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Pre-Show Stalwart
Chris Jericho had a match with Stevie Ray, who had not yet become a member of nWo Hollywood but was otherwise toiling away as a WCW heel in singles competition since Stevie's injury in 1997 along with Harlem Heat splitting up as a tag team with Booker T going on to a successful but solid singles career.
At one point, The Giant (nWo Hollywood) was doing a run-in and was supposed to do a chokeslam on Stevie Ray to set up the fact that Chris Jericho was going to join the nWo Hollywood faction. But in early 1998, Jericho already turned heel on his fellow Cruiserweight allies like Rey Mysterio. There were moments when Jericho assaulted Mysterio with a tool box, while badgering to fight Dean Malenko and then Bill Goldberg, who predictably declined to feud with a guy like Jericho.
Eventually, Jericho remained a WCW heel after his match with Stevie Ray, and Stevie went on to join the nWo Hollywood camp by August/September 1998. Both Jericho and Stevie Ray were already WCW heels, but one of them or both joining nWo Hollywood would not count as a heel turn. In fact, it would've been a mere change in alliance for both men.
The weirder part is when Jericho was fighting Curt Hennig a week or two later and The Giant came to his defense again, despite Hennig being with him in the nWo. The commentators made some comments about there being something personal as the reason, but it was never explained or referenced again.
At one point, The Giant (nWo Hollywood) was doing a run-in and was supposed to do a chokeslam on Stevie Ray to set up the fact that Chris Jericho was going to join the nWo Hollywood faction. But in early 1998, Jericho already turned heel on his fellow Cruiserweight allies like Rey Mysterio. There were moments when Jericho assaulted Mysterio with a tool box, while badgering to fight Dean Malenko and then Bill Goldberg, who predictably declined to feud with a guy like Jericho.
Eventually, Jericho remained a WCW heel after his match with Stevie Ray, and Stevie went on to join the nWo Hollywood camp by August/September 1998. Both Jericho and Stevie Ray were already WCW heels, but one of them or both joining nWo Hollywood would not count as a heel turn. In fact, it would've been a mere change in alliance for both men.
The weirder part is when Jericho was fighting Curt Hennig a week or two later and The Giant came to his defense again, despite Hennig being with him in the nWo. The commentators made some comments about there being something personal as the reason, but it was never explained or referenced again.