[148], Jericho continued his feud with Punk in the weeks that followed by attacking and dousing him with alcohol after his matches. $7.16. Fans also named Jericho the greatest WWE Intercontinental Champion of all time in a 2013 WWE poll, affording him a landslide 63% victory over the other four contenders (Mr. [386][387] In March, he tweeted his agreement that lockdown restrictions in Nevada should be lifted despite the pandemic still continuing. He made a guest appearance on Dream Theater's album, Systematic Chaos on the song "Repentance", as one of several musical guests recorded apologizing to important people in their lives for wrongdoings in the past. [49] This would lead to a Hell in a Cell match at Judgment Day in May, where Triple H would emerge victorious. Ryan Clark-March 4, 2021. Chris Jericho debuted in WWE in 1999 sporting the awesome nickname Y2J, playing off of the year 2000 being right around… [a] Journalist Chris Van Vliet noted that his name is "always thrown around as the GOAT [greatest of all time], or at least one of the GOATs", with Van Vliet himself asserting that Jericho is "if not the best, certainly one of the best". 12.12.2016. Jericho made a surprise return at a house show in Singapore on June 28, where he lost to Hideo Itami. Chyna vs Chris Jericho Armageddon 1999. Jericho tried to attack Michaels, but Michaels ducked, so Jericho punched Michaels's wife, Rebecca, instead. Jericho felt like he was the victim of a conspiracy in WCW, and he probably wasn’t the first one. Use Chris Jericho | 1999 Theme Version | and thousands of other assets to build an immersive game or experience. On April 19, Jericho defeated Eddie Guerrero at the Gary Albright Memorial Show organized by World Xtreme Wrestling (WXW). [321], A number of Jericho's industry colleagues have hailed him as one of the greatest wrestlers in history. [264] At the event, Jericho was defeated by Naito, losing the IWGP Intercontinental Championship in the process. [265], At Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall, Jericho challenged Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship but was defeated. The interview was recorded in the UK during a Fozzy tour in 2006. On the May 12 episode of Raw, a mystery assailant attempted to run over Goldberg with a limousine. [322] Kenny Omega asserted that Jericho "has a legit argument for being the best of all time", based on his ability to achieve success and notoriety across numerous territories. Jericho lost the WWF Intercontinental title to then-European Champion Kurt Angle at No Way Out. [336] He was voted as the Best Box Office Draw by readers of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter in 2019.[337]. At Survivor Series, Jericho turned heel by almost costing Team WWF the victory after he was eliminated in their Winner Take All matchup by once again attacking The Rock. The Young Bucks for the AEW Tag Titles, Cody vs. MJF, Nyla Rose vs. Kris Statlander for the AEW Women's Championship, Pac vs. Orange Cassidy", "3/11 AEW Dynamite TV results: Powell's live review of Hangman Page and a mystery partner vs. Chris Jericho and Sammy Guevara, Cody vs. Ortiz, MJF, The Butcher, and The Blade vs. Jurassic Express, "Death Triangle" Pac, Pentagon, and Fenix vs. On the home video, Break Down the Walls, Jericho states he was inspired to do this as his entrance when he saw a similar clock in a post office and Vince McMahon approved its use as his introduction to the WWF. [178] This was done to write Jericho off television as he was taking a temporary hiatus to tour with Fozzy for the remainder of the year and possibly January and February. [237][238] This led to a match between Jericho and Owens for the being arranged WrestleMania 33 on April 2, with Jericho's United States Championship on the line. On the January 13 episode of Raw, Jericho won an over-the-top-rope challenge against Kane, Rob Van Dam, and Batista to select his entry number for the Royal Rumble match. He made his final appearance at The Doctor Is In in August 1996. Jericho released a comedy web series on October 29, 2013 that is loosely based on his life entitled But I'm Chris Jericho! Industry colleagues who have named Jericho as one of the greatest performers of all time include: Despite still using the NWA initials, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre is no longer a member of the National Wrestling Alliance. Jericho was always a fine mid-card guy in WCW. [159] The following night on Raw, Ziggler defeated Jericho in a rematch and, as a result, Ziggler retained his Money in the Bank contract and Jericho's WWE contract was terminated as per a pre match stipulation put in place by Raw General Manager, AJ Lee. "Mike Tyson, Bill Goldberg and Bret Hart are among the legends in 'Nine Legends. He is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). [5], In 1995, Jericho joined the heel stable Fuyuki-Gun ("Fuyuki Army") with Hiromichi Fuyuki, Gedo, and Jado, adopting the name Lion Do. [18] Jericho regained the Cruiserweight Championship from Mysterio the next night after he interrupted J.J. Dillon while Dillon was giving the championship to Mysterio. [5] Jericho cites Eric Bischoff, Goldberg and Hulk Hogan's refusal to book Jericho in a pay-per-view squash match loss against Goldberg, which Jericho felt would be a big draw, as a major reason for leaving the company. The Inner Circle in a Stadium Stampede match", "AEW Dynamite live results: Tag titles, TNT Championship on the line", "7/8 AEW Dynamite results: Barnett's live review of Fyter Fest night two with Kenny Omega and Hangman Page vs. [382] In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, he continued to perform concerts with his band; one such concert took place at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in August 2020, which was later confirmed to be a superspreading event with 266,000 cases of the virus traced back to it. One of the interrogates was Lance Storm, who admitted that he was the assailant. Jericho botched several moves in the match and complained he had difficulty seeing through the mask. "Updated Royal Rumble PPV line-up – Foley added, #1 entry announced, "end of the world? [69] He began a feud with JBL and met him at the Royal Rumble. By: Ahmed Shah | August 9, 2018. The show originally appeared on PodcastOne, before moving to the WestwoodOne network in 2018. Notable guests on the show include Bruce Dickinson from Iron Maiden, Lemmy from Motörhead, Paul Stanley from KISS, Zak Bagans from Ghost Adventures, pornographic actress Asa Akira, writer/director Kevin Smith and many former and current wrestlers.[362]. People were hyped for the end of that countdown that ran over various shows, and people were hyped for the debut of Chris Jericho in the World Wrestling Federation. [203] On July 19 at the 2016 WWE draft, Jericho was drafted to the Raw brand. Manhasset, New York. Corny was running Smoky Mountain Wrestling in the early … [75] After losing to Michaels at Judgment Day, Jericho initiated a handshake after the match. This led to a wave of publicity, including an interview with Jay Leno. 10 WWE Intercontinental Championship (December 12, 1999) [39] At WrestleMania X-Seven, he successfully defended his title in a match against William Regal,[40] only to lose it four days later to Triple H. At Judgment Day, Jericho and Benoit won a tag team turmoil match[41] and earned a shot at Stone Cold Steve Austin and Triple H for their WWF Tag Team Championship on Raw the next night. [129] A month later, Jericho lost to Evan Bourne at Fatal 4-Way,[130] but won a rematch during the following night on Raw, where he put his career on the line. The winner was a returning Malenko in disguise. Jericho lost to Lance Storm at ECW One Night Stand. This is where Francine turned against the Pit Bulls and joined with the Franchise Shane Douglas, becoming his head cheerleader. Chris covers this period up until 2005, when he decided to leave the WWE. [170] They continued their feud in the following weeks,[171][172] until Jericho defeated Fandango at Extreme Rules. [267] On December 28, it was announced that if Tanahashi were to defeat Jericho, he would be granted an AEW World Championship match at a later date. He became friends with Striar following the interview and kept in contact. Jericho wouldn’t let that go un-noticed. There is other business to attend to, which we will handle over the next few weeks. After Michaels's entrance, Jericho entered as the second participant. At SummerSlam, with Wyatt Family members Luke Harper and Erick Rowan banned from ringside, Wyatt picked up the victory. [157] The following night on Raw, Jericho confronted newly crowned Mr. Money in the Bank, Dolph Ziggler, who claimed that Jericho had lost his touch. Chris Jericho signed with WWE in 1999 after his contract with WCW expired. During the 1990s, Jericho performed for the American organizations Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW), as well as for promotions in countries such as Canada, Japan, and Mexico. [149][150] At Extreme Rules, Jericho failed again to capture the WWE Championship from Punk in a Chicago Street Fight. He lost the title back to Van Dam immediately after in a steel cage match. Jericho was punished for not showing solidarity against Nexus, when he was removed from a Six-Pack Challenge for Sheamus's WWE Championship at Night of Champions. Jericho spent the most time of any other wrestler in that same Royal Rumble. Guerrera lost the match and was forced to remove his mask. [216], Jericho teamed with Owens, Braun Strowman, Roman Reigns, and Seth Rollins as part of Team Raw at Survivor Series on November 20, in a losing effort. Even though, Jericho was with the WWE for 15 years, the final insult came at WrestleMania 33 in 2017. [309] Todd Martin of the Pro Wrestling Torch remarked, to agreement from editor Wade Keller, that Jericho is "one of the great wrestlers of all time" and in "a lofty category", while likening his oeuvre to those of WWE Hall of Famers Randy Savage, Ricky Steamboat, Ted DiBiase and Dory Funk Jr.[303] Praised for his ability to continually evolve his gimmick,[303][304][311] Jericho was dubbed by KC Joyner of ESPN as "wrestling's David Bowie". Jericho won the WCW Championship at No Mercy when he pinned The Rock after debuting a new finisher, the Breakdown,[43] onto a steel chair, winning his first world title in the process. In 2000, a WWE produced VHS tape documenting Jericho's career titled Break Down the Walls was released. Nickname", "Chris Jericho: AEW pays more than WWE, Vince's reaction, will CM Punk or Kenny Omega sign", "Chris Jericho Will Never Stop Reinventing Himself", "Ranking the top 101 wrestlers of all time", "Ric Flair and the Top 25 WWE pro wrestlers of all-time rankings", "The inside scoop on WCW Magazine with former editor Kevin Eck", "Según el Wrestling Observer... ¿Quiénes son los mejores los mejores de la década? before shouting "you just made the list!" [360] He promoted Undisputed and hosted the Revolver Golden Gods Awards on May 28 on VH1 Classic. [8] He attended Red River College in Winnipeg, graduating in 1990 with a bachelor's degree in Creative Communications.[8]. [122] The next night on Raw, Edge used his Royal Rumble win to challenge Jericho for the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania XXVI. Free shipping. [146] In a bid to psychologically unsettle Punk, Jericho revealed that Punk's father was an alcoholic and Punk's sister was a drug addict, which contradicted Punk's straight edge philosophy; Jericho vowed to make Punk turn to alcohol by winning Punk's title from him. [212] On the September 19 episode of Raw, as a result of feeling that he was being treated unjustly by General Manager Mick Foley, as well as other wrestlers beginning to annoy him, Jericho began a list called "The List of Jericho", where he wrote down the name of the person that bothered him and why. After Christian put Stratus in the Walls of Jericho while competing against her in a match, Jericho sought revenge on Christian, which led to a match at WrestleMania XX. [5] The pair also wrestled in Calgary's Canadian National Wrestling Alliance (CNWA) and Canadian Rocky Mountain Wrestling (CRMW). His first few feuds (if I remember … That person was Chris Jericho. [248][249] The match, dubbed "Alpha vs. Omega", was Jericho's first match outside of WWE since he left WCW in July 1999. Roman Reigns (No Disqualification Match, with Chris Jericho suspended above the ring in a shark cage)", "Randy Orton won the 30-Superstar Royal Rumble Match", "Full 2017 Royal Rumble Match statistics: entrants, eliminations, times and more", "WWE Universal Champion Kevin Owens vs. Goldberg", "KELLER'S WWE RAW REPORT 2/13: Las Vegas Festival of Friendship, Emmalina's debut, Fastlane developments, more", "Chris Jericho taken to medical facility during Raw", "Goldberg def. A year after graduating from college, Irvine was setting up rings for promoter Bob Holliday. [113] Jeri-Show successfully defended the title against Cryme Tyme at SummerSlam, MVP and Mark Henry at Breaking Point and Rey Mysterio and Batista at Hell in a Cell. [184] Jericho then feuded with Randy Orton, whom had attacked him the week before after his match against Wyatt in the trainers room. Jericho made his final appearances with WAR in July 1996, having wrestled a total of twenty-four tours for the company.[8]. On May 5, Jericho made his third appearance as a guest on Attack of the Show! @TheRoxy", "Manitoba Wrestler Inducted into Order of Buffalo Hunt", "Chris Jericho Defends Donald Trump Jr. Podcast Appearance", "How Much Money Chris Jericho Actually Donated To Donald Trump", https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/515453-sturgis-motorcycle-rally-was-superspreading-event-that-cost-public, https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2020/09/sturgis-rally-where-chris-jericho-band-played-labeled-as-674567/, https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/lk5ylx/looks_like_chris_jerichos_wife_was_at_the_capitol/, https://twitter.com/WesLeeNXT/status/1360995357925265410, https://twitter.com/IAmJericho/status/1366974765022461953, "Chris Jericho gets in altercation with fans", "WWE News: Police determine whether charges will be filed in Chris Jericho fan incident from February", "Chris Jericho issued arrest warrant for not showing up to court", "Chris Jericho Makes Film Producer Debut on New Metal Documentary", "C.R.M.W North American Heavyweight Title", "CRMW North American Heavyweight Championship", "CRMW North American Tag Team Championship", "Pro Wrestling Illustrated Award Winners – Most Hated Wrestler of the Year", "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2009", "Chris Jericho's first World Heavyweight Championship reign", "Chris Jericho's second World Heavyweight Championship reign", "Chris Jericho's third World Heavyweight Championship reign", "Chris Jericho's first WCW World Heavyweight Championship reign", "Chris Jericho's second WCW World Heavyweight Championship reign", "Nikki Sixx and Courtney Bingham at the Premiere of "God Bless Ozzy Osbourne (Chris Jericho)", "WWE Flashback: The 2009 Slammy Award winners", "International Junior Heavyweight Title [WAR/Tenryu Project]", "WAR International Junior Heavyweight Championship", "WAR International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title history", "WAR International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship", The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford), Cody Rhodes and Goldust/Gold and Stardust, NWA World Historic Middleweight Champions, International Junior Heavyweight Champions, International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chris_Jericho&oldid=1010903195, Canadian expatriate professional wrestlers in the United States, Expatriate professional wrestlers in Japan, Expatriate professional wrestlers in Mexico, NWA/WCW/WWE United States Heavyweight Champions, Participants in American reality television series, Professional wrestlers from New York (state), Pages containing links to subscription-only content, Wikipedia indefinitely semi-protected biographies of living people, Short description is different from Wikidata, All Wikipedia articles written in American English, Pages which use embedded infobox templates with the title parameter, Articles with unsourced statements from June 2018, Pages using Sister project links with wikidata namespace mismatch, Pages using Sister project links with hidden wikidata, Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, CRMW North American Heavyweight Championship (1 time), CRMW North American Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with, CRMW Mid-Heavyweight Championship (2 times), Ranked No. No flaws but is is a vintage shirt so there may be minor signs of wear. [283], In December, The Inner Circle began to attempt to entice Jon Moxley to join the group. 's color commentator John "Bradshaw" Layfield interfered in the match, but Orton retained the title. Jericho was carried out of the arena by security as Kurt Angle attacked Cena. Later that same day during a Road to Tokyo Dome show, Jericho laid out Naito with steel chair shots, and after stated that at Wrestle Kingdom 13 he would end Tetsuya Naito's career. [120], Jericho entered the 2010 Royal Rumble match on January 31, but was eliminated by the returning Edge, his former tag team partner, who went on to win the match. Message with questions PLEASE!!! [139] On the September 27 episode of Raw, Jericho faced Randy Orton who punted him in the head. I was like, that’s a f***ing insult. Rock got his comeback, and that seemed like the next big feud. Jericho used his old "Lionheart" gimmick, instead of his more well known "Y2J" gimmick. His current AEW theme song Judas was composed by this band. [109] At The Bash, Jericho lost the Intercontinental Championship back to Mysterio in a mask vs. title match. As a result of this win, Jericho became the first wrestler to win every (original) Grand Slam eligible championship. Jericho has been named as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time by journalists for ProWrestling.net, Jericho has appeared in "greatest wrestlers" lists by outlets such as. On June 24, 2006, Jericho premiered in his first Sci-Fi Channel movie Android Apocalypse alongside Scott Bairstow and Joey Lawrence. [23] At SuperBrawl IX, Jericho and Saturn wrestled in a "dress" match which Jericho won. Just Bring It, WWF Raw, WWE SmackDown! If they weren’t involved in major storylines, they could go balls-out and have incredible matches. The next night on the August 22 episode of Raw, Jericho faced Cena again in a rematch, this time in a "You're fired" match. [244], On January 22, 2018 during the 25th Anniversary of Raw, Jericho appeared backstage in a segment with Elias, putting him on The List of Jericho. They lost the championship to Storm and Yasuraoka the following month. [195] Their feud culminated at WrestleMania 32, where Jericho defeated Styles. He attained sole champion status at the Royal Rumble.[31]. American-born, Canadian-raised professional wrestler, rock singer, actor and author. [8][9] His first experience with a professional wrestling promotion was when he acted as part of the ring crew for the first tour of the newly opened Keystone Wrestling Alliance promotion,[8] where he learned important pointers from independent wrestlers Catfish Charlie and Caveman Broda. 7. [177] On the July 19 episode of SmackDown, Jericho unsuccessfully challenged Curtis Axel for the WWE Intercontinental Championship and was afterwards attacked by Ryback. 2 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the, Ranked No. [74] When Jericho was finally convinced and he apologized to Michaels for not believing him, Michaels then admitted to Jericho that he had faked his injury and he attacked Jericho with Sweet Chin Music. 1 contender for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship in a losing effort after being pinned by Styles, ending their feud. "Caldwell's WWE Royal Rumble report 1/29: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of live PPV – Rumble match, Punk-Ziggler, Cena-Kane, steel cage", "PWTorch.com - CALDWELL'S WWE RAW RESULTS 1/30: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of live Raw - Huge Return, Champion vs. Champion, Rumble PPV fall-out", "CALDWELL'S WWE RAW RESULTS 2/6: Ongoing "virtual-time" coverage of live Raw – Hunter-Taker & Jericho-Punk follow-up", "Raw SuperShow results: Triple H accepts Undertaker's WrestleMania challenge", "CALDWELL'S WWE RAW RESULTS 3/19: Ongoing "virtual-time" coverage of live Raw – Two weeks 'til Mania, Rock-Cena latest, Hunter-HBK-Taker share the ring", "CALDWELL'S WWE WRESTLEMANIA 28 PPV REPORT 4/1: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of live PPV – Rock-Cena, Taker-Hunter, Punk-Jericho", "PWTorch.com - CALDWELL'S WWE RAW RESULTS 4/2: Ongoing "virtual-time" coverage of live Raw - WM28 fall-out, how will Cena respond to Rock loss?, two big title matches", "PWTorch.com - CALDWELL'S WWE RAW RESULTS 4/9: Ongoing "virtual-time" coverage of live Raw - Lesnar officially returns & Cena responds, Stooges", "WWE Extreme Rules live coverage from Chicago", "PWTorch.com - CALDWELL'S WWE RAW RESULTS 5/7: Ongoing "virtual-time" coverage of live Raw - broken bones follow-up, Over the Limit hype", "WWE Over the Limit live coverage from Raleigh", "WWE Star Chris Jericho Suspended for Denigrating Brazilian Flag", "PWTorch.com - CALDWELL'S WWE RAW RESULTS 6/25: Ongoing "virtual-time" coverage of live Raw #995 - Cena vs. Jericho, MITB hype", "PWTorch.com - CALDWELL'S WWE RAW RESULTS 7/16: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of live Raw #998 - MITB PPV fall-out, Cena's announcement", "PWTorch.com - CALDWELL'S WWE RAW RESULTS 8/20: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of live Raw - Punk-Cena, Lesnar opens show, Triple H "speculation," Jericho farewell", "PWTorch.com - Raw update - Jericho written off TV", "The Royal Rumble sets up a potential WrestleMania rematch as The Rock, Cena win", "Raw: It's The Rock, Brock, the wheel and The Shield in Vegas", "PWTorch.com - CALDWELL'S WWE RAW RESULTS 2/11: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of live Raw - The Rock returns for Story Time, final Chamber PPV hype, Jericho vs. Bryan", "WWE NEWS: Chamber PPV results & notes – WM29 main event set, World Title match set, Shield big win, more", "Raw results: Undertaker & Kane honor Paul Bearer, and CM Punk makes his most despicable move yet", "Raw results: CM Punk taunts The Undertaker, and Triple H signs a fateful WrestleMania contract", "PWTorch.com - PARKS' WWE SMACKDOWN REPORT 3/22: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of the Friday night show, including Chris Jericho vs. Jack Swagger in a rematch from last week", "PWTorch.com - CALDWELL'S WWE RAW RESULTS 3/25: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of live Raw - Rock returns for Q&A debate with Cena, Hunter punts Barrett, latest WM29 hype", "PWTorch.com - CALDWELL'S WWE WRESTLEMANIA 29 PPV RESULTS: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of live PPV from MetLife Stadium - Rock-Cena II, Taker-Punk, Lesnar-Hunter, more", "PWTorch.com - PARKS' WWE SMACKDOWN REPORT 4/12: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of Friday night show, including Dolph Ziggler's first Smackdown as champion and Triple H addresses Lesnar match", "PWTorch.com - CALDWELL'S WWE RAW RESULTS 4/15: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of live Raw - Lesnar returns, Punk walks away, WM29 fallout, new U.S. champion, more", "PWTorch.com - CALDWELL'S WWE EXTREME RULES PPV RESULTS 5/19 (Hour 1): Jericho vs. Fandango, U.S.