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  • Chris Jericho began his run in the World Wrestling Federation with a ticking clock. For weeks in 1999, a countdown to the new millennium kept appearing on the company's programming. Jericho later said the idea came from a clock he had spotted in a post office, and Vince McMahon approved it as his introduction.

    On the 9th of August, in Chicago, the timer finally ran out. The Rock was standing in the ring, cutting a promo on the Big Show. Jericho walked in, announced 'Raw Is Jericho', and said he had 'come to save the World Wrestling Federation'. He called himself Y2J, a play on the Y2K bug. The Rock answered by mocking him for barging in.

    It was an odd way to meet a mass audience for a man who had already wrestled for years in Canada, Mexico, Japan and the United States. Who was he before the clock ran out? How does a performer built on a rock star swagger keep rebuilding himself, decade after decade? And why do colleagues and journalists keep placing him among the greatest wrestlers ever?

  • Christopher Keith Irvine was born in Manhasset, New York, on the 9th of November 1970, to a Canadian couple. His father, Ted Irvine, was playing hockey for the New York Rangers at the time. When Ted retired, the family moved back to Winnipeg, Manitoba. Irvine grew up there, with Scottish roots on his father's side and Ukrainian roots on his mother's. He holds both American and Canadian citizenship.

    The local American Wrestling Association shows at the Winnipeg Arena hooked him as a child. The real spark came from footage of Owen Hart, then working for Stampede Wrestling, flying through the air. Irvine also named Owen's brother Bret, Ricky Steamboat and Shawn Michaels as heroes. His first taste of the business was on the ring crew for the first tour of the new Keystone Wrestling Alliance. There, independent wrestlers Catfish Charlie and Caveman Broda gave him his first pointers.

    In 1990, he graduated from Red River College in Winnipeg with a diploma in Creative Communications. At 19, he enrolled in the Hart Brothers School of Wrestling and met Lance Storm on his very first day. Ed Langley and a Calgary wrestler named Brad Young trained him. On the 2nd of October 1990, at the Moose Hall in Ponoka, Alberta, he made his debut as 'Cowboy' Chris Jericho. The match against Storm ended in a ten-minute time limit draw.

    The name has a story. In a February 2019 interview with Rich Eisen, Jericho said he had planned to be 'Jack Action'. Someone told him the name was stupid. Put on the spot and nervous, he blurted out Chris Jericho. He borrowed the surname from Walls of Jericho, an album by the German power metal band Helloween.

    Storm and Jericho first teamed as Sudden Impact. They toured Northern Manitoba for promoter Tony Condello, alongside future stars Adam Copeland, who became Edge, and Jason Reso, who became Christian. In October 1991, the pair crossed the Pacific for Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling in Japan, facing Atsushi Onita and Tarzan Goto. In September 1992, Jericho returned for the promotion's 3rd Anniversary Show at Yokohama Stadium. Storm declined, so he brought Eric Freeze of Edmonton, and the pair beat Eiji Ezaki and Koji Nakagawa.

    That winter, he went to Mexico and wrestled as Leon D'Oro, meaning Golden Lion. Fans voted on the name, choosing it over He-Man and Chris Power. In April 1993, he joined Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, Mexico's oldest promotion. There he faced Silver King, Negro Casas and Ultimo Dragon on the way to an 11-month reign as NWA World Middleweight Champion, starting in December 1993.

    In February 1994, he began working regularly for Genichiro Tenryu's Wrestling and Romance promotion in Japan, later renamed Wrestle Association R, as Lion Heart. He won the WAR International Junior Heavyweight Championship from Gedo in June 1995. That December, he entered the Super J-Cup. He also joined the villainous stable Fuyuki-Gun. By July 1996, he had worked 24 tours for the company.

    In March 1994, he and Storm also arrived at Jim Cornette's Smoky Mountain Wrestling as the Thrillseekers, a pretty-boy fan favorite team. In August 1994 they beat the Heavenly Bodies in a street fight. Before that match, Jericho had broken his arm practicing a shooting star press. He left the promotion afterward.

    In February 1996, he reached Philadelphia and Extreme Championship Wrestling. Mick Foley had given a tape of his July 1995 match with Ultimo Dragon to promoter Paul Heyman. Chris Benoit, Dave Meltzer and Perry Saturn had also vouched for him. In June 1996, at Hardcore Heaven, he took the ECW World Television Championship from Pitbull #2. He lost it a month later to Shane Douglas. His last ECW night came in August, in a loss to 2 Cold Scorpio, and by then World Championship Wrestling was watching.

  • At World War 3, Jericho wrestled with one arm tied behind his back against referee Nick Patrick, and he won. The stipulation came after Patrick's biased officiating helped the nWo's Syxx beat Jericho at Halloween Havoc. Jericho had debuted for World Championship Wrestling in August 1996. His first pay-per-view appearance was a loss to Chris Benoit at Fall Brawl.

    On the 28th of June 1997, in Los Angeles, Jericho beat Syxx to win the WCW Cruiserweight Championship. Over the next year he lost and regained it several times, trading it with Alex Wright and Eddie Guerrero. After beating Rey Mysterio Jr. at Souled Out in January, he turned villain and attacked Mysterio's knee with a toolbox. At SuperBrawl VIII, he defended against Juventud Guerrera in a title versus mask match. Guerrera lost and unmasked. Jericho then began wearing his victims' prizes to the ring, including Guerrera's mask, a Hawaiian dress and Disco Inferno's headband.

    His best-remembered target was Dean Malenko, known as 'The Man of 1,000 Holds'. Jericho boasted that he was 'The Man of 1,004 Holds'. He had borrowed the gag from an old interview he saw as a child. In it, manager Floyd Creatchman said Leo Burke, the original 'Man of 1,000 Holds', now knew 1,002, because 'he learned two more'. On the 30th of March 1998, Jericho unrolled a long scroll on Nitro and recited his supposed holds. Many were invented, and nearly every other one was an armbar.

    Jericho kept refusing to wrestle Malenko. He even bribed Lenny Lane to wear Guerrera's mask and lose to Malenko on Thunder. Once he finally faced Malenko at Uncensored, he won. Malenko then took a leave from wrestling, and Jericho paraded a portrait of him to insult.

    Then came Slamboree. J. J. Dillon, whom Jericho called 'Jo Jo', scheduled a cruiserweight battle royal to find his next challenger. Jericho accepted, reasoning that the winner would be too tired to beat him. He introduced the entrants with insults and went backstage for coffee. A masked man who looked like Ciclope won after Guerrera shook his hand and eliminated himself. It was Malenko in disguise, and the crowd reaction was among the loudest in WCW history. Malenko took the title.

    Jericho called himself the victim of a conspiracy. He blamed the locker room, then Dillon, then Ted Turner. In one vignette, he walked around Washington, D.C., carrying a sign reading 'conspiracy victim' and accused President Bill Clinton of being involved after being turned away from a meeting.

    On the 10th of August 1998, Jericho beat Stevie Ray, who was substituting for Booker T, to win the WCW World Television Championship. He repeatedly challenged Goldberg but never wrestled him. Jericho later pointed to Eric Bischoff, Goldberg and Hulk Hogan refusing to book a pay-per-view loss to Goldberg as a major reason for leaving. He felt it would have drawn big money. In early 1999, he fought Perry Saturn in stipulation matches, including 'loser must wear a dress' at Souled Out, which Jericho won. Jericho signed with the WWF on the 30th of June, and his last WCW match came at a Peoria, Illinois, house show on the 21st of July.

    A detour to Japan went less well. In January 1997 at the Tokyo Dome, he debuted for New Japan Pro-Wrestling as the masked Super Liger. He botched several moves and struggled to see through the mask, so the gimmick was dropped immediately. Fifteen years after he left WCW, his entrance song 'One Crazed Anarchist' became the title of the second single from his band Fozzy's 2014 album Do You Wanna Start a War.

  • Two referees declared two different winners in Jericho's first big feud, against Chyna for the WWF Intercontinental Championship. The result was that the pair became co-champions, and Jericho turned fan favorite. Before that, he had lost to Chyna at Survivor Series on the 14th of November. He then beat her at Armageddon on the 12th of December to win his first Intercontinental title. He became sole champion by beating Chyna and Hardcore Holly at the Royal Rumble on the 23rd of January 2000. His in-ring debut had come on the 26th of August 1999 on the first SmackDown!, where he powerbombed Road Dogg through a table and lost by disqualification.

    Kurt Angle took the title from him at No Way Out on the 27th of February. At WrestleMania 2000, on the 2nd of April, a triple threat with Angle and Chris Benoit changed hands twice. Jericho won the European Championship, while Benoit won the Intercontinental belt. It was the first of six pay-per-view matches between the pair in twelve months. Jericho had been advertised on the poster for the main event, but Mick Foley took his place.

    On the 17th of April, Jericho pinned Triple H for the WWF Championship after referee Earl Hebner made a fast count. Hebner reversed the decision under pressure from Triple H, and WWE does not recognize the reign. Their feud ended at Fully Loaded on the 23rd of July. Jericho lost a Last Man Standing match by one second, even though Stephanie McMahon kept helping her husband.

    In May 2001, Jericho and Benoit won a tag team turmoil match at Judgment Day. The next night they beat Stone Cold Steve Austin and Triple H for the WWF Tag Team Championship, and Triple H tore his quadriceps in the match. On the 24th of May, they defended the titles in the first fatal four-way Tables, Ladders and Chairs match. Benoit was hurt when a diving headbutt missed and he crashed through a table. He was carried out on a stretcher, yet he came back to climb the ladder and keep the titles.

    The Invasion storyline, in which WCW and ECW wrestlers attacked the WWF, put Jericho in an unusual spot. He had worked for both rival companies but stayed loyal to the WWF. At No Mercy on the 21st of October, he debuted a finisher called the Breakdown on a steel chair. The Rock was pinned, and Jericho won the WCW Championship, his first world title. A month later, at Survivor Series, he attacked The Rock again and turned villain.

    Vengeance, on the 9th of December, made history. In a single night, Jericho beat The Rock for the World Championship, formerly the WCW title, and then beat Austin for the WWF Championship. He became the first Undisputed WWF Champion and the fourth Grand Slam winner under the original format. He kept the title against The Rock at the Royal Rumble on the 20th of January 2002 and against Austin at No Way Out. On the 17th of March, Triple H beat him for it in the main event of WrestleMania X8. Soon after, Jericho was drafted to SmackDown! in the first WWF draft lottery, and a newcomer named John Cena beat him at Vengeance on the 21st of July.

  • On the 29th of July 2002, Jericho left SmackDown! for Raw, refusing to work for general manager Stephanie McMahon. He lost to Ric Flair at SummerSlam, then won his fifth Intercontinental Championship from Rob Van Dam in September. He formed a team with Christian and won the World Tag Team Championship from Kane and The Hurricane on the 14th of October. They lost it at Armageddon on the 15th of December in a fatal four-way elimination match.

    At the Royal Rumble on the 19th of January 2003, Jericho chose entry number two on purpose. He wanted to start the match with Shawn Michaels, who had challenged him to back up his boasts. Christian, dressed as Jericho, distracted Michaels, and the real Jericho attacked from behind. Michaels got revenge by getting Test to eliminate him, though Jericho still spent more time in that Rumble than any other wrestler. At WrestleMania XIX on the 30th of March, Michaels won. Jericho embraced him and then hit him with a low blow.

    Goldberg was next. On Jericho's interview segment, the Highlight Reel, he insulted Goldberg, who had once refused to wrestle him in WCW. On the 12th of May, a mystery driver tried to run Goldberg over with a limousine. Lance Storm admitted to doing it, saying Jericho had set it up. Goldberg beat Jericho at Bad Blood on the 15th of June. On the 27th of October, Jericho won his sixth Intercontinental Championship from Van Dam but lost it back right away in a steel cage match.

    A Canadian dollar changed the next storyline. Jericho started a romance with Trish Stratus while Christian dated Lita, but the two men had actually made a bet about who could sleep with their partner first. Stratus overheard the bet and ended things. Jericho seemed remorseful, and the two agreed to be friends. At WrestleMania XX on the 14th of March 2004, Christian beat Jericho after Stratus accidentally hit Jericho, then revealed that she and Christian were a couple.

    On the 12th of September 2004, at Unforgiven, Jericho beat Christian in a ladder match for his seventh Intercontinental Championship. That broke Jeff Jarrett's record from 1999. He lost it to Shelton Benjamin on the 19th of October. In 2005, at WrestleMania 21 on the 3rd of April, he competed in the first Money in the Bank ladder match, a concept he had suggested. Edge grabbed the briefcase.

    The summer of 2005 ended Jericho's first WWE chapter. On the 12th of June, he lost to Storm at ECW One Night Stand using his old Lionheart gimmick. The next night, he betrayed WWE Champion John Cena. He lost to Cena at SummerSlam on the 21st of August. The following night, in a 'You're fired' match, Cena won again. Raw General Manager Eric Bischoff fired Jericho, and security carried him out as Kurt Angle attacked Cena. His WWE contract expired on the 25th of August, beginning a two-year absence.

  • On the 24th of September 2007, WWE began airing 15-second videos of cryptic binary code, styled after the digital rain in The Matrix. Hidden messages and biblical links pointed to Jericho. He returned on the 19th of November as a fan favorite, interrupting Randy Orton's staged 'passing of the torch' ceremony. A week later, he beat Santino Marella with a new finisher, the Codebreaker. On the 10th of March 2008, he beat Jeff Hardy for a record eighth Intercontinental Championship.

    Shawn Michaels became his great rival. At Backlash on the 27th of April, Jericho was the special guest referee for Michaels against Batista. Michaels faked a knee injury to trick Batista. Afterward, Jericho apologized for doubting him, and Michaels admitted the trick and hit him with Sweet Chin Music. On the 9th of June, Jericho interviewed Michaels on the Highlight Reel and pointed out that fans still cheered a man who had deceived him. Then he hit Michaels with a low blow and drove him through a television set called the Jeritron 6000, damaging Michaels's eye. Both Pro Wrestling Illustrated and the Wrestling Observer Newsletter named it the Feud of the Year.

    The new Jericho dressed in a suit. He modeled it on Javier Bardem's character Anton Chigurh in the 2007 film No Country for Old Men, and on the wrestler Nick Bockwinkel. On the 20th of July, at The Great American Bash, he beat Michaels by attacking the cut over his eye. At SummerSlam on the 17th of August, Michaels said the eye would force his retirement. Jericho tried to attack him, missed, and punched Michaels's wife, Rebecca, instead. Michaels beat him by referee stoppage at Unforgiven on the 7th of September.

    Later that same night, Jericho entered the Championship Scramble match as a late replacement for CM Punk. He beat Batista, John 'Bradshaw' Layfield, Kane and Rey Mysterio to win the World Heavyweight Championship. At No Mercy on the 5th of October, he beat Michaels in a ladder match to keep it. After losing it to Batista, he won it back eight days later, on the 800th episode of Raw, in a steel cage match. On the 8th of December he received the 2008 Superstar of the Year Slammy Award.

    On the 5th of April 2009, at WrestleMania 25, Jericho beat Roddy Piper, Jimmy Snuka and Ricky Steamboat in a handicap match. Actor Mickey Rourke, who had been due to face him, knocked him out afterward. At Extreme Rules on the 7th of June, he beat Rey Mysterio for a ninth Intercontinental Championship, another record. He lost it back to Mysterio three weeks later in a mask versus title match.

    That same night at The Bash, Jericho and Edge entered a triple threat match as surprise participants and won the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship. Jericho became the first wrestler to win every title of the original Grand Slam. When Edge was injured, Jericho used a clause in his contract to keep the title with a replacement. At Night of Champions on the 26th of July, he introduced Big Show as that partner, and the team became Jeri-Show. They held the belts until DX, Michaels and Triple H, won them at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs on the 13th of December.

    On the 21st of February 2010, Jericho won the World Heavyweight Championship at Elimination Chamber, defeating six opponents. He beat his old partner Edge at WrestleMania XXVI on the 28th of March. Jack Swagger then cashed in a Money in the Bank contract to take the title. The Wrestling Observer Newsletter had inducted Jericho into its Hall of Fame earlier that year, and he is the ninth Triple Crown Champion. On the 27th of September, Randy Orton punted him in the head on Raw, a moment used to explain his latest departure.

  • Starting in November 2011, WWE aired cryptic vignettes teasing a return, and Jericho appeared on the 2nd of January 2012. He feuded with WWE Champion CM Punk over who was 'the Best in the World'. To unsettle Punk, he revealed that Punk's father was an alcoholic and Punk's sister was a drug addict. That contradicted Punk's straight edge image. Punk won at WrestleMania XXVIII and again in a Chicago Street Fight at Extreme Rules.

    On the 24th of May 2012, at a live event in Brazil, Jericho kicked a Brazilian flag during a match with Punk. Local police stepped in and threatened to arrest him. After he apologized to the crowd, the show resumed. WWE suspended him for 30 days and apologized to the people and government of Brazil. The company explained his absence as a European tour with his band Fozzy.

    Fozzy was a second career that never went away. Jericho became the group's lead vocalist in 1999. Its self-titled debut album arrived the next year and was mostly covers. From the third album, All That Remains in 2005, the band focused on original songs. He also competed on the 2011 season of Dancing with the Stars, hosted the ABC game show Downfall, and hosted the Revolver Golden Gods Awards in 2011. He hosted the UK's Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards in 2012 and 2017.

    Music kept pulling him away. After Dolph Ziggler beat him on the 20th of August 2012, the storyline had Jericho terminated so he could tour with Fozzy. He returned on the 27th of January 2013 as the second entrant in the Royal Rumble and lasted over 47 minutes. In November 2013, he told WWE.com he would no longer be a full-time wrestler because of his music and acting. After an eleven-month break, he returned on the 30th of June 2014 to attack The Miz. By 2015 he was on an exclusive contract for just 16 house shows. That year he also co-hosted the sixth season of Tough Enough.

    In 2016, he and AJ Styles formed the tag team Y2AJ on the 22nd of February. On the 7th of March, he attacked Styles, saying he was sick of fans chanting for Styles instead of him. He then reinvented himself as an arrogant, childish villain in expensive scarves who called anyone who flattered him a 'stupid idiot'. After Dean Ambrose replaced the Highlight Reel with The Ambrose Asylum, the two feuded. At Extreme Rules on the 22nd of May, Ambrose won an Asylum match by throwing Jericho onto thumbtacks.

    The best idea of the period was a notebook. After SummerSlam on the 21st of August, Jericho allied with Kevin Owens and began The List of Jericho. When someone annoyed him, he would ask 'you know what happens?' and then shout 'you just made the list!' as he wrote down the name. Many critics called it easily one of the best moments of Raw's broadcast.

    On the 9th of January 2017, Jericho beat Roman Reigns in a handicap match to win the United States Championship, completing the Grand Slam under the current format. At the Royal Rumble on the 29th of January, he was hung above the ring in a shark-proof cage. He then entered the Rumble match as number two and lasted over an hour, breaking the record for cumulative time with more than five hours.

    The partnership with Owens ended on the 13th of February at Jericho's 'Festival of Friendship', when Owens attacked him. At WrestleMania 33 on the 2nd of April, Jericho lost the title to Owens, and he won it back at Payback on the 30th of April. Owens took it back two nights later and left Jericho on a stretcher. That storyline let Jericho tour with Fozzy and promote their new album.

    On the 22nd of January 2018, during Raw's 25th anniversary, he put Elias on the list. On the 27th of April, he was the last of 50 entrants at the Greatest Royal Rumble, eliminating Shelton Benjamin before Braun Strowman eliminated him. It was his final in-ring appearance for WWE to date. In 2019, he told a podcast that a booking decision at WrestleMania 33 helped him decide to leave. Vince McMahon placed his Owens match second on the card for the United States Championship. On the 27th of June 2022, he returned briefly by video message to congratulate John Cena on his career.

  • On the 5th of November 2017, a pre-taped vignette showed Jericho challenging Kenny Omega to a match at Wrestle Kingdom 12 in the Tokyo Dome. The prize was Omega's IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship. Dubbed 'Alpha vs. Omega', it was Jericho's first match outside WWE since he left WCW in July 1999. His status was contested. Dave Meltzer and New Japan Pro-Wrestling called him a free agent, but the newspaper Tokyo Sports quoted an anonymous official saying he was still under contract and Vince McMahon had given permission.

    Omega won, and Meltzer gave the match five stars, the first such rating of Jericho's career. Jericho then beat Tetsuya Naito at Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship. He defended it against Evil at Power Struggle and lost it to Naito at Wrestle Kingdom 13. That made him the first man to hold both the WWE and IWGP versions of the Intercontinental title. His final New Japan matches included a loss to Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and a win over Hiroshi Tanahashi at Wrestle Kingdom 14.

    On the 1st of September 2018, Jericho appeared at All In, promoted by Cody and The Young Bucks, disguised as Penta El Zero. He attacked Omega to promote his own event, Chris Jericho's Rock 'N' Wrestling Rager at Sea. That October, the wrestling cruise left Miami with wrestlers from Ring of Honor. It later continued with wrestlers from All Elite Wrestling. Over the following years, Jericho made surprise independent appearances. On the 8th of January 2023, he debuted for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla alongside the Jericho Appreciation Society. In August 2023, he attacked Will Ospreay at a Revolution Pro Wrestling show. In December 2024, he attacked Effy and Matt Cardona at Game Changer Wrestling.

    On the 8th of January 2019, Jericho appeared unannounced at a media event for the new All Elite Wrestling and was filmed signing a three-year contract. On the 25th of May, he beat Omega at the inaugural event, Double or Nothing. On the 31st of August, he beat Adam Page at All Out to become the first AEW World Champion. On the premiere episode of Dynamite on the 2nd of October, he joined with Sammy Guevara, Jake Hager, Santana and Ortiz to form The Inner Circle. He defended the title against Darby Allin, Cody and Scorpio Sky. He lost it to Jon Moxley at Revolution on the 29th of February 2020, ending a reign of 182 days.

    The stable then took on The Elite. They lost a Stadium Stampede match at Double or Nothing on the 23rd of May. Jericho also feuded with Orange Cassidy, and lost the Mimosa Mayhem match at All Out. In October, MJF asked to join The Inner Circle over the group's objections. Jericho lost to him at Full Gear on the 7th of November, which earned MJF membership. On the 10th of March 2021, MJF betrayed them and revealed his own stable, The Pinnacle, with Wardlow, Shawn Spears and FTR. The betrayal turned The Inner Circle into fan favorites. The Pinnacle won the first Blood and Guts match on the 5th of May, but The Inner Circle defeated The Pinnacle in the main event of Double or Nothing on the 30th of May. Along the way, Jericho also won the ROH World Championship twice and the FTW Championship.

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Common questions

Who is Chris Jericho?

Chris Jericho, born Christopher Keith Irvine on the 9th of November 1970, is an American-Canadian professional wrestler, rock musician and actor. He has worked for promotions in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Japan.

Where did the name Jericho come from?

He took it from Walls of Jericho, an album by the German power metal band Helloween. He said he blurted out the name when he got nervous after hearing that his planned ring name, Jack Action, was stupid.

What made him the first Undisputed WWF Champion?

At Vengeance on the 9th of December 2001, he beat The Rock for the World Championship and Stone Cold Steve Austin for the WWF Championship in one night, holding both titles at once.

What is Fozzy?

Fozzy is a heavy metal band for which Jericho became lead vocalist in 1999. After a debut album of mostly covers, it focused on original songs from All That Remains in 2005.

Who was the first AEW World Champion?

Jericho beat Adam Page at All Out on the 31st of August 2019 to become the inaugural AEW World Champion. Jon Moxley ended his reign of 182 days at Revolution on the 29th of February 2020.

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  77. 105SummerSlam comes close to 'blockbuster' statusNick Tylwalk — Canadian Online Explorer — August 17, 2008
  78. 106Worst night, best nightCraig Tello — World Wrestling Entertainment — September 7, 2008
  79. 107Raw Results – 9/15/08 – Memphis, TN (Jericho vs. Punk & 'No Mercy')Hunter Golden — WrestleView — September 15, 2008
  80. 108Crook and LadderCraig Tello — World Wrestling Entertainment — October 5, 2008
  81. 109Cyber Sunday lives up to the hypeAndy McNamara — Canadian Online Explorer
  82. 110Ch-ch-ch-ch-changesWorld Wrestling Entertainment — November 4, 2008
  83. 113Complete list of winners for 2008 Slammy AwardsMike Johnson — December 12, 2008
  84. 115Detroit "RKO" CityCraig Tello — World Wrestling Entertainment — January 25, 2009
  85. 116Regaining the throneMitch Passero — World Wrestling Entertainment
  86. 117Coast busted!Greg Adkins — World Wrestling Entertainment — February 9, 2009
  87. 118Kiss of deathAubrey Sitterson — World Wrestling Entertainment — March 23, 2009
  88. 119"Wrestler" indeed 'Mania-boundWorld Wrestling Entertainment — January 30, 2009
  89. 120'Wrestler' star Rourke to get in WWE ringToday.com — January 25, 2009
  90. 122WrestleMania 25: HBK-Undertaker steals the showDale Plummer — Canadian Online Explorer — April 6, 2009
  91. 123RAW: Drafting a fresh start for the WWEDale Plummer — Canadian Online Explorer — April 14, 2009
  92. 124Consider "The Dragon" slainJames Vermillion — April 26, 2009
  93. 125Robbing the bank in the face of JudgmentMichael Burdick — World Wrestling Entertainment — May 1, 2009
  94. 126Results:A wing and a prayer and a 619Michael Burdick — World Wrestling Entertainment — May 17, 2009
  95. 127Results: Dethroned in disgraceMichael Burdick — June 7, 2009
  96. 129Mysterio & Jericho save The Bash from wash-outBrian Elliot — Canadian Online Explorer
  97. 130Lean, Green hosting machineAubrey Sitterson — World Wrestling Entertainment — July 13, 2009
  98. 138RAW: Bret Hart returnsDale Plummer
  99. 139Opportunity shocksRyan Murphy — World Wrestling Entertainment — January 31, 2010
  100. 140Batista, Jericho and Michaels capitalize on Elimination Chamber opportunitiesDale Plummer — Canadian Online Explorer — February 22, 2010
  101. 141RAW: Finding a Jewel on the Road to WrestlemaniaDale Plummer — Canadian Online Explorer — February 22, 2010
  102. 142NewsWrestleMania XXVI thoughtsKevin Eck — March 29, 2010
  103. 144Smackdown Results – 4/16/10Mike Tedesco — WrestleView — April 17, 2010
  104. 146Mix & matchesWorld Wrestling Entertainment — April 26, 2010
  105. 147Rated RK-OwnedWorld Wrestling Entertainment — May 3, 2010
  106. 148Fatal Fourway thoughtsKevin Eck — June 21, 2010
  107. 149Seven deadly sinnersWorld Wrestling Entertainment — June 21, 2010
  108. 150Nexus or against us?World Wrestling Entertainment — July 19, 2010
  109. 151White, hot SummerWorld Wrestling Entertainment — August 2, 2010
  110. 152The boys of SummerSlamWorld Wrestling Entertainment — August 9, 2010
  111. 153Six and the CityWorld Wrestling Entertainment — August 23, 2010
  112. 154Capital punishmentWorld Wrestling Entertainment — September 6, 2010
  113. 155Grinnin' BarrettWorld Wrestling Entertainment — August 30, 2010
  114. 156Bring on the Night!World Wrestling Entertainment — September 13, 2010
  115. 157Few gimmicks, more title changes at Night of ChampionsNick Tylwalk — Canadian Online Explorer — September 20, 2010
  116. 159Updated Royal Rumble PPV line-up – Foley added, #1 entry announced, "end of the world?"James Caldwell — Pro Wrestling Torch — January 23, 2012
  117. 166Chris Jericho suspendedWWE — May 25, 2012
  118. 170Chris Jericho def. Dolph ZigglerWWE — August 19, 2012
  119. 173The Royal Rumble sets up a potential WrestleMania rematch as The Rock, Cena winPlummer, Dale — SLAM! Wrestling — January 28, 2013
  120. 193Keller's WWE Night of Champions PPV Report 9/20Wade Keller — Pro Wrestling Torch — September 20, 2015
  121. 198Chris Jericho def. AJ StylesJames Wortman — WWE
  122. 1994/4 WWE Raw Results – Caldwell's Complete Report on post-WM32James Caldwell — Pro Wrestling Torch — April 5, 2016
  123. 2015/1 WWE Payback Results – Caldwell's Complete Live ReportJames Caldwell — Pro Wrestling Torch — May 1, 2016
  124. 2077/24 WWE Battleground Results – CALDWELL'S Complete ReportJames Caldwell — Pro Wrestling Torch — July 24, 2016
  125. 208Raw highlights: July 25, 2016WWE — July 21, 2016
  126. 21210 most delightful to watch WWE wrestlers of 2016Akinshilo Ayomide — December 25, 2016
  127. 223WWE Universal Champion Kevin Owens vs. GoldbergAnthony Benigno — February 6, 2017
  128. 225Chris Jericho taken to medical facility during RawWWE.com Staff — February 13, 2017
  129. 240Chris Jericho vs. Kenny Omega set for New Japan Tokyo DomeMike Johnson et al. — November 5, 2017
  130. 242New Japan Pro-WrestlingNovember 6, 2017
  131. 246NJPW Power Struggle results: Chris Jericho vs. EVILEthan Renner — November 3, 2018
  132. 2492020.01.05 WRESTLE KINGDOM in TOKYO DOME night 2New Japan Pro-Wrestling — January 5, 2020
  133. 264AEW DYNAMITE Results November 27, 2019AEW Staff — November 27, 2019
  134. 275NewsEric Bischoff Returns to AEW Dynamite, Sets Up New Match at AEW Full GearConnor Casey — Comic Book.com — October 28, 2020
  135. 276Chris Jericho vs. MJF announced for AEW Full GearBryan Rose — October 28, 2020
  136. 287NewsAEW Dynamite live results: Adam Cole's AEW in-ring debutParker Klyn — September 15, 2021
  137. 299Sambus' AEW WrestleDream 2023 ReviewTheo Sambus — October 2, 2023
  138. 302AEW Battle Of The Belts IXJanuary 13, 2024
  139. 316Chris Jericho Firmly Under AEW ContractJeremy Lambert — February 17, 2026
  140. 317More Information On Chris Jericho's AEW Name ChangeIshaan Sharma — April 11, 2026
  141. 318AEW Dynamite Results (4/1/2026)Luis Pulido — April 1, 2026
  142. 319AEW Dynamite Results (4/8/2026)Luis Pulido — April 8, 2026
  143. 322AEW Dynamite Results (5/27/2026)Luis Pulido — May 27, 2026
  144. 323AEW Dynamite Beach Break Results (7/8/2026)Luis Pulido — July 8, 2026
  145. 329NJPW Best of the Super Juniors Finale 2018 reviewAnish Vishwakoti — ProWrestling.net — June 4, 2018
  146. 330The Fix w/Todd Martin (pt. 3 of 3)Wade Keller — January 30, 2019
  147. 331Cody Rhodes on the origins and future of All Elite WrestlingKC Joyner — ESPN — January 17, 2019
  148. 335Jessica Lockhart, Chris Jericho's WifeBrendan Morrow — Heavy — March 16, 2017
  149. 337Return of the MagentFebruary 8, 2019
  150. 338MagazineRanking the top 101 wrestlers of all timeLuke Winkie — July 26, 2016
  151. 339Top 50 Wrestlers of All TimeMatt Fowler — November 2, 2012
  152. 340The Top 25 WWE Superstars of All TimeScott Felstead — December 18, 2018
  153. 342Top 50 Greatest Professional WrestlersAce Mareno — CBS Sports Radio — February 18, 2011
  154. 344Top 10 favorite wrestlers of all timeKevin Eck — August 4, 2011
  155. 345Top 10 all-around performersKevin Eck — April 23, 2008
  156. 349The Top 25 Wrestlers of All TimeMatt Fowler — April 5, 2024
  157. 355Chris Jericho Will Never Stop Reinventing HimselfBlake Murphy — Vice Sports — December 13, 2017
  158. 356Nic Nemeth on TwitterNic (Dolph Ziggler) Nemeth — Twitter — August 21, 2012
  159. 357Shad GaspardJanuary 3, 2011
  160. 358Interview With James Ellsworth, WWE's Most Unlikely StarChuck Carroll — CBS — October 18, 2016
  161. 359Eric BischoffOctober 12, 2017
  162. 360VideoTop 50 Superstars of All TimeWWE Home Video — 2011
  163. 364Wrestlers with Most WWF/WWE PPV AppearancesThe Internet Wrestling Database
  164. 367AEW Continues to Grow One Year After Launch of 'Dynamite'Joe Otterson — September 30, 2020
  165. 368JournalMarch 13, 2020 Observer Newsletter: 40th Annual Awards IssueDave Meltzer — March 5, 2020
  166. 371FOZZY - You Won't Know What Hit YouElise Shire — February 24, 2015
  167. 379TheSportsCourier.comFred Richani
  168. 381Chris Jericho stars in "Albino Farm.World Wrestling Entertainment — July 9, 2008
  169. 386Chris Jericho To Host Metal Hammer Golden Gods AwardsChad BowarChad Bowar — April 3, 2012
  170. 387Metal Hammer Golden Gods returns for 2017Scott Munropublished — April 5, 2017
  171. 388About BIJCButImChrisJericho.com
  172. 394News2006: The year in wrestlingHicks Brady — Kappa Publications
  173. 396Redemption SongFuseTV.com
  174. 397Chris Jericho InterviewEric Cohen — About.com
  175. 399NewsMinistry of GossipMarch 1, 2011
  176. 402VideoAttack of the Show – Chris Jericho is ThorG4tv.com — May 5, 2011
  177. 408Chris Jericho And Jessica Irvine Introduce Y2J Jr.411mania.com — September 27, 2003
  178. 410Talk Is JerichoChris Jericho
  179. 411PodcastThe Emancipation of Jon MoxleyChristopher Irvine — May 29, 2019
  180. 414Chris Jericho – WCW starDale Thompson — hmmagazine.com
  181. 417Chris Jericho issued arrest warrant for not showing up to courtPeter Holness — Inentertainmen.co.uk — February 16, 2010
  182. 419Broken Skull Sessions: Chris Jericho, WWE Network, 2021
  183. 421Charitable is JerichoJoseph Spencer — September 23, 2019
  184. 424Tampa to the rescue as pro wrestler 'Kamala' faces health and money problemsPaul GuzzoFormer Culture and Hillsborough Reporter
  185. 437NewsThe Cracker Barrel Breakfast Chris Jericho Challenged 'Fast Foodies' To RecreateMaria Scinto — Mashed.com — February 6, 2022
  186. 440AEW World ChampionshipPhilip Kreikenbohm — Cagematch — August 31, 2019
  187. 441AEW Awards report: Winners revealed, Shaq challenges CodyEthan Renner — F4Wonline.com — January 27, 2021
  188. 4422008 AwardsKevin Eck — January 2, 2009
  189. 445CRMW North American Heavyweight ChampionshipPhilip Kreikenbohm — Cagematch — January 29, 1993
  190. 447CRMW North American Tag Team ChampionshipPhilip Kreikenbohm — Cagematch — October 17, 1992
  191. 448CRMW Mid-Heavyweight ChampionshipPhilip Kreikenbohm — Cagematch — January 14, 1994
  192. 44923 yrs ago Aug 10/91 in Sundre, AB: @IAmJericho & I beat Bret Como & Lenny St. Clair to retain #CWC tag team titles. #SuddenImpact
  193. 452NWA World Middleweight ChampionshipPhilip Kreikenbohm — Cagematch — December 7, 1993
  194. 454ECW World Television ChampionshipPhilip Kreikenbohm — Cagematch — June 22, 1996
  195. 455Chris JerichoCagematch
  196. 456IWA Junior Heavyweight ChampionshipPhilip Kreikenbohm — Cagematch — June 7, 1995
  197. 458IWGP Intercontinental ChampionshipPhilip Kreikenbohm — Cagematch — June 9, 2018
  198. 460MagazinePro Wrestling Illustrated Decade AwardsFebruary 2010
  199. 462Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2009Internet Wrestling Database
  200. 464Magazine10 Best WWE Wrestlers of 2016Ken Herzog — December 21, 2016
  201. 468WCW Cruiserweight ChampionshipPhilip Kreikenbohm — Cagematch — June 28, 1997
  202. 470WCW World Television ChampionshipPhilip Kreikenbohm — Cagematch — August 10, 1998
  203. 472Undisputed WWF ChampionshipPhilip Kreikenbohm — Cagematch — December 9, 2001
  204. 473Chris Jericho's first World Heavyweight Championship reignWorld Wrestling Entertainment — September 8, 2008
  205. 474Chris Jericho's second World Heavyweight Championship reignWorld Wrestling Entertainment — November 4, 2008
  206. 476World Heavyweight ChampionshipPhilip Kreikenbohm — Cagematch — September 7, 2008
  207. 479WCW World Heavyweight ChampionshipPhilip Kreikenbohm — Cagematch — October 21, 2001
  208. 481WWE Intercontinental ChampionshipPhilip Kreikenbohm — Cagematch — December 12, 1999
  209. 483WWE United States ChampionshipPhilip Kreikenbohm — Cagematch — January 9, 2017
  210. 485WWF European ChampionshipPhilip Kreikenbohm — Cagematch — April 2, 2000
  211. 487WWF Hardcore ChampionshipPhilip Kreikenbohm — Cagematch — May 28, 2001
  212. 489WWE Tag Team ChampionshipPhilip Kreikenbohm — Cagematch — June 28, 2009
  213. 490WWF/World Tag Team ChampionshipPhilip Kreikenbohm — Cagematch — May 21, 2001
  214. 492SmackDown curses RawMitch Passero — World Wrestling Entertainment — October 25, 2009
  215. 4952014 Slammy Award winnersDecember 8, 2014
  216. 4962008 Slammy AwardsWorld Wrestling Entertainment
  217. 499WAR International Junior Heavyweight ChampionshipPhilip Kreikenbohm — Cagematch — June 4, 1995
  218. 501WAR International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team ChampionshipPhilip Kreikenbohm — Cagematch — February 23, 1996
  219. 503WWA Tag Team ChampionshipPhilip Kreikenbohm — Cagematch — July 21, 1993
  220. 504JournalBiggest issue of the year: The 2011 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards IssueDave Meltzer — January 26, 2011
  221. 506MagazineJanuary 30 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: Gigantic year-end awards issue, best and worst in all categories plus UFC on FX 1, death of Savannah Jack, ratings, tons and tons of newsDave Meltzer — January 30, 2012
  222. 508JournalWrestling Observer Hall of FameDave Meltzer — October 25, 2010
  223. 509Congrats To Revolver Magazine On Their 100th IssueKen Pierce — December 16, 2011
  224. 511Press releaseManitoba Wrestler Inducted into Order of Buffalo HuntProvince of Manitoba — July 5, 2004
  225. 512Jericho (2011) p. 265–266Jericho — 2011
  226. 516Review: A Lion's Tale worth pullingJason Clevett — Canadian Online Explorer — October 12, 2007
  227. 521BookUndisputed: How to Become the World Champion in 1,372 Easy StepsChris Jericho et al. — Grand Central Publishing — 2011
  228. 522BookThe Best in the World: At What I Have No IdeaChris Jericho et al. — Orion Publishing — 2014
  229. 523BookThe Complete List of JerichoChris Jericho et al. — Lioncrest Publishing — 2021

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