Chris Jericho
Author of A Lion's Tale: Around the World in Spandex
About the Author
Christopher Keith "Chris" Irvine was born November 9, 1970 and is better known by the ring name Chris Jericho. He is a professional wrestler, musician, media personality, actor, author, and businessman. He is currently signed to WWE, and is also known for his time in Extreme Championship Wrestling show more (ECW) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). He is known for his over-the-top, rock star persona dubbed "The Ayatollah of Rock 'n' Rolla". Jericho has won 30 championships between WWE, WCW, and ECW the three most prominent American promotions in the 1990s and early 2000s. He is credited as being the first Undisputed WWF Champion. He is also the fourth WWE Grand Slam Champion and is currently the only Grand Slam Champion to have held every title in WWE. Aside from wrestling, Jericho is the lead vocalist of the band Fozzy. His songs include: All That Remains, Chasing the Grail, and Sin and Bones. In 2014 his book, The Best in the World, At What I Have No Idea, made The New York Times Best Seller List. His latest book is entitled No Is a Four-Letter Word: How I Failed Spelling but Succeeded in Life. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Chris Jericho
Associated Works
David Schultz & The Slap Heard Round the World [2020 Dark Side of the Ring TV Episode] (2020) — Narrator — 1 copy
The Last Ride of the Road Warriors [2020 Dark Side of the Ring TV Episode] (2020) — Narrator — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Jericho, Chris
- Legal name
- Irvine, Christopher
- Birthdate
- 1970-11-09
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Canada
- Birthplace
- Manhasset, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- Tampa, Florida, USA
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Occupations
- wrestler
musician - Organizations
- All Elite Wrestling
Extreme Championship Wrestling
Fozzy (band)
VH1
World Championship Wrestling
Word Wrestling Entertainment (show all 7)
World Wrestling Federation - Awards and honors
- Order of the Buffalo Hunt (2004)
- Short biography
- Chris Jericho is is an Canadian-American television and stage actor, author, radio host, rock musician, and professional wrestler. He is currently signed to the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). As a part of WWE, he is credited as being the first-ever Undisputed Champion
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I picked up the audiobook for this and it was awesome that Jericho actually narrated it. A quick somewhat insightful read that made me realize he has 3 other books out there and they are pretty sequential. Now, I'm reading them in reverse. As a lover of both wrestling and music, it hits a nice little niche for me. Another plus is that this book is rather short so I can catch up on my audible credits.
He's no Mick Foley, but Chris Jericho can definitely write (and wrestle, I suppose). A wide-ranging biography — from a geographic and emotional perspective — you get a front-row seat to the rise, rise, rise, plateau (WCW) and rise of Jericho up until the time he his the WWF(E).
He's lead an interesting life, and though a bit over-fond of poop jokes and the like, knows how to tell his story in a compelling way. It's not exactly one of those "so good you'll like it regardless of your background" bios, but if you're into (or were into) wrestling at all, this is definitely worth a read.… (more)
He's lead an interesting life, and though a bit over-fond of poop jokes and the like, knows how to tell his story in a compelling way. It's not exactly one of those "so good you'll like it regardless of your background" bios, but if you're into (or were into) wrestling at all, this is definitely worth a read.… (more)
Good second biography. Not as good as the first, and a bit disappointed by how quickly he flashes over key segments (primarily early 2001-middle of 2001). He also seems to skip or even flat-out get parts wrong (he claims at one part HHH-Jericho at Fully Loaded happened in 2001 but it was 2000; and he also mentioned it while talking about 2001). He also skips around a bit with his matches/dates. He'll discuss 2001 wrestling, and then discuss 2000 wrestling. He'll talk about his WMXIX match with Michaels and then talk about his WMXX match against Christian, but gloss over it, only to barely go over it again later when it's actually chronologically time to discuss WMXX.… (more)
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He's lead an interesting life, and though a bit over-fond of poop jokes and the like, knows how to tell his story in a compelling way. It's not exactly one of those "so good you'll like it regardless of your background" bios, but if you're into (or were into) wrestling at all, this is definitely worth a read.… (more)