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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.
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] |
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.
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.
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