During a recent edition of Talk Is Jericho, AEW star Chris Jericho reflected on the 25th anniversary of his WWE debut and when he knew it was time to leave WCW.
“[Goldberg] had his reason why, and I had my reasons why, and I just realized I’m never going to get above a certain level here in WCW, so maybe it’s time to leave.”
Jericho also discussed working with Vince Russo to get things lined up.
“So, I did do, I guess what you would call nowadays a ‘tampering phone call’ with Vince Russo. It was a Christmas time thing where they asked me how much longer my deal was. I think it was Christmas 1997. … So, I think when Russo called me, I was technically not even under contract and what do I mean by that? Yes, I was under a contract, I had agreed to a contract, but I never signed the damn thing.”
“I had made a commitment for three years, and I’ve never been the type of guy to try and, you know, stab somebody in the back or whatever it may be, and I just literally — just said, to Russo (…) that I was in a contract, but, you know, I was interested to go to WWF — at the time — when my deal was up.”
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