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Chris Jericho
Sign in to saveAlso known as Christopher Keith Irvine, Y2J, Lion Do, Corazón de León, Lionheart, Captain Spectacular, Capt. Spectacular, Moongoose McQueen
American-Canadian professional wrestler (born 1970)
OverviewAI-generated
Chris Jericho, born Christopher Keith Jericho on November 9, 1970, in Manhasset, New York, is an American and Canadian singer, professional wrestler, and actor. He performs in the rock music genre, utilizing his voice as his primary instrument. His musical career is associated with Megaforce Records, and his work has been tagged with hard rock, metal, and heavy metal. Jericho began his professional work period in 1999 and competes in the sport of professional wrestling.
In addition to his performance roles, Jericho is an author with nine recorded works. His top titles include *Jericho*, *Complete List of Jericho*, *Wwe Book of Top 10s*, *The Best in the World*, and *Take It Off!*. He has received the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame award. Jericho speaks English as his native language and maintains an official website.
Synthesized by Vinony from 42 facts across 9 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Firecrawl, Wikiquote, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 9
Top works
- Jericho
- Complete List of Jericho
- Wwe Book of Top 10s
- The Best in the World
- Take It Off!
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Manhasset, New York, USA
Christopher Keith Irvine, better known by the ring name Chris Jericho, is an American-Canadian professional wrestler, rock musician, and actor who signed with All Elite Wrestling (AEW) in 2019, where he became the inaugural AEW World Champion. Noted for his over-the-top "rock star" persona, his in-ring technical wrestling prowess, and his ability to reinvent his character throughout the course…
Known for
- AEW Dynasty 2026 — Jericho2026
- AEW Double or Nothing 2026 — Jericho2026
- Margo's Got Money Troubles — Chris Jericho2026
- AEW ROH Global Wars Australia — Chris Jericho2025
- AEW Revolution 2025: Zero Hour — Chris Jericho2025
- AEW Dynasty 2025 — Chris Jericho2025
- Nevermore: The Raven Effect — Chris Jericho2025
- Hollywood Demons — Self - Professional Wrestler2025
- Terrifier 3 — Burke2024
- AEW Revolution 2024 — Chris Jericho2024
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Canada
- Active from
- 1970
Member of
- Fozzysince 1999
- Kuarantine
- The Wheelblocks
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 13,406
- Total plays
- 81,320
Tags
Christopher Keith Irvine (born November 9, 1970), better known by the ring name Chris Jericho, is an American-Canadian professional wrestler and singer. Chris Jericho, best known for being the first ever WWE Undisputed Champion, is also a frontman with the metal band Fozzy. He has several songs to his own name, most notably "Don't You Wish You Were Me?", which appeared on the "WWE Originals" record, and a cover of the Iron Maiden classic "The Evil That Men Do" <a href="https://www.last.fm/music
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- STAR: ultrafast universal RNA-seq aligner
· 2012 · cited 51,019x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,612x
- Geneious Basic: An integrated and extendable desktop software platform for the organization and analysis of sequence data
· 2012 · cited 17,961x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,770x
- Observational Evidence from Supernovae for an Accelerating Universe and a Cosmological Constant
· 1998 · cited 16,268x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “And I can guarantee that Kirk Angel (Kurt Angle) and Mr Roboto (Chris Benoit) are gonna walk out of this match with bumps and bruises and a t-shirt that reads ‘I visited Anaheim and all I got was this lousy t-shirt and a Y2J beating that I will never eeeeeeeever forget again’.”
- “Is the little girl gonna get shot in the face?! (on "Freak on a Leash" by Korn)”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Born
- Christopher Keith Irvine , ( 1970-11-09 ) November 9, 1970 (age 55) , Manhasset, New York , U.S.
- Alma mater
- Red River College
- Occupations
- Professional wrestler singer podcaster actor author
- Spouse
- Jessica Lockhart ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. July 30, 2000</span>"}]]}'>2000 )
- Relatives
- Ted Irvine (father)
- Website
- chrisjericho .com , talkisjericho .com , webisjericho .com
- Ring name s
- Chris Jericho , Chris Jerico, Corazón de León, Jericho , Lionheart, León D'Oro, Lion Do, Super Liger
- Billed height
- 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
- Billed weight
- 227 lb (103 kg)
- Billed from
- Calgary, Alberta , Canada, Manhasset, New York , Winnipeg, Manitoba , Canada
- Trained by
- Brad Young, Ed Langley, Keith Hart , Stu Hart
- Debut
- October 2, 1990
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
The Official Website of Chris Jericho
In January 2019, Chris Jericho signed with All Elite Wrestling and is an integral reason why AEW is the hottest wrestling promotion in the world today. He currently appears every Wednesday night on the TBS as AEW’s top star and leader of the Jericho Appreciation Society.
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Encyclopedic overview
Christopher Keith Irvine (born November 9, 1970), better known by the ring name Chris Jericho, is an American-Canadian professional wrestler, rock musician, and actor. As of January 2019, he is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Jericho.
Noted for his over-the-top "rock star" persona, his in-ring technical wrestling prowess, and his ability to reinvent his character throughout the course of his career, Jericho has been named by journalists and industry colleagues as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chris Jericho” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.