Christopher Keith Irvine (born November 9, 1970), better known as Chris Jericho, is a professional wrestler currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment in its RAW brand. Jericho was born in Manhasset, New York, but was raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. His father Ted Irvine is a former NHL player.

Profile

• Height: 6'0" (182.9 cm)
• Weight: 231lbs (104.8 kg)
• Birthday: November 9, 1970
• Birth Place: Manhattan, New York
• Hometown: Winnipeg, Manitoba
• Resides: Tampa, Florida
• Trained By: Keith Hart
• Professional Debut: October 2, 1990
• Previous Identities: Corazon de Leon, Lion Do, Moongoose McQueen
• Previous Manager(s): Ralphus, Chyna, Mr. Curtis Hughes, Trish Stratus, Stephanie McMahon

Quotes

• "Welcome to RAW - Is - Jericho!"
• "Things will never - EVER - be the same again!"
• "Would you please shut the hell up?"

Finishing/Signature Moves

• The Walls of Jericho / Lion Tamer (Elevated Boston Crab)
• Lionsault (Springboard Moonsault)
• Flashback (Sleeper Slam))
• Breakdown (Inverted Full-Nelson Russian Legsweep)
• Lionbomb (Double Underhook Powerbomb)
• Jericho Spike (Top Rope Frankensteiner)
• Running Enziguiri
• Bulldog
• Missile Dropkick
• Triple Powerbomb

Nicknames

• Lionheart
• Y2J (parody of Y2K – therefore, Year of Jericho)
• The Living Legend
• The King of the World
• The King of Bling-Bling
• The Man of 1,004 Holds
• The Ayatollah of Rock and Rolla
• The Sexy Beast
• One BadMammaJamma
• Human-Hightlight Reel
• Highlight of the Night

Career

Jericho trained at the Hart brothers' pro-wrestling camp in Calgary, Alberta from June to September 1990. Between his professional debut on October 2, 1990 and the summer of 1996 he worked for many small wrestling companies, including Bay Area Wrestling , the World Wrestling Association , the Catch Wrestling Alliance , Smoky Mountain Wrestling ,where he was briefly involved in a tag team called "The Thrillseekers" with Lance Storm and Extreme Championship Wrestling. He also wrestled at one time for the the National Wrestling Alliance, which is the oldest federation/alliance in pro wrestling. In August 1996 he made his first appearance with World Championship Wrestling and on September 15 of that year he appeared at his first pay per view show, versus Chris Benoit.

Jericho alternated between WCW and a number of Japanese tours until his debut with the World Wrestling Federation (now World Wrestling Entertainment) on August 9, 1999. On December 9, 2001, during his tenure with the company, Chris Jericho found the highlight of his career when he defeated both The Rock and Steve Austin in the same night to become the first ever undisputed world champion.

Jericho was inducted into the Canadian Wrestling Hall of Fame on September 25, 1997. On July 5, 2004 he was awarded the Order of the Buffalo Hunt, the highest award given by the Province of Manitoba.

Besides being a professional wrestler, Jericho has a degree in journalism and is the frontman of the heavy metal group Fozzy. He also writes a semi-regular column for Metal Edge magazine.

Jericho also started his own weekly XM radio show, in March 2005, called "the Rock of Jericho."

Championships and accomplishments

1. In a three way match against Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit.
2. The decision was revsersed later on the same show because of a fast count by the referee.
3. Jericho wins both titles on the same show and unifies them. The title is known as the WWE Undisputed Championship from then on.
4. RAW Co-GM Stone Cold Steve Austin forced the newly crowned IC Champion, Chris Jericho, to immediately defend his title in a cage match because of RAW Co-GM Eric Bischoff's interference in the previous match.
5. Jericho won the vacant title in a ladder match against Christian.

External links

• Chris Jericho's official site
• Official Fozzy site
• WWE Profile]