The history of WCW featured many iconic talents having the best runs of their career, but not everyone on the roster had fun working there. One of the common complaints about life in WCW featured the political landscape of top stars trying to undercut each other to get to the top. WCW management was not able to solve their problems and turn the ship around as WWE purchased the company when on the verge of going out of business.

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We will look at some of the wrestlers that did not have a good time working for WCW. The stories range from underrated talents that were underutilized to veteran names that felt disrespected to those that just wanted a change. Find out just which of your favorite WCW stars were miserable during their time there. These are ten of the top WCW wrestlers that strongly disliked working for the company.

10 Eddie Guerrero

Most wrestlers were grateful to have an opportunity in WCW like Eddie Guerrero, but that grew into frustration once they endured the booking. Guerrero was a rising star as a tremendous heel character. The problem was WCW had no interest in pushing him outside of the mid-card.

Guerrero expressed his dislike for the locker room environment during the first WWE production about WCW in the early 2000s Monday Night Wars DVD. A huge moment in 2000 would see Eddie unite with his friends in the Radicalz to jump ship to WWE despite WCW promising to use them better. Guerrero had a legendary WWE run winning the WWE Championship.

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9 Ric Flair

A surprising name on the list to the average fan is arguably the biggest legend in WCW history. Ric Flair represented WCW in the early 90s as the face of the company with great matches against Sting, Lex Luger, Vader and many others.

Eric Bischoff’s changes of bringing in the New World Order among other major names would ruin the vibe for Flair. There was a personal rivalry between Flair and Bischoff for years that culminated in a fight when both worked for WWE. Flair revealed in various interviews that he was ecstatic when WCW went out of business since he no longer had to work there.

8 Brian Pillman

Brian Pillman’s life and career would be examined in the recent Crazy Like A Fox: The Definitive Chronicle of Brian Pillman 20 Years Later biography with great reviews. One new thing learned by most readers was how much frustration Pillman had working for WCW.

Pillman clashed with booker Bill Watts, main eventer Lex Luger and master politician Hulk Hogan at different points to end any of his pushes. The worked angle of leaving WCW would see Eric Bischoff expecting him to return, but Pillman used the real release to leave the company given his unhappiness for most of his run.

7 Roddy Piper

The WCW run of Roddy Piper lasted over three years despite the only majorly successful feud coming against Hulk Hogan. Piper and Hogan had great chemistry and made some more money off it with a handful of PPV main events during Hogan’s run as leader of the New World Order.

WCW started to lose its luster for Piper once Vince Russo joined the company. Piper was a vocal critic of Russo’s writing style and held nothing back when discussing his disdain working for the booker. The end of WCW was a nightmare for Piper and many other stars on the roster.

6 Paul Heyman

Many of the best moments from Paul Heyman’s managerial career came in WCW. Heyman had a tremendous run managing incredible talents like Rick Rude, Steve Austin, Arn Anderson, Madusa and a few others in the entertaining Dangerous Alliance faction.

WCW often rubbed Heyman the wrong specifically when booker Bill Watts shut down his ideas and crossed the line with him on multiple occasions. Heyman sued WCW for Watts making anti-Semitic comments and claimed he won enough money to invest into the start of ECW with it.

5 Big Show

The incredible career of the Big Show started in WCW during his run as The Giant. It was an incredible opportunity entering the WCW main event scene just one match into his career. Hulk Hogan worked a feud with Giant to establish him as a main eventer for about a year.

WCW eventually stopped booking him with any credibility towards the end of his run. Big Show revealed in various DVDs and interviews that working there was a mess once the nWo started with the top wrestlers all trying to manipulate him. He jumped ship to WWE in 1999 as one of the first major crossovers from WCW and has been there for over two decades now.

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4 Chris Jericho

Chris Jericho showed the potential of his talent when getting his first national break in WCW. The great matches of Jericho in the cruiserweight division and a remarkable heel run made fans realize he could be something special. WCW just never felt the same way as Jericho and most young stars were pigeonholed into the smaller roles with no chances of moving up.

Jericho revealed he made the move to leave for WWE once WCW refused to do anything with the angle he created against Goldberg that fans were into. It only took Jericho about a year to move into the main event picture. Jericho had a legendary career in WWE and is now a top name for AEW.

3 Shane Douglas

Shane Douglas had a few runs in WCW with neither of them providing much joy for him. WCW pushed him in the late 80s and early 90s as a rising star. The look and potential of Douglas made him someone the company wanted to eventually build.

Douglas eventually left claiming the politics backstage played by Ric Flair and others doomed his career. Many of the ECW promos that made him a star as The Franchise trashed Flair and WCW. Vince Russo convinced Douglas to return in 2000, but the run was another flop that Douglas regretted leaving ECW for.

2 Ted DiBiase

Ted DiBiase joined WCW in 1996 with a tremendous offer to become the character that funded the New World Order’s takeover. The prior WWE gimmick as the Million Dollar Man made perfect sense that he’d be the heel behind such a powerful group.

Eric Bischoff eventually joined the group as well with his real role as the President of WCW making him the one giving them power. DiBiase slowly lost all relevance in the group and eventually was kicked out. The unhappiness for Bischoff stealing his role and the company doing nothing else with him made DiBiase dislike WCW.

1 Bret Hart

The most vocal wrestler to speak about his unhappiness in WCW would have to be Bret Hart. WCW stole Hart away from WWE in 1997 when the latter could no longer afford his contract. The Montreal Screwjob would end Bret’s WWE time and give him huge momentum when starting in WCW.

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Hart would not have many great moments in WCW as the company instantly removed all the momentum to his debut. The first few months of Bret’s WCW stint saw him in a smaller role than fans expected. Hart still rips Eric Bischoff and Hulk Hogan today as he believes they sabotaged him.