1,004 Ways WCW Blew It With Chris Jericho
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- Before he became Y2J, Le Champion, the Ocho, the Learning Tree, or about 100 other nicknames, learn how Chris Jericho became a breakout star in WCW!
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Way 1: Arm Drag
Way 2: Armbar
Way 3: Goldberg
Way 4: Going to WWE
Way 5: Canadian arm drag
Way 6: Moss-Covered Three-Handled Family Gradunza
" he can't afford a mask, that's why he's using paint" murdered me
@@PontFlairWho are you to doubt El Dandy?
Same lol
When I was in high school, my friends and i did a WCW parody video at a local park. We did a gag where I was Chris Jericho, defending the TV title against Eddy Guerrero. In the middle of the match, we cut to commercial, so we could have our Tony Schiavone do his "If the match ends during the break, the tape machines are rolling!!" bit.
Of course, the punchline is that the match *does* end during the break, with Eddy winning, and the tape machines *weren't* rolling, because the "tape machine guy has the day off." I, as Jericho, immediately throw a fit and summon JJ Dillon, to whom I explain that "page 237 of the WCW rulebook" says the TV title can only be defended on TV, and since it was during commercial and not taped it wasn't televised and not legal. JJ is forced to return the belt to Jericho.
I am still proud of this joke, not because it's funny but because I think it could have actually worked as a real angle.
This is amazing. 10/10 booking.
“Sir you can’t be here. You don’t have clearance “
“…but I’m Chris Jericho”
Comedy gold😂
It's the look on his face when he says it. Like he actually can't believe what he's hearing.
@@chrissalem3747 absolute cinema
It's true, and the way he does it too, so quietly, like factually. And the bloody guard guy's reaction, so underrated.
I love how Jericho's reaction implies that he never even considered the possibility that he would get turned away.
@@Kaltagstar96 cracks me up every time
"Oh my God he's gonna storm the cap..." Took me out omg 😂
My now-late mother would often sit in with us and watch whatever antics Stone Cold was up to over in WWF, but had no interest in WCW when we had it on. The only exception was when Jericho was doing the Washington skits; those, she found hilarious with zero context of the rest of the show.
2:10
"There is no such thing as a botch, you mark" - Chris Jericho, probably
im pretty sure he said something similar to that in a cvv interview once
I was a Jericholic in 1998. Walking to the ring with Ralfus to his Even Flow knock off theme while trying to win by technicality.
Same 😂
Back when he was billed from Calgary...Alberta Canada
I loved that theme
Still have my Jericholic shirt
@@PontFlair The first theme sounded like The Boys of Summer by Don Henley.
"the man of 1004 holds" is still one of my favorite promos from anyone. In my top five.
The Capitol line had me marking out. Bravo, Mr. ZANE.
A Goldberg-Jericho feud was perhaps the biggest missed opportunity for WCW booking.
Blame the bald asshole for that
Bischoff is a fool
@@PontFlair Bischoff stole an idea from New Japan and nothing more
@@PontFlair He got lucky
@PontFlair you can see his name, you know. Chris benoit is a major part of wrestling history, his work will not go away.
Jericho dislocated my elbow at a house show in 1998 when he made his entrance. He smacked my hand so hard it bent my arm in half on the guard rail. I went to the hospital after the house show after that Stella DDP vs Disciple main event 😂😂😂
😮
Zane getting moist over Juvi was hilarious.
Lol pretty boy juvi
@@cappy2282 Better looking than Rey unmasked.
He is the juice
Right?!
@@Cheyenne_Hayden His looks were a big joke with wrestling fans back when he first took off his mask. Everyone just wondered why he ever wore it and nobody expected him to look like that
In Nick Patrick’s defense, his dad was Jody Hamilton, and Nick did train to wrestle, but suffered a bad leg injury and transitioned into a referee
THE PATRICK FLOP
Now I'm imagining if Patrick was a wrestler, the bumps he would take could have made Mr Perfect look subdued (not a knock on Henning, either).
The Assassin
Dean Malenko, Jericho, Kidman, Saturn, Juventud, and Eddie were the main reasons I watched wrestling as a kid. The cruiserweight division was the only thing keeping me from switching to WWF honestly until Jericho showed up lol
Hold on now. Sting beefing with the NWO was major
That was pretty normal across the board...Sure everyone was wearing NWO shirts but when it came to the quality of matches and storylines the WCW was far superior to the WWF when it came to the undercard and WWF was far superior to WCW when it came to the main events
@@reeseangle9621 yeah but that happened so little that it was hard to get invested in it. I liked the storyline when it was actually showcased though.
“You know I’m starting to think WCW went out of business on purpose.”
Well that’s one way of putting it. So much backstage politics and bs in a nutshell.
If only Dave Meltzer would purposely put the Wrestling Observer out of business, maybe we could recommend Kevin Dunn, Ed Ferrera, and Vince Russo to help Uncle Dave out.
@@roccojamison89gooker51Amen
Also, 69th like
Great vid.
Been a fan of Christopher Jerichovich since 1995.
Do another of my 1995 favorites next- Lexington Lugarious.
The Lexington Expressiton
@@claymathewselevator8121 'The Lexercissist' Lark Lexington Lugarious
Mr Perfect accidentally exposed part of his real name at the greatest WrestleMania of all-time.
"The Pearl Jammiest song you ever did hear without it actually being them."
So....every post-grunge band ever?
Yeahhhh… NO
ARMBAR!!! Also, I find it amusing that Jericho included the Moss-Covered Three-Handled Family Gradunza as a simple Dr. Seuss reference, only for Perry Saturn to then later go "You know what? I'm going to name my finisher that!", resulting in WWF announcers like Jim Ross & Michael Cole having to actually make calls with the entire name when Saturn hit it.
@@PontFlair I think some, like JR, used that as shorthand, because they knew how ridiculous the full name was. I think only Michael Cole ever said the full name on commentary.
Everybody loves the Chris Jericho. He is a terrific athlete.
That Chris Jericho guy is a fine athlete. Maybe he should go and be All Elite.
Ohhh, H*R.
Scott Hall was the only member of The Kliq that understood that if you make other people look good, more people will watch and make you a lot more money.
Hall gave a career to X-Pac and didn't get adversely affected by it
Scott always sold to up and coming talent. Always liked him.
All I can think of is Goldberg not willing to work with Jericho even when Jericho offered to be a squash match because he was so full himself and didn’t think Jericho was on his level. I’m glad Jericho beat him up for real and humbled him when get to WWE in 03
"My Loverboy tape is missing as well" just about killed me back then. He was so refreshing because he was a modern heel making pop culture references and lines that were too funny to not laugh at.
Ron Mysterio lmao. 1998 Chris Jericho was gold
"It's like debuting for the WWF and your first rivalry is with Jerry Lawler"
Orange Guy: SHUT UP, COLE!
Mark Henry's first feud was against Jerry Lawler in '96
Could be worse. You could debut at Wrestlemania in a feud is with Jerry Lawler.
@@JACSLuvsNachos Or Fandango
His actual WWF debut wasn't much better. He had that promo where he interrupts the Rock, then his first is match against Road Dogg.
@@JACSLuvsNachos Brian Zane: Jerry King!, Jerry the Lawler!
Ripping off Goldbergs entrance was legendary
It was also an homage to the movie This Is Spinal Tap.
Ralphus
@@hawk494edward Funny movie! Also, that scene in the movie was based on something that actually happened to KISS! They ended up on the wrong stage!
Jericho talking about how unbearable the Super Liger attire was to wear just makes the fact that Jushin Liger seemed incapable of having a bad match seem all the more impressive. Also it's ironic that Dean Malenko was described as having "the personality of unbuttered toast" when, as the interview with RJ City for Hey Ew showed, Dean's a funny bugger.
I think Jericho mentioned more than once in his books that Malenko is hilarious
@@GeovaneSanciniSR Which is all the more reason as to why it's incredible that Malenko on TV was so stone faced that you could have put him on Easter Island.
@@Kaltagstar96 Now that i think about it, Big E almost got the same thing : the dude has some amazing facial expressions and is funny as sh*t but they debuted him as a stone cold big muscle dude.
You should do career retrospective of Yokozuna in WWE. He was a good worker before his weight issue
@@PontFlair YEAH!
Search for the video clip of Yoko playing basketball. A human being that big being that agile isn’t natural. 😮
10:53 was my favorite random tribute to another wrestler -- in his book he mentioned that he talked about his Loverboy tape as a tribute to Art Barr, who he had a conversation with one of the last afternoons of Art's life about "IS Loverboy a good band?" which ended with a resounding 'yes' and Art buying a headband to look like he belonged in Loverboy, or so the story goes.
With Jerichos current run in AEW it’s easy to forget how good he was at one point ..
From someone I used to tune into to see to someone who makes me change the channel these days ..
Its just sad seeing how far Jericho has fallen.
You either die a hero…or live long enough to become a villain.
I'll never forget when he called Juventud Guerrera a one hit wonder, just like Dexys Midnight Runners. ...and that, is how I learned the name of the band behind Come On Eileen. lol
The interview with a portrait of Dean Malenko was a favorite of mine.. ..the whole 'Conspiracy Victim' thing was gold.. 'Greenberg' was classic, and it's a damn shame it never reached its conclusion.
Loved WCW heel Jericho. He was a main reason I even watched once the nWo started to stagnate.
I have been a huge fan of Jericho's since his WCW days. In succeeding Halloweens I was Goldberg, Jericho, and Mankind. It was a great era for pro-wrestling.
In fairness, Brian, WCW blew it with a lot of cool ideas. Eric Bischoff is doing a FANTASTIC job of rehabilitating his image.
Was that sarcasm?
I actually mean this as a compliment, but Easy E is one of the best bullshit artists I’ve ever seen. There isn’t a verbal situation I’ve ever seen him get backed in a corner on. Sure, there are times when you know he’s lying more than a politician giving a reelection speech, but it’s delivered so well you let it slide.
@@ricardonb6375 No, Im dead serious. Well firstly, Eric did some amazing things and the industry owes him a lot. But he has alot of bad things to his name too (many of which have been featured on this channel), but if you watch Who killer WCW, dark side of the Ring, VKM doc, not to mention 83 weeks, you would come away thinking Eric was an absolute genius.
@@zlinedavid Agree. I think Bobby Heenan called him a fantastic used car salesman
@@neilefc877 And as usual, Bobby was right. And there are times and places where skills like that are useful.
chris Jericho's run in WCW was great especially his heel run lol that clip of road dogg saying mahi mahi when chris said it made me laugh so much great video brian 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Teddy Long managed Jericho... I see my wrestling history knowledge needs some work. Seriously though, Teddy has managed "ham-n-eggers" and hall-of-famers and knowing which was which would've been hard at the time.
Maybe best to say "Ham & Eggers" lmao. I read that shit fast and had to do a double take
Hahahaha
Buckle up Teddy
3:20 "Drinks poured on me."
Yeah, it wasn't drinks the audience was throwing at Chris in Mexico, it was another, much warmer and smellier liquid. As per his first book.
I love how he was impressed someone hated him so much they pissed in a cup and held it to throw at him 😂
TEQUILA!
The way he says Duncan when talking about Bobby Duncan Jr will forever be hilarious
Bobby Donuts!
I always found him amusing in a good way
Bobby Heenan’s quips always crack me up 😂
I would argue some of Chris' best moments were in WCW.
Jericho is like the Madonna of wrestling...he's reinvented himself so many times and many of them were S tier.
Every video is laughs on tap the jokes and history just blend so well such a magical channel
I always loved how Jericho would win and retain his cruiserweight title by numerous technicalities 😂 dude was gold
This is my all time favorite version of Jericho. From his entrance all the way to the cocky pin, he was hilarious, especially when he threw temper tantrums.
One of the best storylines in WCW was Jericho and Dean Malenko. Him spending MONTHS taunting and insulting Dean, unmasking wrestlers like Juventud, and just being a massive heel, only for Dean to come back in a Cruiserweight Royal Rumble in a MASSIVE surprise and beat the crap out of Jericho was the best.
FUCK i had no idea that Teddy Long was Jericho's manager
Your reaction to Juvi was pure Gold-en King. Also the thing that shall not be talked about was pretty hilarious.
Jericho is one of my favorites because of his WCW run.
18:43 - This was actually how Dusty Rhodes back in the day put over the TV title. Since WCW and Jim Crockett were on the Superstation, which for its time was considered revolutionary, that meant the television title was super important given how it was defended on TV and reached way more homes than a syndicated territory product.
11:22 he still looks like that today just more tatted in the body
This period is when I got back into wrestling. I’ll always love Jericho due to this period of time.
This guy was so good in wcw. A real memorable comedy act 😆
An idea for a similar video to this one, “How WCW blew it with Steve Austin”
That Capital joke!
Chef's kiss
He had his moments but it was clear that Jericho wasn't gonna go anywhere above the mid-card in WCW.
@@PontFlair Yeah, especially in 1998 where the WWF was regaining steam in Monday Night Wars, WCW needed to push new stars but they waited too late to do that.
@PontFlair as someone who didn't watch WCW when it was around but has read and watched about it, Bischoff could have used Thunder in 1998 & 1999 to give younger talent TV Time and to build them up.
Jericho's a 9/10 at everything, except reinvention 10/10. That makes him the GOAT
One of the coolest wrestlers ever! Chris is awesome!
He’s wrestled all around the world, wrestled EVERYONE, and wrestled over several eras!
WCW Monday Jericho
15:00 aged like milk in a car on a hot summer day
Kid: "You're a fine young athlete."
Jericho is 2 years older than Waltman
This is one of your best wrestler retrospective videos yet, Brian!!! I became a Jericholic in 2000, and didn’t know a ton about his WCW run outside of what he talked about in DVDs and such.
Y2j...the G.O.A.T❤
Awesome to see this, Brian! I started watching summer ‘96 WCW and I’m now just past Superbrawl ‘97, and I love Jericho’s theme there. How he lets the fans get on the camera when he does the barricade pose. They definitely blew it. He’s always been one of my favorites. Love his interviews and podcasts. Fozzy’s solid, too. 👏🏻
New wrestling with wregret video just in time for my lunch break? Don't mind if I do
Why does young Chris Jericho just look like Joey Janela 😂
I like your new outro format, chatting your way informally through the credits. It works really well for Secret Galaxy. I'm glad to see you adopting this as well.
Teddy as Jericho's Manager?
Huh, I learn something new every day about Jericho's career in WCW.
Chris Jericho in WCW is still his greatest work in my opinion.
Chris Jericho turning everything he hated Hulk Hogan and the movie The Wrestler😂
Excellent work as always, Brian. Jericho was my favorite WCW talent back then as he was one of the only guys on their roster who was a great entertaining promo and could back it up in the ring.
Conspiracy Theory era Jericho was GOATED 😂 I’d be crying laughing watching him week in/out! The Goldberg angle was gold but yeah, they had nothing for him otherwise.
Brian. U are a wrestling glossary. Thank you!
Chris Jericho debuted on my 2nd birthday. cool!
Chris Jericho is funny when he was in WCW. WWE he was very good. AEW he still got it.
That guy still wrestling to this day
STILL GOT IT??? LOLZOR
So sick of him in AEW
More like he used to still have it in AEW, then he’s been having less and less of it as he continued his run in AEW.
Thanks for video Brian ❤
0:21 One of the best up and coming technical wrestlers in this photo. On the left. That is none other than El Dandy.
Who are you to doubt El Dandy!
Serious professional, jam up guy, should have been Mexican Hulk, undoubted legend.
Finally, the video I have been dying to watch. I LOVED Jericho in WCW. His antics and Booker T wrestling is what hooked me when I was a kid.
Jericho has always been a favorite of mine.
Y2J
Imagine Chris Jerichos career nowadays if he hadn't joined WWE in the 2000's would he still be HoF worthy or would he be another Disco Inferno?
Jericho is literally one of THE best wrestlers of all time.
Man, I enjoy all of your content but these retrospectives and your classic reviews are my favorite. Can't wait to see what you do next. Great work as always. 👍👍👍
Jericho in '98 is one of the only reasons i got through that year
Excellent episode, Brian. Had some laughs and learned a lot.
Boy, it's rather ironic to see what happened to Jericho when he went to AEW....
*Hey guys!*
*The Learning tree!*
His first two years were really good tbh and they first year in particular was great. He just had an unchecked ego is creatively dry. He hasn’t had the benefit of going away to freshen his career the way he did in the latter part of his career in WWE.
@@thetribalist6923I can get on board with this. Dude is really creative and has done a lot for the business as a whole but I think Chris as a whole is at his best when he isn’t taken too seriously and is a smarmy heel. Like I love best friend Chris Jericho, with people making the list and reminds me of the fun trope of weird heel pairings becoming best friends.
@@thewriter8762 that’s a good point although arguably his best work was as the ultra serious heel from 2008-2010.
@@thetribalist6923 I agree that Jericho between 2019-2021 was pretty great, but his later years in AEW were really starting to piss me off.
3:05 Hey now Zman, All the Days by Mammoth is a jam 😊
Excellent video on Jericho but my favourite part is easily Brian getting flustered over Juventud Guerrero.
My friends and I made signs for pep assemblies in the 6th grade that said “Conspiracy Victim”
1:00 IMO, Brian Zane is the OG influencer in wrestling, NOT "The Learning Tree" Chris Jericho.
Zane, no one will ever, EEEEEEEEEEEEEEVER, top you as "The Influencer" .......
......or as the voice of Prestige Wrestling (BTW, great job on this past Sunday's show, Z-Man). :)
You need to make 1,004 ways WCW Blew it with Rick Flair, Stone Cold, Macho Man, DDP, "Brett Hart", "Sting", "Ultimate Warrior", "Booker T", Rick Stiner, XPac, Big Show, Mick Foley, Vader
Introducing all the cruiserweights for that battle royale was my favorite thing Jericho did in WCW. Still cracks me up to this day.
He was storming the capital before it was cool
Jericho and Teddy Long...? Why have I just heard about this?
That killer WCW music at the beginning brings back memories and it’s a banger of a theme
Just watched Legends of Wrestling on peacock. How has no one made UA-cam videos on that?
They did including brian
@@davidsobilo9622 for a second I was so pumped up but I forgot their was a ppv legends of wrestling. I’m talking about the round table discussion show from 2006-2012.
I would not mind seeing Brian do a retrospective on those.@@jackiemoon5906
I kind of wish Chris had become a main eventer in WCW because the matches and moments we would have gotten from him during that time would have been amazing and maybe he wouldn't have left to go to the WWF
13:01 Nostagia Critic
As a young man obsessed with WWF of the late 90's, Jericho was the one thing that could make me switch channels.
By Goldberg killing their feud - and Eric and Hulk allowing it - Chris made the decision to leave.
He was totally expected to be killed in a squash match, he just wanted it promoted and put on PPV.
Goldberg didn't 'get it' and Eric allowed him to bully his way around.
I wish Chris had remained in WCW, but I generally just wish WCW had done so much better.
Their decline was insane.
Hope to see a Bam Bam Bigelow in WCW video someday.