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'''ChrisJericho''' (real name '''Chris Irvine''') is a professional wrestler with a long, storied career spanning two decades and several promotions around the world, and frontman of the heavy metal band Fozzy. Jericho's rise to stardom in the industry began in {{WCW}}, where the "Lionheart" became a hit with the fans (particularly because of [[RuleOfFunny hilarious promo work]]), holding several Cruiserweight Championships and feuding with the likes of Dean Malenko, ReyMysterioJr, and Juventud Guerrera. When Jericho tried to move into the main event, however, his attempts were blocked by the bookers; a planned feud with {{Goldberg}} was aborted, and Jericho realized he'd never make it to the main event in the company. In 1999, Jericho left WCW and jumped ship to [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} the WWF]]; his debut at the end of the "Countdown to the Millennium" - interruping a promo by [[DwayneJohnson The Rock]], of all people! - is considered one of his [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Crowning Moments of Awesome]]. In the decade since, Jericho has accomplished a lot - in addition to holding the Intercontinental Championship a record nine times, he's also a multiple-time world champion, a multiple-time tag team champion, and he was the first man to hold the WWE's Undisputed Championship (the unification of the WWE Championship and the WCW Championship), which he accomplished by beating The Rock '''and''' StoneColdSteveAustin in back-to-back matches. He hosted [[Series/{{Downfall}} a short-lived game show on ABC]] and was multi-champ hottie Cheryl Burke's partner on ''DancingWithTheStars''. (He did surprisingly well, lasting until week 6.)
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* AntiClimax / DownerEnding: Has said that he doesn't want to go out with a huge RicFlair-esque sendoff, but rather be dragged kicking and screaming from wrestling while the audience thinks "Wow that guy was a jerk".
** Which is exactly what happened when he took a break from wrestling in 2005. He lost a match with JohnCena and Eric Bischoff fired him, having security drag him up the ramp kicking and screaming.
*** As revealed in his second book, he was originally supposed to just be walked out by security. But when they walked out, he told them under his breath to carry him out.
** Which is exactly what happened when he took a break from wrestling in 2005. He lost a match with JohnCena and Eric Bischoff fired him, having security drag him up the ramp kicking and screaming.
*** As revealed in his second book, he was originally supposed to just be walked out by security. But when they walked out, he told them under his breath to carry him out.
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* AntiClimax / DownerEnding: Has said that he doesn't want to go out with a huge RicFlair-esque sendoff, but rather be dragged kicking and screaming from wrestling while the audience thinks "Wow that guy was a jerk".
**jerk". Which is exactly what happened when he took a break from wrestling in 2005. He lost a match with JohnCena and Eric Bischoff fired him, having security drag him up the ramp kicking and screaming.
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** His theme song, "Break the Walls Down", references not just the above album (which is itself inspired by a story in the [[TheBible Biblical]] Book of Joshua), but the rock bands {{AC/DC}} and JudasPriest and the William Butler Yeats poem "The Second Coming."
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'''ChrisJericho''' (real name '''Chris Irvine''') is a professional wrestler with a long, storied career spanning two decades and several promotions around the world. Jericho's rise to stardom in the industry began in {{WCW}}, where the "Lionheart" became a hit with the fans (particularly because of [[RuleOfFunny hilarious promo work]]), holding several Cruiserweight Championships and feuding with the likes of Dean Malenko, ReyMysterioJr, and Juventud Guerrera. When Jericho tried to move into the main event, however, his attempts were blocked by the bookers; a planned feud with {{Goldberg}} was aborted, and Jericho realized he'd never make it to the main event in the company. In 1999, Jericho left WCW and jumped ship to [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} the WWF]]; his debut at the end of the "Countdown to the Millennium" - interruping a promo by [[DwayneJohnson The Rock]], of all people! - is considered one of his [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Crowning Moments of Awesome]]. In the decade since, Jericho has accomplished a lot - in addition to holding the Intercontinental Championship a record nine times, he's also a multiple-time world champion, a multiple-time tag team champion, and he was the first man to hold the WWE's Undisputed Championship (the unification of the WWE Championship and the WCW Championship), which he accomplished by beating The Rock '''and''' StoneColdSteveAustin in back-to-back matches. He hosted [[Series/{{Downfall}} a short-lived game show on ABC]] and was multi-champ hottie Cheryl Burke's partner on ''DancingWithTheStars''. (He did surprisingly well, lasting until week 6.)
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* [[LoserLeavesTown Loser Leaves WWE]]: Been involved in two of these. Once in 2005, when he was in a match against JohnCena where the loser would be fired, and second, most recent in 2012, were he as in a match against DolphZiggler, where Jericho's WWE contract vs Dolph's Money in the Bank contract were on the line, with him losing both of them. Both of the times was so he could go tour with his band.
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** On the Raw following SummerSlam, AJ books a rematch between Ziggler and Y2J with some higher stakes this time around: Dolph's MITB briefcase vs. Jericho's WWE Contract. Jericho wins, he gets Dolph's title shot. If Ziggler wins, Jericho's gone from the company. It's a back-and-forth match, with both men hitting their signature moves, up until Dolph counters the Lionsault into the Zig Zag for the 1-2-3. Played straight when a frustrated Jericho hits Ziggler with his MITB briefcase post-match, followed by a CodeBreaker. However, it turns into a more BittersweetEnding with the crowd cheering and chanting for Jericho all the way as he walks up to the stage and looks out to the crowd for [[TenMinuteRetirement (seemingly)]] the last time.
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** On the Raw following SummerSlam, AJ books a rematch between Ziggler and Y2J with some higher stakes this time around: Dolph's MITB briefcase vs. Jericho's WWE Contract. Jericho wins, he gets Dolph's title shot. If Ziggler wins, Jericho's gone from the company. It's a back-and-forth match, with both men hitting their signature moves, up until Dolph counters the Lionsault into the Zig Zag for the 1-2-3. Played straight when a frustrated Jericho hits Ziggler with his MITB briefcase post-match, followed by a CodeBreaker.Codebreaker. However, it turns into a more BittersweetEnding with the crowd cheering and chanting for Jericho all the way as he walks up to the stage and looks out to the crowd for [[TenMinuteRetirement (seemingly)]] the last time.
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** On the Raw following SummerSlam, AJ books a rematch between Ziggler and Y2J with some higher stakes this time around: Dolph's MITB briefcase vs. Jericho's WWE Contract. Jericho wins, he gets Dolph's title shot. If Ziggler wins, Jericho's gone from the company. It's a back-and-forth match, with both men hitting their signature moves, up until Dolph counters the Lionsault into the Zig Zag for the 1-2-3. Played straight when a frustrated Jericho hits Ziggler with his MITB briefcase post-match, followed by a CodeBreaker. However, it turns into a more BittersweetEnding with the crowd cheering and chanting for Jericho all the way as he walks up to the stage and looks out to the crowd for [[TenMinuteRetirement (seemingly)]] the last time.
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* [[TalkToTheFist Talk To The Knees]]: Pulled this once on DolphZiggler, who was rambling on about how Jericho was "losing his touch". As soon as Dolph starts repeating the line to VickieGuerrero in an aside - cue [[FinishingMove Codebreaker]] to the face mid-sentence.
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ChrisJericho (real name Chris Irvine) is a professional wrestler with a long, storied career spanning two decades and several promotions around the world. Jericho's rise to stardom in the industry began in {{WCW}}, where the "Lionheart" became a hit with the fans (particularly because of [[RuleOfFunny hilarious promo work]]), holding several Cruiserweight Championships and feuding with the likes of Dean Malenko, ReyMysterioJr, and Juventud Guerrera. When Jericho tried to move into the main event, however, his attempts were blocked by the bookers; a planned feud with {{Goldberg}} was aborted, and Jericho realized he'd never make it to the main event in the company. In 1999, Jericho left WCW and jumped ship to [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} the WWF]]; his debut at the end of the "Countdown to the Millennium" - interruping a promo by [[DwayneJohnson The Rock]], of all people! - is considered one of his [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Crowning Moments of Awesome]]. In the decade since, Jericho has accomplished a lot - in addition to holding the Intercontinental Championship a record nine times, he's also a multiple-time world champion, a multiple-time tag team champion, and he was the first man to hold the WWE's Undisputed Championship (the unification of the WWE Championship and the WCW Championship), which he accomplished by beating The Rock '''and''' StoneColdSteveAustin in back-to-back matches. He hosted [[Series/{{Downfall}} a short-lived game show on ABC]] and was multi-champ hottie Cheryl Burke's partner on ''DancingWithTheStars''. (He did surprisingly well, lasting until week 6.)
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Per usual, ThatOtherWiki has a great writeup of his extensive career, both in and out of the ring.
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ChrisJericho (real name Chris Irvine) is a professional wrestler with a long, storied career spanning two decades and several promotions around the world. Jericho's rise to stardom in the industry began in {{WCW}}, where the "Lionheart" became a hit with the fans (particularly because of [[RuleOfFunny hilarious promo work]]), holding several Cruiserweight Championships and feuding with the likes of Dean Malenko, ReyMysterioJr, and Juventud Guerrera. When Jericho tried to move into the main event, however, his attempts were blocked by the bookers; a planned feud with {{Goldberg}} was aborted, and Jericho realized he'd never make it to the main event in the company. In 1999, Jericho left WCW and jumped ship to [[{{WWE}} [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} the WWF]]; his debut at the end of the "Countdown to the Millennium" - interruping a promo by [[DwayneJohnson The Rock]], of all people! - is considered one of his [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Crowning Moments of Awesome]]. In the decade since, Jericho has accomplished a lot - in addition to holding the Intercontinental Championship a record nine times, he's also a multiple-time world champion, a multiple-time tag team champion, and he was the first man to hold the WWE's Undisputed Championship (the unification of the WWE Championship and the WCW Championship), which he accomplished by beating The Rock '''and''' StoneColdSteveAustin in back-to-back matches. He hosted [[{{Series/Downfall}} [[Series/{{Downfall}} a short-lived game show on ABC]] and was multi-champ hottie Cheryl Burke's partner on ''DancingWithTheStars''. (He did surprisingly well, lasting until week 6.)
Per usual, ThatOtherWiki has a great writeup of his extensive career, both in and out of the ring.
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* TheCastShowoff: In addition to being a wrestler, Jericho is also the lead singer of his metal band, Fozzy, has written ''two'' best-selling books, [[{{Series/Downfall}} hosts a game show]], and took part in the 2011 season of ''DancingWithTheStars''.
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* TheCastShowoff: In addition to being a wrestler, Jericho is also the lead singer of his metal band, Fozzy, has written ''two'' best-selling books, [[{{Series/Downfall}} [[Series/{{Downfall}} hosts a game show]], and took part in the 2011 season of ''DancingWithTheStars''.
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* MadeOfIron: Other than a broken arm during his SMW days, has never[[hottip:*: e-e-e-ever]] gotten seriously injured. Keep in mind that until about midway through his first WWE run he had a high-risk, hard-hitting style and has had his fair share of "career-shortening" gimmick matches.
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* MadeOfIron: Other than a broken arm during his SMW days, has never[[hottip:*: e-e-e-ever]] never[[note]] e-e-e-ever[[/note]] gotten seriously injured. Keep in mind that until about midway through his first WWE run he had a high-risk, hard-hitting style and has had his fair share of "career-shortening" gimmick matches.
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** Jericho's 2012 return went even more cryptic with links to YouTube videos, featuring a [[CreepyChild Creepy Boy]] (presumingly named [[spoiler:Chris]]) prophetising his return, joined by a [[CreepyChild Creepy Girl]], who seems to hold the answer to his return.
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** Jericho's 2012 return went even more cryptic with links to YouTube Website/YouTube videos, featuring a [[CreepyChild Creepy Boy]] (presumingly named [[spoiler:Chris]]) prophetising his return, joined by a [[CreepyChild Creepy Girl]], who seems to hold the answer to his return.
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** Hell, he's even a little bit of a troll as a '''{{Face}}'''. Just ask DolphZiggler.
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* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent / MindScrew: The vignettes foreshadowing his return in December 2011...really didn't foreshadow anything. They really didn't have anything to do with Chris Jericho, since they were about creepy children in a school talking about prophecies.
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** [[NiceCharacterMeanActor Mean Character Mean Actor]]: Crosses with BerserkButton. Do '''not''' interfere with Jericho when he's on the job in any way. Period. When he's on the clock, describing him as 'high strung' is probably generous. Grab him from behind the guard rails, yell at him, or even invade his personal space, and it's an invitation for a verbal and/or physical beating.
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* {{Archenemy}}: TripleH and StephanieMcMahon for much of the WWE's Attitude Era. [[DwayneJohnson The Rock]] was also something of an arch-enemy, spoiling his big debut in the WWF and eventually boiling over during the [=InVasion=].
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* {{Archenemy}}: ArchEnemy: TripleH and StephanieMcMahon for much of the WWE's Attitude Era. [[DwayneJohnson The Rock]] was also something of an arch-enemy, spoiling his big debut in the WWF and eventually boiling over during the [=InVasion=].
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** As undisputed champion, he would constantly remind people of this while also referring to himself as a Living Legend.
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->''"Armbar!"''
ChrisJericho (real name Chris Irvine) is a professional wrestler with a long, storied career spanning two decades and several promotions around the world. Jericho's rise to stardom in the industry began in {{WCW}}, where the "Lionheart" became a hit with the fans (particularly because of [[RuleOfFunny hilarious promo work]]), holding several Cruiserweight Championships and feuding with the likes of Dean Malenko, ReyMysterioJr, and Juventud Guerrera. When Jericho tried to move into the main event, however, his attempts were blocked by the bookers; a planned feud with {{Goldberg}} was aborted, and Jericho realized he'd never make it to the main event in the company. In 1999, Jericho left WCW and jumped ship to [[{{WWE}} the WWF]]; his debut at the end of the "Countdown to the Millennium" - interruping a promo by [[DwayneJohnson The Rock]], of all people! - is considered one of his [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Crowning Moments of Awesome]]. In the decade since, Jericho has accomplished a lot - in addition to holding the Intercontinental Championship a record nine times, he's also a multiple-time world champion, a multiple-time tag team champion, and he was the first man to hold the WWE's Undisputed Championship (the unification of the WWE Championship and the WCW Championship), which he accomplished by beating The Rock '''and''' StoneColdSteveAustin in back-to-back matches. He hosted [[{{Series/Downfall}} a short-lived game show on ABC]] and was multi-champ hottie Cheryl Burke's partner on ''DancingWithTheStars''. (He did surprisingly well, lasting until week 6.)
Per usual, ThatOtherWiki has a great writeup of his extensive career, both in and out of the ring.
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!!'''Tropes associated with Chris Jericho include:'''
* AintTooProudToBeg: Done twice, first ''dead'' seriously after being fired by Eric Bischoff for losing to JohnCena, eventually having to be dragged out by security. (LaserGuidedKarma: Bischoff ended his own run with a similar attempt, equally unsuccessful and ten times the [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment Cool And Unusual]].) Another following his return, when he was forced to beg for StephanieMcMahon's forgiveness to maintain his job; despite how hilariously forced and insincere the whole thing was, it actually worked.
* AntiClimax / DownerEnding: Has said that he doesn't want to go out with a huge RicFlair-esque sendoff, but rather be dragged kicking and screaming from wrestling while the audience thinks "Wow that guy was a jerk".
** Which is exactly what happened when he took a break from wrestling in 2005. He lost a match with JohnCena and Eric Bischoff fired him, having security drag him up the ramp kicking and screaming.
*** As revealed in his second book, he was originally supposed to just be walked out by security. But when they walked out, he told them under his breath to carry him out.
** During his last month with WWE, Jericho vowed he'd retire if he couldn't win the WWE Championship at ''Night of Champions.'' Come the match and Jericho is the first of the six eliminated within minutes. This is where the crowd ''should'' have been chanting "Na-na-na-na! Na-na-na-na! Hey he-ey! Goodbye!" but instead chanted [="Y2J! Y2J!"=] in respect for the performer. Clearly, that wasn't enough of a downer ending because he stayed around for two weeks so he could get a more dubious send-off: a punt by RandyOrton.
* {{Archenemy}}: TripleH and StephanieMcMahon for much of the WWE's Attitude Era. [[DwayneJohnson The Rock]] was also something of an arch-enemy, spoiling his big debut in the WWF and eventually boiling over during the [=InVasion=].
** ChrisBenoit was one of these to Jericho for a year or so in the WWF, though they had feuded in Japan as well.
** ShawnMichaels on-and-off during the Brand Extension.
* AscendedMeme: During his famous Man of 1004 Holds, Jericho listed the "Moss-Covered, Three-Handled Family Gradenza," a phrase he saw in the 1950 TV adaption of The Cat in the Hat. Paul Heyman liked the name so much that when Perry Saturn began using a swinging fisherman's suplex as a finisher, Heyman gave it that name.
* AttentionWhore: The nature of his "[=Y2J=]" persona. This was relevant when he turned heel in 2009, believing all his audience-pandering got him nowhere and that HumansAreBastards, ready to turn on you the second you're out of their good graces.
* BadassBoast: "I AM THE BEST IN THE WORLD AT EVERYTHING I DO."
* BadassLonghair
* BeardOfEvil: Jericho tends to sport a BadassBeard when he's a heel.
* BlatantLies: During his brief feud with Ken Shamrock in his early WWE days, he would place himself inside of a steel cage and hire a bodyguard, saying that it wasn't to protect himself from Shamrock, but to protect ''Shamrock'' from ''Jericho''.
** Real life injuries sustained by Shamrock during this feud was what caused him to leave the WWE for good and retiring from wrestling all together for several years.
* BlondeGuysAreEvil:
* BreakupBreakout: Jericho was once part of a tag team called "The Thrillseekers" with LanceStorm.
* TheCastShowoff: In addition to being a wrestler, Jericho is also the lead singer of his metal band, Fozzy, has written ''two'' best-selling books, [[{{Series/Downfall}} hosts a game show]], and took part in the 2011 season of ''DancingWithTheStars''.
* CanadaEh
* {{Catchphrase}}: Several.
** "C'MON BABY!" is perhaps his first catchphrase, dating back to his pure face fun in WCW.
*** In fact, it's all he said during the first three weeks of his 2012 return, along with "YEAH"
** "Welcome to ''[[ThisIsSPARTA Raw Is Jericho]]''!" which is a descendant of "Monday Night Jericho!" from his WCW Nitro days.
** "...would you ''please'', ''SHUT! THE HELL! UP!''
** "Nevah! EEEEEEVVER! [...] AGAIN!" (with ''again'' pronounced ''uh-gain'')
** Though he only used it in one promo, he repeated it enough to make it count: "ARMBAR!"
** Currently he has "I'm the best in the world at what I do!" which sounds suspiciously like the catchphrase of a certain fellow Canadian and [[{{X-Men}} mutant]] [[{{Wolverine}} badass]].
** "Gelatinous sycophantic tapeworms" and the like to describe the audience.
** "Filthy, dirty, disgusting, brutal, bottom-feeding, trashbag HO!" in reference to StephanieMcMahon.
** Known for coining the insult "assclown," which was taken from OfficeSpace, but popularized by Jericho.
** "Get your head out of your ass!"
** ChrisJericho does not have any catchphrases, as that would be pandering to the mindless drones and hypocrites that comprise the WWE Universe. Do you understand what I am saying to you right now?
** HEY PUNK
* TheCorrupter: Plans on turning CMPunk into an [[TheAlcoholic Alcoholic]]
* CostumePorn: ESPECIALLY the light-up jacket he wore during his return on 1/2/12.
* CreepyMonotone: During his post-return heel run.
* CrucifiedHeroShot: His signature pose is this.
* CurbStompBattle: When he went on Nancy Grace's talk show, it appears she expected him to just be some dumb musclehead, instead of the intelligent, well-spoken man he is. He proceeded to call out her CriticalResearchFailure, and defend the business [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0luR8MpP4eQ at the time it needed it the most]].
** DefeatMeansFriendship: According to Jericho, Grace actually appreciated this since his appearance, at his core, was to educate and not spout off angry agenda like everyone else at the time.
* {{Determinator}}: Once broke his arm the morning before a big SMW show, and still wrestled. Terry Funk of all people went up to him that night and said "you're a bigger dumbass than me!"
* DidNotDoTheResearch: When Ben Roethlisberger was guest hosting and Jericho was staring down the rest of the Steelers, he said that he wasn't going to be intimidated by these mesomorphs (In general, he was trying to find a very wordy way to call them fat.) In reality, a mesomorph is arguably the ideal body type, somebody who can gain muscle ''and'' lose fat easily. Had he really wanted to call them chunky, endomorph is the word he should have used.
* DirtyCoward: Jericho is always this when he is a heel.
* DoItYourselfThemeTune: Shockingly averted, as Jericho's band Fozzy have never recorded his entrance music. Whilst Jericho did perform vocals on the ''WWE Originals'' CD for the track "Don't You Wish You Were Me?", it was never used as his theme song.
** Actually, it WAS used as his theme song, briefly. It didn't catch on, and after a week or two he was back to his usual 'Break The Walls Down' theme.
* DropWhatYouAreDoing
* FatAndSkinny: Jeri-Show.
* EternallyPearlyWhiteTeeth: Averted during the earlier part of his career (the Rock even told him to brush his teeth during one of their feuds) but played straight these days.
* FiveManBand: Fozzy can count as this. Oh, and he's TheHero!
* FoeYay: With StephanieMcMahon, unknown if it's intentional, but it's definitely there. Jericho would often mock her by stating how promiscuous she was, often sounding like he was secretly pissed ''he'' wasn't getting any. Though a truly epic TakeThatKiss delivered to her at the 2001 Summer Slam points towards it being intentional.
-->JimRoss: "[[RobVanDam RVD]] Is thinking about retaining the title, Jericho is [[FreudianSlip thinking]] of Stephanie."
* GameBreakingInjury: Used in the last week of September 2010 as an [[{{Kayfabe}} in-story explanation]] for Jericho's absence in {{WWE}} while he does his Fozzy tour.
* GameShowHost
* GeniusBruiser: In RealLife, Chris is quite the intelligent fellow.
* HesBack: As of 1/2/12.
* HeyItsThatGuy: On the May 5th, 2011 episode of ''Series/AttackOfTheShow'', Jericho [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkc0InPL7vg made a surprise appearance as]] an [[LargeHam over the top]] Thor. [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity ensued]].
* HotDad
* HoYay: With TheBigShow, when they teamed up in 2009. When they were forced to split up after losing the Tag Titles due to being on separate brands, the writers handled the split as if they were a couple separating.
** Also during the WWE Draft in the late spring of 2005. Jericho was hosting the first round of the draft on ''Raw'', and JohnCena was the first Superstar selected from ''[=SmackDown=]''. It's not enough to say that Jericho was thrilled to have Cena on the show; he practically ''[[{{Squee}} squealed with glee]]'' when he heard Cena's music. The perky, tomboyish hairstyle he was sporting that night only made things worse.
* {{Hunk}}: Not quite as PrettyBoy-like as he was in his younger days, but he's still definitely fine-featured.
* ILied: Jericho's response to staying on ''Raw'' after promising to retire forever if he lost at ''Night of Champions''.
* IncomingHam: His theme starts with a countdown, then several seconds of silence, then a pyrotechnics explosion, followed by several seconds of a close-up of him on the [=TitanTron=], followed by him standing with his back to the crowd, then finally turning around and heading to the ring as his song yells "BREAK THE WALLS DOOOOOWN!!!". It's as much IncomingHam as a [[ProfessionalWrestling Professional Wrestler]] can get.
* ItWillNeverCatchOn: Eric Bischoff, during his run as the head of {{WCW}}, thought Jericho simply didn't have what it took to be a main-event star and a draw. He STILL believes that to this day, despite the last 10+ years of evidence to the contrary.
* IWasBeatenByAGirl: Had a series of matches with [[CharlesAtlasSuperPower Chyna]], bringing this into play whenever Jericho lost.
* InsaneTrollLogic: So, if you attack and take out Team WWE, Nexus won't have anybody to fight against, so the match can't take place, and Nexus can't take over Raw......BRILLIANT!
* ItsPersonal: What started as a feud over who was the best in the world, turned in to this when Jericho revealed to the world that Punk's father and sister was addicts, alcoholic and drugs respectively. CMPunk was not [[ClusterFBomb pleased.]]
* JackOfAllStats: A Super Junior with high-flying, technical submission and brawling skills.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: ChrisJericho was involved in perhaps the greatest match of 2001, in which he and his partner defeated TripleH and StoneColdSteveAustin for the WWF Tag Team Championship on ''RAW.'' And that match will never be seen on a greatest-hits collection, because his tag-team partner was ChrisBenoit.
** Subverted by "Strange Kentucky People", a bizarre tribute video of Jericho given to him by a hillbilly fan during his time in Smoky Mountain Wrestling. Despite the video allegedly hitting the tape-trading scene (alongside the infamous JimCornette [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lhCgLwRElk Dairy Queen fiasco]]) and many SMW wrestlers confirming the video's existence, it has not appeared on the Internet at all.
* KickTheDog: At first, Jericho seemed to have come back because he was hacked off at what he saw as other superstars ripping off his style - CMPunk in particular. Usually in WWE, that's reason enough to start a fight. Then it got personal, with Jericho essentially airing Punk's family's dirty laundry to the public. [[BerserkButton CMPunk was not impressed, indeed.]]
** [[ItGotWorse It gets worse.]] After Punk takes a beating from Mark Henry the Raw after Wrestlemania, Jericho comes in from the crowd, mocking Punk's victory and wanting to make "a toast." He takes a bottle of Jack Daniels and pours it all over Punk's near-unconscious body, then takes another one and ''breaks it over the back of the man's head.'' Seems like denigrating Punk's family was just the tip of the iceberg for Jericho.
* LargeHam: Even in his heel incarnation, he can't rid himself of the ham.
** It's pretty safe to say he will never EEEEEEVVER!!! be accused of being subtle.
** It certainly reached a new level at his 2012 comeback, where he did nothing but bask in front of the camera and get the crowd to cheer for him, without ever actually saying anything except a few "Yeah baby!!" exclamations.
* LensmanArmsRace: One of the reasons ChrisJericho has changed his style so much from the beginning of his career. When he started, his moonsaults and hurricanranas were hot shit; as time wore on, the high fliers moves got increasingly complex and he got older, so he had to change his lucha style to a more American one. Some people even prefer the new Jericho.
* LongList
** During a feud with Dean Malenko, "The Man of a Thousand Holds," Jericho came out and read his list of a Thousand and ''Four'' Holds, which lasted through a commercial break and went clear into another segment. Every third or so item on the list was "[[RunningGag ARMBAR!]]"
*** Which you can name in [[http://www.sporcle.com/games/Sycophants/chrisjerichos1004holds this Sporcle quiz.]]
** In a call back to the above, Jericho makes another LongList on the 09/27/2010 episode of RAW, this time made up of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq4A1J3CnFY all the opponents he's beaten]], including people he's only beaten backstage and counting wrestlers with different aliases multiple times.
*** Which you can name in [[http://www.sporcle.com//games/greateone10/jerichos_list THIS Sporcle quiz.]]
* MadeOfIron: Other than a broken arm during his SMW days, has never[[hottip:*: e-e-e-ever]] gotten seriously injured. Keep in mind that until about midway through his first WWE run he had a high-risk, hard-hitting style and has had his fair share of "career-shortening" gimmick matches.
* MatrixRainingCode: As seen in SAVE_US.222 and his second WWE run, which also saw it briefly incorporated into his tight designs.
* MeanCharacterNiceActor: ChrisJericho is an egotistical, self-centered lying jackass, Christopher Irvine is a well-spoken, clever and responsible member of society.
* MrFanservice: A hilarious, athletic {{hunk}} provides much fanservice? [[SarcasmMode No way!]]
** With forearms the size of hams and a face just this side of {{Bishonen}}, how could he ''not''?
** However, FanDisservice ensued the night after the 2008 ''Unforgiven'', when he appeared in the ''Raw'' ring to strip off his shirt in order to show the crowd the huge red welts that that "horrible man," Shawn Michaels, had given to him in their Unsanctioned Match - and also to show off his World Heavyweight Championship belt, which he'd won in the course of the same evening (long story).
* MyNameIsNotDurwood: Jericho's early gimmick in the WWE was intentionally getting other wrestlers' names wrong, calling MickFoley "Mike" and ChrisBenoit ("Ben-wah") "Chris Ben-oy-tah". Made a short comeback when he met Santino.
** "Ben-oy-tah"? ''Seriously''?!
* OldShame: His "Super Liger" character. He was so over in Japan and his skills were so respected that he was handpicked to play an EvilTwin of Jushin "Thunder" Liger (which he compares to the idea of JohnCena feuding with evil twin "Don Cena"). His first match in the role was so bad that it was quickly dropped.
* OnceAnEpisode: During his prime in WCW, he'd tie his hair in increasingly bizarre ways and quote popular rock songs, including CheapTrick's "I Want You To Want Me" and TheOffspring's "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)."
* OneOfUs: Reads comic books, headlines a rock band he created for kicks, and named his son [[EvilDead Ash]].
** Also played Dungeons&Dragons growing up.
** Just read his books and note the number of geeky references he makes... you'll believe he's Adorkable.
* OverlyLongGag: His long, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxdYMZYCrYQ#t=5m30s long introduction to]] SantinoMarella.
* PlayingAgainstType: Despite looking a lot like Hollywood's idea of the boy-next-door Everyman type, Jericho played the role of heel at least as often as that of face.
* PopularityPower: During his 2012 return tour. Jericho's ''really'' had to go out of his way to {{Heel}} it up because so many of the fans still want to cheer him for coming back.
** This may be partly a DracoInLeatherPants (and an [[CostumePorn awesome light-up jacket]]) situation, too, as Jericho's one of the most entertaining heels to watch.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Jericho punching HBK's wife. While the punch was scripted, Jericho accidentally busted her lip. This provided a lot of fuel for the feud.
** It should be noted that Rebecca was totally okay with it.
* TheRival: ChrisBenoit during the Attitude Era.
** The Rock, during the [=InVasion=].
* ThisIsSparta: Until he turned heel in 2008, see CreepyMonotone above.
* RedBaron: The Lionheart, [=Y2J=].
* [[ScrewedByTheNetwork Screwed By The Promotion]]: His run in WCW, where he (along with most of the midcard) was never given a chance to move beyond Cruiserweight/TV title level, in spite of his immense talent and crowd heat.
** His run as the first-ever WWF Undisputed Champion: the storyline had him take a back seat to TripleH & StephanieMcMahon-Helmsley fighting over their pet bulldog, even though he was the world champion defending his title in the main event of ''WrestleMania''.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: In his latter-day heel runs in particular. Listen to his heel promos long enough, and even if your vocabulary's pretty respectable, you're likely to find yourself thinking about reaching for a dictionary at least once.
* ShooOutTheClowns: He became ''way'' more serious and ditched all of his previous catchphrases before becoming a multiple-time WWE champion.
** Of course as a Heel he's pretty firmly a clown.
*** Unless he's channeling [[NoCountryForOldMen Anton Chigurh]].
** On the eve of his Undisputed title defense with [[DwayneJohnson The Rock]] at ''Royal Rumble 2002'':
--> [[DwayneJohnson The Rock]]: [[{{Catchphrase}} "If ya smell-"]]
--> Jericho: "[[BigNo No!]] This is not a joke! [[LetsGetDangerous I am not a joke!]] I am serious! And you will not look past me, you ''[[PrecisionFStrike stupid son of a bitch!]]''"
* ShoutOut: A few of his skits back in WCW run were basically scenes from ''ThisIsSpinalTap'' transitioned into wrestling promos.
** His name is inspired by the Music/{{Helloween}} album ''Walls of Jericho''.
* [[ShutUpHannibal Shut Up]] MichaelCole: Twice in the same night!
-->'''MichaelCole''': ''(after "new" "email" jingle goes off)'' Can I have your attention ple--\\
'''Jericho''': OF COURSE YOU HAVE AN EMAIL, YOU IDIOT! JUST READ IT!
** And again...
--->'''MichaelCole''': ''(after "new" "email" jingle goes off)'' Can I have your atten--\\
'''Jericho''': SHUT UP! JUST READ IT!
* SmugSnake: In full-on heel mode, Jericho is one of these.
** And a CardCarryingVillain, I'm surprised he doesn't spontaneously grow a mustache and start stroking it when he goes heel.
* SpecialEffectFailure: Under close inspection, the Jack Daniels bottle he smashed over CMPunk's head appears to explode well before impact.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: Jericho's main WCW theme, which was a SuspiciouslySimilarSong version of "Evenflow" by Pearl Jam.
** Jericho's plain-vanilla-face early WCW theme, while not SuspiciouslySimilarSong version of ''anything,'' is now frequently used for sports highlights.
* ThreatBackfire / InsultBackfire: He tried to leverage CMPunk's DarkAndTroubledPast (his father was a massive alcoholic growing up) to get inside his head. That was one pipe bomb that blew up right in his face.
* {{Troll}}: [=Y2J=] was the original Troll gimmick in WWE. Just about every Troll!Heel since him takes a page from his book, with TheMiz being the most recent.
** His 2012 return may be a straight example. He spent a good ten minutes prancing in and outside the ring constantly shouting "C'mon, baby! Yay!" before leaving. It seems to have worked as a swerve from HeelFaceReturn to FaceHeelTurn in such a short time, as some booing was heard half way through the celebration.
** And the next week, he took some time to pander to the crowd, and when he brought the mic up to his face...he started crying and had to walk himself off stage.
** And UpToEleven the following week when he is put in a 3 on 3 tag match, and as soon as he is tagged in proceeds to rev up the crowd and then run backstage, leaving the match 3 on 2.
** This new persona has already earned him the name Jeri-TROLL with the IWC.
** Jericho has admitted he is, as of February 6.
-->'''Jericho''': And the pathetic thing is that I manipulated all of you without saying a word! I trolled all of you!
* VerbalTic: "ASK HIM!" [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8iAhSuRV7E has become to Chris Jericho]] what "HAH!" is to ScottSteiner.
* VillainousBreakdown: After losing to JohnMorrison on 9/6/10's RAW and losing his spot in the six-way championship match, he spent the rest of RAW catatonic and silent.
* VillainSong: ''Don't You Wish You Were Me?'', performed by Jericho on the ''WWE Originals'' album, although this was only used for a week or two as Jericho's entrance.
** ''King Of My World'' by Saliva.
* VillainTeamUp: With {{Edge}} in 2009, to win the WWE Unified Tag Team Championships. And again with TheBigShow when {{Edge}} got injured and had to be replaced.
* ViralMarketing: Jericho seems to ''love'' doing this:
** His 1999 WWF debut was promoted with "Countdown to the Millennium" videos that actually counted down to August 9, 1999 (his debut date) as opposed to January 1, 2000.
** Jericho's 2007 return was promoted with mysterious MatrixRainingCode that gave us SAVE_US.222 and later, SAVE_US.X29. [[spoiler:X+1=Y and J=9+1, making it SAVE_US.[=Y2J=].]]
** Jericho's 2012 return went even more cryptic with links to YouTube videos, featuring a [[CreepyChild Creepy Boy]] (presumingly named [[spoiler:Chris]]) prophetising his return, joined by a [[CreepyChild Creepy Girl]], who seems to hold the answer to his return.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Him & {{Edge}} as WWE Unified Tag Team Champions, cut short due to {{Edge}} getting injured.
** In his first book Chris mentions that Owen Hart was one of the main reasons he became a wrestler and wanted little else but to be one-part of the Tag-Team Champions with Owen. But, Owen died after Jericho had signed with the WWF/E, but before he had made his debut.
* WhenEldersAttack: At Wrestlemania 25, Jericho would face RoddyPiper, Jimmy Snuka, and Ricky Steamboat in a three-on-one handicap match. While Jericho would [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzQuQ6fUmlM quickly dispose of Snuka and Piper]], it was Steamboat who surprised everyone, both in {{Kayfabe}} and in RealLife, in [[CrowningMomentofAwesome keeping up with the much younger Jericho in that match.]]
* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: When his hair is [[DyeHard dyed]].
* WorthyOpponent: In RealLife, Jericho considers JohnCena and ShawnMichaels to be his favorite people on the roster to work with.
* WouldHitAGirl: In RealLife, if you jump Chris, he will punch you.
** Also in {{kayfabe}}, during his 2008 feud with ShawnMichaels. Crossed the MoralEventHorizon by punching out Shawn's wife, Rebecca.
** Earlier than that, his first run as Intercontinental champion came about by feuding with {{Chyna}}.
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'''...ARMBAR!!!'''
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[[caption-width-right:329:[[LargeHam The Ayatollah of Rock-and-Rolla]] ]]
->''"Armbar!"''
ChrisJericho (real name Chris Irvine) is a professional wrestler with a long, storied career spanning two decades and several promotions around the world. Jericho's rise to stardom in the industry began in {{WCW}}, where the "Lionheart" became a hit with the fans (particularly because of [[RuleOfFunny hilarious promo work]]), holding several Cruiserweight Championships and feuding with the likes of Dean Malenko, ReyMysterioJr, and Juventud Guerrera. When Jericho tried to move into the main event, however, his attempts were blocked by the bookers; a planned feud with {{Goldberg}} was aborted, and Jericho realized he'd never make it to the main event in the company. In 1999, Jericho left WCW and jumped ship to [[{{WWE}} the WWF]]; his debut at the end of the "Countdown to the Millennium" - interruping a promo by [[DwayneJohnson The Rock]], of all people! - is considered one of his [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Crowning Moments of Awesome]]. In the decade since, Jericho has accomplished a lot - in addition to holding the Intercontinental Championship a record nine times, he's also a multiple-time world champion, a multiple-time tag team champion, and he was the first man to hold the WWE's Undisputed Championship (the unification of the WWE Championship and the WCW Championship), which he accomplished by beating The Rock '''and''' StoneColdSteveAustin in back-to-back matches. He hosted [[{{Series/Downfall}} a short-lived game show on ABC]] and was multi-champ hottie Cheryl Burke's partner on ''DancingWithTheStars''. (He did surprisingly well, lasting until week 6.)
Per usual, ThatOtherWiki has a great writeup of his extensive career, both in and out of the ring.
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!!'''Tropes associated with Chris Jericho include:'''
* AintTooProudToBeg: Done twice, first ''dead'' seriously after being fired by Eric Bischoff for losing to JohnCena, eventually having to be dragged out by security. (LaserGuidedKarma: Bischoff ended his own run with a similar attempt, equally unsuccessful and ten times the [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment Cool And Unusual]].) Another following his return, when he was forced to beg for StephanieMcMahon's forgiveness to maintain his job; despite how hilariously forced and insincere the whole thing was, it actually worked.
* AntiClimax / DownerEnding: Has said that he doesn't want to go out with a huge RicFlair-esque sendoff, but rather be dragged kicking and screaming from wrestling while the audience thinks "Wow that guy was a jerk".
** Which is exactly what happened when he took a break from wrestling in 2005. He lost a match with JohnCena and Eric Bischoff fired him, having security drag him up the ramp kicking and screaming.
*** As revealed in his second book, he was originally supposed to just be walked out by security. But when they walked out, he told them under his breath to carry him out.
** During his last month with WWE, Jericho vowed he'd retire if he couldn't win the WWE Championship at ''Night of Champions.'' Come the match and Jericho is the first of the six eliminated within minutes. This is where the crowd ''should'' have been chanting "Na-na-na-na! Na-na-na-na! Hey he-ey! Goodbye!" but instead chanted [="Y2J! Y2J!"=] in respect for the performer. Clearly, that wasn't enough of a downer ending because he stayed around for two weeks so he could get a more dubious send-off: a punt by RandyOrton.
* {{Archenemy}}: TripleH and StephanieMcMahon for much of the WWE's Attitude Era. [[DwayneJohnson The Rock]] was also something of an arch-enemy, spoiling his big debut in the WWF and eventually boiling over during the [=InVasion=].
** ChrisBenoit was one of these to Jericho for a year or so in the WWF, though they had feuded in Japan as well.
** ShawnMichaels on-and-off during the Brand Extension.
* AscendedMeme: During his famous Man of 1004 Holds, Jericho listed the "Moss-Covered, Three-Handled Family Gradenza," a phrase he saw in the 1950 TV adaption of The Cat in the Hat. Paul Heyman liked the name so much that when Perry Saturn began using a swinging fisherman's suplex as a finisher, Heyman gave it that name.
* AttentionWhore: The nature of his "[=Y2J=]" persona. This was relevant when he turned heel in 2009, believing all his audience-pandering got him nowhere and that HumansAreBastards, ready to turn on you the second you're out of their good graces.
* BadassBoast: "I AM THE BEST IN THE WORLD AT EVERYTHING I DO."
* BadassLonghair
* BeardOfEvil: Jericho tends to sport a BadassBeard when he's a heel.
* BlatantLies: During his brief feud with Ken Shamrock in his early WWE days, he would place himself inside of a steel cage and hire a bodyguard, saying that it wasn't to protect himself from Shamrock, but to protect ''Shamrock'' from ''Jericho''.
** Real life injuries sustained by Shamrock during this feud was what caused him to leave the WWE for good and retiring from wrestling all together for several years.
* BlondeGuysAreEvil:
* BreakupBreakout: Jericho was once part of a tag team called "The Thrillseekers" with LanceStorm.
* TheCastShowoff: In addition to being a wrestler, Jericho is also the lead singer of his metal band, Fozzy, has written ''two'' best-selling books, [[{{Series/Downfall}} hosts a game show]], and took part in the 2011 season of ''DancingWithTheStars''.
* CanadaEh
* {{Catchphrase}}: Several.
** "C'MON BABY!" is perhaps his first catchphrase, dating back to his pure face fun in WCW.
*** In fact, it's all he said during the first three weeks of his 2012 return, along with "YEAH"
** "Welcome to ''[[ThisIsSPARTA Raw Is Jericho]]''!" which is a descendant of "Monday Night Jericho!" from his WCW Nitro days.
** "...would you ''please'', ''SHUT! THE HELL! UP!''
** "Nevah! EEEEEEVVER! [...] AGAIN!" (with ''again'' pronounced ''uh-gain'')
** Though he only used it in one promo, he repeated it enough to make it count: "ARMBAR!"
** Currently he has "I'm the best in the world at what I do!" which sounds suspiciously like the catchphrase of a certain fellow Canadian and [[{{X-Men}} mutant]] [[{{Wolverine}} badass]].
** "Gelatinous sycophantic tapeworms" and the like to describe the audience.
** "Filthy, dirty, disgusting, brutal, bottom-feeding, trashbag HO!" in reference to StephanieMcMahon.
** Known for coining the insult "assclown," which was taken from OfficeSpace, but popularized by Jericho.
** "Get your head out of your ass!"
** ChrisJericho does not have any catchphrases, as that would be pandering to the mindless drones and hypocrites that comprise the WWE Universe. Do you understand what I am saying to you right now?
** HEY PUNK
* TheCorrupter: Plans on turning CMPunk into an [[TheAlcoholic Alcoholic]]
* CostumePorn: ESPECIALLY the light-up jacket he wore during his return on 1/2/12.
* CreepyMonotone: During his post-return heel run.
* CrucifiedHeroShot: His signature pose is this.
* CurbStompBattle: When he went on Nancy Grace's talk show, it appears she expected him to just be some dumb musclehead, instead of the intelligent, well-spoken man he is. He proceeded to call out her CriticalResearchFailure, and defend the business [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0luR8MpP4eQ at the time it needed it the most]].
** DefeatMeansFriendship: According to Jericho, Grace actually appreciated this since his appearance, at his core, was to educate and not spout off angry agenda like everyone else at the time.
* {{Determinator}}: Once broke his arm the morning before a big SMW show, and still wrestled. Terry Funk of all people went up to him that night and said "you're a bigger dumbass than me!"
* DidNotDoTheResearch: When Ben Roethlisberger was guest hosting and Jericho was staring down the rest of the Steelers, he said that he wasn't going to be intimidated by these mesomorphs (In general, he was trying to find a very wordy way to call them fat.) In reality, a mesomorph is arguably the ideal body type, somebody who can gain muscle ''and'' lose fat easily. Had he really wanted to call them chunky, endomorph is the word he should have used.
* DirtyCoward: Jericho is always this when he is a heel.
* DoItYourselfThemeTune: Shockingly averted, as Jericho's band Fozzy have never recorded his entrance music. Whilst Jericho did perform vocals on the ''WWE Originals'' CD for the track "Don't You Wish You Were Me?", it was never used as his theme song.
** Actually, it WAS used as his theme song, briefly. It didn't catch on, and after a week or two he was back to his usual 'Break The Walls Down' theme.
* DropWhatYouAreDoing
* FatAndSkinny: Jeri-Show.
* EternallyPearlyWhiteTeeth: Averted during the earlier part of his career (the Rock even told him to brush his teeth during one of their feuds) but played straight these days.
* FiveManBand: Fozzy can count as this. Oh, and he's TheHero!
* FoeYay: With StephanieMcMahon, unknown if it's intentional, but it's definitely there. Jericho would often mock her by stating how promiscuous she was, often sounding like he was secretly pissed ''he'' wasn't getting any. Though a truly epic TakeThatKiss delivered to her at the 2001 Summer Slam points towards it being intentional.
-->JimRoss: "[[RobVanDam RVD]] Is thinking about retaining the title, Jericho is [[FreudianSlip thinking]] of Stephanie."
* GameBreakingInjury: Used in the last week of September 2010 as an [[{{Kayfabe}} in-story explanation]] for Jericho's absence in {{WWE}} while he does his Fozzy tour.
* GameShowHost
* GeniusBruiser: In RealLife, Chris is quite the intelligent fellow.
* HesBack: As of 1/2/12.
* HeyItsThatGuy: On the May 5th, 2011 episode of ''Series/AttackOfTheShow'', Jericho [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkc0InPL7vg made a surprise appearance as]] an [[LargeHam over the top]] Thor. [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity ensued]].
* HotDad
* HoYay: With TheBigShow, when they teamed up in 2009. When they were forced to split up after losing the Tag Titles due to being on separate brands, the writers handled the split as if they were a couple separating.
** Also during the WWE Draft in the late spring of 2005. Jericho was hosting the first round of the draft on ''Raw'', and JohnCena was the first Superstar selected from ''[=SmackDown=]''. It's not enough to say that Jericho was thrilled to have Cena on the show; he practically ''[[{{Squee}} squealed with glee]]'' when he heard Cena's music. The perky, tomboyish hairstyle he was sporting that night only made things worse.
* {{Hunk}}: Not quite as PrettyBoy-like as he was in his younger days, but he's still definitely fine-featured.
* ILied: Jericho's response to staying on ''Raw'' after promising to retire forever if he lost at ''Night of Champions''.
* IncomingHam: His theme starts with a countdown, then several seconds of silence, then a pyrotechnics explosion, followed by several seconds of a close-up of him on the [=TitanTron=], followed by him standing with his back to the crowd, then finally turning around and heading to the ring as his song yells "BREAK THE WALLS DOOOOOWN!!!". It's as much IncomingHam as a [[ProfessionalWrestling Professional Wrestler]] can get.
* ItWillNeverCatchOn: Eric Bischoff, during his run as the head of {{WCW}}, thought Jericho simply didn't have what it took to be a main-event star and a draw. He STILL believes that to this day, despite the last 10+ years of evidence to the contrary.
* IWasBeatenByAGirl: Had a series of matches with [[CharlesAtlasSuperPower Chyna]], bringing this into play whenever Jericho lost.
* InsaneTrollLogic: So, if you attack and take out Team WWE, Nexus won't have anybody to fight against, so the match can't take place, and Nexus can't take over Raw......BRILLIANT!
* ItsPersonal: What started as a feud over who was the best in the world, turned in to this when Jericho revealed to the world that Punk's father and sister was addicts, alcoholic and drugs respectively. CMPunk was not [[ClusterFBomb pleased.]]
* JackOfAllStats: A Super Junior with high-flying, technical submission and brawling skills.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: ChrisJericho was involved in perhaps the greatest match of 2001, in which he and his partner defeated TripleH and StoneColdSteveAustin for the WWF Tag Team Championship on ''RAW.'' And that match will never be seen on a greatest-hits collection, because his tag-team partner was ChrisBenoit.
** Subverted by "Strange Kentucky People", a bizarre tribute video of Jericho given to him by a hillbilly fan during his time in Smoky Mountain Wrestling. Despite the video allegedly hitting the tape-trading scene (alongside the infamous JimCornette [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lhCgLwRElk Dairy Queen fiasco]]) and many SMW wrestlers confirming the video's existence, it has not appeared on the Internet at all.
* KickTheDog: At first, Jericho seemed to have come back because he was hacked off at what he saw as other superstars ripping off his style - CMPunk in particular. Usually in WWE, that's reason enough to start a fight. Then it got personal, with Jericho essentially airing Punk's family's dirty laundry to the public. [[BerserkButton CMPunk was not impressed, indeed.]]
** [[ItGotWorse It gets worse.]] After Punk takes a beating from Mark Henry the Raw after Wrestlemania, Jericho comes in from the crowd, mocking Punk's victory and wanting to make "a toast." He takes a bottle of Jack Daniels and pours it all over Punk's near-unconscious body, then takes another one and ''breaks it over the back of the man's head.'' Seems like denigrating Punk's family was just the tip of the iceberg for Jericho.
* LargeHam: Even in his heel incarnation, he can't rid himself of the ham.
** It's pretty safe to say he will never EEEEEEVVER!!! be accused of being subtle.
** It certainly reached a new level at his 2012 comeback, where he did nothing but bask in front of the camera and get the crowd to cheer for him, without ever actually saying anything except a few "Yeah baby!!" exclamations.
* LensmanArmsRace: One of the reasons ChrisJericho has changed his style so much from the beginning of his career. When he started, his moonsaults and hurricanranas were hot shit; as time wore on, the high fliers moves got increasingly complex and he got older, so he had to change his lucha style to a more American one. Some people even prefer the new Jericho.
* LongList
** During a feud with Dean Malenko, "The Man of a Thousand Holds," Jericho came out and read his list of a Thousand and ''Four'' Holds, which lasted through a commercial break and went clear into another segment. Every third or so item on the list was "[[RunningGag ARMBAR!]]"
*** Which you can name in [[http://www.sporcle.com/games/Sycophants/chrisjerichos1004holds this Sporcle quiz.]]
** In a call back to the above, Jericho makes another LongList on the 09/27/2010 episode of RAW, this time made up of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq4A1J3CnFY all the opponents he's beaten]], including people he's only beaten backstage and counting wrestlers with different aliases multiple times.
*** Which you can name in [[http://www.sporcle.com//games/greateone10/jerichos_list THIS Sporcle quiz.]]
* MadeOfIron: Other than a broken arm during his SMW days, has never[[hottip:*: e-e-e-ever]] gotten seriously injured. Keep in mind that until about midway through his first WWE run he had a high-risk, hard-hitting style and has had his fair share of "career-shortening" gimmick matches.
* MatrixRainingCode: As seen in SAVE_US.222 and his second WWE run, which also saw it briefly incorporated into his tight designs.
* MeanCharacterNiceActor: ChrisJericho is an egotistical, self-centered lying jackass, Christopher Irvine is a well-spoken, clever and responsible member of society.
* MrFanservice: A hilarious, athletic {{hunk}} provides much fanservice? [[SarcasmMode No way!]]
** With forearms the size of hams and a face just this side of {{Bishonen}}, how could he ''not''?
** However, FanDisservice ensued the night after the 2008 ''Unforgiven'', when he appeared in the ''Raw'' ring to strip off his shirt in order to show the crowd the huge red welts that that "horrible man," Shawn Michaels, had given to him in their Unsanctioned Match - and also to show off his World Heavyweight Championship belt, which he'd won in the course of the same evening (long story).
* MyNameIsNotDurwood: Jericho's early gimmick in the WWE was intentionally getting other wrestlers' names wrong, calling MickFoley "Mike" and ChrisBenoit ("Ben-wah") "Chris Ben-oy-tah". Made a short comeback when he met Santino.
** "Ben-oy-tah"? ''Seriously''?!
* OldShame: His "Super Liger" character. He was so over in Japan and his skills were so respected that he was handpicked to play an EvilTwin of Jushin "Thunder" Liger (which he compares to the idea of JohnCena feuding with evil twin "Don Cena"). His first match in the role was so bad that it was quickly dropped.
* OnceAnEpisode: During his prime in WCW, he'd tie his hair in increasingly bizarre ways and quote popular rock songs, including CheapTrick's "I Want You To Want Me" and TheOffspring's "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)."
* OneOfUs: Reads comic books, headlines a rock band he created for kicks, and named his son [[EvilDead Ash]].
** Also played Dungeons&Dragons growing up.
** Just read his books and note the number of geeky references he makes... you'll believe he's Adorkable.
* OverlyLongGag: His long, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxdYMZYCrYQ#t=5m30s long introduction to]] SantinoMarella.
* PlayingAgainstType: Despite looking a lot like Hollywood's idea of the boy-next-door Everyman type, Jericho played the role of heel at least as often as that of face.
* PopularityPower: During his 2012 return tour. Jericho's ''really'' had to go out of his way to {{Heel}} it up because so many of the fans still want to cheer him for coming back.
** This may be partly a DracoInLeatherPants (and an [[CostumePorn awesome light-up jacket]]) situation, too, as Jericho's one of the most entertaining heels to watch.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Jericho punching HBK's wife. While the punch was scripted, Jericho accidentally busted her lip. This provided a lot of fuel for the feud.
** It should be noted that Rebecca was totally okay with it.
* TheRival: ChrisBenoit during the Attitude Era.
** The Rock, during the [=InVasion=].
* ThisIsSparta: Until he turned heel in 2008, see CreepyMonotone above.
* RedBaron: The Lionheart, [=Y2J=].
* [[ScrewedByTheNetwork Screwed By The Promotion]]: His run in WCW, where he (along with most of the midcard) was never given a chance to move beyond Cruiserweight/TV title level, in spite of his immense talent and crowd heat.
** His run as the first-ever WWF Undisputed Champion: the storyline had him take a back seat to TripleH & StephanieMcMahon-Helmsley fighting over their pet bulldog, even though he was the world champion defending his title in the main event of ''WrestleMania''.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: In his latter-day heel runs in particular. Listen to his heel promos long enough, and even if your vocabulary's pretty respectable, you're likely to find yourself thinking about reaching for a dictionary at least once.
* ShooOutTheClowns: He became ''way'' more serious and ditched all of his previous catchphrases before becoming a multiple-time WWE champion.
** Of course as a Heel he's pretty firmly a clown.
*** Unless he's channeling [[NoCountryForOldMen Anton Chigurh]].
** On the eve of his Undisputed title defense with [[DwayneJohnson The Rock]] at ''Royal Rumble 2002'':
--> [[DwayneJohnson The Rock]]: [[{{Catchphrase}} "If ya smell-"]]
--> Jericho: "[[BigNo No!]] This is not a joke! [[LetsGetDangerous I am not a joke!]] I am serious! And you will not look past me, you ''[[PrecisionFStrike stupid son of a bitch!]]''"
* ShoutOut: A few of his skits back in WCW run were basically scenes from ''ThisIsSpinalTap'' transitioned into wrestling promos.
** His name is inspired by the Music/{{Helloween}} album ''Walls of Jericho''.
* [[ShutUpHannibal Shut Up]] MichaelCole: Twice in the same night!
-->'''MichaelCole''': ''(after "new" "email" jingle goes off)'' Can I have your attention ple--\\
'''Jericho''': OF COURSE YOU HAVE AN EMAIL, YOU IDIOT! JUST READ IT!
** And again...
--->'''MichaelCole''': ''(after "new" "email" jingle goes off)'' Can I have your atten--\\
'''Jericho''': SHUT UP! JUST READ IT!
* SmugSnake: In full-on heel mode, Jericho is one of these.
** And a CardCarryingVillain, I'm surprised he doesn't spontaneously grow a mustache and start stroking it when he goes heel.
* SpecialEffectFailure: Under close inspection, the Jack Daniels bottle he smashed over CMPunk's head appears to explode well before impact.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: Jericho's main WCW theme, which was a SuspiciouslySimilarSong version of "Evenflow" by Pearl Jam.
** Jericho's plain-vanilla-face early WCW theme, while not SuspiciouslySimilarSong version of ''anything,'' is now frequently used for sports highlights.
* ThreatBackfire / InsultBackfire: He tried to leverage CMPunk's DarkAndTroubledPast (his father was a massive alcoholic growing up) to get inside his head. That was one pipe bomb that blew up right in his face.
* {{Troll}}: [=Y2J=] was the original Troll gimmick in WWE. Just about every Troll!Heel since him takes a page from his book, with TheMiz being the most recent.
** His 2012 return may be a straight example. He spent a good ten minutes prancing in and outside the ring constantly shouting "C'mon, baby! Yay!" before leaving. It seems to have worked as a swerve from HeelFaceReturn to FaceHeelTurn in such a short time, as some booing was heard half way through the celebration.
** And the next week, he took some time to pander to the crowd, and when he brought the mic up to his face...he started crying and had to walk himself off stage.
** And UpToEleven the following week when he is put in a 3 on 3 tag match, and as soon as he is tagged in proceeds to rev up the crowd and then run backstage, leaving the match 3 on 2.
** This new persona has already earned him the name Jeri-TROLL with the IWC.
** Jericho has admitted he is, as of February 6.
-->'''Jericho''': And the pathetic thing is that I manipulated all of you without saying a word! I trolled all of you!
* VerbalTic: "ASK HIM!" [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8iAhSuRV7E has become to Chris Jericho]] what "HAH!" is to ScottSteiner.
* VillainousBreakdown: After losing to JohnMorrison on 9/6/10's RAW and losing his spot in the six-way championship match, he spent the rest of RAW catatonic and silent.
* VillainSong: ''Don't You Wish You Were Me?'', performed by Jericho on the ''WWE Originals'' album, although this was only used for a week or two as Jericho's entrance.
** ''King Of My World'' by Saliva.
* VillainTeamUp: With {{Edge}} in 2009, to win the WWE Unified Tag Team Championships. And again with TheBigShow when {{Edge}} got injured and had to be replaced.
* ViralMarketing: Jericho seems to ''love'' doing this:
** His 1999 WWF debut was promoted with "Countdown to the Millennium" videos that actually counted down to August 9, 1999 (his debut date) as opposed to January 1, 2000.
** Jericho's 2007 return was promoted with mysterious MatrixRainingCode that gave us SAVE_US.222 and later, SAVE_US.X29. [[spoiler:X+1=Y and J=9+1, making it SAVE_US.[=Y2J=].]]
** Jericho's 2012 return went even more cryptic with links to YouTube videos, featuring a [[CreepyChild Creepy Boy]] (presumingly named [[spoiler:Chris]]) prophetising his return, joined by a [[CreepyChild Creepy Girl]], who seems to hold the answer to his return.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Him & {{Edge}} as WWE Unified Tag Team Champions, cut short due to {{Edge}} getting injured.
** In his first book Chris mentions that Owen Hart was one of the main reasons he became a wrestler and wanted little else but to be one-part of the Tag-Team Champions with Owen. But, Owen died after Jericho had signed with the WWF/E, but before he had made his debut.
* WhenEldersAttack: At Wrestlemania 25, Jericho would face RoddyPiper, Jimmy Snuka, and Ricky Steamboat in a three-on-one handicap match. While Jericho would [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzQuQ6fUmlM quickly dispose of Snuka and Piper]], it was Steamboat who surprised everyone, both in {{Kayfabe}} and in RealLife, in [[CrowningMomentofAwesome keeping up with the much younger Jericho in that match.]]
* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: When his hair is [[DyeHard dyed]].
* WorthyOpponent: In RealLife, Jericho considers JohnCena and ShawnMichaels to be his favorite people on the roster to work with.
* WouldHitAGirl: In RealLife, if you jump Chris, he will punch you.
** Also in {{kayfabe}}, during his 2008 feud with ShawnMichaels. Crossed the MoralEventHorizon by punching out Shawn's wife, Rebecca.
** Earlier than that, his first run as Intercontinental champion came about by feuding with {{Chyna}}.
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'''...ARMBAR!!!'''
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