In early 2000, there was a noticeable change in the world of wrestling when The Radicalz Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero, Perry Saturn, and Dean Malenko — jumped from WCW to WWF. Due to the influx of talent from their biggest and worst competitor the WWE locker room was understandably tense. It was not the case as reported by WWE Hall of Famer JBL, who joined WWE just as the Monday Night Wars were escalating.
During the broadcast of “Something to Wrestle” JBL Recently joined and stated what were the feelings of the WWF locker room when a debut was made by The Radicalz.
JBL stated “It was a big enjoyment for the boys. That was a zero-sum game for the higher-ups as the competition between WWE and WCW was more between the higher-ups.” However, we thought to the man, this is wonderful when we saw them coming over. There is a lot of incredible talent that is coming over here. Do you know? Those four boys were funtastic in their talent. Among them, two boys won world championships and became headline WrestleMania.
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“The WWE roster is well aware of the abilities and talent that The Radicalz possesses and he seamlessly contributed into the company,” JBL further explained. They gained the respect of the Locker Room as they joined it by day one. Layfield memorised that we all knew they are too good at their work. And we know very well how exciting the influx of talent was.
In the history business, they were the most famous guys of the time. Some horrifying things were done by Chris Benoit after he fell off the deep end. Chris is a good person somehow. About Eddie Guerrero, he said that people loved him. Those guys are incredibly good at their work in the business world.
JBL’s appearance in numerous wrestling promotions is a hint towards its potential return to wrestling.