Chris Jericho
Chris Jericho | |
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Born | Manhasset, New York | November 9, 1970
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Chris Jericho Last Survivor Corazón de León[1] Super Liger[1] Lionheart[1] Lion Do[1] Doink the Clown[1] |
Billed height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) |
Billed weight | 103 kg (227 lb) |
Billed from | Winnipeg, Manitoba Manhasset, New York Calgary, Alberta |
Trained by | Ed Langley Stu Hart[2] Keith Hart[1] |
Debut | October 2, 1990[1] |
Christopher Keith Irvine (born November 9, 1970), better known by his ring name Chris Jericho, is an American - Canadian professional wrestler, rock musician,actor, author, and radio host. He is currently signed to AEW, where he became the first ever AEW World Champion and a one-time FTW Champion. Jericho is also known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation/WWE, World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and internationally in Canadian, Mexican and Japanese promotions.
As a part of WWE, he is credited as being the first-ever Undisputed WWF Champion. He also won the Intercontinental Championship a record nine times.[3] Jericho is a six-time world champion, having won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship twice, the aforementioned Undisputed Championship, and the World Heavyweight Championship three times. He is also the Ninth Triple Crown Champion and Third Grand Slam Champion.
Jericho is also the frontman of Fozzy, an American heavy metal band. Jericho uses the theme song "Break The Walls Down" as his entrance theme.
On May 24, 2012, during a match against CM Punk in São Paulo, Brazil, Jericho dropped and kicked the flag of Brazil which is a crime in that country. The police went to the ring and threatened to arrest Jericho. Jericho apologized to the crowd and was suspended by the WWE for 30 days.[4] Jericho returned on June 25 episode of Raw, his disappearance was explained by a European tour with his band Fozzy which happened to coincide with his suspension.[5]
On the June 30, 2014 episode of Raw, Jericho made a surprise return to the WWE and attacked The Miz who had also returned minutes earlier. Jericho was then attack by The Wyatt Family.[6]
He currently hosts weekly podcast called "Talk Is Jericho" on PodcastOne.com.
Discography
[change | change source]- Fozzy (2000)
- Happenstance (2002)
- All That Remains (2005)
- Chasing the Grail (2010)
- Sin and Bones (2012)
- Do You Wanna Start a War (2014)
- Judas (2017)
In wrestling
[change | change source]- Finishing moves
- Breakdown (Full nelson facebuster) – 2001–2002
- Codebreaker (Double knee facebreaker, sometimes while springboarding) – 2007–present
- Lion Tamer (Boston crab while kneeling on the opponent's back or neck) – 1996–present
- Walls of Jericho (Elevated Boston crab) – 1996–present
- Lionsault (Springboard moonsault) – 1996–2005; He used it as a signature move afterwards
- Signature moves
- Backbreaker submission
- Backhand chop
- Baseball slide
- Diving double axe handle
- Diving reverse elbow
- Double underhook backbreaker
- Double underhook powerbomb
- Flashback (Sleeper slam, he sometimes used it as a counter to an oncoming opponent) – 1999–2000
- Flying forearm smash
- Jericho Spike (Hurricanrana, sometimes from the top rope)
- Multiple kick variations
- Missile drop
- Spinning heel
- Springboard drop to an opponent on the ring apron
- Standing, leg-feed or a running enzuigiri
- Multiple powerbombs sometimes followed by a pin
- Multiple suplex variations
- One-handed bulldog
- Putting his foot on the opponent's chest in a pinning attempt, with theatrics
- Running back elbow, sometimes while performing a corkscrew
- Springboard plancha
- Tilt-a-whirl backbreaker
- Managers
- Ralphus (part of "Jericho Personal Security")
- The Jerichoholic Ninja (part of "Jericho Personal Security")
- Viva Los Jericho (part of "Jericho Personal Security")
- Mr. Hughes
- Chyna
- Stephanie McMahon
- Lance Cade
- Nicknames
- "Lionheart"
- "The Man of 1,004 Holds"
- "Y2J"
- "The Ayatollah of Rock 'n' Rolla"
- "The Sexy Beast"
- "The (self-proclaimed) Living Legend"
- "The King of the World"
- "The Best In The World At What He Does"
- Entrance themes
- "Rock America" by Danger Danger (SMW)
- "Soul-Crusher" by White Zombie (ECW)
- "Electric Head, Pt. 2 (The Ecstasy)" by White Zombie (ECW)
- "All The Days" by Mammoth (WCW)
- "One Crazed Anarchist" by Grunge City from the Aircraft Music Library (WCW)
- "Break the Walls Down" by Adam Morenoff (WWF/E; August 9, 1999 – August 25, 2005; November 19, 2007 – September 27, 2010; January 2, 2012 – present)
- "King of My World" by Saliva (WWF/E; 2002)
- "Don't You Wish You Were Me" by Fozzy (WWE; 2004)
- "Crank the Walls Down" by Maylene & The Sons of Disaster (WWE; July 31, 2009 – January 4, 2010; Used while teaming with Big Show)
Accomplishments
[change | change source]- Canadian Rocky Mountain Wrestling
- CRMW Heavyweight Championship (one time)[7]
- CRMW North American Tag Team Championship (two times) (with Lance Storm)[7]
- Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
- NWA World Middleweight Championship (one time)1[8]
- Extreme Championship Wrestling
- ECW World Television Championship (one time)[9]
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI Feud of the Year (2008) (vs. Shawn Michaels)[10]
- PWI Most Hated Wrestler of the Year (2002)[11]
- He was ranked #2 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2009.[12]
- World Championship Wrestling
- WCW Cruiserweight Championship (four times)[13][14][15][16]
- WCW World Television Championship (one time)[17]
- World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment
- Undisputed WWF Championship (one time)5[18]
- World Heavyweight Championship (three times)[19][20][21]
- WCW/World Championship (two times)2[22][23]
- WWF/E Intercontinental Championship (nine times)3[24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32]
- World Tag Team Championship (five times) (with Chris Benoit (one),[33] The Rock (one),[34] Christian (one),[35] Edge (one)[36] and The Big Show (one)[37])
- WWE Tag Team Championship (two times) (with Edge (one)[38] and The Big Show (one)[39])
- WWF European Championship (one time)[40]
- WWF Hardcore Championship (one time)[41]
- Ninth Triple Crown Champion
- Fourth Grand Slam Champion
- Slammy Award for Superstar of the Year (2008)
- Slammy Award for Tag Team of the Year (2009) (with The Big Show)
- 2009 Bragging Rights Trophy (as a member of Team SmackDown with Kane, R-Truth, Matt Hardy, Finlay and The Hart Dynasty (David Hart Smith and Tyson Kidd))[42]
- Wrestle Association "R"
- World Wrestling Association
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- Best on Interviews (2003, 2008, 2009)
- Best on Interviews of the Decade (2000–2009)
- Feud of the Year (2008) (vs. Shawn Michaels)
- Match of the Year (2008) (vs. Shawn Michaels in a Ladder match at No Mercy)
- Most Underrated Wrestler (1999, 2000)
- Readers' Favorite Wrestler (1999)
- Wrestler of the Year (2008, 2009)
- Best Pro Wrestling Book (2011) (for Undisputed: How to Become the World Champion in 1,372 Easy Steps)
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 2010)[46]
1Even though it was still using the NWA initials, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre is no longer part of the National Wrestling Alliance. Due to this, the NWA does not recognize or sanction this championship.
2Both of his reigns were won during and were right after The Invasion with the second WCW Championship reign being the unification with the WWF Championship and becoming the first ever Undisputed WWF Champion.
3He held the championship jointly with Chyna during his second reign.
4When Edge suffered an injury, Jericho chose Big Show as a replacement partner to hold the championships with. WWE recognizes this occurrence as two separate reigns for Jericho.
5Jericho's reign occurred after unifying the WCW Championship and the WWF Championship, making him the first-ever Undisputed WWF Champion.
Notes
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "Chris Jericho Bio". Online World Of Wrestling. Retrieved 2007-12-27.
- ↑ "Review of A Lion's Tale by Chris Jericho - Autobiography of Former WCW and WWE Champion Chris Jericho". About.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2008-09-27.
- ↑ "WWE Profile". WWE. Retrieved 2007-11-20.
- ↑ "Chris Jericho suspended". WWE. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- ↑ "Caldwell's WWE Raw Results 6/25: Ongoing "virtual-time" coverage of live Raw #995 - Cena vs. Jericho, MITB hype". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- ↑ "WWE Raw results, June 30, 2014: The Wyatt Family spoil Chris Jericho's homecoming and AJ Lee reclaims Divas Title". WWE. Retrieved 2014-07-02.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "CRMW Heavyweight Championship history". Cagematch. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- ↑ "NWA World Middleweight Title". Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- ↑ "ECW TV Championship - Chris Jericho (June 22, 1996 - July 13, 1996)". WWE. Archived from the original on May 5, 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- ↑ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated". Pro Wrestling Illustrated. 30 (3): 76–77. 2009.
- ↑ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated Award Winners – Most Hated Wrestler of the Year". Wrestling Information Archive. Archived from the original on 2008-06-16. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- ↑ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2009". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- ↑ "Cruiserweight Championship - Chris Jericho (June 28, 1997 - July 28, 1997)". WWE. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- ↑ "Cruiserweight Championship - Chris Jericho (August 16, 1997 - September 14, 1997)". WWE. Archived from the original on May 19, 2015. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- ↑ "Cruiserweight Championship - Chris Jericho (January 24, 1998 - June 17, 1998)". WWE. Archived from the original on April 10, 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- ↑ "Cruiserweight Championship - Chris Jericho (June 14, 1998 - August 08, 1998)". WWE. Archived from the original on April 10, 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- ↑ "WCW World Television Title". Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- ↑ "WWE Championship - Chris Jericho (December 09, 2001 - March 17, 2002)". WWE. Archived from the original on April 11, 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- ↑ "World Heavyweight Championship - Chris Jericho (September 07, 2008 - October 26, 2008)". WWE. Archived from the original on February 6, 2016. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- ↑ "World Heavyweight Championship - Chris Jericho (November 03, 2008 - November 23, 2008)". WWE. Archived from the original on February 5, 2016. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- ↑ "World Heavyweight Championship - Chris Jericho (February 21, 2010 - April 02, 2010)". WWE. Archived from the original on January 19, 2016. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- ↑ "WCW World Championship - Chris Jericho (October 21, 2001 - November 05, 2001)". WWE. Archived from the original on January 19, 2016. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- ↑ "WCW World Championship - Chris Jericho (December 09, 2001 - Present)". WWE. Archived from the original on 2016-02-06. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- ↑ "Intercontinental Championship - Chris Jericho (December 12, 1999 - January 03, 2000)". WWE. Archived from the original on July 12, 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- ↑ "Intercontinental Championship - Chris Jericho (January 23, 2000 - February 27, 2000)". WWE. Archived from the original on April 14, 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- ↑ "Intercontinental Championship - Chris Jericho (May 04, 2000 - May 08, 2000)". WWE. Archived from the original on July 13, 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- ↑ "Intercontinental Championship - Chris Jericho (January 21, 2001 - April 05, 2001)". WWE. Archived from the original on July 12, 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- ↑ "Intercontinental Championship - Chris Jericho (September 16, 2002 - September 30, 2002)". WWE. Archived from the original on May 2, 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- ↑ "Intercontinental Championship - Chris Jericho (October 27, 2003 - October 27, 2003)". WWE. Archived from the original on July 12, 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- ↑ "Intercontinental Championship - Chris Jericho (September 12, 2004 - October 19, 2004)". WWE. Archived from the original on July 12, 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- ↑ "Intercontinental Championship - Chris Jericho (March 10, 2008 - June 29, 2008)". WWE. Archived from the original on April 20, 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- ↑ "Intercontinental Championship - Chris Jericho (June 07, 2009 - June 28, 2009)". WWE. Archived from the original on May 2, 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- ↑ "World Tag Team Championships - Chris Benoit & Chris Jericho (May 21, 2001 - June 21, 2001)". WWE. Archived from the original on December 27, 2013. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- ↑ "World Tag Team Championships - The Rock & Chris Jericho (October 22, 2001 - November 01, 2001)". WWE. Archived from the original on March 19, 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- ↑ "World Tag Team Championships - Christian & Chris Jericho (October 14, 2002 - December 15, 2002)". WWE. Archived from the original on March 19, 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- ↑ "World Tag Team Championships - Edge & Chris Jericho (June 28, 2009 - July 26, 2009)". WWE. Archived from the original on March 19, 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- ↑ "World Tag Team Championships - Chris Jericho & Big Show (July 26, 2009 - December 13, 2009)". WWE. Archived from the original on January 21, 2015. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- ↑ "WWE Tag Team Championships - Edge & Chris Jericho (June 28, 2009 - July 26, 2009)". WWE. Archived from the original on April 13, 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- ↑ "WWE Tag Team Championships - Chris Jericho & Big Show (July 26, 2009 - December 13, 2009)". WWE. Archived from the original on February 27, 2015. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- ↑ "European Championship - Chris Jericho (April 02, 2000 - April 03, 2000)". WWE. Archived from the original on June 16, 2012. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- ↑ "Hardcore Championship - Chris Jericho (May 28, 2001 - May 28, 2001)". WWE. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- ↑ "Team SmackDown def. Team Raw". WWE. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- ↑ "International Junior Heavyweight Title". Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- ↑ "International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title". WWE. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- ↑ "World Wrestling Association World Tag Team Title". WWE. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- ↑ "Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame, 2010". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
Other websites
[change | change source]- Official Website
- Chris Jericho on WWE.com
- Chris Jericho on Twitter
- Talk Is Jericho on PodcastOne