Chris Jericho
From Dxx
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| Ring Name(s) | Chris Jericho, Y2J |
| Handler | Assassin |
| Height | 5'10" |
| Weight | 231 lbs |
| Date of Birth | 9/11/1970 |
| Home Town | Manhasset, New York |
| Other E-Feds | None |
| Win/loss Record | 14W 9L |
| Debut | October 1st 2007 |
| Retired | N/A |
Chris Jericho (born November 9, 1970) is a professional wrestler currently wrestling for D-Generation XX on its Friday Night Mayhem brand, where he is a former DXX Champion.
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Career
Debut in DXX and feud with Rated HBK
Jericho began his DXX career by signing an exclusive contract on the one show they had at the time. Jericho promised the fans that he would 'save them' from boring matches, unimaginative storylines and dull characters, immediately establishing himself as a heel with both the fans and the wrestlers backstage. He wouldn't wrestle his first match until over a fortnight later, where he took on one half of Rated HBK, Shawn Michaels, in a singles match as he had begun a personal rivalry with both members of the group. He won his first match, and the very next week defeated Edge. These wins were significant to Jericho's early rise as Rated HBK were DXX Tag Team Champions at the time, and from there he defeated the then-Heavyweight Champion Nabeel Nawaz to take his win/loss record to 3-0 - all of his defeated opponents being a champion at that point.
Title shortcomings
Because of this impressive start to his career Jericho was granted a Tag Team Title shot against Rated HBK, rather reluctantly teaming up with Dead Level. The team did not get along and Jericho walked out on his partner mid-match, enabling the Tag Team Champions to retain with ease. From there he gained a DXX World Title opportunity only a few days later, but again both he and Josh Impact came up short against the champion Nabeel Nawaz in a triple threat match. In Jericho's final match before the Massacre/Mayhem roster split he got back to winning ways, defeating Kevin Kbango.
Drafted to Massacre
At the end of November Chris Jericho was drafter to Monday Night Massacre as the second pick. In his first match he teamed with The Undertaker - again reluctantly - to compete in a seven team elimination match. This time however he stayed in the ring until his team were eliminated, presumably out of fear and respect for his partner. Jericho's next match was against John Cena where again he showed signs of respect for another member of the DXX roster, and he beat him cleanly thanks to his finishing move The Walls of Jericho.
By mid-December the General Manager of DXX Rocco Ross was developing difficulties with Rated HBK, who had been drafted to Massacre along with Jericho. Ross hand-picked Jericho as his partner to teach them both a lesson, and they were successful in doing so. This not only ended the differences the former Tag Team Champions had with the General Manager but it was also a personal measure of retribution from Jericho himself, finally defeating both men in a tag team bout.
The following week Jericho was somewhat unhappy to find that his Massacre opponent was the most dominant force on the brand, Crisis. This let to a rather amusing interview in his locker room where he hid behind and overturned table wearing an air raid helmet, notably terrified of what was potentially in store from 'The Man From Hell.' Jericho managed to avoid a potential confrontation backstage and the two met in the ring for the main event of that evening, with Jericho coming up short on that occasion.
DXX Title reign
On Christmas Eve 2006 Y2J and Rocco Ross teamed up once again, this time to take on Jaden Russo and Zach Marlow. The stipulation for this match was that the winning team would then face each other at the Final Destination Pay-Per-View. Rocco and Y2J successfully won, booking their place in the main event to wrestle for the vacant DXX Title.
Leading up to the match Rocco showed a great amount of respect for Jericho, meaning that the title match wasn't a typically personal feud where two men wanted to kill each other but rather a match built on respect and trust - neither man would have made it to the main event if they hadn't worked together. In that match Jericho successfully defeated the General Manager, thus crowning him the first ever DXX Champion.
On the first Massacre show of 2008 Jericho took on a newcomer to DXX, Kaz, in a non-title match. Kaz was determined to make the most of the opportunity he had to make an immediate impact on the company, and in what many consider to be a major upset he he did just that, pinning Jericho right in the middle of the ring. After this match some fans thought Jericho wasn't fit to wear the biggest prize in the industry, so in his first title defence since winning the belt he took on the returning Ace, a former Tag Team Champion himself. Y2J absolutely dominated the match and silenced any critics he had from the previous week, and from there he once again defeated his old nemesis Shawn Michaels to really close the proverbial book on the matter.
Jericho's opponent for the next Pay-Per-View The Rebirth was James Manson, a Superstar who'd sensationally worked his way up the roster to earn his shot at gold and glory. During the course of the match Jericho embarrassed both himself and the Massacre brand by getting himself intentionally disqualified, cheating the fans out of a match they had paid good money to see. Rocco Ross decided to profit from this mistake by making the two men team up a fortnight later on Massacre, and they somehow worked as a cohesive unit to defeat Mr Kennedy and Jordinator. In what can only be considered as one of the shocks of 2008 Rocco Ross then immediately made a title match - there and then - seeing himself as the challenger vs Jericho as the champion. Rocco won the match, meaning Jericho's title run was over in controversial fashion.
Traded To Mayhem
The Story So Far
After Jericho's title run ended he wasn't seen on Massacre television for several weeks, eventually causing Rocco Ross to make a decision and trade him to Friday Night Mayhem. Almost a month after losing his DXX Title he had his first match against Eddie Guerrero, a match which he won. The next week he faced the re-debuting Doctor Cube, and this time he lost. The very same night he competed in a ten man Battle Royal with the winner earning a title match at WrestleMania 2, but was eliminated.
The Road To WrestleMania
Jericho's future plans were relatively simple leading into the biggest DXX Pay-Per-View of the year - qualify for the Money In The Bank Ladder Match at WrestleMania 2 by taking on another old nemesis in Edge. The two squared off on the March 14th edition of Friday Night Mayhem, and Jericho was successful in qualifying by making Edge submit to the Walls of Jericho. Immediately after the match Carari Grey announced that various participants in the Money In The Bank Ladder Match would be facing each other in singes matches, and Y2J was drawn against Josh Impact. On the final Friday Night Mayhem match before WrestleMania the match took place mid-way through the show, and Jericho looked impressive leading into the event. He dominated Impact almost from start to finish and showed great heart and determination by kicking out of several pinning predicaments, ultimately winning the match by hitting a Codebreaker followed by a Lionsault.
In Wrestling
- Finishing and Signature Moves
- The Walls of Jericho
- The Lionsault
- The Codebreaker
- Theme Music
- Break Down The Walls
- Nicknames
- Y2J
- The Ayatollah of Rock 'n' Rolla
- The Sexy Beast
- The Messiah of Mayhem
- The King of The World
- The Messiah of Massacre
Championships and Accomplishments
- DXX Championship (1 time)
