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Chris Jericho profile written by Dusty Davis
"Breaking The Code"
One of life's most challenging puzzles is how to
become the top superstar in professional
wrestling. Well, Chris Jericho had broken that
code along time ago and was sent to save us all
by the wrestling Gods. Born Christopher Keith
Irvine on November 9, 1970 to the New York
Rangers own Ted Irvine, Chris was raised in
Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada. Following in the
footsteps of his father, Irvine hit the ice for
a few rounds before going a few rounds in the
ring. He also graduated from college with a
degree in journalism. After training at Stu
Hart's infamous Dungeon in Calgary, Chris went
on to make his wrestling debut on October 2,
1990 at the young age of nineteen. He won the
Canadian Heavyweight Championship for the first
time in January of 1993. From there he went to
Mexico and Japan perfecting his craft before
crashing into the land of extreme. He made his
Extreme Championship Wrestling debut on February
2, 1996 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he
gained more than recognition from the American
fans by winning the ECW Television title from
Pitbull #2 in June of the same year. His title
reign was cut short with a loss at the hands of
Shane Douglas a month later. The Ayatollah f
Rock and Rolla moved on to WCW, where he
defeated J.L. in his first match on August 20,
1996. He competed in his first Pay Per View
match at Fall Brawl a month later, when he
wrestled the late Chris Benoit. Chris Jericho
had unprecedented success in World Championship
Wrestling, winning the Cruiserweight
Championship five times from the likes of Dean
Malenko and Rey Mysterio. He also held the
Television title from August to the end of
November of 1998. Jericho finally came to the
pinnacle of sports entertainment on August 9,
1999. The countdown to the new millennium ended
with Chris interrupting The People's Champion,
The Rock, claiming to be the savior of the WWE.
All of the Jerichoholics around the world hung
on every word as The Rock and Jericho did what
they did best, entertain the millions of fans.
Wrestlemania 2000 saw Chris Jericho along with
Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit steal the show in a
awesome triple threat match. It also gave
Jericho the European Championship. A couple of
weeks later on Raw Is Jericho, Chris did the
unthinkable by pinning Triple H for the WWE
Championship. The title was unceremoniously
stolen from him by the power Hungary Triple H
later on in the show, and was erased from the
record books. But we all know the truth. He
finally proved all the critics wrong on October
21, 2001 by winning the WCW World title with his
victory over The Rock. Then on December 9, he
made history by winning both the WCW and WWE
Championships, unifying the titles. He beat both
The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin in the same
night to become the first ever Undisputed World
champion. Wrestling fans thought that we had
seen the last of our hero in August of 2005,
when he lost a Your Fired match to then WWE
champ John Cena, then, in November of 2007, we
were all mystified by a series of cryptic
messages shown on Raw. It proved to be Jericho's
second coming, returning to save us all once
more. On March 10, 2008 Chris Jericho made
history again by winning the WWE
Intercontinental championship for a record
breaking eight times, when ended Jeff Hardy's
reign as champ. He is one of a few grand slam
winners, holding the WWE, Intercontinental, Tag
Team, and European championships. So to say that
Chris Jericho has done it all in sports
entertainment would be an understatement.
Wrestling is not the only place that Chris
Irvine has had success though. He has done TV
shows, radio shows, and as the lead singer of
the heavy metal band Fozzy, has released three
albums. But perhaps above all, his greatest
success might be his wife and three children. So
what does the future hold for this multi
talented athlete? Only time will tell, but one
thing is for certain. We will be entertained.
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