Chris Jericho

Chris Jericho
Jericho in 2024
Born	(1970-11-09) November 9, 1970 (age 53) Manhasset, New York
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. He is the current FTW Champion and the first ever AEW World 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.

1. ↑ ^{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.
2. ↑ "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.
3. ↑ "WWE Profile". WWE. Retrieved 2007-11-20.
4. ↑ "Chris Jericho suspended". WWE. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
5. ↑ "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.
6. ↑ "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.