How Tall is Chris Jericho?

Last Modified Nov 4, 2023 13:07 GMT
How Tall is Chris Jericho?
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Christopher Keith Irvine, most popularly known as Chris Jericho is an American-Canadian Professional Wrestler, Actor and a Rock Musician. He is currently signed with All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and is the leader of Jericho Appreciation Society. By critics and peers, Jericho is considered as one of the professional wrestlers of all time.

Jericho started his professional wrestling training at Hart Brothers School of Wrestling in 1990. He made his in-ring debut at an independent circuit in Moose Hall, Ponoka, Alberta. Jericho appeared on multiple wrestling promotions and started international tours, including Japan's Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling & Wrestling And Romance, Mexico's Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. He then traveled to the U.S. and joined ECW in 1996 by the recommendations of Benoit, Dave Meltzer and Perry Saturn. Jericho then had a three year WCW run, where he was in the cruiserweight division for two years and won WCW Cruiserweight Championship and WCW World Television Championship.

He then toured Japan wrestling for NJPW and came back to join WWF for the first time. The company hyped his debut a week before by advertising a clock with the "Countdown to the New Millenium". He made his debut interrupting a promo segment of The Rock. Jericho was seen as a championship material and a top class wrestler of the company that made him the Intercontinental Champion and Undisputed WWF Champion sooner. He feuded with top wrestlers of the business such as The Rock, Triple H, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Chris Benoit, Edge, Hulk Hogan and others. Jericho had accomplished a lot of fame, popularity and Championships while wrestling for WWE.

He is the Undisputed WWF Champion once, World Heavyweight Champion thrice, Intercontinental Champion nine times, United States Champion twice, European Champion once, Hardcore Champion once, WWE Tag Team Champion twice and World Tag Team Champion five times. By capturing almost all the golds of the company, he is a fourth Grand Slam Champion and Ninth Triple Crown Champion. Jericho joined All Elite Wrestling in 2019 and became the inaugural AEW World Champion. He started a heel stable as soon as he joined which was named "The Inner Circle". The stable is now renamed and updated to "Jericho Appreciation Society". He also appears on ROH and NJPW with an association with AEW.

Chris Jericho Height

Jericho stands at a height of 6 foot tall, which is 183 centimeters in length. He weighs 227 pounds, which is 103 kilograms. Jericho had an aesthetic look in the past where he could adopt various wrestling styles. He added some weight to his body after joining AEW, which limited him from high flying moves, but better suited his villainous role. Jericho then lost a lot of weight and came back with a great shape, that he looks fit as a fiddle in his 50's.

FAQs

Chris Jericho was born on November 9, 1970 and is currently 52 years old as of August 2023.

Jessica Lockhart is the wife of Chris Jericho, they got married in 2000 and have three kids together.

As per reports, Jericho earns a salary of $2 Million USD from AEW per year. However, he earns an additional income by featuring in pay-per-views and from Merchandise sales.

Jericho in an interview with Daily Star spoke that he has zero interest in returning to WWE as he loves to work for AEW.

Jericho has Six World Championships in WWE with two WCW World Championship, three World Heavyweight Championship and one Undisputed WWF Championship wins.

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