PAGE OF FAME: Chris Jericho

"Lionheart" Chris Jericho
Real name: Chris Irvine
Quick, small wrestler who has already held world titles in Japan, Mexico, and the U.S. From Winnipeg. Son of NHL forward Ted Irvine, a Boston Bruins farmhand who became a regular with the expansion Los Angeles Kings in 1967. He went on to become a 20 goal scorer with the New York Rangers and finished his career with the St. Louis Blues in 1977.
Born in New York while his father was a Ranger, and grew up in Winnipeg. Trained at the Hart school in Calgary for two months and received some early exposure with Canadian Rocky Mountain Wrestling in Calgary.

Formed a tag team called Sudden Impact with Lance Storm which became the first holders of the CRMW tag title in 1992. Jericho went on to defeat Biff Wellington to become the CRMW champion in 1993, and feuded with Storm for the CRMW junior heavyweight belt in 1994 and 95.
He wrestled for "garbage wrestling" specialists FMW in Japan in the early 90s, and for the WWA in Monterrey, Mexico, where, wrestling as "Corazon de Leon" (Lionheart) he and Dandy held the tag belts. With Mexico's EMLL, Jericho won the NWA world middleweight title in 1993, losing it to Ultimo Dragon (Yoshihiro Asai) in Japan in 1994.
In Japan -- wrestling as "Lion Do" -- Chris moved to the WAR promotion and captured their International junior heavyweight belt in 1995 (and, again, lost it to Ultimo Dragon).
Big break in North America came in 1996 when he joined Philadelphia-based ECW and became their TV champion. He used this exposure to get a contract with WCW, where he was pushed as a top wrestler in their cruiserweight division. Jumped to the WWF in 1999.
Prominent Titles:

WWA tag champion (Mexico), with Dandy, 1993
NWA Middleweight champion (as Corazon de Leon), 1993-94
WAR International Junior Heavyweight champion (as Lion Do), 1995
WAR International Junior Heavyweight tag champion (as Lion Do), with Gedo, 1996
ECW TV champion, 1996
4-time WCW Cruiserweight champion, 1997-98
WCW TV champion, 1998
WWF Intercontinental champion, 1999