Other Names Corazon De Leon (Mexico)
Lion Do (Japan)
Super Liger (Japan)
Date of Birth 9th November 1970
Weight:
228lbs
Height: 5ft 10
Signature Move Lionsault, Walls Of Jericho (aka The Liontamer)
Federations Indies, WWC (Mex), NWA, WAR (Jap) ECW, WCW, WWF
Titles Held WWF Tag Team Champion
WWF Intercontinental Champion (4)
WWF European Champion
WCW TV Champion
WCW Cruiserweight Champion (5)
ECW TV Champion
NWA Middleweight Champion
WWA Tag Team Champion
Short Bio
Chris Irvine, born in Long Island, New Jersey, but grew up in Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada was destined to be a sportsman. His father Ted Irvine, played NHL ice hockey for NY Rangers, and Chris excelled at hockey & water polo but eventually chose wrestling as his bag.
Heading for Mexico & Japan using the name Corazon De Leon (Heart Of Lion) he quickly won over the fans with his own brand of US style mat wrestling crossed with the more traditional lucha-libre style in vogue abroad. Eventually people in the US started noticing, and he got a contract with ECW, winning the TV Title being the highlight of his short stay there.
In between fronting his own Heavy Metal band, Fozzy, WCW was the next stop where he was a high midcarder, winning the Cruiserweight Title, and being involved in high profile feuds with the likes of Saturn and Goldberg.
When it became clear that he wanted to leave, WCW buried him, and Chris signed for the WWF. He made the most dramatic debut of any superstar as the WWF Millennium Man, Y2J.
Retaining the cocky aspects of his trash talking WCW style and refining it, he quickly won over the fans and critics alike and even has a 'phantom' Heavyweight title reign to his name.
2000 was a busy year for Jericho as his push continues, his band Fozzy released their debut album, and he got married in real life as well.
2001 promises to be busier... feuding with WWF Commisioner William Regal, Triple H and Steve Austin has given Chris a Tag Team Title reign with fellow Candian Chris Benoit, and looks sure to catapult him to main event status.
