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Biography

Christopher Keith Irvine (born November 9, 1970), known professionally as Chris Jericho , is an Canadians of American origin|American-born Canadian professional wrestling|professional wrestler , musician, media personality, actor, author and businessman. He is signed to WWE , appearing on its WWE Raw|Raw WWE Brand Extension|brand in addition to being the lead singer of heavy metal band Fozzy (band)|Fozzy . He is also well known for his time in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), and internationally in Canadian, Mexican and Japanese promotions.

Jericho has won 30 championships between WWF/E, WCW, and ECW - the three most prominent American promotions in the 1990s and early 2000s. He is credited as being the first Undisputed Championship#World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE|Undisputed WWF Champion , having Championship unification|unified the WWE Championship and WCW World Heavyweight Championship|World Championship (formerly the WCW Championship) in 2001.

In WWE Jericho is a six-time World Heavyweight Championship (professional wrestling)|world champion , having won the WWE Championship|Undisputed WWF Championship List of WWE Champions|once , the WCW World Heavyweight Championship|WCW/World Championship List of WCW World Heavyweight Champions|twice and the World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship List of World Heavyweight Champions (WWE)|thrice . He is also a record List of WWE Intercontinental Champions|nine-time WWE Intercontinental Championship|Intercontinental Champion , and the fourth Grand Slam Championship#World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE Grand Slam Champion .

Outside of wrestling, Jericho formed the band Fozzy in 1999 as their lead vocalist. Their Fozzy (album)|eponymous debut album (2000) and Happenstance (Fozzy album)|Happenstance (2002) consist of cover songs and original music; All That Remains (album)|All That Remains (2005) and Chasing the Grail (2010) feature all-original music. He also competed in the 2011 series of Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 12)| Dancing With The Stars , lasting until the sixth week. Prior to this, he hosted the American Broadcasting Company|ABC game show Downfall (game show)|Downfall .

Professional wrestling career

Early career (1990& ndash;1996)

At age 19, Irvine entered the Hart Brothers School of Wrestling where, on his first day, he met Lance Storm . Two months later, he was ready to start wrestling on independent shows, making his debut on October 2, 1990, in a draw against Storm. The pair then worked as a tag team, initially called "Sudden Impact". Meanwhile, he took the name "Jericho" from the Helloween album, Walls of Jericho (album)|Walls of Jericho .Chris Jericho with Peter Thomas Fornatale, ''A Lion's Tale: Around The World In Spandex'', Grand Central Publishing, pp. 65, 171. Jericho and Storm worked for Tony Condello in the tours of Northern Manitoba with Edge (wrestler)|Adam Copeland (Edge), Christian (wrestler)|Jason Reso (Christian), and Rhino (wrestler)|Terry Gerin (Rhino). The pair also wrestled in Calgary's Canadian National Wrestling Alliance (CNWA) and Canadian Rocky Mountain Wrestling (CRMW). In 1991, Jericho and Storm started touring in Japan for Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling , where he would befriend Ricky Fuji , who also trained under Stu Hart .

In the winter of 1992, he traveled to Mexico and competed under the name '''Leon D'Oro , and later Corazón de León''', where he wrestled for several small wrestling companies, as well as the largest in the country, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). In CMLL, Jericho took on César Cuauhtémoc González|Silver King , Negro Casas , and Último Dragón en route to an 11 month reign as the NWA World Middleweight Championship|NWA Middleweight Champion that began in December 1993. After leaving Mexico, Jericho would wrestle in Hamburg, Germany for six weeks as part of a tournament run by Rene Lasarteese. His burgeoning wrestling skills also took him to Japan in 1994 where he competed for Genichiro Tenryu 's WAR (wrestling promotion)|Wrestling and Romance (later known as Wrestle Association "R") (WAR) promotion, facing the likes of Keiji Takayama|Gedo and Último Dragón, to whom he lost the WAR International Junior Heavyweight Championship . He would also become a member of the heel stable Fuyuki-Gun (also known as Team No Respect) with Gedo, Jado, and Hiromichi Fuyuki under the name Lion Do , and would go on to team with Gedo to become the first Dragon Gate I-J Heavyweight Tag Team Championship|WAR International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions .

1994 also saw Jericho reunited with his former teammate from CRMW, Storm, as the Thrillseekers in Jim Cornette 's Smoky Mountain Wrestling promotion, where they feuded with the likes of Well Dunn , The Rock 'n' Roll Express , and The Heavenly Bodies . In December 1995, Jericho competed in the second Super j cup 1995|Super J Cup Tournament, hosted by WAR, losing to Chris Benoit|Wild Pegasus .

Extreme Championship Wrestling (1996)

In 1996, thanks in part to recommendations by Chris Benoit and Perry Saturn , to promoter Paul Heyman , and after Mick Foley saw Jericho's match against Último Dragón for the WAR International Junior Heavyweight Championship in July 1995 and gave a tape of the match to Heyman, Jericho began wrestling for the Philadelphia-based Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) promotion, winning the ECW World Television Championship from Anthony Durante|Pitbull #2 in June 1996. While in ECW, Jericho wrestled Tazz|Taz , Sabu (wrestler)|Sabu , Rob Van Dam , Mick Foley|Cactus Jack , Shane Douglas , and 2 Cold Scorpio . It was during this time that he drew the attention of World Championship Wrestling (WCW).

World Championship Wrestling

Cruiserweight Champion (1996& ndash;1998)

On August 26, 1996 Jericho made his first appearance with WCW, and on September 15, he appeared at his first pay-per-view show in a match against Chris Benoit at Fall Brawl 1996|Fall Brawl . In January 1997, Jericho made his debut for New Japan Pro Wrestling , who had a working agreement with WCW, as Super Liger, the masked arch nemesis of Jushin Liger|Jushin "Thunder" Liger . According to Jericho, Super Liger's first match against Koji Kanemoto at January 4 Dome Show#Wrestling World 1997|Wrestling World 1997 was so poorly received that the gimmick was dropped instantly. The following six months, Jericho worked for New Japan unmasked, before being called back by WCW. On June 28, 1997, Jericho defeated Sean Waltman|Syxx in Los Angeles , California to win the WWE Cruiserweight Championship|Cruiserweight Championship for the first time. He won the title again on August 12, 1997, by defeating Alex Wright .

Jericho began his WCW Heel (professional wrestling)|heel run when he won the title a third time by defeating Rey Mysterio, Jr. at Souled Out 1998|Souled Out by forcing him to submit to the Liontamer. After the match, Jericho assaulted Mysterio's knee with a toolbox . In the storyline, Mysterio needed six months of recovery before he could return to the ring. Jericho then had a short feud with Juventud Guerrera in which Guerrera repeatedly requested a shot at Jericho's Cruiserweight Championship, but Jericho constantly rebuffed him. The feud culminated in a professional wrestling match types#Luchas de Apuestas|Title vs. Mask match at SuperBrawl VIII . Guerrera lost the match and was forced to remove his mask. Following this match, Jericho began his ongoing List of professional wrestling terms#G|gimmick of collecting and wearing to the ring trophy items from his defeated opponents, such as Guerrera's mask, Michael Haynes III|Prince Iaukea 's Hawaiian dress, and a headband from Glenn Gilbertti|Disco Inferno .
Jericho then began a long feud with Dean Malenko in which Jericho repeatedly claimed he was a better wrestler than Malenko, but refused to wrestle him. Because of his mastery of technical wrestling, Malenko was known as "The Man of 1000 Holds," so Jericho claimed to be "The Man of 1004 Holds." During the March 30, 1998 episode of WCW Monday Nitro , after defeating Marty Jannetty , Jericho pulled out a long pile of paper that listed each of the 1004 holds he knew and recited them to the audience. Many of the "holds" were fictional, and every other hold was an Professional wrestling holds#Armbar|armbar . On the March 12, 1998 episode of WCW Thunder , Malenko defeated a wrestler wearing Juventud Guerrera's mask who appeared to be Jericho. However, the masked wrestler was actually Lenny Lane , who Jericho bribed to appear in the match. This started a minor feud between Lane and Jericho after Jericho refused to pay Lane. At Uncensored 1998|Uncensored Jericho finally wrestled Malenko and defeated him, after which Malenko took a leave of absence from wrestling. Jericho then proceeded to bring with him to the ring a portrait of Malenko that he insulted and demeaned. Just prior to Slamboree 1998|Slamboree , James J. Dillon|J.J. Dillon (referred to by Jericho as "Jo Jo") scheduled a cruiserweight Battle royal (professional wrestling)|Battle Royal in which the wrestler who won would immediately have a shot at Jericho's Cruiserweight Championship. Jericho accepted on the grounds that whoever had to face him would not have nearly enough energy to wrestle two matches in a row. At Slamboree, Jericho came out to announce the competitors in an insulting fashion before the match started and then went backstage for coffee. An individual who appeared to be Manuel Ortiz|Ciclope won the battle royal after Juventud Guerrera shook his hand then eliminated himself. However, the winner was not Ciclope, but instead a returning Malenko in disguise. Malenko proceeded to defeat Jericho for the championship. Jericho claiming he was the victim of a carefully planned Conspiracy theory|conspiracy to get the belt off of him. He at first blamed the WCW locker room, then added Dillon, Ted Turner , and finally in a vignette, he walked around Washington, D.C. with the sign "conspiracy victim" and accused President Bill Clinton of being one of the conspirators after being rejected from a meeting. Eventually, Malenko vacated the title. Jericho ended up defeating Malenko at The Great American Bash 1998|The Great American Bash to win the vacant title after Malenko was disqualified after hitting Jericho with a chair. The next night, Malenko was suspended for his actions.

At Bash at the Beach 1998|Bash at the Beach , the recently returned Rey Mysterio, Jr. (who had recovered from his knee injury) defeated Jericho in a No Disqualification match after the still-suspended Malenko interfered. Jericho regained the Cruiserweight Championship from Mysterio the next night after he interrupted J.J. Dillon while Dillon was giving the championship to Mysterio. Jericho was again awarded the championship. Eventually, Jericho decisively lost the title to Juventud Guerrera in a match at Road Wild 1998|Road Wild with Malenko as special referee.

World Television Champion (1998& ndash;1999)

On August 10, Jericho defeated Lane Huffman|Stevie Ray to win the WCW World Television Championship|World Television Championship (Stevie Ray substituting for the champion Booker T (wrestler)|Booker T ). Soon afterward, Jericho repeatedly called out WCW World Heavyweight Championship|World Heavyweight Champion Bill Goldberg|Goldberg , in an attempt to begin a feud with him, but never actually wrestled him. Jericho cites Eric Bischoff , Goldberg, and Hulk Hogan 's reluctance to book Jericho in a pay-per-view List of professional wrestling terms#S|squash match loss against Goldberg, which Jericho felt would be a big draw, as a major reason for his deciding to leave the company.

On November 30, 1998 Jericho lost the Television Championship to Konnan . In early 1999, Jericho began a feud with Perry Saturn . The feud saw Jericho and Saturn instigating bizarre stipulation matches, such as at Souled Out 1999|Souled Out , where Jericho defeated Saturn in a "loser must wear a dress" match. At SuperBrawl IX Jericho and Saturn wrestled in a "dress" match in which Jericho once again defeated Saturn. Saturn finally defeated Jericho at Uncensored 1999|Uncensored in a Professional wrestling match types#Strap match|Dog Collar match . Jericho's final WCW match came during a Peoria, IL house show July 21, where he and Eddie Guerrero lost a tag team match to Billy Kidman and Rey Mysterio|Rey Mysterio, Jr.

World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment

The Y2J Problem (1999-2000)

Jericho alternated between WCW and a number of Japanese tours before he signed a contract with the WWE|World Wrestling Federation (WWF) on June 30. In the weeks before Jericho's debut, a clock labeled "countdown to the new millennium" appeared on WWF programming. 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. Vince McMahon gave him the green light to use it as his intro to the WWF. The clock finally ran down on August 9, 1999 in Chicago , Illinois while Dwayne Johnson|The Rock was in the ring doing a promo. Jericho entered the arena and proclaimed himself "Y2J" (a play on the Year 2000 problem|Y2K bug ). The Rock proceeded to verbally mock him for his interruption. Later that month, Jericho made his in-ring debut on August 26, 1999 losing by disqualification in a match against Brian Gerard James|Road Dogg on the inaugural episode of WWE SmackDown|SmackDown! after powerbombing Road Dogg through a table.

Jericho's first long-term feud was with Chyna , for the WWE Intercontinental Championship|Intercontinental Championship . After losing to Chyna at the Survivor Series (1999)|Survivor Series , Jericho won his first Intercontinental title at WWE Armageddon#1999|Armageddon . This feud included a controversial decision during a rematch in which two separate referees declared each one of them the winner of a match for the title. As a result, they became co-owners of the title until Jericho attained sole ownership at the Royal Rumble (2000)|Royal Rumble . Jericho's subsequent alliance with Chyna, coupled with growing enthusiasm for his ring work and mic skills, effectively turned him into a Face (professional wrestling)|face .

Feuding and teaming with Chris Benoit (2000-2001)

Jericho lost his title to the WWE European Championship|European Champion Kurt Angle at No Way Out (2000)|No Way Out . On April 2, Jericho competed in a Triple Threat match against Chris Benoit and Angle at WrestleMania 2000 in a two-falls contest with both of Angle's titles at stake. Jericho won the European Championship by pinning Benoit, who in turn pinned Jericho to take the Intercontinental Championship. This was the first of six pay-per-view matches between the pair within twelve months. Jericho lost the title the next day to Eddie Guerrero on WWE Raw|Raw after Chyna turned heel to side with him. On the April 17 episode of Raw , Jericho upset Triple H in a WWE Championship|WWF Championship match. Referee Earl Hebner made a fast count when Jericho pinned Triple H, causing Jericho to win the title. Hebner later reversed the decision due to pressure from Triple H, and WWE does not recognize Jericho's reign as champion. On the May 4 episode of SmackDown! , Jericho defeated Benoit to become Intercontinental Champion for the third time, but lost the title to Benoit four days later on Raw . Meanwhile, Jericho's feud with Triple H climaxed at WWF Fully Loaded#2000|Fully Loaded , when they competed in a Last Man Standing match . Jericho lost the match to Triple H only by one second, despite the repeated assistance Triple H's wife Stephanie McMahon|Stephanie provided him in the match.

At the Royal Rumble (2001)|2001 Royal Rumble , Jericho defeated Chris Benoit in a Ladder match to win the Intercontinental Championship for the fourth time. At WrestleMania X-Seven , he successfully defended his title in a match against William Regal , only to lose it four days later to Triple H.

At Judgment Day (2001)|Judgment Day , Jericho and Benoit won a Tag Team Turmoil match and earned a shot at Stone Cold Steve Austin and Triple H for their World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|WWF Tag Team Championship on WWE Raw|Raw the next night. Benoit and Jericho won the match, in which Triple H legitimately tore his quadriceps and spent the rest of the year injured, and Jericho became WWF Tag Team Champion for the first time. The team defended their title in the first Triple Threat match|Fatal Four-Way Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match where Benoit sustained a year-long injury doing a Diving head butt|diving headbutt through a table. Though Benoit was carried out on a stretcher, he returned to the match to climb the ladder and retain the championship. The duo lost the title one month later to the Dudley Boyz on June 19, 2001. That month at King of the Ring (2001)|King of the Ring , both Benoit and Jericho were named challengers for Austin's WWF Championship in which Booker Huffman|Booker T interfered as the catalyst for The Invasion (professional wrestling)|The Invasion angle.

Undisputed Champion (2001& ndash;2002)

In the following months, Jericho became a major force in The Invasion (professional wrestling)|The Invasion storyline in which WCW and ECW joined forces to overtake the WWF. Jericho remained on the side of the WWF despite previously competing in WCW and ECW. However, Jericho began to show jealousy toward fellow WWF member The Rock. They faced each other in a match at No Mercy 2001|No Mercy for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship|WCW Championship after Jericho defeated Rob Van Dam in a number one contenders match. Jericho won the WCW Championship when he pinned The Rock after debuting a new finisher, the Facebuster#Full nelson facebuster|Breakdown . One night later, the two put their differences aside and won the WWF Tag Team title from the Dudley Boyz. After they lost the title to Andrew Martin|Test and Booker T (wrestler)|Booker T , they continued their feud. On the November 5 episode of Raw, The Rock defeated Jericho to regain the WCW Championship. Following the match, Jericho attacked The Rock with a Chair shot|steel chair . At the Survivor Series (2001)|Survivor Series , Jericho almost cost The Rock, and the WWF, victory in their elimination matchup by attacking The Rock again, turning heel once again. On December 9, at Vengeance (2001)|Vengeance , Jericho defeated both The Rock for the WCW Championship (unbranded and only referred to as the World Championship following Survivor Series) and Stone Cold Steve Austin for his WWF Championship on the same night to become the first wrestler to hold both championships at the same time, which made him the first Undisputed WWF Champion. He fought both of the men he defeated at Vengeance on separate occasions and retained his title at the next two pay-per-views, Royal Rumble (2002)|Royal Rumble (vs. The Rock) and No Way Out (2002)|No Way Out (vs. Stone Cold). Jericho later lost the title to Triple H in the main event of WrestleMania X8 . After his title loss, Jericho became a member of the SmackDown! roster and continued his feud with Triple H. The rivalry culminated at Judgment Day when Triple H defeated Jericho in a Hell in a Cell match.

Storyline with Christian (2002& ndash;2004)

Jericho was later drafted to Raw, where he won the Intercontinental Championship from Rob Van Dam (RVD). He then later formed a tag team with Christian (wrestler)|Christian , with whom he won the World Tag Team Championship, then renamed WWE Tag Team Championship, on October 14, 2002. Christian and Jericho lost the title in a fatal four-way elimination match, involving the teams of The Dudley Boyz, Booker T and Goldust, and William Regal and Lance Storm, on December 15, 2002 at Armageddon (2002)|Armageddon .

On January 13, 2003, Jericho won an over-the-top-rope challenge against Kane, RVD, and Dave Batista|Batista to select his entry number for the Royal Rumble (2003)|Royal Rumble match . He chose number two in order to start the match with Shawn Michaels , who had challenged Jericho to prove his claims that he was better than Michaels. After Michaels' entrance, Jericho entered as the second participant. Christian, in Jericho's attire, appeared while the real Jericho attacked Shawn from behind. He eliminated Michaels shortly afterward, but Michaels got his revenge later in the match by causing Test to eliminate Jericho. Jericho spent the most time of any other wrestler in that same Royal Rumble. Jericho simultaneously feuded with Test, Michaels, and Jeff Hardy . Jericho and Michaels fought again at WrestleMania XIX . In the end, Michaels scored the victory. Jericho, however, hit Michaels with a Professional wrestling attacks#Low blow|low blow after the match following an embrace.

After this match, Jericho entered a rivalry with Goldberg, which was fueled by Goldberg's refusal to fight Jericho in WCW. During Jericho's first episode of the WWE Raw#Recurring segments|Highlight Reel , an interview show, where Goldberg was the guest, he complained that no one wanted Goldberg in WWE and continued to insult him in the following weeks. On May 12 on Raw , a mystery assailant attempted to run over Goldberg with a limousine . A week later, Professional wrestling authority figures#General Managers|Co-Raw General Manager , Stone Cold Steve Austin , interrogated several Raw superstars to find out who was driving the car. One of the interrogates was Lance Storm , who admitted that he was the assailant. Austin forced Storm into a match with Goldberg, who defeated Storm. After the match, Goldberg forced Storm to admit that Jericho was the superstar who conspired Storm into running him over. On May 26, Goldberg was once again a guest on the Highlight Reel . Jericho expressed jealousy towards Goldberg's success in WCW and felt that since joining WWE, he had achieved everything he had ever wanted in his career and all that was left was to defeat Goldberg and challenged him to a match. At Bad Blood (2003)|Bad Blood , Goldberg settled the score with Jericho and defeated him.

Later in 2003, Jericho began a romance with Trish Stratus while his tag team partner Christian began one with Amy Dumas|Lita . This, however, turned out to be a bet over who could sleep with their respective paramour first, with a Loonie|Canadian dollar at stake. Stratus overheard this and ended her relationship with Jericho, who seemingly felt bad for using Stratus. After he saved her from an attack by Kane (wrestler)|Kane , Stratus agreed that the two of them could just be "friends", thus making Jericho a face. After Christian put Stratus in the Boston crab|Walls of Jericho while competing against her in a match, Jericho sought revenge on Christian, which led to a match at WrestleMania XX . Christian defeated Jericho after Stratus ran down and "inadvertently" struck Jericho (thinking it was Christian) and Christian got the roll-up. After the match, Stratus turned on Jericho and revealed that she and Christian were a couple. This revelation led to a handicap match at Backlash (2004)|Backlash that Jericho won. Jericho won his seventh Intercontinental Championship at that year's Unforgiven (2004)|Unforgiven in a ladder match against Christian. Jericho's seventh reign was short lived, as he lost it at Taboo Tuesday (2004)|Taboo Tuesday to Shelton Benjamin .

Championship pursuits (2004& ndash;2005)

Jericho teamed up with Randy Orton , Chris Benoit, and Maven Huffman|Maven to take on Triple H, Batista, Edge, and Gene Snitsky|Snitsky at Survivor Series (2004)|Survivor Series . The match's stipulation stated that each member of the winning team would become the Professional wrestling authority figures#Raw brand authorities|General Manager of Raw throughout the next four weeks. Jericho's team was victorious, so they took turns as General Manager. During Jericho's turn as General Manager, he stripped Triple H of his World Heavyweight Championship because a Triple Threat match|Triple Threat match for the title a week earlier ended in a draw. At New Year's Revolution (2005)|New Year's Revolution , Jericho competed in the Elimination Chamber against Triple H, Chris Benoit, Batista, Randy Orton, and Edge for the vacated World Heavyweight Championship. Jericho began the match with Benoit but Batista ultimately eliminated Jericho. At WrestleMania 21 , Jericho participated in the first ever Money in the Bank ladder match . Jericho suggested the match concept, and he competed in the match against Benjamin, Benoit, Kane, Christian, and Edge. Jericho lost the match when Edge claimed the briefcase. At Backlash (2005)|Backlash , Jericho challenging Shelton Benjamin for the Intercontinental Championship, but lost the match. On June 12, 2005, Jericho wrestled in his first match of the ECW One Night Stand (2005)|ECW One Night Stand pay-per-view event against his former rivalry Lance Storm. Jericho used his old 'Lionheart' gimmick, instead of his more well known 'Y2J' gimmick. However, Jericho lost the match, after Jason and Peter Polaco|Justin Credible hit Jericho’s head with a Shinai|Singapore Cane , which allowed Storm to win the match.

Later that June, Jericho turned on WWE Champion John Cena , becoming a heel once again. Jericho lost a Triple Threat match for the WWE Championship at Vengeance which also involved Christian and Cena. The feud continued throughout the summer and Jericho lost to Cena in a championship match at SummerSlam (2005)|SummerSlam . His last appearance in WWE on the next night on Raw , Jericho faced Cena again in a rematch, this time in a " Professional wrestling match types#Loser Leaves Town match|You're fired" match . Cena won again, and Jericho was fired by Raw General Manager Eric Bischoff , Jericho then turned on Bischoff. Jericho was carried out of the arena by security. WWE announced that Jericho's WWE contract had expired on August 25, 2005.

Return to WWE

Championship reigns (2007& ndash;2009)

After a two year hiatus, WWE promoted Jericho's return starting September 24, 2007 with a viral marketing campaign using a series of 15-second Cryptic crossword|cryptic binary code videos, similar to the matrix digital rain featured in The Matrix (franchise)| The Matrix series . The videos contained hidden messages and biblical links related to Jericho. Jericho made his return to WWE television as a Face (professional wrestling)|face on the November 19, 2007 episode of Raw when he interrupted Randy Orton during Orton's orchestrated passing of the torchceremony. Jericho revealed his intentions to reclaim the WWE Championship in order to "save" WWE fans from Orton. On the November 26 episode of Raw, Jericho defeated Santino Marella and debuted a new finishing maneuver called the Professional wrestling throws#Double knee facebreaker|Codebreaker . At Armageddon (2007)|Armageddon , he competed in a WWE title match against Orton, defeating him by Professional wrestling#Disqualification|disqualification when SmackDown's color commentator John Layfield|John "Bradshaw" Layfield interfered in the match, but Orton retained the title. He began a feud with JBL and met him at the Royal Rumble (2008)|Royal Rumble . Jericho was disqualified after hitting JBL with a steel chair.

On the March 10 episode of Raw , Jericho captured the Intercontinental Championship for a record eighth time when he defeated Jeff Hardy .

On June 9 episode of Raw, Jericho attacked Shawn Michaels during his talk show segment The Highlight Reel . Feeling the fans were cheering Michaels despite doing wrong and not caring for Jericho, he put Michaels through The Highlight Reel 's "Jeritron 5000" which caused severe damage to his eye, thus Jericho turned Heel (professional wrestling)|heel for the first time since 2005. This began what would be ranked by both Pro Wrestling Illustrated and the Wrestling Observer Newsletter as the feud of the year. At Night of Champions (2008)|Night of Champions , he lost the Intercontinental Title to Kofi Kingston after a distraction by Michaels.

Afterward, he developed a suit-wearing "self righteous honest man" gimmick inspired by Anton Chigurh ( Javier Bardem ) from the film No Country for Old Men (film)|No Country for Old Men . In doing so, Jericho purposely shed many of the trademarks associated with the "Y2J" character, taking "every characteristic that made him popular, and strip those traits away from himself." Jericho and Michaels met at The Great American Bash (2008)|The Great American Bash , which Jericho won after attacking the cut on Michaels's eye. Michaels later announced that his eye damage would force him to retire, Jericho then went to attack him but punched Rebecca, his wife, instead. As a result, they met in an Hardcore wrestling|Unsanctioned match at Unforgiven (2008)|Unforgiven which Jericho lost. In the main event, Jericho entered the Professional wrestling match types#Championship Scramble|Championship Scramble as a replacement for the defending champion CM Punk and subsequently won the World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship . Jericho then successfully defended his title against Michaels at No Mercy (2008)|No Mercy in a ladder match. At Cyber Sunday (2008)|Cyber Sunday , Jericho lost the title to Batista in a match. Eight days later, Jericho defeated Batista to win back the title in a steel cage match. This reign would last until the Survivor Series (2008)|2008 Survivor Series , where Jericho lost to the returning John Cena.

On the January 12, 2009 episode of Raw , WWE Executive Vice President Stephanie McMahon fired Jericho, but he was rehired the following week after making a forced apology. On February 15 at No Way Out (2009)|No Way Out , he was eliminated by his former rival Rey Mysterio, while Mysterio was defeated by Edge to become new World Heavyweight Champion.

Jericho had an onscreen feud with Double Team (film)|Double Team , Thursday (film)|Thursday , Sin City (film)|Sin City and The Wrestler (2008 film)|The Wrestler film star Mickey Rourke and with four WWE Hall of Fame rs. He challenged and attacked Ric Flair , Roddy Piper , Jimmy Snuka , and Ricky Steamboat on various episodes of Raw leading to WrestleMania XXV . At the event he won an elimination match against Snuka, Steamboat and Piper. After this, Jericho challenged Rourke who was at ringside for the event. As part of the storyline, Rourke knocked Jericho out after a left hook to the jaw.

On the April 13 episode of Raw , Jericho was drafted to the SmackDown brand as part of the 2009 WWE Draft . Ricky Steamboat interrupted Jericho's Raw farewell address, which led to the two facing off at Backlash (2009)|Backlash where Jericho came out victorious. In his SmackDown return, Jericho participated in a fatal-four-way elimination match against Kane, Jeff Hardy, and Rey Mysterio . Mysterio executed a Tiger Feint kick|619 on Jericho and then attempted to pin him with a Professional wrestling aerial techniques#Seated senton|seated senton . Jericho retaliated by throwing a chair at Mysterio and was disqualified. This sparked a feud between the two. Mysterio pinned Jericho after a 619 at Judgment Day (2009)|Judgment Day to retain the Intercontinental Championship. Jericho defeated Mysterio in a No Holds Barred Match at Extreme Rules (2009)|Extreme Rules to win his ninth Intercontinental Championship, breaking his own record again. At The Bash (2009)|The Bash Jericho lost the Intercontinental title to Mysterio.

Storyline with Edge and Jeri-Show (2009& ndash;2010)

Later in the same pay-per-view, Jericho and his partner Edge (wrestler)|Edge won the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship|Unified Tag Team Championship as surprise entrants in a tag team match. Shortly thereafter Edge suffered an injury and Jericho announced that he had a clause in his contract to allow Edge to be replaced and Jericho's reign to continue uninterrupted. At Night of Champions (2009)|Night of Champions , Jericho revealed Big Show (wrestler)|The Big Show as his new tag team partner and Jeri-Show defeated Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase, Jr.|Ted DiBiase to retain the championship. Jeri-Show would successfully defend their titles against Cryme Tyme at SummerSlam (2009)|SummerSlam , Montel Vontavious Porter|MVP and Mark Henry at WWE Breaking Point|Breaking Point and also Rey Mysterio, Jr.|Rey Mysterio and Dave Batista|Batista at Hell in a Cell (2009)|Hell in a Cell . At Survivor Series (2009)|Survivor Series , both Jericho and Big Show took part in a triple threat match for the World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship , but The Undertaker successfully retained his title.

The 140 day reign of Jeri-Show as Unified Tag Team Champions came to an end at the TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (2009)|TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs pay-per-view at the hands of D-Generation X (DX). As a member of the SmackDown roster, Jericho could only appear on Raw as a champion and so DX intentionally disqualified themselves in a rematch to force Jericho off the show. Eventually the teams had a match with a definitive finish, though DX still won, signalling the end of Jeri-Show.

At the Royal Rumble (2010)|2010 Royal Rumble Jericho was eliminated by the returning Edge, his former tag team partner, who went on to win the match. At Elimination Chamber (2010)|Elimination Chamber , Jericho won the World Heavyweight Championship in an Elimination Chamber match, defeating The Undertaker following interference from Shawn Michaels. The next night on Raw , Edge announced that he would be using his Royal Rumble win to challenge Jericho at WrestleMania XXVI for the World Heavyweight Championship. Jericho defeated Edge at WrestleMania but during the April 2 episode of SmackDown! , Jack Swagger cashed in his Money in the Bank ladder match|Money in the Bank contract and pinned Jericho for the championship after he had been Spear (wrestling)|speared by Edge. Swagger retained the championship in a match against Jericho and Edge soon after. Edge defeated Jericho in a steel cage match at Extreme Rules (2010)|Extreme Rules to end the feud.

Jericho was drafted back to Raw in May's 2010 WWE Draft . He formed a brief tag team with Mike Mizanin|The Miz and unsuccessfully challenged The Hart Dynasty for the Unified Tag Team Championship at Over the Limit (2010)|Over the Limit A month later, Jericho lost to Evan Bourne at WWE Fatal 4-Way , and the following night won a rematch where he put his career on the line. On the July 19 episode of Raw , after being assaulted by The Nexus (Professional wrestling)|The Nexus , Jericho teamed with rivals Edge, John Morrison (wrestler)|John Morrison , Ron Killings|R-Truth , The Great Khali and Bret Hart in a team led by John Cena to face The Nexus at SummerSlam (2010)|SummerSlam . Jericho and Cena bickered over leadership of the team, which led to him and Edge attacking Cena during the SummerSlam match that they won.

Jericho was punished for not showing solidarity against Nexus, when he was removed from a Six-Pack Challenge for Sheamus' WWE Championship at Night of Champions (2010)|WWE Night of Champions . Although he re-earned his place in the match he was the first man eliminated. On the September 27 episode of Raw , Jericho faced Randy Orton who punted him in the head. This was used to explain Jericho's departure from the company.

Second return to WWE (2012)

Beginning in November 2011, WWE aired six cryptic vignettes that implied that someone would be returning to the company during the broadcast of the January 2, 2012 episode of Raw . The eerie videos featured two schoolchildren, a boy and a girl, with the boy prophesying that "a familiar force shall arrive to claim what is his and it will be end times|the end of Earth|the world as you know it." Jericho returned on the January 2 episode of Raw in a similar manner to his two previous WWE introductions; however, after physically hyping the crowd and relishing their cheers for a prolonged period, a smiling Jericho left without verbally addressing his return and did so the following week. On the January 16 episode of Raw , Jericho made his in-ring return in a six-man tag team match, although Jericho had no physical involvement in the match; he hyped the crowd upon tagging in, before tagging out and abandoning the match. Jericho finally spoke the following week to say, "This Sunday at the Royal Rumble (2012)|Royal Rumble , it is going to be the end of the world as you know it", but in the Royal Rumble match was eliminated last, by Sheamus .

On the January 30 episode of Raw , Jericho interfered in a match between CM Punk and Daniel Bryan , causing a disqualification victory for Bryan and then attacking Punk following the ruling. The following week, he explained his actions by claiming all the other wrestlers in WWE were imitations of himself, referring to many main-eventers and naming WWE Champion CM Punk as the worst offender by calling himself the "Best in the World". Jericho was placed in an Elimination Chamber match for the WWE Championship and won a Six-Pack Challenge against the other competitors to be the final entrant into the Elimination Chamber match. At the Elimination Chamber (2012)|Elimination Chamber event, Jericho eliminated Dolph Ziggler and Kofi Kingston but was kicked out of the Chamber by Punk, which gave him a head injury and removed him from the match without being eliminated. On the February 20 episode of Raw , Jericho won a ten-man Battle Royal making him the number one contender for CM Punk's WWE Championship at Wrestlemania XXVIII . In a bid to psychologically unsettle Punk before their WrestleMania match, Jericho revealed that Punk's father was an alcoholic and Punk's sister was a drug addict which led Punk to his straight edge philosophy; Jericho also vowed to make Punk turn to alcohol by winning Punk's title from him. At WrestleMania, an additional stipulation was added that Punk would lose his WWE Championship if he was disqualified. During the match, Jericho's efforts to taunt Punk into disqualifying himself were unsuccessful as Punk managed to beat Jericho to retain the title. On the April 2 and 9 editions of Raw , Jericho continued his feud with Punk by attacking and dousing him with alcohol after his matches with Mark Henry . At Extreme Rules (2012)|Extreme Rules , Jericho failed again to capture the WWE Championship from Punk in a Professional wrestling match types#Hardcore-based variations|Chicago Street Fight .

On the May 7 episode of Raw SuperShow , Jericho pinned World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus during his tag team match with Alberto Del Rio against Sheamus and Randy Orton. After the match, Jericho, Orton, and Del Rio demanded a match for Sheamus' title at the Over the Limit (2012)|Over the Limit , which they were granted.

Other media

Music

In the mid 1990s, Jericho wrote a monthly column for Metal Edge magazine focused on the heavy metal scene. The column only ran for about a year. http://www.rock-is-life.com/interviews/chrisjericho.htm

Jericho is the lead singer for the heavy metal band Fozzy. Since their debut album in 1999, Fozzy has released four studio albums: Fozzy (album)|Fozzy , Happenstance (Fozzy album)|Happenstance , All That Remains (album)|All That Remains , and the 2010 album Chasing the Grail , and one live album, Remains Alive .

In 2005, Jericho performed vocals on a cover of " The Evil That Men Do (song)|The Evil That Men Do " on the Iron Maiden tribute album, Numbers from the Beast . He made a guest appearance on Dream Theater 's album, Systematic Chaos on the song " Systematic Chaos#Repentance|Repentance ", as one of several musical guests recorded apologizing to important people in their lives for wrongdoings in the past.

He also started his own weekly XM Satellite Radio show in March 2005 called Rock of Jericho , which aired Sunday nights on XM 41 The Boneyard.

Film, theatre, comedy and writing

In 2000, a VHS tape documenting Jericho's career titled Break Down the Walls was released.

On June 24, 2006 Jericho premiered in his first Syfy|Sci-Fi Channel movie Android Apocalypse alongside Scott Bairstow and Joey Lawrence .

Jericho debuted as a stage actor in a comedy play Opening Night , which premiered at the Toronto Centre for the Arts during July 20–22, 2006 in Toronto. During his stay in Toronto, Jericho hosted the sketch comedy show Sunday Night Live with sketch troupe The Sketchersons at The Brunswick House.

Jericho was also the first wrestler attached and interviewed for the wrestling documentary, Bloodstained Memoirs . The interview was recorded in the UK during a Fozzy tour in 2006.

Jericho wrote his autobiography, ''A Lion's Tale: Around The World In Spandex , which was released in 2007 and became a New York Times'' bestseller. Jericho's second autobiography Undisputed: How to Become the World Champion in 1,372 Easy Steps , was released in February 2011. Jericho has stated that a third book will be released through Penguin publishing and should be available in 2013.
Jericho appeared in the 2009 film Albino Farm .

In the film MacGruber (film)|MacGruber , released May 21, 2010, he briefly appeared as Frank Korver, a former military teammate of the eponymous Green Beret, Navy Seal, and Army Ranger.

Publications

''A Lion's Tale: Around the World in Spandex (2007)

Undisputed: How to Become the World Champion in 1,372 Easy Steps (2011)

Television

Jericho is a contributor to the VH1 pop culture shows Best Week Ever , '' I Love the '80s (U.S. TV series)|I Love the '80s '', and VH1's top 100 artists.

Jericho also hosted the five-part, five-hour VH1 special "100 Most Shocking Music Moments", an update of the original special "100 Most Shocking Moments In Rock N' Roll" first hosted by Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray .

On July 12, 2006, he made an appearance on G4 (TV channel)|G4 's Attack of the Show! ; he made a second appearance on August 21, 2009. In May 2006, Jericho appeared on VH1's The Greatest (TV series)|40 Greatest Metal Songs and Heavy: The Story of Metal as a commentator.

He was one of eight celebrities in the 2006 Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox Television singing reality show Celebrity Duets , executive-produced by Simon Cowell , and was the first contestant eliminated.

A shown on TMZ.com featured Jericho working at a McDonald's to show off his skills while prepping for the show.

Jericho also appeared on Larry King Live on July 9, 2007 to discuss Chris Benoit and the murder of his wife and his child. Jericho later reappeared on Larry King Live to further a storyline feud with actor Mickey Rourke .

Jericho hosted his own reality show in 2008 titled Redemption Song (TV series)|Redemption Song , in which 11 women tried their hand at getting into the music scene. It was shown on Fuse TV .

He guest starred as Billy "The Body Bag" Cobb in Xero Control , an episode of the Disney XD 2009 original series Aaron Stone .

He hosted VH1's 100 Most Shocking Music Moments , which began airing in December 2009.

In June 2010, Jericho was named the host of the American Broadcasting Company|ABC prime-time game show Downfall (game show)|Downfall .

On March 1, 2011, Chris Jericho was named one of the contestants on the 2011 lineup of Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 12)|Dancing with the Stars . This led to a wave of publicity, such as being interviewed by Jay Leno . April 13, 2011 On April 26, Jericho was the fifth contestant eliminated on the show.

On May 5, Jericho made his third appearance as a featured guest on Attack of the Show! where he depicted Thor . May 5, 2011 He promoted Undisputed and announced he would be hosting the Golden Gods awards May 28 on VH1 Classic .. Noisecreep.com (2011-05-06). Retrieved on 2011-07-18. On January 17, 2012, Jericho made his fourth appearance in a segment called "Twitter Twister" where he portrayed a character called "The Twistercutioner" and read tweets off their Twitter wall as instructions for a game of Twister between Kevin and Candace.

Dancing with the Stars

Week #	Dance/ Song/ Musician(s)	'''Judges' score			Result
Week #	Dance/ Song/ Musician(s)	Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli	Result
1	Cha-cha-cha (dance)	7	6	6	No Elimination
2	Quickstep / " I Got Rhythm "	8	7	8	Safe
3	Rumba / " Let It Be "	7	7	7	Last To Be Called Safe
4	Paso Doble / " In the Hall of the Mountain King "	8	7	8	Safe
5	Viennese Waltz / " America The Beautiful "	9	8	9	Last To Be Called Safe
6	Tango (ballroom)	7	8	7	Eliminated

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Android Apocalypse	TeeDee	TV film
2009	Albino Farm	Levi	Direct-to-video film
2009	Bloodstained Memoirs	Himself	Documentary
2010	MacGruber	Frank Korver	Theatrical film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Redemption Song (TV series)>Redemption Song	Himself	Reality series; host
2009	Aaron Stone	Billy Cobb	"Xero Control" (season 1: episode 11)
2009	Z Rock	Himself	"Z Wrestler" (season 2: episode 6)
2010	Downfall	Himself	Host; 5 episodes
2011	Dancing with the Stars	Himself	Reality series; season 12 contestant
2011	Cubed	Himself

Personal life

His father Ted Irvine is a former National Hockey League (NHL) player. Though he was born in the prominent Long Island neighborhood of Manhasset, New York , Irvine was raised in Winnipeg , Manitoba . Vince McMahon felt that by introducing him as "born in Manhasset, New York", American fans would be more likely to get behind him.

Irvine and his wife Jessica have three children - a son named Ash Edward Irvine, who was born on September 24, 2003 and twin daughters.

Irvine has two tattoos on his left hand. The first is his wedding band while the second is the letter 'F' on the back of his hand, representing Fozzy, a band he has been lead vocalist for since 1999.

Irvine is a born again Christian. On July 5, 2004, Irvine was awarded The Order of the Buffalo Hunt in a ceremony held in Manitoba for his achievements in wrestling and his commitment to working with underprivileged children. The award has previously been given to Pope John Paul II , Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley|Richard Daley , Desmond Tutu , and Mother Teresa .

On February 7, 2009, Irvine appeared to have punched a fan after she spat at him with fans outside Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria, British Columbia after a live event. Video footage, however, clearly showed he did not make contact with the woman. As a result of the incident, police detained them, but released them without charge. Police later announced that they would not press charges against anyone in the brawl as it was "hard to determine who provoked who".

On January 27, 2010, Irvine and fellow wrestler Gregory Helms were arrested in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky after leaving a bar. A police report stated that Helms punched Jericho and the other passengers in the cab.

In January 2012, It was announced that Jericho (along with New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow and Atlanta Braves third baseman Chipper Jones ) became co-owner of a new sports training facility in Tampa, Florida called D1 Sports Training and Therapy . http://d1sportstraining.blogspot.com/2012/01/tim-tebow-chipper-jones-derrick-brooks.html

In wrestling

Finishing moves

* Breakdown ( Facebuster#Full nelson facebuster|Full nelson facebuster ) & ndash;-2000-2002

* Codebreaker ( Professional wrestling throws#Double knee facebreaker|Double knee facebreaker , sometimes while Professional wrestling aerial techniques#Springboard|springboarding ) - 2007-present

* Lionsault ( Asai Moonsault|Springboard moonsault ) - 1999; used as a signature move thereafter

* Walls of Jericho ( WWE ) / Liontamer ( WCW ) ( Boston crab#Boston crab with knee|Boston crab, sometimes with a knee pressed into the opponent's back or neck ) - 1998-present

Signature moves

* Armbar

* Backbreaker#Pendulum backbreaker submission|Backbreaker submission

* Professional wrestling attacks#Backhand chop|Backhand chop

* Suplex#Belly-to-back suplex|Belly-to-back suplex

* Backbreaker#Double underhook backbreaker|Double underhook transitioned into either a backbreaker or a Powerbomb#Double underhook powerbomb|powerbomb

* Professional wrestling aerial techniques#Diving crossbody|Diving crossbody http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=XS01UJ61xLo& feature=related

* Professional wrestling aerial techniques#Super|Diving Professional wrestling attacks#European uppercut|European uppercut

* Professional wrestling attacks#Flying forearm smash|Flying forearm smash

* Flashback ( Professional wrestling throws#Sleeper slam|Sleeper slam , sometimes to an oncoming opponent) ( WCW )

* Suplex#German suplex|German suplex

* Jericho Spike ( Professional wrestling throws#Hurricanrana|Hurricanrana ) ( WCW )

* Dropkick#Missile dropkick|Missile dropkick

* Powerbomb#Multiple powerbombs|Multiple powerbombs

* Suplex#Northern Lights suplex|Northern Lights suplex

* Professional wrestling throws#One-handed bulldog|One-handed bulldog

* Professional wrestling attacks#Back elbow|Running back elbow , sometimes while performing a Professional wrestling aerial techniques#Corkscrew|corkscrew

* Professional wrestling attacks#Spinning heel kick|Spinning heel kick

* Dropkick#Springboard dropkick|Springboard dropkick to an opponent on the ring apron

* Professional wrestling aerial techniques#Springboard|Springboard plancha

* Professional wrestling attacks#Shoulder block|Springboard shoulder block

* Professional wrestling attacks#Enzuigiri|Standing, leg-feed, or running enzuigiri

* Professional wrestling attacks#Stomp|Stepping on the opponent's chest with one foot in a Pin (professional wrestling)|pinning attempt, with theatrics

* Suplex#Superplex|Superplex

* Suplex#Tiger suplex|Tiger suplex

Manager (professional wrestling)|Managers

*Ralphus (part of "Jericho Personal Security")

*The Jerichoholic Ninja (part of "Jericho Personal Security")

*Viva Los Jericho (part of "Jericho Personal Security")

* Curtis Hughes

* Chyna

* Lance Cade

* Stephanie McMahon

Nickname s

*" Y2J "

*"Lionheart"

*"One Bad Mamma Jamma"

*"Paragon of Virtue"

*"'''The Ayatollah of Rock 'n' Rolla "

*"The King of the World"

*" The Man of 1004 Holds "

*" The Mental Mastermind "

*"The Manitoban Jet"

*"The King of Bling-Bling"

*"The Sexy Beast"

*" The Best in the World at Everything/What He Does "

Music in professional wrestling|Entrance themes

* Extreme Championship Wrestling

**" Soul-Crusher " by White Zombie (band)|White Zombie (1996)

**" Electric Head, Pt. 2 (The Ecstasy) " by White Zombie (1996)

* World Championship Wrestling

**"All the Days (Instrumental)" by Mammoth

**"One Crazed Anarchist" by Grunge City from the Aircraft Music Library

* WWE|World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment

**" WWF The Music, Vol. 4|Break the Walls Down " by Adam Morenoff. Amazon.com. Retrieved on 2011-07-18. (August 9, 1999–present)

**" WWE Anthology#Track listing|King of My World " by Saliva (band)|Saliva (2002)

**" WWE Originals|Don't You Wish You Were Me " by Fozzy (2004)

**" WWE The Music: A New Day|Crank the Walls Down " by Maylene & The Sons of Disaster ( with Big Show (wrestler)|Big Show , July 31, 2009& ndash;January 2010)

Championships and accomplishments

Canadian Rocky Mountain Wrestling

*CRMW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

*CRMW North American Tag Team Championship (2 times) & ndash; with Lance Storm

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre

* NWA World Middleweight Championship ( List of NWA World Middleweight Champions|1 time )

Extreme Championship Wrestling

* ECW World Television Championship ( List of ECW World Television Champions|1 time )

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

* PWI Comeback of the Year (2008)

* PWI Feud of the Year (2008) vs. Shawn Michaels

* PWI Most Hated Wrestler of the Year (2002, 2008)

*PWI ranked him # 2 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2009

*PWI ranked him # 109 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the " PWI Years " in 2003

World Championship Wrestling

* WWE Cruiserweight Championship|WCW Cruiserweight Championship ( List of WWE Cruiserweight Champions|4 times )

* WCW World Television Championship ( List of WCW World Television Champions|1 time )

WWE|World Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Entertainment

* WWE Championship|Undisputed WWF Championship ( List of WWE Champions|1 times )

* World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship ( List of World Heavyweight Champions (WWE)|3 times )

* WCW World Heavyweight Championship|WCW/World Championship ( List of WCW World Heavyweight Champions|2 times )

* WWE Intercontinental Championship|WWF/E Intercontinental Championship ( List of WWE Intercontinental Champions|9 times )

* WWE Tag Team Championship ( List of WWE Tag Team Champions|2 times ) – with Edge (1) and The Big Show (1)

* WWE European Championship|WWF European Championship ( List of WWE European Champions|1 time )

* WWE Hardcore Championship|WWF Hardcore Championship ( List of WWE Hardcore Champions|1 time )

* Triple Crown Championship#World Wrestling Entertainment|Ninth Triple Crown Champion

* Grand Slam Championship#World Wrestling Entertainment|Fourth Grand Slam Champion

* Slammy Award for Superstar of the Year ( 2008 Slammy Awards|2008 )

*Slammy Award for Tag Team of the Year ( Slammy Award#2009 Slammy Awards|2009 ) – with The Big Show

WAR (wrestling promotion)|Wrestle Association "R"

* WAR International Junior Heavyweight Championship ( WAR International Junior Heavyweight Championship#Title history|1 time )

* Dragon Gate I-J Heavyweight Tag Team Championship|WAR International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship ( Dragon Gate I-J Heavyweight Tag Team Championship#Title history|1 time ) – with Keiji Takayama|Gedo

World Wrestling Association

* WWA Tag Team Championship (Mexico)|WWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with El Dandy

List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards|Wrestling Observer Newsletter

* List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards#Best on Interviews|Best on Interviews (2003, 2008, 2009)

*Best on Interviews of the Decade (2000–2009)

* List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards#Feud of the Year|Feud of the Year (2008) vs. Shawn Michaels

* List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards#Match of the Year|Match of the Year (2008) vs. Shawn Michaels in a Ladder match at No Mercy (2008)|No Mercy

* List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards#Most Underrated Wrestler|Most Underrated Wrestler (1999, 2000)

* List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards#Readers' Favorite Wrestler|Readers' Favorite Wrestler (1999)

* List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards#Lou Thesz/Ric Flair Award (Wrestler of the Year)|Wrestler of the Year (2008, 2009)

* List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards#Best Pro Wrestling Book|Best Pro Wrestling Book (2011) for Undisputed: How to Become the World Champion in 1,372 Easy Steps

* List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards#Best Pro Wrestling DVD|Best Pro Wrestling DVD (2010) for Breaking the Code: Behind the Walls of Chris Jericho

* Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame ( Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame|Class of 2010 )

1 Despite still using the NWA initials, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre is no longer a member of the National Wrestling Alliance . As a result, the NWA doesn't recognize or sanction this championship.

2 Both reigns were won during and right after The Invasion (professional wrestling)|The Invasion with the second reign being the unification with the WWE Championship|WWF Championship and becoming the first ever WWE Championship|WWF Undisputed Champion .

3 Jericho held the title jointly with Chyna during his second reign.

4 After Edge (wrestler)|Edge suffered an injury, Jericho chose Big Show as a replacement without interrupting the championship reign.

5 Jericho's reign occurred after Championship unification|unifying the WWE Championship|WWF Championship and the WCW World Heavyweight Championship , making him the first ever WWE Championship|Undisputed WWF Champion .

Luchas de Apuestas record

Wager	Winner	Loser	Location	Date	Notes
Hair	Corazón de León	Cro-Magnon	Mexico City, Mexico	May 30, 1993
Mask	Chris Jericho	Juventud Guerrera	Daly City, California	dts>1998	small>Mask vs. Title match at SuperBrawl VIII
Hair	Chris Jericho	Kevin Nash	Grand Rapids, Michigan	August 18, 2003	small>Hair vs. Hair match at WWE Raw
Title	Rey Mysterio	Chris Jericho	Sacramento, California	June 28, 2009	small>Mask vs. Title match at The Bash (2009)

Notes

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Chris Jericho

Biography

Professional wrestling career

Early career (1990& ndash;1996)

Extreme Championship Wrestling (1996)

World Championship Wrestling

Cruiserweight Champion (1996& ndash;1998)

World Television Champion (1998& ndash;1999)

World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment

The Y2J Problem (1999-2000)

Feuding and teaming with Chris Benoit (2000-2001)

Undisputed Champion (2001& ndash;2002)

Storyline with Christian (2002& ndash;2004)

Championship pursuits (2004& ndash;2005)

Return to WWE

Championship reigns (2007& ndash;2009)

Storyline with Edge and Jeri-Show (2009& ndash;2010)

Second return to WWE (2012)

Other media

Music

Film, theatre, comedy and writing

Publications

Television

Dancing with the Stars

Filmography

Personal life

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

Luchas de Apuestas record

Notes

References

External links

Copyright Citations