153 Facts About Chris Jericho

Chris Jericho was inducted into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame in 2010.

Chris Jericho has held the WWE Intercontinental Championship a record nine times and was the ninth Triple Crown Champion, as well as the fourth Grand Slam Champion in history.

In January 2019, Chris Jericho joined AEW and became the inaugural holder of the AEW World Championship in August of that year.

In 1999, Chris Jericho became the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Fozzy, who released their eponymous debut album the following year.

Chris Jericho has appeared on numerous television shows over the years, including the 2011 season of Dancing with the Stars.

Chris Jericho hosted the ABC game show Downfall, the 2011 edition of the Revolver Golden Gods Awards, and the UK's Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards in 2012 and 2017.

Chris Jericho is of Scottish descent from his father's side and Ukrainian descent from his mother's side.

Chris Jericho attended Red River College in Winnipeg, graduating in 1990 with a diploma in Creative Communications.

Chris Jericho was trained by Ed Langley and local Calgary wrestler Brad Young.

Chris Jericho took the name Jericho from an album, Walls of Jericho, by German power metal band, Helloween.

In March 1993, Chris Jericho appeared with the Universal Wrestling Association.

In CMLL, Chris Jericho took on Silver King, Negro Casas, and Ultimo Dragon en route to an 11-month reign as the NWA World Middleweight Champion that began in December 1993.

Chris Jericho made his final appearance with CMLL in September 1995, unsuccessfully challenging CMLL World Heavyweight Champion Apolo Dantes in the Arena Coliseo in Mexico City.

In late 1994, Chris Jericho began competing regularly in Japan for Genichiro Tenryu's Wrestling and Romance promotion as The Lion Heart.

In March 1995, Chris Jericho lost to Gedo in the final of a tournament to crown the inaugural WAR International Junior Heavyweight Champion.

Chris Jericho defeated Gedo for the championship in June 1995, losing it to Ultimo Dragon the next month.

In December 1995, Chris Jericho competed in the second Super J-Cup tournament, defeating Hanzo Nakajima in the first round, but losing to Wild Pegasus in the second round.

In 1995, Chris Jericho joined the heel stable Fuyuki-Gun with Hiromichi Fuyuki, Gedo, and Jado, adopting the name Lion Do.

In February 1996, Chris Jericho and Gedo won a tournament for the newly created International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, defeating Lance Storm and Yuji Yasuraoka in the final.

Chris Jericho made his final appearances with WAR in July 1996, having wrestled a total of twenty-four tours for the company.

Chris Jericho made his final appearance at The Doctor Is In in August 1996.

Chris Jericho debuted for WCW on August 20,1996, by defeating Mr JL, which aired on the August 31 episode of Saturday Night.

Later that night, Chris Jericho participated in the namesake battle royal for a future WCW World Heavyweight Championship match but failed to win the match.

Chris Jericho represented WCW against nWo Japan member Masahiro Chono in a losing effort at the nWo Souled Out event.

At SuperBrawl VII, Chris Jericho unsuccessfully challenged Eddie Guerrero for the United States Heavyweight Championship.

On June 28,1997, Chris Jericho defeated Syxx at the Saturday Nitro live event in Los Angeles, California, to win the WCW Cruiserweight Championship for the first time, thus winning the first championship of his WCW career.

At World War 3, Chris Jericho participated in the namesake battle royal but failed to win.

Chris Jericho won the match by forcing Mysterio to submit to the Liontamer.

Chris Jericho then began a long feud with Dean Malenko, in which Chris Jericho repeatedly claimed he was a better wrestler than Malenko, but refused to wrestle him.

However, the masked wrestler was actually Lenny Lane, whom Chris Jericho bribed to appear in the match.

At Uncensored, Chris Jericho finally wrestled Malenko and defeated him, after which Malenko took a leave of absence from wrestling.

Chris Jericho then proceeded to bring with him to the ring a portrait of Malenko that he insulted and demeaned.

Chris Jericho accepted on the grounds that whoever he faced would be too tired to win a second match.

At Slamboree, Chris Jericho came out to introduce the competitors in an insulting fashion before the match started and then went backstage for coffee.

Chris Jericho claimed he was the victim of a carefully planned conspiracy to get the belt off of him.

Chris Jericho ended up defeating Malenko at The Great American Bash to win the vacant title after Malenko was disqualified after hitting Chris Jericho with a chair.

Chris Jericho regained the Cruiserweight Championship from Mysterio the next night after he interrupted JJ Dillon while Dillon was giving the championship to Mysterio.

In early 1999, Chris Jericho began a feud with Perry Saturn.

In January 1997, Chris Jericho made his debut for New Japan Pro-Wrestling, who had a working agreement with WCW, as Super Liger, the masked nemesis of Jyushin Thunder Liger.

Chris Jericho botched several moves in the match and complained he had difficulty seeing through the mask.

On September 23,1998, Chris Jericho made a one-night-only return to NJPW at that years Big Wednesday show, teaming with Black Tiger against IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Shinjiro Otani and Tatsuhito Takaiwa in a title match, which Chris Jericho and Tiger lost.

Chris Jericho attained sole champion status at the Royal Rumble on January 23,2000, by defeating Chyna and Hardcore Holly in a Triple Threat match.

Chris Jericho won the European Championship by pinning Benoit, after Benoit pinned Chris Jericho to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship.

Chris Jericho was originally supposed to be in the main event of WrestleMania, but was taken out after Mick Foley, who was originally asked by writers to be in the match, took his place.

Chris Jericho was even advertised on the event's posters promoting the match.

Chris Jericho lost the title the next night to Eddie Guerrero on Raw is War after Chyna sided with Guerrero.

Referee Earl Hebner made a fast count when Chris Jericho pinned Triple H, causing Chris Jericho to win the title.

Chris Jericho lost the match to Triple H only by one second, despite the repeated assistance Triple H's wife, Stephanie, provided him in the match.

Benoit and Chris Jericho won the match, in which Triple H legitimately tore his quadriceps, spending the rest of the year injured.

Benoit and Chris Jericho each became a WWF Tag Team Champion for the first time.

Chris Jericho remained on the side of the WWF despite previously competing in WCW and ECW.

However, Chris Jericho began showing jealousy toward fellow WWF member The Rock.

Chris Jericho won the WCW Championship at No Mercy when he pinned The Rock after debuting a new finisher, the Breakdown, onto a steel chair, winning his first world title in the process.

Chris Jericho retained the title at the Royal Rumble on January 20,2002, against The Rock and at No Way Out on February 17 against Austin.

Chris Jericho was quickly dumped out the ring, but Triple H would go on to lose the match.

Chris Jericho chose number two in order to start the match with Shawn Michaels, who had challenged him to prove Jericho's claims that he was better than Michaels.

Christian, in Jericho's attire, appeared while the real Jericho attacked Shawn from behind.

Chris Jericho eliminated Michaels shortly afterward, but Michaels got his revenge later in the match by causing Test to eliminate Jericho.

Chris Jericho spent the most time of any other wrestler in that same Royal Rumble.

Chris Jericho attacked Michaels with a low blow after the match following an embrace.

Chris 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.

Chris Jericho lost the title back to Van Dam immediately after in a steel cage match.

Later in 2003, Jericho started a romance with Trish Stratus while his tag team partner Christian began one with Lita.

Chris Jericho began the match with Benoit and eliminated Edge, but was eliminated by Batista.

Chris Jericho used his old "Lionheart" gimmick, instead of his more well known "Y2J" gimmick.

Chris Jericho lost the match after Jason and Justin Credible hit Chris Jericho with a Singapore cane, which allowed Storm to win the match.

The next night on Raw, Jericho turned heel by betraying WWE Champion John Cena after defeating Christian and Tyson Tomko in a tag team match.

Cena won again, and Chris Jericho was fired by Raw General Manager Eric Bischoff.

Chris Jericho was carried out of the arena by security as Kurt Angle attacked Cena.

Chris Jericho made his return to WWE television as a face on the November 19,2007, episode of Raw when he interrupted Randy Orton during Orton's orchestrated "passing of the torch" ceremony.

Chris Jericho revealed his intentions to reclaim the WWE Championship in order to "save" WWE fans from Orton.

Chris Jericho began a feud with JBL and met him at the Royal Rumble on January 27,2008.

Chris Jericho was disqualified after hitting JBL with a steel chair.

Chris Jericho then assaulted Michaels with a low blow and sent Michaels through the "Jeritron 6000" television, damaging the eye of Michaels, and turning heel in the process.

Chris Jericho tried to attack Michaels, but Michaels ducked, so Chris Jericho punched Michaels's wife, Rebecca, instead.

Later that night, Chris Jericho entered the Championship Scramble match as a late replacement for the defending champion CM Punk and subsequently won the World Heavyweight Championship, defeating Batista, John "Bradshaw" Layfield, Kane, and Rey Mysterio.

At the Royal Rumble on January 25,2009, Chris Jericho participated in the Royal Rumble match, but he was eliminated by the Undertaker.

Shortly thereafter Edge suffered an injury and Chris Jericho revealed a clause in his contract to allow Edge to be replaced and Chris Jericho's reign to continue uninterrupted.

Chris 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.

Chris Jericho defeated Edge at WrestleMania to retain the title, but lost the championship to Jack Swagger on the following episode of SmackDown, who cashed in his Money in the Bank contract.

Chris Jericho was drafted to the Raw brand in the 2010 WWE draft.

Chris Jericho issued an apology to the audience, enabling the event to resume.

On January 27,2013, Chris Jericho returned after a five-month hiatus entering the Royal Rumble match as the second entrant.

Chris Jericho lasted over 47 minutes before being eliminated by Dolph Ziggler.

Chris Jericho then feuded with Randy Orton, who had attacked him the week before after his match against Wyatt in the trainers room.

Chris Jericho booked himself in a street fight against Paul Heyman in the main event, which led to the return of Brock Lesnar.

In January 2015, Chris Jericho revealed that he signed an exclusive WWE contract, under which he would compete at 16 house shows only.

Chris Jericho later signed a similar contract once the former expired and competed at house shows throughout the rest of 2015.

In May 2015, Chris Jericho was one of the hosts of Tough Enough's sixth season.

Chris Jericho became arrogant and childish while wearing expensive scarfs and calling everyone who appeased him "stupid idiots".

On July 19 at the 2016 WWE draft, Chris Jericho was drafted to the Raw brand.

Chris Jericho started a new character, where he began a list called "The List of Chris Jericho", where he wrote down the name of the person that bothered him and why.

The List of Chris Jericho soon became incredibly popular with the fans, with many critics describing Chris Jericho and his list as "easily one of the best moments of Raw's broadcast".

Also at the event, Chris Jericho entered as the second entrant in the Royal Rumble match, lasting over an hour and being the third to last before being eliminated by Reigns.

On January 22,2018, during the 25th Anniversary of Raw, Chris Jericho appeared backstage in a segment with Elias, putting him on The List of Chris Jericho.

At the Greatest Royal Rumble, Chris Jericho was the final entrant in the 50-man Royal Rumble match, eliminating Shelton Benjamin before being eliminated by the eventual winner Braun Strowman.

In September 2019, during an interview for the Mature Audiences Mayhem Podcast, Chris Jericho explained that an incident occurred that made him finalize a decision to leave WWE.

The decision, made by Vince McMahon, prompted Chris Jericho to seek work elsewhere.

On November 5,2017, Chris Jericho returned to NJPW in a pre-taped vignette, challenging Kenny Omega to a match at Wrestle Kingdom 12 in Tokyo Dome for Omega's IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship.

Journalist Dave Meltzer wrote that Chris Jericho's WWE contract had expired and that he was a "free agent".

In contrast, the Tokyo Sports newspaper described an anonymous NJPW official saying that Chris Jericho is still under contract with WWE, and that WWE chairman Vince McMahon had given him permission to wrestle this match in NJPW.

On September 1,2018, Chris Jericho appeared at the All In show promoted by Cody and The Young Bucks, where he attacked Kenny Omega following Omega's victory over Penta to promote his upcoming Rock 'N' Wrestling Rager at Sea cruise.

On May 3,2019, Chris Jericho appeared at a Southern Honor Wrestling event, where he was attacked by Kenny Omega.

On January 8,2023, Chris Jericho made his debut for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, as part of PWG Battle of Los Angeles 2023 night 2, where he teamed with the Chris Jericho Appreciation Society to defeat the team of Jonathan Gresham, Kevin Blackwood, Michael Oku, Player Uno, and SB Kento in a ten-man tag team match.

On December 3,2023, Chris Jericho made a surprise appearance at Vietnam Pro Wrestling.

On January 8,2019, Chris Jericho made a surprise appearance at a media event organized by the upstart All Elite Wrestling promotion.

Shortly afterwards, Chris Jericho was filmed signing a full-time performers three-year contract with AEW.

At Revolution on February 29,2020, Chris Jericho lost the title to Moxley.

Chris Jericho then began pursuing another match with MJF, who stated that he would first have to defeat a gauntlet of opponents selected by MJF, in a series dubbed the "Labors of Chris Jericho".

Chris Jericho demanded one more match, stipulating that if he lost, he would retire from in-ring competition, which MJF accepted.

At Revolution on March 6,2022, Chris Jericho was defeated by Eddie Kingston.

On October 18, it was revealed that Chris Jericho had signed a contract extension with AEW through December 2025.

The feud cultimated at Revolution, where Chris Jericho was defeated by Starks.

Todd Martin of the Pro Wrestling Torch remarked, to agreement from editor Wade Keller, that Chris 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.

Keisha Hatchett in TV Guide wrote that Chris Jericho "owns the mic with cerebral insults" and is set apart from peers by "his charismatic presence, which is highlighted by a laundry list of unforgettable catchphrases".

Chris Jericho was voted by Wrestling Observer Newsletter readers as "Best on Interviews" for the 2000s decade, coinciding with his 2010 induction into the WON Hall of Fame.

Kenny Omega asserted that Chris Jericho "has a legit argument for being the best of all time", based on his ability to achieve success and notoriety across numerous territories.

Kevin Owens stated that "Chris Jericho was always someone I looked up to", while The Miz affirmed that he was part of a generation of young wrestlers who sought to "emulate" Chris Jericho.

Chris Jericho was credited as one of the key attractions of AEW's weekly television broadcasts, leading to him adopting the nickname "The Demo God" due to many of the segments he appeared in being some of the highest viewed in the key demographics.

Chris Jericho was voted as the Best Box Office Draw by readers of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter in 2019.

Chris Jericho is the lead singer for the heavy metal band Fozzy.

In 2005, Chris Jericho performed vocals on a cover of "The Evil That Men Do" on the Iron Maiden tribute album, Numbers from the Beast.

Chris Jericho 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.

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

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

Chris Jericho later received two three disc sets profiling matches and interviews.

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

Chris Jericho was the first wrestler attached and interviewed for the wrestling documentary, Bloodstained Memoirs.

Chris Jericho wrote his autobiography, A Lion's Tale: Around the World in Spandex, which was released on October 25,2007, and became a New York Times bestseller.

Chris Jericho's fourth book, No Is a Four-Letter Word: How I Failed Spelling but Succeeded in Life, was released on August 29,2017, and details twenty valuable lessons Chris Jericho learned throughout his career as a wrestler and musician.

In 2016, Chris Jericho starred in the documentary film Nine Legends alongside Mike Tyson and other wrestlers.

Chris Jericho was a contributor to the VH1 pop culture shows Best Week Ever, I Love the '80s, and VH1's top 100 artists.

Chris Jericho 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.

In May 2006, Chris Jericho appeared on VH1's 40 Greatest Metal Songs and Heavy: The Story of Metal as a commentator.

Chris Jericho was one of eight celebrities in the 2006 Fox Television singing reality show Celebrity Duets, produced by Simon Cowell, and was the first contestant eliminated.

Chris Jericho worked at a McDonald's to show off his skills while prepping for the show.

Chris Jericho hosted his own reality show in 2008 titled Redemption Song, in which 11 women tried their hand at getting into the music scene.

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

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

In June 2010, Chris Jericho was named the host of the ABC prime-time game show Downfall.

On March 1,2011, Chris Jericho was named one of the contestants on the 2011 lineup of Dancing with the Stars.

Chris Jericho hosted the UK's Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards in 2012 and 2017.

On February 26,2013, Chris Jericho began hosting a robot combat competition program on SyFy titled Robot Combat League the series ended on April 23,2015.

In 2022, Chris Jericho competed in season eight of The Masked Singer as "Bride" which resembles a dragon-like Kaiju in a wedding dress.

In December 2013, Chris Jericho began hosting his own podcast, Talk Is Chris Jericho.

In May 2020, Chris Jericho officially joined as a competitor of the Movie Trivia Schmoedown under manager Roxy Striar in the Roxstars faction.

Chris Jericho first expressed interest in the Schmoedown following an appearance on Collider Live with Striar and Schmoedown commissioner Kristian Harloff.

Chris Jericho became friends with Striar following the interview and kept in contact.

Chris Jericho has a tattoo of his wife's name on his ring finger.

Chris Jericho has the letter F, representing Fozzy, on the back of his hand.

Chris Jericho's tattoos include: the artwork of Fozzy's album Sin and Bones, a Jack-o'-lantern, a lake monster, and himself from his WWF debut in 1999.

Chris Jericho donated $1,500 to help Brian Knobbs with his knee surgery.

In 2023, after Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin's on-field collapse during a game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Chris Jericho donated $10,000 to Hamlin's charity; originally a $5,000 donation, he later donated another $5,000 after misspelling his own name in the original donation.