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#27 Chris Jericho mocks Goldberg
While Chris Jericho indeed came of age in WWE with his tenacious attitude and charisma, it was his WCW run that got him noticed by mainstream fans. While Hogan and the rest of the nWo were running roughshod on Monday Nitro, Chris Jericho was getting noticed in other ways.
There's no denying that Jericho had a penchant for being creative and exploring ways of getting over. One of those had to do with a Goldberg parody, where he would mock Goldberg's entrance with Jericho Personal Security force.
The segments were a hit with the fans, but it also infuriated Bill Goldberg. Eric Bischoff said that Goldberg didn't fully understand the business at the time and that Jericho's taunts were getting Goldberg over. He said:
"He was hot. I mean, I got an earful, and a face full. I mean, he was in my face, he was hot. And again, you know, it’s easy to talk about this stuff twenty-odd years later. But at that time, remember — again, put it in context how green Bill Goldberg was at that time. Bill came into a shark tank, and he got over — other than The Rock, nobody’s gotten over as fast, as big as Bill Goldberg at that time. And it was a lot for him. He didn’t have a decade or more worth of wrestling political experience. He didn’t have a comfort level with the formula, and could predict how the audience would take things."
The "feud" ended when Goldberg speared Jericho on what should have been an actual match but ended as a segment on WCW Monday Nitro. Of course, they would square off again in WWE, but that's a story for another time.
#26 Chris Jericho steals Rey Mysterio's mask
Chris Jericho's heel turn was remarkable at that time. He had completely changed his character from an over the top entertainer to something akin to Javier Barderm's character from No Country for Old Men. And what better way to showcase his villainy then stealing a luchador's mask.
Chris Jericho has said that he had to convince Vince McMahon to approve the storyline. He said:
I’d explain it to him why the mask means something to Lucha Libre history and his family lineage and everything and all of that but [Vince] just didn’t see what the big deal was,” Jericho said.
Jericho did have matches with Rey Mysterio before, but this feud was probably their most effective. Chris Jericho was perhaps the best heel in WWE at the time, which is another reason why he is still relevant today.
