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'''Frank Peterson''' is a [[Germany|German]] music producer.
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As a child he taught himself how to play the piano and keyboard, going on to work in a music store. It was here that he met [[Michael Cretu]] and became lead keyboardist for [[Sandra]], appearing prominently on her hit single Maria Magdalena.
'''Christopher Keith Irvine''' (born [[November 9]], [[1970]]), better known as '''Chris Jericho''', is a [[professional wrestling|professional wrestler]], [[musician]] and media personality, best known for his stint in [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] from [[1999]] to [[2005]]. Jericho was born in [[Manhasset, New York]], but was raised in [[Winnipeg, Manitoba]]. His father [[Ted Irvine]] is a former [[National Hockey League|NHL]] player. Contrary to popular belief, Chris Jericho's stage name was not inspired by the ancient city of [[Jericho]], but by a [[heavy metal music|Heavy Metal]] album bearing the title "Walls of Jericho" (which became the name of Jericho's finishing move) by the [[Germany|German]] band [[Helloween]].
He was a member of Sandra's band for a few more years, moving with the Cretus to [[Ibiza]] after a few years. It was here that he became involved with Cretu's new project, [[Enigma (musical project)|Enigma]], under the pseudonym of F. Gregorian.
==Career==
===Early Days===
Jericho trained at the Hart brothers' pro-wrestling camp in [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]] from [[June]] to [[September]] [[1990]]. Between his professional debut on [[October 2]], [[1990]] and the summer of [[1996]] he worked for many small wrestling companies, including [[Bay Area Wrestling]], the [[World Wrestling Association]], the [[Catch Wrestling Alliance]], [[Smoky Mountain Wrestling]] (where he was briefly involved in a tag team called "The Thrillseekers" with [[Lance Storm]]) and [[Extreme Championship Wrestling]], where he briefly held the [[ECW World Television Championship]]. He also wrestled at one time for the [[Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre]], the oldest promotion in pro wrestling.
Peterson left the group in 1991 and pursued work on [[Gregorian (music group)|Gregorian]], a musical project co-founded by Thomas Schwarz and Matthias Meissner.
===World Championship Wrestling (1996-99)===
In [[August]] [[1996]] he made his first appearance with [[World Championship Wrestling]] and on [[September 15]] of that year he appeared at his first [[pay per view]] show, versus [[Chris Benoit]].
Today, he is most known for being the producer and one-time boyfriend of [[Sarah Brightman]], collaborating with her on most of her solo albums since Dive.
On June 28, 1997, Jericho defeated [[Sean Waltman|Syxx]] in Los Angeles, California to win the WCW Cruiserweight Championship for the first time.
Other artists whom Peterson has worked with include [[Princessa]], [[Violet]], and [[Sinsual]] (the last two of which have CDs in the works).
Jericho won the title again on August 12, 1997 by defeating [[Alex Wright]].
On September 25, 1997, Jericho was inducted into the Canadian Wrestling Hall of Fame.
Jericho defeated [[Rey Mysterio|Rey Mysterio Jr.]] on January 24, 1998 at WCW's second annual Souled Out pay-per-view by making him submit to the Liontamer to win the WCW Cruiserweight Championship for the third time. After the match, Jericho continued an assault on Mysterio's knee by utilizing the metal ring steps to sandwich Mysterio's leg.
Jericho feuded with [[Juventud Guerrera|Juventud Guerrera]] culminating in a Title vs. Mask match at SuperBrawl VIII on February 22, 1998 in San Francisco, California. Guerrera lost the match and was forced to remove his mask. Jericho carried the mask around for months and mocked Guerrera's nickname of "Juice" by refering to him as "Quasi-Juice."
Jericho also feuded with [[Dean Simon|Dean Malenko]], Jericho was forced to create the feud because Malenko lacked in microphone ability. Malenko lost a pay-per-view match to Jericho and was shamed. This resulted in Malenko "leaving" wrestling and being off camera for a prolongued period. Jericho would come out and mock Malenko and make jokes about the fact that he defeated him and ended his career. Malenko was known as the man of 1,000 holds. Jericho began calling himself the man of 1,004 holds. Eventually, Dean Malenko would return and Jericho would drop the title to him. He would eventually regain and lose the title for a fourth time.
On July 13, 1998, Jericho defeated Rey Mysterio Jr. to win the Cruiserweight Championship for an unprecedented five times.
Eventually, Jericho would drop the title and on August 10, 1998 Jericho defeated Stevie Ray to win the WCW Television Championship for his first time.
Jericho would also go on to feud with [[Perry Satullo|Perry Saturn]]. This rivalry resulted in unorthodox matches such as a "loser must wear a dress" match that Jericho won and a dog collar match that Saturn won.
His feud with [[Bill Goldberg]] was nixed because Goldberg did not care for the humour that Jericho included in his feuds. This could have potentially hurt Jericho because a feud with Goldberg would have put him in a class that he had not yet achieved in the eyes of many, however, Goldberg usually ended up getting the upper hand on his opponents in devastating fashion and that may have burried Jericho.
Jericho also had a flunkie named [[Ralphus]] and a [[Heel (professional wrestling)|heel]] referee ([[Scott Dickinson]]) on his side before he left the company.
===World Wrestling Entertainment/World Wrestling Federation (1999-2005)===
====Debut====
Jericho alternated between WCW and a number of Japanese tours until his debut with the World Wrestling Federation (now World Wrestling Entertainment) on [[August 9]], [[1999]]. The build-up to Jericho's arrival was a clock counting down over the weeks prior to his arrival. The clock read "countdown to the new millenium." On the home video [[Break the Walls Down]], Chris states he was inspired to do this as his entrance when he saw a similar clock in the post office. [[Vince McMahon]] gave him the green light to use it as his intro to the [[WWE]]. Unfortunately, the clock finally ran down on August 9, 1999 in Chicago, IL while [[The Rock (entertainer)|The Rock]] was in the ring doing a promo. Jericho, a heel, entered the arena and proclaimed himself Y2J and The Rock proceeded to verbally bash him for his interruption. Fortunately, this is remembered by just about everyone as one of the greatest debuts for any wrestler to any federation.
====Chyna====
On December 12, 1999 Jericho won his first WWF Title, the Intercontinental Championship, from [[Joanie Laurer|Chyna]]. This fued lasted for many weeks including a controversial decision in which two seperate referees declared each one of them the winner of a match for the title on January 3, 2000. As a result, they became co-owners of the title until Jericho attained sole ownership at the [[Royal Rumble]] in January 2000. He ended up dropping it to [[Kurt Angle]] on February 27 at [[WWE No Way Out|No Way Out]].
====WrestleMania 2000====
On April 2, 2000 Jericho participated in his very first [[WrestleMania]] in a Triple Threat match against [[Chris Benoit]] and [[Kurt Angle]] with peculiar rules. Kurt Angle entered the match-up as both the WWF European and WWF Intercontinental champion. The first man to score a pinfall or submission would be declared Intercontinental Champion. The second man to score a pinfall or submission would be declared European Champion. Jericho was first pinned by Benoit (making Benoit the new Intercontinental Champion) and would later on in the match pin Benoit (making Jericho the new European Champion). Jericho, however, would lose the title the next day to [[Eddie Guerrero]].
====An Upset That "Never Happened"====
On the April 17, 2000 edition of WWF SmackDown! Chris Jericho shocked the world by upsetting [[Triple H]] in a WWF Heavyweight Championship match. The referee Earl Hebner has made a fast count when Jericho pinned HHH, leading him to force the referee to reverse the decision and stop the title changing hands. Jericho's win was stricken from the record. [[Image:jerichobenoit.jpg|thumb|right|Chris Jericho and Chris Benoit]]
====Chris Benoit====
After the controversial decision, Jericho went on to feud with Chris Benoit. On the May 4, 2000 edition of SmackDown! Jericho defeated Benoit to become WWF Intercontinental Champion for the second time. Four days later, on Monday, May 8, 2000, Jericho wrestled a total of three matches on Monday Night Raw. One of which was a defeat at the hands of Chris Benoit in which Benoit regained the Intercontinental Title. That same month, at the May 21 Judgment Day pay-per-view, Jericho had a, now classic, Submission Match against Benoit which Jericho lost.
At that years King of the Ring pay-per-view, Jericho defeated [[Andrew Martin|Test]] in the first round and [[Adam Copeland|Edge]] in the second round but lost to Kurt Angle in the finals because of interference by [[Stephanie McMahon]].
One month later at Fully Loaded on July 23, Jericho attained another opportunity to acquire a win over Triple H, this time in a Last Man Standing match. However, Triple H would get the better of Jericho and Jericho would end the night defeated.
At Summerslam on August 27, Jericho was handed another loss by Chris Benoit. This time it would be in a Best 2 out of 3 Falls Match.
Jericho would go on to feud with [[Sean Waltman|X-Pac]] (formerly Syxx in WCW) once again over the fall. This feud would culminate in a cage match at the October 22 No Mercy pay-per-view which Jericho won.
Following this feud Jericho would feud with [[Glen Jacobs|Kane]], who defeat Jericho at November's Survivor Series and December's Rebellion pay-ver-views. However, Jericho would defeat Kane in a Last Man Standing match at the December 10 Armageddon pay-per-view.
On January 21, at the 2001 Royal Rumble, Jericho and Chris Benoit had another classic match. This time it would be a ladder match and Jericho would be victorious, in effect capturing the WWF Intercontinental Championship for a third time. He would go on to retain the title at the February 25 No Way Out pay-per-view in a match-up against Benoit, X-Pac and Eddie Guerrero.
====William Regal====
Next Jericho started a rivalry with [[Darren Matthews|William Regal]]. Their first major match was at WrestleMania 17 on April 1. Jericho won and retained the Intercontinental Title only to lose it three days later to Triple H. At April 29's Backlash pay-per-view, Jericho and Regal would face off in a "Dutchess of Queensbury" Match. Regal won the encounter. However, on May 5, at the Insurrexion pay-per-view, Jericho defeated Regal in a "Queen's Cup" match.
====Jericho and Benoit Join Forces====
Fifteen days later, at the Judgment Day pay-per-view Jericho and Benoit would join forces to win "Tag Team Turmoil" and gain an opportunity to face [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]] and Triple H for Austin and Triple H's WWF Tag Team Championship on Raw the next night. Benoit and Jericho would win the match and Jericho became WWF Tag Team Champion for his first time. The duo would lose the titles one month later to the Dudley Boyz on June 19, 2001.
====An Invasion, The Rock and an Undisputed Champion====
In the following months, Jericho would become a major force in the "Invasion" storyline in which WCW and ECW joined forces to overtake the WWF. Jericho would remain on the side of the WWF and retain his status as a face. However, slowly signs of a heel turn became obvious as Jericho would begin to show jealousy toward fellow WWF member, The Rock. The two began to fued within the ranks of the WWF culminating on October 21 at No Mercy where Jericho defeated The Rock for his first WCW Heavyweight Championship reign. One night later, the two put their differences aside and managed to defeat the Alliance's Dudley Boyz for the WWF Tag Team Championship. Jericho and The Rock would lose the titles on November first to the Alliance's Test & [[Booker Huffman|Booker T]]. The loss of the titles apparently signaled the dissintigration of the duo's relationship as on November 5's edition of Raw, The Rock regained the WCW Heavyweight Championship from Jericho and at November 18's Survivor Series pay-per-view, during an elimination tag match for control of the company between the Alliance and the WWF, Jericho turned heel again by turning on The Rock and nearly costing him the match-up and potentially decemating the WWF. Jericho let his hatred for the Rock get out of hand by hitting the Rock before leaving the ringside area after being eliminated. The Rock would still win the match-up and put an end to the Alliance.
[[Image:jerichoundisputed.jpg|thumb|right|Chris Jericho: Undisputed Champ]]
On [[December 9]], [[2001]], at Vengeance, Chris Jericho defeated both The Rock, for his WCW Heavyweight Championship, and Stone Cold Steve Austin, for his WWF Heavyweight Championship, on the same night to become the first ever [[WWE Undisputed Championship|WWF Undisputed Champion]]. This is considered a tremendous accolade and is arguably Chris Jericho's greatest accomplishment. He, not only, united the WCW and WWF title, but did so against two men who were arguably the best wrestlers of that period on the same night.
Jericho would continue his rivalry with The Rock at the 2002 Royal Rumble on January 20 by defeating The Rock in a match-up for Jericho's Undisputed Championship by using the ring ropes for leverage during a pin-fall.
One month later, at No Way Out, Jericho, with the aid of nWo interference, once again defeated Stone Cold Steve Austin to retain the Undisputed Championship.
====WrestleMania X-8 and Triple H====
Jericho finally dropped the championship to Triple H, who won the Royal Rumble, three months later in the main event of WrestleMania X-8. This loss would make Jericho a member of the SmackDown! roster. His feud with Triple H would continue as Jericho cost Triple H the title in a match-up against [[Hulk Hogan|Hollywood Hulk Hogan]] at the following month's Backlash pay-per-view. Four days later Jericho defeated Triple H to win an opportunity at the championship against Hogan the following week. Triple H cost Jericho that match. The rivalry culminated on May 19, at Judgment Day, as Triple H and Jericho faced off in a Hell in a Cell match. Triple H would win the match after delivering the Pedigree to Jericho on top of the cell.
====The Rookie: John Cena====
Following this feud Jericho would begin a brief rivalry with rookie, [[John Cena]]. On the July 4 edition of SmackDown! Cena slaps Jericho. Jericho, angred, demands a match with the newcomer. Jericho defeated Cena and after the match, offered him a handshake. Cena returned the gesture but received a punch from Jericho. The two would have a few more matches until the July 21 Vengeance pay-per-view in which John Cena scored a pinfall over Jericho.
====Back on Raw====
Jericho got drafted back to Monday Night Raw and would go on to begin a rivalry with [[Ric Flair]] by attacking him with a steel chair at the end of the July 29 edition of Raw. At the August 25 SummerSlam pay-per-view Flair defeated Jericho by making him submit to the figure four leg lock.
[[Image:jerichochristian.jpg|thumb|right|Chris Jericho and Christian]]
====Jericho and Christian: Tag Team====
Jericho would go on to tag team success with [[Jason Reso|Christian]] capturing the tag team titles from Hurricane and Kane on October 14, 2002.
On November 17, at Survivor Series, Jericho participated in the very first Elimination Chamber match along with [[Shawn Michaels]], Triple H, Booker T, [[Rob Szatkowski|Rob Van Dam]] and Kane for the World Heavyweight Championship. Shawn Michaels won.
At Armageddon on December 15, Jericho and Christian finally lost the Tag Team Championship to Booker T and [[Virgil Runnels III|Goldust]] in a fatal four way match also involving the Dudley Boyz and [[Lance Evers|Lance Storm]] and William Regal.
[[Image:jerichohbk.jpg|thumb|right|Chris Jericho and Shawn Michaels]]
====The Heartbreak Kid====
Jericho started a rivalry with Shawn Michaels in 2003. On January 13, Jericho won an over-the-top-rope challenge against Kane, Rob Van Dam and [[Dave Bautista|Batista]] to select his entry number for the Royal Rumble. Wishing to prove himself as good as Michaels, Jericho selected number one, however, he was informed that Michaels had already selected number one and, instead, chose number two. At the Rumble, Jericho eliminated Michaels after bloodying him with a steel chair. Jericho himself was later eliminated by Test. At February 23's No Way Out pay-per-view, Jericho defeated [[Jeff Hardy]], whom Michaels was attempting to mentor, via the Walls of Jericho. On March 3, Jericho defeated Test in a match and attacked him afterward. Michaels came out to help Test and Jericho knocked Michaels out cold with a steel chair and challenged him to a match at WrestleMania 19. The next week, Shawn Michaels delivered his Sweet Chin Music to Jericho and accepted his challenge. On March 30, at WrestleMania 19, in what many consider to be Jericho's greatest match in the WWE, the two faced off with Michaels coming out the victor.
After this, Jericho bounced around for a while and developed somewhat of a fued with [[Kevin Nash]] culminating in a Hair vs. Hair match on August 18 that Nash lost and, as a result, was forced to cut his hair off.
On October 27, Jericho defeated Rob Van Dam to capture the Intercontinental Championship but, then Co-General Manager, Stone Cold Steve Austin ordered a rematch on the same night. Rob Van Dam won the rematch, a cage match, and regained the title the same night he lost it.
[[Image:jerichotrish.jpg|thumb|right|Chris Jericho and Trish Stratus]]
====Trish Stratus & Christian====
Beginning around this time, Jericho developed a crush on [[Trish Stratus]]. Eventually, on the November 10, 2003 edition of Monday Night Raw, Jerich finally asked Trish out and she replied in the positive.
One week later, Trish becomes angred with Jericho for being involved in her friend, [[Amy Dumas|Lita]]'s, hearbreak. Jericho denies any previous knowledge of what was going to happen and sweet talks his way back into Trish's good graces.
On December 1, Jericho and Trish teamed up to defeat Rico and Miss Jackie. Later that night, Jericho and Christian were overheard in the locker room mocking Stratus' and Lita's affections, and revealed a bet the two of them had with one another--for one Canadian dollar--to see which man could sleep with their chosen Diva first. Stratus, who was to present Jericho with a hand-made Canadian hockey jersey as a gift, heard every word and every laugh from outside the dressing room, and it brought her to tears and on December 8 Trish and Lita confronted and attacked the duo.
At December 14's Armageddon, Jericho and Christian defeat Lita and Trish in a "Battle of the Sexes" match. The next night, a rematch was scheduled but was stopped by Chris Jericho. As a result, he was forced to face Kane and was attacked by Christian later that night.
On January 5, Jericho and Christian reunited and Jericho attempted to apologize to Trish and get back in her good graces. One week later, Trish was being assaulted by [[Carlene Begnaud|Jazz]] and Jericho ran in to make the save but was attacked himself by Jazz' stable-mate [[Mark Henry]]. Christian, later that night, convinced Jericho that he was wasting his time with Trish. Jericho conceded not knowing that Trish was looking for him.
On January 26, Trish was scheduled to face Kane in a match-up. However, Chris Jericho, having one and only one favor that he could ask of General Manager [[Eric Bischoff]] after helping Bischoff eliminate Steve Austin as Co-GM, asked that the match be cancelled. Trish approached Jericho and told him that they could be "really good friends." On the February 9 edition of Raw, Jericho teamed with Trish to take on [[Matt Hardy]] and [[Noreen Greenwald|Molly Holly]]. Jericho and Trish won with help from Christian. It seemed as if Christian had finally come to accept Jericho's affections for Trish.
Jericho would be out of action due to a knee injury for the next couple of weeks. Eric Bischoff scheduled a match between Christian and Trish Stratus for Monday Night Raw on February 23. Backstage Christian told Trish that he would lie down for her and allow her to pin him. However, once in the ring, Christian delivered a clothesline to Trish and applied Jericho's Walls of Jericho submission onto her. She was taken out of action for several weeks and Christian gloated over his actions.
Jericho returned, furious, and attacked Christian on March 1. A match was scheduled for WrestleMania XX on March 14. It appeared this long and intense angle would reach its conclusion on this night. Unbeknown to the fans in attendance, it was only just getting warmed up. Stratus surged toward the ring late in the match, appearing to be firmly in Jericho's corner. Christian, apparently disgusted by Stratus' presence, pulled her violently into the ring and attempted to attack her. Jericho made the save, but when he leaned down to assist his fallen friend, Stratus thrust forth an elbow, apparently believing that it was Christian. Her elbow jabbed Jericho's temple, and Christian scored a roll up pin for the three-count. After the match, Stratus appeared to be all apologies, but as she and Jericho argued in the ring, Christian came running back down the aisle, to seemingly get his hands on Stratus in a violent and hateful manner once again. As Jericho tried to hold Stratus back, though, the fans witnessed the turn of Trish Stratus. Stratus suddenly reared back and throttled Jericho with a vicious haymaker, which Christian followed with the Un-Prettier. Christian and Stratus walked away holding hands, mocking their former friend who sat in the ring looking on with an expression of disbelief. Before they departed, Christian grabbed Stratus' hair, pulled her to his lips, and passionately kissed his new girlfriend.
The following night on Raw, Stratus revealed on how she had never forgiven Jericho for the Canadian dollar bet, how her feelings of sadness and hurt ate away at her for months as she plotted her ultimate revenge. She also revealed to the fans how much she "likes it rough". She ended the promo by proclaiming to Jericho and to the world, "You can't get no...Stratusfaction."
The fued would continue through the spring and into the summer with [[Travis Tomko|Tyson Tomko]] eventually joining Trish and Christian as "The Problem Solver," and would ultimately end at Bad Blood on June 14, 2004 with Jericho defeating Tomko.
====Order of the Buffalo Hunt====
On July 5, 2004, Jericho was awarded The Order of the Buffalo Hunt in a ceremony held in Manitoba for his achievements in wrestling and his continual commitment to working with underpriveledged children. The award has previously been given to [[Pope John Paul II]], Chicago mayor [[Richard M. Daley|Richard Daley]], [[Desmond Tutu]] and [[Mother Theresa]].
====Christian Returns====
Jericho's fued with Christian began again on August 30 when Christian made his return to Monday Night Raw. On September 12, Jericho defeated Christian in a ladder match for the vacant Intercontinental Championship.
====Shelton Benjamin Proves Himself====
On October 19, 2004's Taboo Tuesday, [[Shelton Benjamin]] defeated Jericho for the Intercontinental Championship. Six days later Benjamin defeated Jericho again in a rematch. Jericho displayed his approval of the younger Benjamin following the rematch.
====WrestleMania 21 and "Money in the Bank"====
In February of 2005, Jericho began making it known that he wanted to leave an impact at WrestleMania 21 on April 3. Eventually, he came up with the idea of a ladder match. This would develop into the "Money in the Bank" ladder match. The winner of this match at WrestleMania 21 would win a contract for an opportunity to compete for the World Heavyweight Championship at anytime up to and including WrestleMania 22. The particapents were Jericho, Chris Benoit, Edge, Kane, Christian, and Shelton Benjamin. Edge would won the match.
====Shelton Benjamin's Gold and Jericho's Selfishness====
Following this, Jericho targeted Shelton Benjamin and the Intercontinental Championship. This came to a head May 1 at Backlash where Shelton Benjamin again defeated Jericho to retain the title.
Jericho, once again, showed signs of turning heel by caring less about wrestling and more about his career as a musician. This affected Shelton Benjamin the most as Jericho often abandoned Benjamin in tag matches and allowed him to be attacked due to prior engagements.
Jericho made an appearance at ECW's One Night Stand pay-per-view on June 12, 2005. He faced and was defeated by Lance Storm with help from [[Peter Polaco|Justin Credible]].
[[Image:jerichocena.jpg|thumb|right|Walls of Jericho on John Cena]]
====John Cena====
In 2005, Jericho turned heel once more by turning on recent Raw member and current WWE champion, John Cena. Cena retained his championship against Jericho and Christian at [[WWE Vengeance|Vengeance]] in a triple threat match. Jericho, however, continued to feud with John Cena, as the two had to be separated by police during Jericho's "Highlight Reel" on the July 4 edition of Monday Night Raw. Cena and Jericho will meet for the championship at Summerslam. On the [[July 25]], 2005 edition of RAW, Jericho and Cena were supposed to face each other in a "Battle of the Bands," pitting Jericho's band Fozzy against Cena, Trademarc, and Bumpy Knuckles. Cena and his partners performed Cena's latest single, "Bad, Bad Man," to a great reaction from the fans, but Jericho refused, thinking the fans in [[Cleveland, Ohio]] would be biased and said he'd wait to perform at Summerslam. Jericho would get the last laugh of the evening, however, when, as special guest referee, he caused Cena to lose his match against [[Carly Colon|Carlito]], setting up a WWE title match for Carlito the following week. The next Monday night Jericho was again appointed a special guest referee in Carlito's championship match. Cena retained the title against Carlito after knocking Jericho out of the ring; another referee recorded the pinfall. However, Jericho attacked Cena with a video camera, busting his head open. He then applied the Walls of Jericho while Eric Bischoff slapped Cena across the face. On August 21, Jericho finally faced Cena at SummerSlam. Cena won the match.[[Image:jerichofired.jpg|thumb|right|Eric Bischoff "fires" Jericho]] One day after losing to John Cena at the 2005 WWE [[SummerSlam]], on [[August 22nd]] edition of [[WWE Raw]], Jericho was "fired" by Eric Bischoff, after losing in a rematch to John Cena.
====Today====
The WWE's official website recently confirmed on [[July 28]], 2005 that Chris Jericho has signed a short-term contract extension to stay with the company. It is currently unknown if or when Jericho will return. Further speculation was made when days after his "firing", a picture of Jericho's trademark pose in front of the [[Total Nonstop Action|TNA]] logo on his official website. It is not yet known if this was for real or just a tease. On August 25, 2005, Jericho announced his departure from WWE in a statement on (and later pulled from) his official website, saying that after 15 years of wrestling he was mentally burnt out and he was no longer challenged by wrestling at that point in time, noting that he has done everything he has ever wanted to do in the business. He said that the "You're Fired" match with John Cena was his last match "For now," but said he wasn't done with wrestling or WWE, and that if he returned to wrestling, it would be with WWE [http://www.pwinsider.com/ViewArticle.asp?id=12610&p=1]. The statement was later removed, possibly to maintain the angle that Jericho was "fired" from WWE and would not return.
==Miscellaneous==
Jericho was inducted into the [[Canadian Wrestling Hall of Fame]] on [[September 25]], [[1997]]. On [[July 5]], [[2004]] he was awarded the Order of the Buffalo Hunt, the highest award given by the Province of [[Manitoba]].
==Music Career==
Besides being a professional wrestler, Jericho has a [[Academic degree|degree]] in [[journalism]] and is the [[frontman]] of the [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] group [[Fozzy]]. He also writes a semi-regular column for ''[[Metal Edge]]'' magazine.
Jericho also started his own weekly XM radio show, in [[March 2005]], called "the Rock of Jericho."
==Personal life==
Jericho is married to a woman named Jessica, with whom he has a son, Ash.
==In wrestling==
===Previous managers===
*[[Ralphus]]
*[[Joanie Laurer|Chyna]]
*[[Curtis Hughes|Mr. Curtis Hughes]]
*[[Stephanie McMahon-Levesque|Stephanie McMahon]]
*[[Trish Stratus]]
===Quotes===
* "Welcome to RAW - Is - Jericho!"
* "Would you please shut the hell up?"
* "Assclown..."
* "I'm a sexy beast!"
* "I was the first ever Undisputed Champion!"
* "I'm the king of the world!"
* "I am a larger than life living legend."
* "You filthy, dirty, disgusting, brutal, bottom-feeding trash bag ho."
===Finishing moves===
* [[Professional wrestling holds#Boston crab|'''The Walls of Jericho / Lion Tamer''' (elevated Boston crab)]]
* [[Professional wrestling aerial techniques#Springboard moonsault|'''Lionsault''' (Springboard moonsault)]]
* [[Professional wrestling attacks#Enzuigiri|Running enzuigiri]]
* [[Professional wrestling throws#Sleeper slam|Flashback (Sleeper slam)]]
* [[Professional wrestling throws#Full nelson facebuster|Breakdown (Full nelson facebuster)]]
===Signature moves===
* [[Powerbomb#Double underhook powerbomb|Lionbomb (Double underhook powerbomb)]]
* [[Professional wrestling aerial techniques#Frankensteiner|Jericho Spike (Frankensteiner)]]
* [[Powerbomb|Double powerbomb]]
* [[Professional wrestling aerial techniques#Missile dropkick|Missile Dropkick]]
* [[Backbreaker#Double underhook backbreaker|Double underhook backbreaker]]
* [[Professional wrestling aerial techniques#Springboard dropkick|Springboard dropkick]] to an opponent on the ring apron
* [[Professional wrestling throws#Bulldog|Single-hand bulldog]]
* [[Professional wrestling attacks#Elbow smash|Jumping forearm]]
===Nicknames===
* Lionheart
* Y2J (parody of [[Year 2000 problem|Y2K]])
* The Millenium Bug
* The Living Legend
* The King of the World
* The King of Bling-Bling
* The Man of 1,004 Holds
* The Ayatollah of Rock and Rolla
* The Sexy Beast
* One Bad Mamma Jamma
* The Human Highlight Reel
* The Highlight of the Night
* The Epicenter of Excitement
==Championships and accomplishments==
<table border="1" align="center">
<caption>'''Championship Reigns'''</caption>
<tr align="center">
<th>Title Name</th><th>Defeated</th><th>Date</th><th>Where</th><th>Lost to</th><th>Date</th><th>Where</th>
</tr>
<tr align="center">
<th colspan="7">''Independent''</th>
</tr>
<tr align="center">
<td>''Canadian Heavyweight Title''</td>
<td>Biff Wellington</td>
<td>[[January 29]], [[1993]]</td>
<td>[[Calgary, Alberta]]</td>
<td>Jason the Terrible</td>
<td>[[February 12]], [[1993]]</td>
<td>[[Calgary, Alberta]]</td>
</tr>
<tr align="center">
<td>''WWA Tag Team Title'' (with [[El Dandy]])</td>
<td>Texano & [[César González|Silver King]]</td>
<td>[[July 21]], [[1993]]</td>
<td>[[Mexico City]]</td>
<td>Texano & [[César González|Silver King]]</td>
<td>[[September 1]], [[1993]]</td>
<td>[[Mexico City]]</td>
</tr>
<tr align="center">
<td>''NWA Middleweight Title''</td>
<td>Mano Negra</td>
<td>[[December 4]], [[1993]]</td>
<td>[[Mexico City]]</td>
<td>[[Yoshihiro Asai|Último Dragón]]</td>
<td>[[November 8]], [[1994]]</td>
<td>[[Tokyo]]</td>
</tr>
<tr align="center">
<td>''Canadian Mid Heavyweight Title''</td>
<td>Steve Rivers</td>
<td>[[January 7]], [[1994]]</td>
<td>[[Calgary, Alberta]]</td>
<td>[[Lance Evers|Lance Storm]]</td>
<td>[[February 4]], [[1994]]</td>
<td>[[Calgary, Alberta]]</td>
</tr>
<tr align="center">
<td>''International Junior Heavyweight Title''</td>
<td>Gedo</td>
<td>[[June 4]], [[1995]]</td>
<td>[[Tokyo]]</td>
<td>[[Yoshihiro Asai|Último Dragon]]</td>
<td>[[July 28]], [[1995]]</td>
<td>[[Tokyo]]</td>
</tr>
<tr align="center">
<th colspan="7">''Extreme Championship Wrestling''</th>
</tr>
<tr align="center">
<td>''[[ECW World Television Championship|ECW Television Title]]''</td>
<td>[[Anthony Durante|Pitbull #2]]</td>
<td>[[June 22]], [[1996]]</td>
<td>[[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]</td>
<td>[[Shane Douglas]]</td>
<td>[[July 13]], [[1996]]</td>
<td>[[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]</td>
</tr>
<tr align="center">
<th colspan="7">''World Championship Wrestling''</th>
</tr>
<tr align="center">
<td>''[[WWE Cruiserweight Championship|WCW Cruiserweight Title]]''</td>
<td>[[Sean Waltman|Syxx]]</td>
<td>[[June 28]], [[1997]]</td>
<td>[[Los Angeles, California]]</td>
<td>[[Alex Wright]]</td>
<td>[[July 28]], [[1997]]</td>
<td>[[Charleston, West Virginia]]</td>
</tr>
<tr align="center">
<td>''WCW Cruiserweight Title'' (2)</td>
<td>[[Alex Wright]]</td>
<td>[[August 12]], [[1997]]</td>
<td>[[Colorado Springs, Colorado]]</td>
<td>[[Eddie Guerrero|Eddy Guerrero]]</td>
<td>[[September 14]], [[1997]]</td>
<td>[[Winston-Salem, North Carolina]]</td>
</tr>
<tr align="center">
<td>''WCW Cruiserweight Title'' (3)</td>
<td>[[Oscar Gutierrez|Rey Mysterio Jr.]]</td>
<td>[[January 24]], [[1998]]</td>
<td>[[Dayton, Ohio]]</td>
<td>[[Dean Simon|Dean Malenko]]</td>
<td>[[May 17]], [[1998]]</td>
<td>[[Worcester, Massachusetts]]</td>
</tr>
<tr align="center">
<td>''WCW Cruiserweight Title'' (4)</td>
<td>[[Dean Simon|Dean Malenko]]</td>
<td>[[June 14]], [[1998]]</td>
<td>[[Baltimore, Maryland]]</td>
<td>[[Oscar Gutierrez|Rey Misterio Jr.]]</td>
<td>[[July 12]], [[1998]]</td>
<td>[[San Diego, California]]</td>
</tr>
<tr align="center">
<td>''WCW Cruiserweight Title'' (5)</td>
<td>[[Oscar Gutierrez|Rey Misterio Jr.]]</td>
<td>[[July 13]], [[1998]]</td>
<td>[[Las Vegas, Nevada]]</td>
<td>[[Juventud Guerrera]]</td>
<td>[[August 8]], [[1998]]</td>
<td>[[Sturgis, South Dakota]]</td>
</tr>
<tr align="center">
<td>''[[WCW World Television Championship|WCW World Television Title]]''</td>
<td>[[Lane Huffman|Stevie Ray]]</td>
<td>[[August 10]], [[1998]]</td>
<td>[[Rapid City, South Dakota]]</td>
<td>[[Carlos Ashenoff|Konnan]]</td>
<td>[[November 30]], [[1998]]</td>
<td>[[Chattanooga, Tennessee]]</td>
</tr>
<tr align="center">
<th colspan="7">''World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment''</th>
</tr>
<tr align="center">
<td>''[[WWE Intercontinental Championship|WWF Intercontinental Title]]''</td>
<td>[[Joanie Laurer|Chyna]]</td>
<td>[[December 12]], [[1999]]</td>
<td>[[Fort Lauderdale, Florida]]</td>
<td>[[Kurt Angle]]</td>
<td>[[February 27]], [[2000]]</td>
<td>[[Hartford, Connecticut]]</td>
</tr>
<tr align="center">
<td>''[[WWE European Championship|WWF European Title]]''</td>
<td>[[Kurt Angle]]<sup>1</sup></td>
<td>[[April 2]], [[2000]]</td>
<td>[[Anaheim, California]]</td>
<td>[[Eddie Guerrero]]</td>
<td>[[April 3]], [[2000]]</td>
<td>[[Los Angeles, California]]</td>
</tr>
<tr align="center">
<td>''[[WWE Championship|WWF World Heavyweight Title]]''</td>
<td>[[Paul Levesque|Triple H]]</td>
<td>[[April 17]], [[2000]]</td>
<td>[[State College, Pennsylvania]]</td>
<td>[[Paul Levesque|Triple H]]<sup>2</sup></td>
<td>[[April 17]], [[2000]]</td>
<td>[[State College, Pennsylvania]]</td>
</tr>
<tr align="center">
<td>''WWF Intercontinental Title'' (2)</td>
<td>[[Chris Benoit]]</td>
<td>[[May 4]], [[2000]]</td>
<td>[[Richmond, Virginia]]</td>
<td>[[Chris Benoit]]</td>
<td>[[May 8]], [[2000]]</td>
<td>[[Uniondale, New York]]</td>
</tr>
<tr align="center">
<td>''WWF Intercontinental Title'' (3)</td>
<td>[[Chris Benoit]]</td>
<td>[[January 21]], [[2001]]</td>
<td>[[New Orleans, Louisiana]]</td>
<td>[[Paul Levesque|Triple H]]</td>
<td>[[April 5]], [[2001]]</td>
<td>[[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]]</td>
</tr>
<tr align="center">
<td>''[[World Tag-Team Championship|WWF Tag Team Title]]'' (with [[Chris Benoit]])</td>
<td>[[Stone Cold Steve Austin]] & [[Paul Levesque|Triple H]]</td>
<td>[[May 21]], [[2001]]</td>
<td>[[San Jose, California]]</td>
<td>[[Dudley Boyz|The Dudley Boyz]]</td>
<td>[[June 21]], [[2001]]</td>
<td>[[Orlando, Florida]]</td>
</tr>
<tr align="center">
<td>''[[WWE Hardcore Championship|WWF Hardcore Title]]''</td>
<td>[[Paul Wight|The Big Show]]</td>
<td>[[May 28]], [[2001]]</td>
<td>[[Calgary, Alberta]]</td>
<td>[[Terry Gerin|Rhyno]]</td>
<td>[[May 28]], [[2001]]</td>
<td>[[Calgary, Alberta]]</td>
</tr>
<tr align="center">
<td>''[[WCW World Heavyweight Championship|WCW World Heavyweight Title]]''</td>
<td>[[The Rock (entertainer)|The Rock]]</td>
<td>[[October 21]], [[2001]]</td>
<td>[[St. Louis, Missouri]]</td>
<td>[[The Rock (entertainer)|The Rock]]</td>
<td>[[November 5]], [[2001]]</td>
<td>[[Uniondale, New York]]</td>
</tr>
<tr align="center">
<td>''WWF Tag Team Title'' (2) (with [[The Rock (entertainer)|The Rock]])</td>
<td>[[Dudley Boyz|The Dudley Boyz]]</td>
<td>[[October 22]], [[2001]]</td>
<td>[[Kansas City, Missouri]]</td>
<td>[[Andrew Martin|Test]] & [[Booker Huffman|Booker T]]</td>
<td>[[November 1]], [[2001]]</td>
<td>[[Cincinnati, Ohio]]</td>
</tr>
<tr align="center">
<td>''[WCW] World Heavyweight Title'' (2)<sup>3</sup></td>
<td>[[The Rock (entertainer)|The Rock]]</td>
<td rowspan="2">[[December 9]], [[2001]]</td>
<td rowspan="2">[[San Diego, California]]</td>
<td rowspan="2">[[Paul Levesque|Triple H]]</td>
<td rowspan="2">[[March 17]], [[2002]]</td>
<td rowspan="2">[[Toronto, Ontario]]</td>
</tr>
<tr align="center">
<td>''WWF Heavyweight Title'' (2)<sup>3</sup></td>
<td>[[Stone Cold Steve Austin]]</td>
</tr>
<tr align="center">
<td>''WWE Intercontinental Title'' (4)</td>
<td>[[Rob Szatkowski|Rob Van Dam]]</td>
<td>[[September 16]], [[2002]]</td>
<td>[[Denver, Colorado]]</td>
<td>[[Glen Jacobs|Kane]]</td>
<td>[[September 30]], [[2002]]</td>
<td>[[Houston, Texas]]</td>
</tr>
<tr align="center">
<td>''WWE Tag Team Title'' (3) (with [[Jason Reso|Christian]])</td>
<td>[[Glen Jacobs|Kane]] & [[Gregory Helms|The Hurricane]]</td>
<td>[[October 14]], [[2002]]</td>
<td>[[Montreal, Quebec]]</td>
<td>[[Booker Huffman|Booker T]] & [[Virgil Runnels III|Goldust]]</td>
<td>[[December 15]], [[2002]]</td>
<td>[[Fort Lauderdale, Florida]]</td>
</tr>
<tr align="center">
<td>''WWE Intercontinental Title'' (5)<sup>4<sup></td>
<td>[[Rob Szatkowski|Rob Van Dam]]</td>
<td>[[October 27]], [[2003]]</td>
<td>[[Fayetteville, North Carolina]]</td>
<td>[[Rob Szatkowski|Rob Van Dam]]</td>
<td>[[October 27]], [[2003]]</td>
<td>[[Fayetteville, North Carolina]]</td>
</tr>
<tr align="center">
<td>''WWE Intercontinental Title'' (6)</td>
<td>[[Jason Reso|Christian]] <sup>5<sup></td>
<td>[[September 12]], [[2004]]</td>
<td>[[Portland, Oregon]]</td>
<td>[[Shelton Benjamin]]</td>
<td>[[October 19]], [[2004]]</td>
<td>[[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]]</td>
</tr>
</table>
1. In a three way match against [[Kurt Angle]] and [[Chris Benoit]]. <br>
2. The decision was revsersed later on the same show because of a fast count by the referee. <br>
3. Jericho wins both titles on the same show and unifies them. The title is known as the ''[[WWE Undisputed Championship]]'' from then on. <br>
4. RAW Co-GM [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]] forced the newly crowned IC Champion, Chris Jericho, to immediately defend his title in a cage match because of RAW Co-GM [[Eric Bischoff|Eric Bischoff's]] interference in the previous match. <br>
5. Jericho won the vacant title in a ladder match against [[Jason Reso|Christian]].
*[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]] (PWI) ranked him # '''109''' of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003.
*Chris won the 2002 PWI Most Hated Wrestler Award.
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