The only triple H fight in a pay event to see WCW before joining WWE took place in December 1994 in Starrcade. The exexecutive of WCW, Eric Bischoff, recently talked about why The Game's opponent that night, Alex Wright, failed to achieve more success as a fighter.
Wright worked for WCW between 1994 and 2001. The former cruise weight champion achieved a great victory over Triple H, then known as Jean-Paul Mild, shortly before WWE's current content director left WCW. He also shared the ring with fighters like RNA Anderson and Chris Jericho.
Bischoff said in his podcast 83 Weeks that Wright could have been a bigger star if it had not been for a series of misfortunes:
“I really feel bad for him. I hope to meet Alex at some point to talk a little, because I had so much potential. If I had gone to WWE, maybe 1999 was a bit late for him, but I think he would have become a huge star.” (1:44:57 – 1:45:18)
In 1999, Wright became known as Berlyn and began to dress completely black. The character change coincided with the massacre at Columbine high school in the United States. His new appearance resembled the style of school attackers, which turned out that the character was retired from television.
Bischoff believes that Columbine's internal policies and tragedy played a role in Wright's failure to become a top -level star:
“If Columbine had not happened, I think he would have become a huge star because that character of Berlyn had all the potential to generate money, and Alex had the ability to interpret that character.” (1:45:19 – 1:45:33)
In 2001, the then president of WWE, Vince McMahon, bought WCW but did not obtain the Wright contract. The German was contacted twice to join WWE, but rejected the offers.
Eric Bischoff, a member of the WWE Hall of Fame, places Alex Wright on the Mount Rushmore list
Analysts and fans often discuss which four legends deserve to be in a version of Mount Rushmore of wrestling.
The list usually refers to the best fighters in history. However, Eric Bischoff believes that Alex Wright would be included in a mountain rushmore of fighters who deserved to achieve more:
“In terms of his appearance, his potential, his skills, which he delivered in the ring, absolutely, would be the first person in that Mount Rushmore of what could have been. In wrestling, not only on WCW, but in wrestling in general.” (1:46:34 – 1:46:48)
Bischoff also explained why many wrestling fans did not sympathize with Wright, even though he should be a favorite of the public.
