Christopher Keith Irvine was born November 9, 1970 in Manhasset, New York. He is better known by his ring name Chris Jericho. Chris is an Canadian-American television and stage actor, author, radio host, rock musician, and professional wrestler. He is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), wrestling on its Raw brand. As a part of WWE, he is credited as being the first-ever Undisputed Champion in professional wrestling history. Also, he has won the Intercontinental Championship a record 8 times.
Jericho is also known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and internationally in Canadian, Mexican and Japanese promotions.
Jericho is a three-time world champion, having won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship twice and the WWF Championship once.
His father, Ted Irvine, is a former National Hockey League (NHL) player. Jericho has strong Christian beliefs, and his stage name was partly inspired by the ancient Biblical city of Jericho, and partly by the heavy metal album entitled Walls of Jericho by the German power metal band Helloween. His finisher, The Walls of Jericho was the name of the first full length album by Helloween.
Outside of the WWE, Jericho is the frontman of Fozzy, an American heavy metal band, and a star of the wrestling documentary Bloodstained Memoirs.
You can visit his website here:
www.chrisjericho.com/
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