Chris Jericho has made a mark in major wrestling promotions such as WWE and AEW, and here we bring you all the details about his net worth, personal life, career, and more.
Net Worth (2022) | $18million |
Salary (2022) | $500,000 |
Age | 51 |
Date of Birth | November 9, 1970 |
Chris Jericho, whose real name is Christopher Keith Irvine, has become a name synonymous with wrestling. He has wrestled in prominent wrestling promotions such as AEW, NJPW, etc. but is mostly known for his time with WWE.
Jericho is an author, businessman, actor, musician and a wrestler by profession. He has been wrestling for almost 30 years now since his debut in wrestling debut in 1990, and is still active.
The net worth of Chris Jericho is a whopping $18million as of 2022. He has been a successful musician and pursued other career paths, but it’s safe to say that his career as a wrestler is the reason behind that high amount.
Jericho is currently employed by All Elite Wrestling and is reportedly making a salary of around $500,000 a year. Not bad numbers for a 51-year-old wrestler!
Christopher Keith Irvine was in Manhasset, New York, United States of America to a Canadian couple. He shares a Scottish descent, and his father, Ted Irvine, was an ice hockey player for the New York Rangers.
Jericho graduated in 1990 from Red River College in Winnipeg, where he obtained a bachelor’s degree in creative communications.
Jericho had an interest in wrestling since he was a kid. He used to watch the local American Wrestling Association and cites Owen Hart, Brett Hart, Ricky Steamboat, and Shawn Michaels as his inspirations.
Jericho wrestled in the independent wrestling circuits from 1990 to 1991. He wanted his wrestling name to be ‘Jack Action’, but went with ‘Chris Jericho’, picking ‘Jericho’ from the name of a heavy metal album Walls of Jericho by German band Helloween.
Thanks in part to a recommendation made by Chris Benoit to Paul Heyman, Jericho signed with Extreme Wrestling Championship (ECW) in 1995. He fought there until he drew the attention of Extreme Championship Wrestling in later in 1996.
Alongside ECW, Jericho also appeared on NPJW in Japan, before a move to WWF finally arrived. He signed in 1999 and made his debut in August in resonating fashion. He interrupted The Rock to announce that “Y2J” had come to “save WWF”.
He won his first singles titles after beating Chyna for the WWF Intercontinental Championship in 1999. After winning the Tag Team title with Chris Benoit in 2001, he went on to become the 4th Grand Slam Champion in 2001.
At Vengeance in 2001, he beat The Rock for the World Championship and ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin for his first WWF Championship to become the first undisputed WWF champion. After an iconic storyline with Christian, more titles followed.
In total, he has won the World Heavyweight Championship (3x), Intercontinental title (9x), Tag Team Championship (5x), European Championship, amongst a multitude of titles. He left WWE in 2018 and now fights in AEW, where he signed in January 2019.
Irvine has multiple tattoos. It includes the name of his wife and the letter ‘F’ (for his band Fozzy) on his left hand.
Other than that, he has a tattoo of the Rock band Queen, a tattoo of the mask of Jason Voorhees and Canada, one of himself from his WWF debut in 1999, and a ‘fish and bones’ tattoo.
Chris Jericho has a mansion worth $3.2million on the lakeside at Odessa, Florida. Jericho reportedly has a garage at his house in Florida which can store up to 5 cars. He owns an Audi as well as a Lamborghini.
Irvine is famously the lead singer of heavy metal band ‘Fozzy’. Their first album debuted in 2000 by the same name, and their latest (7th) studio album dropped in 2017 by the name of ‘Judas’.
Jericho has also appeared on famous TV shows such as Dancing With the Stars, Celebrity Duets, as well as making several contributions on Vh1. In December 2013, he started his own podcast ‘Talk is Jericho’.
After signing with AEW in 2019, he is no longer allowed to host guests who are with WWE. As a fighter with WWE, he has appeared in every major video game the company has released since 1998.
Jessica Lockhart is the wife of Christopher Irvine, and the couple tied the knot in July 2000. They have 3 kids together; son Ash Edward Irvine (b. 2003), and twin daughters Sierra Loretta Irvine and Cheyenne Lee Irvine (b. 2006).
Jericho is a Christian by faith and owns 3 cats. He is also prevalent on social media, and has a Twitter account dedicated to his wrestling and singing career, which has over 3.6million followers.
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