On the November 16 episode of "WCW Monday Nitro", Duncum made his World Championship Wrestling debut as a fan favorite and defeated Chris Jericho in a World Television Championship match, but was unable to win Jericho's title due to winning via countout. Six days later at World War 3, Duncum made his pay-per-view debut and faced Jericho in a rematch for the title, but lost via pinfall. Duncum continued his feud with Jericho and defeated him twice at house shows and once more on the December 3 episode of "Thunder" before losing to him on the December 7 episode of "Nitro". Duncum then formed a short-lived tag team with Mike Enos.