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CHRIS JERICHO
Chris Irvine was born on
November 9, 1970 in Manhasset, New York. He was
raised in Winnipeg, Canada. His father, Ted
Irvine, was an NHL player for over a decade and
played for the New York Rangers and Los Angeles
Kings. In addition to being a wrestler, Chris is
a true renaissance man. He is a professional
singer, actor, and DJ. He currently resides in
Tampa, Florida with his wife, Jessica, and their
son, Ash.
The Hart Family
Dungeon:
Chris was trained by Keith Hart in the infamous
Hart Family Dungeon. He began his wrestling
career in 1989 at the age of 19. During the
first few years of his career, he wrestled in
Canada, Mexico, Japan, and the Tennessee based
Smoky Mountain Wrestling. His big break took
place in 1996 when he appeared in ECW. Within a
few months of wrestling for ECW, he was signed
by WCW.
WCW:
His WCW tenure saw him feud with the other
cruiserweights in the company. He had some great
feuds with men like Chris Benoit, Dean Malenko,
Rey Mysterio, and Juventud Guerrera. For the
three years in was in WCW, he was always in
contention for either the cruiserweight or
television title. During his tenure, he was
given a sidekick named Ralphus. Ralphus was a
real life truck driver who was old, severely
overweight, and missing several teeth. Chris
left WCW in 1999.
Y2J:
During the summer of 1999, a countdown to
the millennium clock was appearing on RAW. When
the clock hit zero, Chris made his debut and got
into a verbal joust with the Rock. Chris claimed
that the WWE was boring and here was in the WWE
to save it. His first major WWE feud was against
Chyna for the Intercontinental championship. He
then went on to have an incredible three way
feud with Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit.
RAW is Jericho:
In 2000, it appeared that Chris beat Triple
H to win the WWE championship but he was
stripped of the belt and the match was stricken
from the record due to Triple H and his wife,
Stephanie, being in charge of the company. In
2001, WCW was purchased by the WWE and Chris
became a major player in the ensuing Invasion
storyline. During this angle, he won the WCW
Championship from the Rock but lost it back to
him a few weeks later.
The Undisputed
Champion:
On December 9, 2001, Chris had perhaps the
greatest night of any wrestling career. On that
night, the WCW and WWE championships were
unified in a four person tournament. In his
first match of the night, Chris beat the Rock to
regain the WCW title. A few minutes later, he
beat “Stone Cold” Steve Austin to win the WWE
championship. He lost the right to be called
undisputed champion in April 2002, when he lost
to Triple H during the main event of
WrestleMania X-8.
The Wrestling Career
Starts to Wind Down:
For the next few years, Chris was still a
star in the WWE but was never able to regain the
top spot in the company again. His most notable
feud over this time span was against his former
friend Christian over Trish Stratus. In the
summer of 2005, Chris lost a loser is fired
match to John Cena and has not returned to the
ring since.
Fozzy:
Chris has a music career as the lead singer
of the band Fozzy. It originally was a gimmick
band where Chris was known as Mongoose McQueen.
He claimed they signed a really bad record deal
in Japan and all the heavy metal bands of the
1980’s stole their music. The first album they
made were all cover tunes of famous songs that
Mongoose claimed were stolen from them. Their
next two albums were real rock albums and the
band dropped their gimmick.
Hollywood:
In addition to his music career, Chris is
also trying his hand in Hollywood. He has
appeared in the movie Android Apocalypse which
was broadcast on the Sci Fi channel. He can also
be seen as a celebrity panelist for a variety of
shows on VH1 and E. On XM radio, Chris hosts a
weekly show called The Rock of Jericho. In the
fall of 2006, Chris will appear on the FOX
reality show Celebrity Duets.
WWE, WCW, & ECW
Championships:
WWE
WWE Championship: 12/9/01 Vengeance – beat Steve
Austin
World Tag Team Championship:
5/21/01 w/Chris Benoit beat Triple H & Steve
Austin
10/22/01 – w/the Rock beat the Dudley Boyz
10/14/02 – w/Christian beat Kane & the Hurricane
Sources Include: Chris
Jericho.com, obsessedwithwrestling.com, WWE.com,
NHL.com, PWI Almanac, WWE.com, and Amazon.com
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