was the WCW not developing him properly. They saw him as an easy way to pull crowds and after he started having succes they never bothered to give him depth or let him fight longer matches. WCW was happy with him doing his 2min matches.
@AnEternalEnigma12 жыл бұрын
I also remember the story of Jericho's girlfriend at the time buying a $20 Jericho/Malenko two-pack of action figures. She got the receipt and it rang up as a Hogan/Sting two-pack, so they ended up getting the royalties for it. I also remember the story where Jericho said he got a royalties check from WCW for $0.15.
@SavageTilley11 жыл бұрын
I miss my WCW
@useful7611 жыл бұрын
WCW was a lot like an aging professional sports team. They signed all these big free agents and it carried them for a few seasons. However, once they all got paid and were way past their prime, it all went down hill fast. They never had a rebuilding year so they just folded.
@thomasedward20468 жыл бұрын
Not knowing what segment your in before the show starts? Sounds like WWE today.
@FerretJohn8 жыл бұрын
+2 Flash Not at all, WWE management is a well-oiled machine. You may not like what comes out but they do know what they're doing
@thomasedward20468 жыл бұрын
FerretJohn They're always writing shows day of, changing match results at the eleventh hour, overscripting, and micromanaging everything to death. I would never want to work in an environment like that. Plus, you hear multiple guys talking about how everything gets changed so often the day they're setting up the shows.
@FerretJohn8 жыл бұрын
+2 Flash Well it is somewhat organic in production, yes, all shows with live audiences are. If the audience isn't feeling the story or the wrestler gets hurt or can't make the show then the writers have to adapt. But WWE is nowhere near as chaotic as WCW was
@thomasedward20468 жыл бұрын
FerretJohn There is like 20 some writers who have never wrote wrestling in their lives. They need wrestling people writing the shows. That's why you got the product you got now. There are various other reasons for that, but would you rather have a Vince Russo (yep, I said it), Jim Cornette, or Paul Heyman (writing SmackDown back then) writing or these guys who have TV, basketball,reality writing, or guys who have never been in a real fight in their life (direct quote from CM Punk)?
@infernofireboy68618 жыл бұрын
+FerretJohn exactly u always hear wwe is professional in what they do
@sleazyfellow Жыл бұрын
As bad as it was for him personally, I find his WCW work to be the best in his career, and best promos as well.
@dexenationgracey197912 жыл бұрын
WCW was worth watching until '98
@n0gginb0nker8713 жыл бұрын
I remember when Giant (big show) helped him. I swear he had an aggravated look on his face as he was running to the ring. He literally rolled his eyes.
@Richie4607111 жыл бұрын
I'll give you me reasons. 1. Hogan, Hall, Savage, Nash all went to WCW for money and egos and to put WWF/E out of business. 2. Eric Bischoff, his inability to create new stars and relying on Flair and Hogan too long. Benoit, Jericho, Guerrero, Rey, Big Show, those were the guys that should have gotten the push they should have deserved. 3. Ted Turner, the Time Warner/AOL merger forced him out of WCW. 4. Bad booking decisions. Russo...Arquette WCW champion? WTF.
@skinnypippen95805 жыл бұрын
The Giant in WCW got his push along with Benoit, Booker T. , Goldberg!
@kai0shin14 жыл бұрын
Chris Jericho needs to have a daily blog.... he can talk about current events, past..etc etc doesn't matter
@kuunami12 жыл бұрын
It makes me sad to remember the days when WCW was really good. At one point in the 90s I liked WCW way more than WWF.
@smilerboyboy13 жыл бұрын
I would LOVE to spend a night on the drink with Chris Jericho! He just seems like he would have stories to tell that would entertain all night!
@peterp2112 жыл бұрын
He mentions in one of his other videos another humorous story on WCW's dysfunctionality regarding receiving a royalty check (no doubt shipped for $50 via FedEx) for $0.00.
@ninjajesus8113 жыл бұрын
What probably happened with the FedEx thing is the box probably came open, the contents came out and were separated from the box, and then the box sealed up and shipped without the contents.
@pittland449 жыл бұрын
From everything I've heard WCW did all kinds of crazy crap like that.
@noahhossman707010 жыл бұрын
when ever I watch ajericho interview he always says something intelligent
@MrDivalover112 жыл бұрын
i remember watching jericho bacj in old ecw in 1996 when he was ecw tv champion. took on francise shane douglas, scorpio, pitbull2 in ecw tv title in 1996. good match. following his career for 16 yrs. ecw, wcw, and wwf/wwe jericho was mid carder in ecw and wcw. then came wwf/wwe in 1999. then became star. in wwe he won ic title 10 times, first ever undiispted champion, wcw champion, won world title 3 times. if u count all his world titles in wwe. he is 6 time world heavyweight champion.
@MossB8710 жыл бұрын
I just watched that match. It was as random as Jericho described. Even Schiavone, Heenan and Zbyszko were completely confused as to why Show was out there.
@GrassValleyGreg11 жыл бұрын
I agree, I was not a big WCW fan- but their cruiserweight action was unparalleled.
@CRCamp8612 жыл бұрын
The FedEx package was a symbolic gesture of his future in WCW...
@enuvune13 жыл бұрын
talent was in that box, jericho. TALENT.
@joshcannon2311 жыл бұрын
people don't really understand what happened to WCW. Ted Turner is a billionaire. WCW went under when Turner combined with AOL. AOL were not fans if pro wrestling. So Turner had to make a business decision. It wasn't because they didn't have monry, AOL is the reason why WCW was sold to Vince. I liked both when I was younger. But that is what happened to WCW. Turner had plenty cash to keep them going. but he had to risk missing out on billions more on a deal with AOL.
@jtomally968111 жыл бұрын
Truly, Jericho had received a paycheck (still working for WCW under Eric Bischoff) that was $0.00. That was when Jericho was getting deeper into his prime and Eric Bischoff played him like a dog. So Jericho went to WWF/WWE.
@chadanderson57366 жыл бұрын
WCW started to get bad right after Kevin Nash ended Goldberg winning Streak and back when WWE was called WWF TV rating started to higher and made WCW go out of business.
@Thrashtodeth11 жыл бұрын
I think it funny people talk shit about WCW, but WCW 1996-2000 was better than WWE's past 4 years.
@johnlewisbrooks11 жыл бұрын
I'd say basically WCW had so many problems it was like a plane catching on fire and slowly burning until it inevitably crashed. The stories were boring, the matches became uninspired, the wrestlers sometimes didn't seem to know what was going on (Jericho up there validating my point) and apparently a LOT of ego in the background. It was basically a collection of piss-poor choices leading to the downfall of a once leading company! I still get upset over it when I think about it.
@CAWGregoryBlack12 жыл бұрын
WOW! They had no idea what was going to happen in their matches? Holy shit...Imagine how easy it'd be to get a match against a champion and with no finish, you just say "I'm going over" and you'd win the title? Damn....Someone with the smarts could've been WCW Grand Slam Champion many times over.
@DarkReapersGrim12 жыл бұрын
Jericho is one of those good guys in real life. I think a lot of Canadians are like that, as opposed to Americans who would tell you to "fuck off," even when you helped make their careers.
@captainthrall11 жыл бұрын
this guy is worth 15 million dollars. pretty awesome
@OverLordRiper11 жыл бұрын
Yea,i'm just really fed up with the ''harcore'' MMA fans spamming wrestling videos with their bullshit.I guess they feel insecure because wrestling is a bigger industry,but that doesn't give them the right to take away from professional athletes who sacrifice their bodies and shorten their lives to give us a performance so entertaining MMA won't come close to it in a million years.Especially since with all the rules you can hardly call it a real fight.More real then wrestling,but still.
@LTglenn9112 жыл бұрын
he is one of the best people for wrestling ever, he was never greedy, he put younger wrestlers over, only held like 3-4 world titles dropped to mid card and tag to once again put people over, always had great gimmicks and kept himself fresh
@joelsttn12 жыл бұрын
@Batistaberg Yes on Schiavone's comment, but the fingerpoke was delivered by Hogan to Kevin Nash, allowing him to pin Nash, win the belt and reform the NWO. The Hogan/Jarrett incident was at Bash At The Beach 2000 when Jarrett lay down on the mat to allow Hogan to pin him, while Vince Russo was at ringside.
@PYLrulz198411 жыл бұрын
And the thing was, until Ted Turner sold, it had the money backing to fix that up. If AOL/Time Warner never buys Ted Turner's empire, Ted Turner eats his losses, and you'd figure WCW would have a few lean years before hopping back on the horse, and giving the WWF/E a challenge again.
@RedFlagCoalition11 жыл бұрын
And WCW was too old school to be in touch with the new fanbase that the Monday night wars culture was breeding. The Attitude era was what helped shape that dynamic from what was then the carnival circus and superhero stageplay. WCW was def. mainstream but in the end they forgot how to tell actual stories and didn't focus on quality wrestling. Just throwing money at the product is what literally killed it
@Antrizzle200914 жыл бұрын
The thing with the Big Show, when I say he's dropped the ball, he gets fat and lazy and chooses not to keep in shape. Every time they gave him the belt this is what happened. Plus the sad fact is, the fans just don't respond to him like when he first came around. It's like they've been de-sensitized with his size and all. Honestly at this point who can he even have an effective match with? I think his role right now with the Miz is good for him and it keeps him relevant.
@assemblyguy12 жыл бұрын
@kuunami When WWF became WWE, there was a switch in the way the product would be sold to the audience, and it worked.
@bullred94988 жыл бұрын
WCW from 96-98 and WWF from 96-98/99ish was the best
@mariocarmona60927 жыл бұрын
wwf was good up to 2001watch the 2000's raw they were really good
@RobTheBernardinosaur13 жыл бұрын
WCW had much conflict in the back as WWE does. They are both a business and the when a business is trying too hard shit happens.
@ehealthy22213 жыл бұрын
I assume he's talking about the end of his tenure in WCW, not the end of WCW's existence.
@Din0might711 жыл бұрын
I like all the guys that you mentioned on WCW for different reasons. But Malenko never even got close to the same level of push in WWF as he had in WCW. He went from the Iceman Dean Malenko, the man of a 1000 holds, member of the 4 horsemen, US champ, Tag champ, Cruiserweight champ. To James Bond wannabe try to score with Lita and looking stupid in the process. Guerrero and Benoit couldn't handle the spot light. Good workers but the way they left WCW was better then how they left WWE/F.
@g00dguyforyou12 жыл бұрын
i was never into wwf at the time all i would watch is wcw eating chocolate chip cookies. miss those days
@NeonLambFilms15 жыл бұрын
Chris Jericho was smart to move to the WWE at the time along with Rey mysterio,Eddie Gurrereo,Chris Benoit,Big Show etc..and look at how far it got all of those names in the buisness today!!!
@JustinNichols7911 жыл бұрын
I like Jericho, he makes me laugh to this day, I live the creative ways he makes fun of Fan-Danny-Bonaduce. I honestly believe that WCW was that bad, just like he said, and the fed ex package thing, seems like there style, afer all they were stupid enough to fire Austin, and look what happened there.
@whitty98200012 жыл бұрын
Russo wasn't around when Jericho was in WCW. It would have nothing to do in relation to the creative process, it was suppose to be Jerichos pay in the Fedex package.
@fatmanfiftythousand13 жыл бұрын
@danteras23 And WCW continually dropped the ball with him. They didn't give him the opportunity to go, he jumped ship as soon as his contract expired.
@jago10712 жыл бұрын
Perhaps it was symbolism, the empty FedEx package. Maybe it was Russo or someone else on the booking/writing team just telling Chris "we got nothing for ya."
@MrMetalJesus12 жыл бұрын
Jericho is a cool guy, but to be honest, he never really seemed like...he was on that main event level to me, even after all these years in the WWF/WWE. I never really believed he was going to come out on top in his feuds with characters like The Rock or Hunter, though it probably would've been nice. And some wanted him to face The Undertaker at Wrestlemania? Would anyone think that he really had a chance to end the streak?
@21centurynostradamus12 жыл бұрын
sounds like the WWE today haha . 3 hours and segments thrown together .
@RinTetsuki11 жыл бұрын
Exactly. It's stupid to even bring it up. I mean, I admit that when I was like 12 I was a little disappointed to find out it was scripted but it didn't change most of how I felt about it.
@therrydicule12 жыл бұрын
@assemblyguy "Bad storyline, repetitive feud" - I agree, and I don't understand how it happen. Story lines are like soap opera, so they just need to go to a university, find these graduates with an english major, find the ones that like wrestling (may want to give free posters) and test them with a few ideas of story lines, then just sign 2 or 3. It will cost a lot less than paying half a million a years to Russo and the story lines will be better.
@TheIrishEnigma12 жыл бұрын
Chris Jericho switched to the WWF in 1999, David Arquette didn't win the belt until a year later.
@mr10tomidnight12 жыл бұрын
He was there when WCW made their most stupid critical fatal blunders.FingerPoke of Doom,Having a non wrestler win the WCW belt,putting Jay Leno into the main event PPV matches,always making Chris Benoit,Eddie Guerro,wear cruiserweight belts and not WCW heavyweight belts while Having Hulk Hogan always hog the belt when he rarely defended the belt and HE ALWAYS WOULD LOSE HIS MATCHES CLEANLY ON PPV WHEN THE TITLE WASN'T ON THE LINE for starters!!!
@comradecarabao9122 Жыл бұрын
I miss WCW so much that even an empty FedEx box from WCW would be a pleasant surprise; you know, at least until it hit me that it would almost certainly have to be from WWE now, which would make it a barf box for me. 🤮
@Improblynaked11 жыл бұрын
PG era is a slap in the face to what the WWE use to be.
@DTM458111 жыл бұрын
Way too simplistic to say all creative decisions were influenced only by poor booking, politics, fear, contracts & treachery all assisted in WCW losing it's way toward the end. Scott Steiner was one of the best heels around in his day & deserved to hold the belt. Its too easy to trash him because he went OTT on the gear but he aint the only sted head who has graced the squared circle.
@Dragonball4eva14 жыл бұрын
Well, without ECW and WCW, we wouldn't have had Chris in the WWE
@CyranoDeCorveau13 жыл бұрын
Although there is no doubt that WCW was a mess in the end, all this retroperspektive on a WWE DVD can also be taken serious to a certain extend. I mean, we hear all this from guys that were employed by the WWE at the time this DVD was made. You have to keep that in mind. I'm not saying stuff like the FedEx thing is made up - but you have to keep in mind that these guys were doing a DVD FOR the WWE, not for fair journalism or anything like this.
@Rpatricklee14 жыл бұрын
Big show being in a tag team is good for him because he can not wrestle like he use to. He use to have speed and he had moves. Now he depends on just his size being enough to beat somebody.
@Kingofjune9011 жыл бұрын
wwe focused on young talent such as the rock,edge,the hardy boys,edge and christian,while wcw focused on scott hall,hulk hogan,bret hart,kevin,nash,randy savage
@donn40912 жыл бұрын
@assemblyguy Ted Turner stepped down before Time/Warner decided to sell WCW, so Turner had nothing to do with the sale of the company. McMahon wouldn't buy a company that wasn't profitable and bankrupt. That isn't his style. The only thing he did was retire the name of the company and put the WWE brand on it. That's why we have both Raw and Smackdown champions.
@joelsttn12 жыл бұрын
@warriorsANDwrestling The Fingerpoke of Doom incident. The night of a main event with THAT fingerpoke and a sarcastic comment from Tony Schiavone (directed to him by Eric Bischoff) that lost them the night's ratings battle to WWE. It's all on wikipedia.
@StarryStarryNocturne11 жыл бұрын
NWO copied an identical movement in New Japan. WWE copied ECW's extreme wrestling style and scantily clad women.
@skinnypippen95805 жыл бұрын
Stone Cold was basically Sandman in ECW without the blasphemy!
@madbrowniac78715 жыл бұрын
And ECW copied the crap out of NWA towns with a wide open Streetfight Wrestling style like Memphis, Birmingham, New Orleans, and Houston. No shame in that really. Everyone is influenced by someone. Just understand that ECW is no different. For instance Jerry Lawler piledrove valets before edgy ECW dreamed it up. Not the coolest thing admittedly.🙄🤔B.W.
@American-Zero11 жыл бұрын
Well he does speak about how mistreated he was near the end of his run. If anything its his aborted feud with Goldberg where he wanted to build up a streak v.s streak with him but Goldberg balked saying Jericho isn't a big enough star. Not to mention washed up old relics like Hogan and Nash getting all the airtime while guys like Jericho, Benoit, Malenko, Guerrero and others are regarded as Vanilla Midgets. He never had the chance to be a Main Eventer because Bischoff didn't give it to him.
@tazzman56011 жыл бұрын
Nash actually booked that ending
@kob45613 жыл бұрын
I don't even know how Jericho can speak on WCW near the end. Jericho wasn't even their during the Russo years which was the Mayhem/sinking ship era from late 99-2001.
@CeeCee355 Жыл бұрын
Big Brown FedEx box...Do you know what happens when you show up to my house empty??...huh??...you know what happens...You just made the LIST!!!
@WolfkinNorthclaw11 жыл бұрын
I can see how it may be boring but i personally enjoy it, even if I am not that good of a player my self.
@Davidhgi12 жыл бұрын
At the very end, WCW, on air, was pretty decent with them pushing younger guys. That last Nitro the week before the McMahons took over was actually very good.
@jimbowlan5804 Жыл бұрын
It’s beating wwe and aew in ratings today
@assemblyguy12 жыл бұрын
@therrydicule YEs indeed. TNA does have minimal talents. Let me clarify. Those that do have skills on mic and in ring are usually at the top, however there are plenty who are used incorrectly - bad storyline, repetitive feuds etc.. what is needed almost as much as the talent, are the writers who can take one or more performers and make them stand out.
@liquidsnake68792 жыл бұрын
I wish he'd kept the box lol that's Wrestling Memorabilia right there, you could put that in a museum lol
@TrabNCrash12 жыл бұрын
This...This was one hell of a fight.
@riy1012 жыл бұрын
1. Not angry 2. Never got pwned
@GrassValleyGreg11 жыл бұрын
Yea, I never did 'get' Goldberg, but I was always a WWF guy.
@kob45613 жыл бұрын
@xRazorFistx Quit nitpicking. When I say Russo years, I'm not referring to the length of his stay as years. I'm saying Russo was there in certain years when the product was noticeably deteriorating.
@GrimeBot-io7ho3 жыл бұрын
He got a FedEx with nothing in it? I once opened a fortune cookie with no fortune inside, and now I'm dead.
@lalberts12 жыл бұрын
Of course the management was bad. Management is usually unbearable regardless of who runs it. But Jericho jumped the bandwagon years way before the end of WcW which is the only point I'm trying to make. And I made it.
@boldsign13 жыл бұрын
Doesn't surprise me how WCW did things backstage.
@Richie4607111 жыл бұрын
5. Ratings. WCW was more worried what happened on Monday night Nitro or Raw than any other time during the Monday Night War. 6. Starrcade 1997 and Fingerpoke of Doom. Without a doubt the biggest long term disasters in WCW history. 7. Tony Schiavone. If he had kept his mouth shut no one would have seen or cared that Mick Foley won the WWF title. There are my reasons enjoy it.
@Ghouse66611 жыл бұрын
The empty package meant they had nothing for Jericho and didn't know how to use him WCW.
@nateomatic12312 жыл бұрын
yeah my bad as well. didnt really clarify what i meant but yeah i meant 2002
@maxdecphoenix13 жыл бұрын
the empty package was a representation of bischoffs plans for jerichos' next 15 years in the wcw.
@assemblyguy12 жыл бұрын
@donn409 It wasn't about profitability initially, it is about control over an industry lacking leadership. McMahon may or may not be a fair man outside the ring, but he knows how to make deals to increase profit unless you talk about football failures. He will take over a financially incompetent organization as long as he sees there is something to gain by that move. WCW was such a move, it had the popularity but it also had venues which WWE could not access. Wait and see, TNA is next.
@slimtechn14 жыл бұрын
@RobVanDamkicksass No WCW didn't MAKE Chris Jericho but they certainly helped. There is no question Jericho, like many other WCW talents, was underutilized in favor of washed up veterans like Hogan, Hart, Flair and others. He was never given a chance to shine in WCW & he defiantly made the right call in jumping ship, however WCW does deserve a lot of credit. Yes he was well-known in other countries and yes he was in ECW, but WCW was without question his biggest break, until Vince called that is.
@mrhenryleopard11 жыл бұрын
"The FedEx with nothing in it". Surely Jericho could use that name as one of his 1004 holds.
@Szx1911 жыл бұрын
Ha, well idk about that but anyone could pretty much tell the end was near for them. but thank you darling, i'm a huge fan of your work : )
@thewilliamgregg13 жыл бұрын
@sgtraytango The last 6 months of WCW you never noticed all the top stars weren't around or the horrible matches they put on or the belts changing hands every hour sometimes.WCW sucked at the end and I watched it since I was a kid so I was sad to see it turn out the way it did.
@ilikepizza62511 жыл бұрын
its a shame cause wcw really had potencial with big names and great workers but the people running just didnt knew how to use them and/or to write decent storylines for them. Then they brought in Vince Russo like it couldnt get any worse, just watch "the fingerpoke of death" ..... he wrote it.....
@BaronTurco14 жыл бұрын
@kai0shin Junior McMahon would NEVER allow it, unless it was scripted for him, which would ruin it. I give you guys credit for still watching wwe and hope that it gets as good as it can, which it never will, because they lost their direction in 1987
@RedFlagCoalition11 жыл бұрын
Dude, if Monday Nitro won the war, Hulk Hogan at 63 would still be strumming that world heavyweight air guitar belt with now painted all over it to the dismay of now-middle aged and Gen X'ers and college grads who were teens in the attitude era wonderin' "When will he just die already!" If you want to see NWO live on and on well after everyone stopped caring and them not making new stars just pushing the same old flabby guys from wrestlings past. that just about sums it up right there
@TheConker77711 жыл бұрын
that is true i would pick WCW form 99 to 2001 over today's WWE