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224-704: Storm began his career in 1990, training with Chris Jericho . They worked together in Smoky Mountain Wrestling (SMW), forming a tag team known as the Thrillseekers. In 1997, Storm joined ECW, where he worked with Justin Credible as the Impact Players . He stayed with ECW until 2000, then signed with World Championship Wrestling. In WCW, Storm won the United States, Cruiserweight and Hardcore Championships at

448-693: A Pittsburgh Plunge . On May 15, Douglas was scheduled to represent ECW on the interpromotional Break the Barrier event. However, after a disagreement with Paul Heyman , Douglas delivered a controversial shoot promo at the event which ended with him quitting ECW one day before its Hardcore Heaven pay-per-view. After quitting ECW, Douglas made a surprise return to WCW on the July 19, 1999, episode of Nitro , where he joined with former Triple Threat members Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko and fellow ECW alumnus Perry Saturn to form The Revolution and pledged to cut

672-527: A Tazmission . Douglas' fourth ECW World Heavyweight Championship reign was the longest reign in the title's history, lasting 406 days . Douglas faced Taz in a rematch for the World Heavyweight Championship at House Party , where he lost. On February 12 at Crossing the Line '99 , Douglas allied with his long-time nemesis Tommy Dreamer to feud with Impact Players after both men claimed to be

896-496: A WWF Superstars of Wrestling taping using his real name. He also wrestled "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff in the debut episode of WWF Wrestling Challenge , once again using his real name. Later that year, he began wrestling as a fan favorite for the Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF) using the name Shane Douglas, which was given to him by "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert and Missy Hyatt (the "Douglas" last name

1120-503: A Dog Collar match . Jericho alternated between WCW and a number of Japanese tours before he signed a contract with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) on June 30. Jericho's final WCW match came during a Peoria , Illinois , house show July 21, where he and Eddie Guerrero lost to Billy Kidman and Rey Mysterio Jr. in a tag team match. Fifteen years after Jericho's departure from WCW, his best known entrance music within

1344-404: A belly to belly suplex . At Heat Wave , Douglas won his second World Television Championship by defeating champion Chris Jericho , 2 Cold Scorpio and Pitbull #2 in a four corners match , after Francine turned on them and aided Douglas in winning the match. With Francine by his side, Douglas continued to feud with Pitbull #2 and retained his title against the latter in subsequent rematches for

1568-403: A college dean character under the ring name Dean Douglas , making his first appearance on the July 29 episode of Superstars . To establish himself, he filmed several vignettes with a chalkboard , lecturing wrestlers and fans. He would also be shown taking notes of his opponents at ringside during some matches, and frequently carried a paddle (dubbed the "Board of Education") with him to

1792-509: A diving headbutt through a table. Despite Benoit being carried out on a stretcher, he returned to the match to climb the ladder and retain the championship. The two lost the title one month later to The Dudley Boyz on the June 21 episode of SmackDown! . At King of the Ring on June 24, both Benoit and Jericho competed in a triple threat match for Austin's WWF Championship, in which Booker T interfered as

2016-413: A face and Storm started dancing. He soon rejoined Morley, who had also become a face and reverted to his Val Venis character. Their reformed team began entering the ring with very attractive women but this time their tag team never got a push. Storm and Goldust then began teaming together for a short period of time. At Armageddon on December 14, Storm and Val Venis competed in a Tag Team Turmoil match for

2240-577: A first blood chain match to capture the title at the Sin pay-per-view. Douglas dropped the belt to Rick Steiner on the February 5 episode of Nitro . This was Douglas' last WCW match in the company and he sat out the rest of his WCW contract until it was purchased by the WWF on March 23, 2001. After WCW closed down, Douglas refused to return to the WWF because of paternity leave due to his wife's pregnancy . After

2464-515: A handicap match . Douglas quickly rose to the top of the roster, winning the promotion's Heavyweight Championship on the September 14 episode of Eastern Championship Wrestling , after champion Tito Santana forfeited the title. Douglas successfully defended the title against The Sandman at the UltraClash event. At NWA Bloodfest , Douglas retained the title against J.T. Smith before dropping

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2688-576: A no disqualification match at As Good as It Gets . Douglas lost his title to Bam Bam Bigelow on the October 24 episode of Hardcore TV after Rick Rude chose Bigelow as Douglas' challenger. As a result, Bigelow was kicked out of Triple Threat and replaced by Lance Storm . After failing in a rematch at Ultimate Jeopardy , Douglas regained the title by defeating Bigelow at the November to Remember pay-per-view, beginning his fourth reign as champion. Douglas

2912-536: A one-time WWF Intercontinental Champion , a one-time WCW United States Heavyweight Champion and a two-time WCW World Tag Team Champion . Martin was also the first to hold a championship in all three major U.S. promotions of the 1990s , after he was awarded the WWF Intercontinental Championship in 1995. Martin achieved the greatest success of his career in ECW, where he debuted in 1993 and captured

3136-523: A steel cage match for a title shot at the NWA and WCW World Tag Team Championship at Slamboree , but was replaced by Tom Zenk in a mask. Martin debuted in the upstart ECW during its formative years on the August 24, 1993, episode of Eastern Championship Wrestling and solidified his status as a villain by joining Hotstuff International . In his first match, Douglas defeated Don E. Allen and Herve Renesto in

3360-407: A steel chain . The following week, Douglas defeated Dreamer via disqualification by hitting Dreamer with a steel chain and handing over the chain to Dreamer, which fooled the referee to believe that Dreamer had hit him with the chain. This strategy would be adopted by Eddie Guerrero a decade later. Douglas defeated Dreamer at Holiday Hell to end the feud. Douglas developed a gimmick of

3584-498: A tournament for the vacated United States Heavyweight Championship on the July 18 episode of Monday Nitro , where he defeated Billy Kidman in the quarter-finals but lost to eventual winner Lance Storm in the semi-finals. Douglas would begin a rivalry with Kidman, who had previously been aligned with Torrie Wilson. During this rivalry, Kidman notably displayed footage of a supposed sex tape between Douglas and Wilson, in which Douglas suffered erectile dysfunction . This led to

3808-600: A " Viagra on a Pole" match, which Douglas won. At the New Blood Rising pay-per-view, Kidman defeated Douglas in a Strap match . However, Douglas and Torrie Wilson defeated Kidman and Madusa in a scaffold match at Fall Brawl . In the fall of 2000, Douglas became allied with the Natural Born Thrillers , during which he helped their leader Mike Sanders win a kickboxing match against Ernest Miller at Halloween Havoc , which lead to Douglas facing Miller in

4032-675: A " dead promotion ". Douglas raised the ECW Heavyweight Championship belt and declared it to be a world championship belt, renaming it the ECW World Heavyweight Championship. WWE recognizes this moment as the beginning of ECW Championship and Douglas as the first ECW Champion. According to the Forever Hardcore DVD, Douglas only decided to throw down the NWA belt after NWA president Dennis Coralluzzo buried Douglas on Mike Tenay 's radio show. On

4256-507: A 3-on-1 elimination handicap match at WrestleMania, but was knocked out by Rourke after the match. On the April 13 episode of Raw , Jericho was drafted to the SmackDown brand as part of the 2009 WWE draft . Jericho then faced Steamboat in a singles match at Backlash on April 26, where Jericho was victorious. In May, Jericho started a feud with Intercontinental Champion Rey Mysterio, leading to

4480-623: A Penalty Box match with Jim Duggan as special guest referee, In particular, Storm and Rection feuded with each other over Storm's "Canadian" Heavyweight Title, which Rection finally won and promptly returned to the United States Heavyweight Title name. At SuperBrawl Revenge on February 18, Storm faced The Cat where he lost and The Cat became the new Commissioner of WCW. At WCW's final PPV Greed on March 18, Team Canada (Lance Storm and Mike Awesome) defeated Konnan and Hugh Morrus. The pay-per-view event took place eight days before

4704-491: A Three-Way Dance. However they lost the titles to Tommy Dreamer and Masato Tanaka on February 26, 2000. During this time, Storm also gained a position as a booker in ECW and had a hand in much of the product content on television and pay-per-view . At Hardcore Heaven , Storm challenged his former tag team partner Justin Credible for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship but failed to win the title. After

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4928-472: A Triple Threat match against Chris Benoit and Angle at WrestleMania 2000 on April 2 in a two-falls contest with both of Angle's titles at stake. Jericho won the European Championship by pinning Benoit, after Benoit pinned Jericho to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship. This was the first of six pay-per-view matches between the pair within twelve months. Jericho was originally supposed to be in

5152-679: A WWF employee. Storm, portrayed as a serious, humourless heel, was in The Alliance and was the first WCW superstar to ever invade a WWF program, where he debuted on the May 28, 2001 episode of WWF Raw is War . At Invasion on July 22, Storm and Mike Awesome faced Edge and Christian in a losing effort. Storm received a modest push during the Invasion angle, as he would go on to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship from Albert on

5376-471: A bet over who could sleep with their respective paramour first, with a Canadian dollar at stake. Stratus overheard this and ended her relationship with Jericho, who seemingly felt bad for using Stratus. After he saved her from an attack by Kane , Stratus agreed that the two of them could just be "friends", thus turning Jericho face. After Christian put Stratus in the Walls of Jericho while competing against her in

5600-481: A child, where manager Floyd Creatchman claimed that Leo Burke , the first professional wrestler to be known as "The Man of 1,000 Holds", was now known as "The Man of 1,002 Holds", to which Floyd Creatchman stated that "he learned two more". During the March 30, 1998, episode of Nitro , after defeating Marty Jannetty , Jericho pulled out a long pile of paper that listed each of the 1,004 holds he knew and recited them to

5824-609: A controversial decision during a rematch in which two separate referees declared each one of them the winner of a match for the title. As a result, they became co-champions, during which Jericho turned face. He attained sole champion status at the Royal Rumble on January 23, 2000, by defeating Chyna and Hardcore Holly in a Triple Threat match. Jericho lost the WWF Intercontinental title to then- European Champion Kurt Angle at No Way Out on February 27. Jericho competed in

6048-623: A dark match at the SummerSlam '90 PPV. On the September 17 episode of Prime Time Wrestling, Douglas wrestled Haku to a draw, and he was largely undefeated against low level competition throughout the fall. At the Survivor Series '90 PPV Douglas defeated Buddy Rose in another dark match, and on January 3, 1991, at a house show in Scranton, Pennsylvania, he scored the biggest victory of his nascent WWF career when he upset Dino Bravo . Four days later on

6272-412: A dozen championships between ECW, WCW, and the WWF and is a six-time world champion : a four-time ECW World Heavyweight Champion , a one-time XPW World Heavyweight Champion , and a one-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion . As ECW Champion, he holds the records for most combined days as champion (874) and the longest single reign (406 days). Martin is also a two-time ECW World Television Champion ,

6496-572: A face once again. This would turn out to be Storm's last appearance on Raw . In April 2004, Storm chose to retire from in-ring action. His last match was on April 19, 2004, and he faced Steven Richards at the Calgary Saddledome . He then accepted a position backstage with WWE, working as a wrestling trainer in Ohio Valley Wrestling , WWE's main developmental territory. On March 23, 2005, Storm came out of retirement to participate in

6720-519: A fast count when Jericho pinned Triple H, causing Jericho to win the title. Hebner later reversed the decision due to pressure from Triple H, and WWE does not recognize Jericho's reign as champion. On April 19, Jericho defeated Eddie Guerrero at the Gary Albright Memorial Show organized by World Xtreme Wrestling (WXW). On the May 4 episode of SmackDown! , Jericho defeated Benoit to win his third WWF Intercontinental Championship but lost

6944-630: A fatal-four-way tag team elimination match for the World Tag Team Championship but failed to win the titles. The next month, the duo won the World Tag Team Championship on two separate occasions. The first was by defeating Booker T and Goldust on the January 6, 2003 episode of Raw with help from Chief Morley , who was appointed "Raw Chief of Staff", but they lost the title at the Royal Rumble on January 19 to The Dudley Boyz . Storm and Regal began their second reign as World Tag Team Champions

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7168-443: A finish changed to make him look stronger. Cornette, who was part of the booking committee, washed his hands of working with them afterwards. Shane argued that they had been repeatedly promised a big push and were instead being booked to lose all of their big matches, then getting criticized for not getting over as a top team. The Dudes would last wrestle together in March 1990, and Douglas soon left WCW after broken promises to give him

7392-532: A flight, in a first round match of the Tag Team Championship tournament. Storm and Simmonz lost to eventual finalists A.J. Styles and Christopher Daniels . The next night, Storm lost to Doug Williams in a singles match. Storm has made rare indy appearances for Northern Ontario-based promotion Blood, Sweat & Ears . On December 3, 2006, in Mississauga, Ontario , he lost to Christian Cage and suffered

7616-652: A foul-mouthed, incredibly arrogant villain (an attitude that would define him permanently and give him success), and gave himself the nickname "The Franchise". His best friend Sherri Martel became his valet . Douglas gained notoriety when he wrestled Terry Funk and Sabu to a one-hour draw in the company's first-ever three-way dance for the ECW Heavyweight Championship at The Night the Line Was Crossed . Douglas dethroned Funk in an Ultimate Jeopardy steel cage match to win his second Heavyweight Championship at Ultimate Jeopardy . Since its founding, ECW had been

7840-749: A heel and on the January 17, 2002 edition of SmackDown! , Storm and Christian faced Rikishi in a 2 on 1 Over The Top Rope Challenge which Rikishi won. At the Royal Rumble on January 20, Storm competed in the Royal Rumble match where he was eliminated by Al Snow . At No Way Out on February 17, Storm and Christian competed in a Tag Team Turmoil match which was won by The APA . On the Sunday Night Heat before WrestleMania X8 , Storm, Mr. Perfect and Test lost to Rikishi, Scotty 2 Hotty and Albert in six-man tag team match. In June 2002 he formed The Un-Americans along with Christian , Test, and later William Regal . During this angle, Storm and Christian won

8064-696: A house show series in late June against Haku and suffered his first loss on June 28 in Denver, Colorado. He remained without a win in subsequent rematches. He made his syndicated television debut on the August 26 episode of WWF Wrestling Challenge , teaming with jobber Mark Thomas in a loss to The Orient Express . In August 1990, he received his first break when he was tapped as the temporary replacement to an injured Shawn Michaels in The Rockers tag-team. Douglas teamed with Jannetty six times in matches against The Orient Express. On August 27, he defeated Buddy Rose in

8288-408: A ladder match against Christian, breaking the previous record held by Jeff Jarrett from 1999. Jericho's seventh reign was short lived, as he lost it at Taboo Tuesday on October 19 to Shelton Benjamin . Jericho teamed up with Randy Orton , Chris Benoit, and Maven to take on Triple H, Batista, Edge, and Gene Snitsky at Survivor Series on November 14. The match stipulated that each member of

8512-432: A leave of absence from wrestling. Jericho then proceeded to bring with him to the ring a portrait of Malenko that he insulted and demeaned. Just prior to Slamboree , J. J. Dillon (referred to by Jericho as "Jo Jo") scheduled a cruiserweight Battle Royal , the winner of which would immediately have a shot at Jericho's Cruiserweight Championship. Jericho accepted on the grounds that whoever he faced would be too tired to win

8736-409: A losing effort at Fall Brawl . The following month, at Halloween Havoc , Jericho lost to nWo member Syxx due to biased officiating by nWo referee Nick Patrick . This led to a match between Jericho and Patrick at World War 3 , which stipulated that Jericho's one arm would be tied behind his back. Despite the odds stacked against him, Jericho won the match. Later that night, Jericho participated in

8960-534: A losing effort. At Anarchy Rulz , Storm defeated Jerry Lynn. At November to Remember , The Impact Players and Rhino defeated Raven, Tommy Dreamer and The Sandman in the night's main event. At Guilty as Charged , The Impact Players defeated Tommy Dreamer and Raven for their first of two ECW World Tag Team Championship reigns. After losing the titles to Tommy Dreamer and Masato Tanaka they won them back at Living Dangerously where The Impact Players defeated Raven and Mike Awesome and Tommy Dreamer and Masato Tanaka in

9184-606: A match against KroniK, which KroniK won. Douglas received an opportunity for the World Heavyweight Championship against Jeff Jarrett on the May 31 episode of Thunder , where he failed to win the title after the WCW Commissioner Ernest Miller delivered a Feliner to Douglas. Douglas competed against The Wall in a Best of Five Tables match at The Great American Bash , which Douglas won by driving Wall through three tables. At Bash at

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9408-494: A match at CyberSlam after performing a drop toe-hold onto an opened steel chair after Jack's partner Mikey Whipwreck betrayed Jack. Upon his return, Douglas also targeted the World Heavyweight Champion Raven and received several title shots but came up short due to heavy interference by members of Raven's Flock. After failing in his attempts to regain the World Heavyweight Championship, Douglas won

9632-477: A match at Judgment Day on May 17, which Jericho lost. However, Jericho defeated Mysterio in a No Holds Barred Match at Extreme Rules on June 7 to win his ninth Intercontinental Championship, breaking his own record again. At The Bash on June 28, Jericho lost the Intercontinental Championship back to Mysterio in a mask vs. title match . Later in the event, Jericho and his partner Edge won

9856-448: A match at Mayhem , which Miller won. Douglas would then enter a rivalry with Misfits in Action leader General Rection over Rection's United States Heavyweight Championship. He faced Rection for the title at Starrcade , but lost by disqualification after Chavo Guerrero Jr. informed the referee that Douglas was trying to use a chain to hit Rection. In 2001, Douglas defeated Rection in

10080-589: A match at No Mercy on October 21 for the WCW Championship after Jericho defeated Rob Van Dam in a number one contenders match on the October 11 episode of SmackDown! . Jericho won the WCW Championship at No Mercy when he pinned The Rock after debuting a new finisher, the Breakdown , onto a steel chair, winning his first world title in the process. One night later, the two put their differences aside and won

10304-507: A match at November to Remember , where Triple Threat lost. After the match, Bigelow left ECW and Chris Candido abandoned Douglas, resulting in Triple Threat being disbanded. Douglas continued his feud with Taz , which culminated in a match between the two at Guilty as Charged in 1999, where Douglas lost the ECW World Heavyweight Championship to Taz after Douglas was attacked by former teammate Chris Candido , allowing Taz to win with

10528-676: A match between Douglas and Razor at In Your House 3 , which Douglas won after interference by the Kid. He was set to wrestle Shawn Michaels for the Intercontinental Championship at In Your House 4 , but Michaels forfeited the title due to injuries incurred after being attacked and beaten by a Marine in Syracuse, New York . Douglas, however, immediately had to defend the title against rival Razor Ramon. Ramon would go on to defeat Douglas, ending his reign at only twenty minutes . Douglas

10752-464: A match between Taz and Sabu . Douglas defended his title against Taz, with the stipulation that Taz would not be able to compete in ECW for sixty days. Douglas lost the title in under three minutes after Taz made him submit to the Tazmission . Douglas' reign ended at 329 days . He then turned his attention on capturing the World Heavyweight Championship from Terry Funk and challenged him for

10976-545: A match for the WCW Tag Team Championship against the Hardy Boyz at No Mercy on October 21, which Storm and The Hurricane lost. Eventually, at Rebellion on November 3, Storm and Justin Credible faced Billy and Chuck in a losing effort. At Survivor Series on November 18, Storm competed in an Immunity Battle Royal that was won by Test , where the winner could not be fired for a year. However, Team Alliance lost in

11200-539: A match, Jericho sought revenge on Christian, which led to a match at WrestleMania XX on March 14, 2004. Christian defeated Jericho after Stratus ran down and "inadvertently" struck Jericho (thinking it was Christian) and Christian got the roll-up. After the match, Stratus turned on Jericho and revealed that she and Christian were a couple. This revelation led to a handicap match at Backlash on April 18 that Jericho won. Jericho won his record-breaking seventh WWE Intercontinental Championship at Unforgiven on September 12 in

11424-556: A match, thus becoming a fan favorite . His televised return aired on the January 9 episode of Hardcore TV , where he confronted Stevie Richards and Blue Meanie , denounced his Dean gimmick and declared "the Franchise is back!". During this time, he had a memorable feud with Cactus Jack as Cactus was getting ready to leave for WWF and cutting promos encouraging Tommy Dreamer to side with him, deriding ECW's hardcore style and promoting clean wrestling. Douglas eventually pinned Jack in

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11648-420: A member of The New Church and Raven formed The Gathering . Douglas made his TNA in-ring debut on July 2, where he defeated CM Punk in a Clockwork Orange House of Fun match . Douglas and Raven clashed throughout the summer of 2003, with both men trading wins in a couple of matches. When this feud ran down, Douglas broke away from The New Church on October 1 and began a quest to find "The New Franchise". He

11872-492: A member of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). He retained his Shane Douglas ring name and was put into a tag team of skateboarders known as The Dynamic Dudes with Johnny Ace (John Laurinaitis, the younger brother of Road Warrior Animal ). Mick Foley has opined that since neither Ace nor Douglas knew how to skateboard, the fans saw through the character and refused to buy into it. Jim Cornette , who

12096-474: A member of the NWA. Douglas was instrumental in the development of " extreme wrestling " when he defeated The Tazmaniac, Dean Malenko and 2 Cold Scorpio to win a tournament to become the NWA World Heavyweight Champion on August 27. In an angle which only he, Tod Gordon , and Paul Heyman knew about, Douglas threw down the NWA title belt and stated that he did not want to be champion of

12320-626: A one-time IWGP Intercontinental Champion , becoming the first man to have held both the WWE and IWGP versions of the Intercontinental Championship. In January 2019, Jericho joined AEW and became the inaugural holder of the AEW World Championship in August of that year. While in AEW, Jericho would also capture the ROH World Championship (the main title of AEW's sister promotion, Ring of Honor ) at

12544-549: A pair of house shows and was defeated by Colonel Mustafa . He made his final televised appearance on the June 15th episode of Prime Time Wrestling, losing to Dino Bravo in a match taped at Madison Square Garden. Douglas closed out his first WWF run with two victories - a win on July 29 in a dark match at a WWF Superstars taping against Bob Bradley, and a victory over The Orient Express on August 2 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, when he teamed with Marty Jannetty. Douglas returned to WCW on

12768-481: A performer. They say, never say never in this business, and because of that I won’t, but I think I left it all in the ring that night and I believe I wrote the final page in the 19-year long book that was the career of Lance Storm." In November 2009, Lance Storm announced he had accepted the position as the head booker of the Prairie Wrestling Alliance , a promotion that operates out of Edmonton . PWA and

12992-402: A professional wrestler himself began when he saw footage of Owen Hart , then appearing with Stampede Wrestling , performing various high-flying moves. In addition, Irvine also cited Owen's older brother Bret , Ricky Steamboat and Shawn Michaels as inspirations for him becoming a professional wrestler. His first experience with a professional wrestling promotion was when he acted as part of

13216-540: A promo that The Undertaker was involved in, Jericho made his in-ring debut as a heel on August 26, losing a match against Road Dogg by disqualification on the inaugural episode of SmackDown! after he performed a powerbomb on Road Dogg through a table. Jericho's first long-term feud was with Chyna , for the WWF Intercontinental Championship . After losing to Chyna at Survivor Series on November 14, Jericho defeated her to win his first WWF Intercontinental Championship at Armageddon on December 12. This feud included

13440-481: A promo, in which he announced his injury. Douglas has been very outspoken about how Vince paid him much less than what was agreed upon, and because of his treatment before he refuses to ever work for Vince again. After leaving the WWF, Douglas made his surprise return to ECW at the House Party event on January 5, 1996, where he briefly reprised his Dean Douglas character, correcting Buh Buh Ray Dudley 's grammar after

13664-534: A push, and wrestled on the American independent circuit . In 1990, Douglas signed a deal with the World Wrestling Federation and made his debut on the June 18 episode of Prime Time Wrestling , defeating Bob Bradley, in a match taped in Toronto, Ontario, on May 27. Douglas remained undefeated in his first month, defeating Bob Bradley, Paul Diamond , and Steve Lombardi in a series of matches. He then moved up to begin

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13888-463: A regular guest on podcasts available through the Figure Four Weekly / Wrestling Observer web site, as well as a frequent guest on the nationally airing Wrestling Observer Live radio show. In 2011, Storm and ten of his Storm Wrestling Academy students were featured in a ten-part reality television show, World of Hurt , which premiered on The Cave on May 1. In 2011, Storm published an E-book for

14112-666: A rematch to force Jericho off the show. On the January 4, 2010, episode of Raw , DX defeated Jeri-Show to retain the championship once again, marking the end of Jeri-Show. Jericho entered the 2010 Royal Rumble match on January 31, but was eliminated by the returning Edge, his former tag team partner, who went on to win the match. At Elimination Chamber on February 21, Jericho won the World Heavyweight Championship in an Elimination Chamber match, defeating The Undertaker, John Morrison , Rey Mysterio, CM Punk and R-Truth following interference from Shawn Michaels. The next night on Raw , Edge used his Royal Rumble win to challenge Jericho for

14336-495: A rematch to win his second Cruiserweight Championship on the August 16 episode of Saturday Night . Jericho began feuding with Eddie Guerrero over the title as he successfully defended the title against Guerrero at Clash of the Champions XXXV before losing the title to Guerrero at Fall Brawl . Jericho defeated Gedo at Halloween Havoc . At World War 3 , Jericho participated in the namesake battle royal but failed to win. On

14560-545: A second chance in TNA like Daniels received, after the latter was, in storyline , fired from TNA. He was granted a second chance on the June 11 episode of Impact! , where he was given a match with A.J. Styles which he lost, only to attack Styles after the match. Daniels would come out to help Styles, only to have Douglas hit him with a towel containing a pair of handcuffs. At the Slammiversary pay-per-view, Douglas lost to Daniels in

14784-487: A second match. At Slamboree, Jericho came out to introduce the competitors in an insulting fashion before the match started and then went backstage for coffee. An individual who appeared to be Ciclope won the battle royal after Juventud Guerrera shook his hand and then eliminated himself. The winner was a returning Malenko in disguise. Following one of the loudest crowd reactions in WCW history, Malenko proceeded to defeat Jericho for

15008-523: A second. Of Kerry Von Erich . Of the fat man himself, Dusty Rhodes . This is it tonight, Dad. (looking at the NWA World Heavyweight Championship belt) God, that's beautiful. And Rick Steamboat , and they can all kiss my ass! (throws down the NWA World Heavyweight Championship belt) Because! I am not the man who accepts a torch to be handed down to me from an organization that died - RIP - seven years ago. The Franchise, Shane Douglas,

15232-571: A six-man tag team match with Joey Mercury and Johnny Nitro against fellow ECW alumni Tommy Dreamer and the Dudley Boyz. On April 9, 2005, in Cloverport, Kentucky , Storm teamed with Matt Cappotelli to face Mercury and Nitro. Storm resigned from WWE in May 2005 and announced that he intended to open his own training school in his hometown of Calgary, the Storm Wrestling Academy, with

15456-497: A successful title defense against Windham and Pillman at Starrcade . Steamboat and Douglas began a lengthy rivalry with Pillman and his new tag team partner Steve Austin . Steamboat and Douglas successfully defended the tag titles against Austin and Pillman on the January 13, 1993 Clash of the Champions XXII , before dropping the titles to Austin and Pillman on the March 27, 1993, episode of Worldwide . Soon after losing

15680-506: A tag team known as the Thrillseekers. After Jericho was injured, Storm continued to compete in singles competition for a few months, even winning the "Beat the Champ" TV Title . He then left SMW and moved on to a Winnipeg-based West Four Wrestling Alliance, where he teamed once again with Jericho. In 1995, he began wrestling in Japan for WAR . He formed a tag team with Yuji Yasuraoka (with whom he held

15904-509: A tag team match, where they defeated Bully Ray and Dylan Knight. On August 27, 2011, Storm came out of retirement to work a short match with Tommy Dreamer . Storm returned to ROH again on March 30, 2012, for the Showdown in the Sun pay-per-view, losing to Mike Bennett when Maria Kanellis interfered. He wrestled Bennett again at the following ROH PPV, Border Wars , this time coming out victorious. At

16128-421: A team that would come to called Jeri-Show . The duo defeated Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase to retain the championship. Jeri-Show successfully defended the title against Cryme Tyme at SummerSlam on August 23, MVP and Mark Henry at Breaking Point on September 13 and Rey Mysterio and Batista at Hell in a Cell on October 4. At Survivor Series on November 22, both Jericho and Big Show took part in

16352-512: A throat injury due to a stiff clothesline . On July 21, 2007, he defeated Christopher Daniels before defeating Robert Roode on August 11, 2007. On July 3, 2009, it was announced that Storm would be coming out of retirement to perform at two Ring of Honor shows on July 24 and 25, Death Before Dishonor VII: Nights 1 and 2 respectively. On July 24, Storm and fellow Canadian Kevin Steen defeated Chris Hero and Davey Richards and on July 25, Storm

16576-455: A tirade about the lawlessness of ECW and brought in Bill Alfonso as a troubleshooting referee to restore order. After teasing a departure for the WWF, Douglas finally left ECW for the WWF in July 1995, making his last appearance during a world title match between Sandman and Cactus Jack at Hardcore Heaven , during which he attacked both men and left. In 1995, Douglas returned to the WWF with

16800-455: A title match, which Jericho and Tiger lost. In the weeks before Jericho's debut, a clock labeled "countdown to the new millennium" appeared on WWF programming. On the home video, Break Down the Walls , Jericho states he was inspired to do this as his entrance when he saw a similar clock in a post office and Vince McMahon approved its use as his introduction to the WWF. The clock finally ran out on

17024-458: A top fan favorite tag team, but the turn backfired and made The Midnight Express more popular than they already were. The Dynamic Dudes broke up in 1990 after Ace began competing progressively more for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), which was breaking its ties to the NWA. Jim Cornette also states that the end of the Dynamic Dudes came when Douglas went over his head to Jim Herd about having

17248-480: A triple threat match for the World Heavyweight Championship, but the Undertaker successfully retained the title. At TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs on December 13, Jeri-Show lost the tag titles to D-Generation X (DX) (Shawn Michaels and Triple H) in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match. As a member of the SmackDown brand, Jericho could only appear on Raw as a champion and DX intentionally disqualified themselves in

17472-623: A winning effort. While feuding with Pillman, Douglas formed a tag team with Ricky Steamboat to take on Pillman and Steve Austin in a tag team match on the October 24 episode of Worldwide . The following month, Steamboat and Douglas won the NWA and WCW World Tag Team Championships from Dustin Rhodes and Barry Windham on the November 18 Clash of the Champions XXI . Steamboat and Douglas made

17696-406: Is the man who ignites the new flame of the sport of professional wrestling! (taking the ECW title belt) Tonight, before God and my father as witness, I declare myself, The Franchise, as the new ECW Heavyweight Champion of the world! We have set out to change the face of professional wrestling. So tonight, let the new era begin: the era of the sport of professional wrestling, the era of The Franchise,

17920-513: The 2002 King of the Ring tournament , defeating Edge and The Big Valbowski to advance to the semi-finals, where he was defeated by Rob Van Dam at King of the Ring on June 23. In July, he began a feud with the debuting John Cena , losing to him at Vengeance on July 21. After his feud with Cena ended, Jericho moved to the Raw brand on the July 29 episode of Raw , unwilling to work for SmackDown! General Manager Stephanie McMahon. Upon his arrival to

18144-699: The Amazon Kindle , titled Storm Warning , which is a collection of columns from his website. He later released a second volume, titled Storm Front which covers stories from his WWE career from 2001 to 2004. Storm has made appearances on the WWE Network original The Edge and Christian Show, first playing the role of representative of WWE's PG department, then appearing briefly on the season finale. Storm has appeared two WWE video games in WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth and WWE SmackDown! Here Comes The Pain during

18368-642: The Can-Am Express . Despite being the champions, the duo retained a rivalry and at CyberSlam in February 1998, Storm defeated Candido. At Living Dangerously in March 1998, Storm and Al Snow defeated Shane Douglas and Candido. At Wrestlepalooza in May 1998, Storm and Candido defeated the Hardcore Chair Swingin' Freaks (Balls Mahoney and Axl Rotten ) to retain the ECW World Tag Team Championship. In June 1998, Storm and Candido lost

18592-499: The Championship Scramble match as a late replacement for the defending champion CM Punk and subsequently won the World Heavyweight Championship , defeating Batista, John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL), Kane, and Rey Mysterio . It was announced that Michaels would challenge Jericho for the World Heavyweight Championship in a ladder match at No Mercy on October 5, which Jericho won. At Cyber Sunday on October 26, Jericho lost

18816-589: The House of Hardcore promotion, losing to its founder Tommy Dreamer in a main event singles match. On November 9, 2013, Storm and Sean Waltman were defeated by Dreamer and Terry Funk at House of Hardcore 3. On June 14, 2014, Storm faced Mike Bennett in a losing effort at House of Hardcore 6. On December 15, 2013, Storm was defeated by Chris Hero at a Smash Wrestling event. On December 21, 2013, Storm defeated Dan Collins at an EWP Wrestling event. on September 20, 2014, Storm and Justin Credible faced Alex and Kyle Reynolds for

19040-746: The NWA World Middleweight Champion that began in December 1993. Jericho made his final appearance with CMLL in September 1995, unsuccessfully challenging CMLL World Heavyweight Champion Apolo Dantés in the Arena Coliseo in Mexico City . 1994 saw Jericho reunited with Storm, as The Thrillseekers in Jim Cornette 's Appalachian Smoky Mountain Wrestling (SMW) promotion, where they feuded with

19264-527: The New York Rangers at the time of Jericho's birth. When his father retired, the family moved back to Winnipeg, Manitoba , where Irvine grew up. He holds dual American and Canadian citizenships. Irvine's interest in professional wrestling began when he started watching the local American Wrestling Association (AWA) events that took place at the Winnipeg Arena with his family, and his desire to become

19488-680: The Saturday Nitro live event in Los Angeles, California , to win the WCW Cruiserweight Championship for the first time, thus winning the first championship of his WCW career. Jericho successfully defended the title against Ultimo Dragon at Bash at the Beach , before losing the title to Alex Wright on the July 28 episode of Monday Nitro . Jericho unsuccessfully challenged Wright for the title at Road Wild , before defeating Wright in

19712-554: The Unified WWE Tag Team Championship as surprise entrants in a triple threat tag team match. As a result of this win, Jericho became the first wrestler to win every (original) Grand Slam eligible championship. Shortly thereafter Edge suffered an injury and Jericho revealed a clause in his contract to allow Edge to be replaced and Jericho's reign to continue uninterrupted. At Night of Champions on July 26, Jericho revealed Big Show as his new tag team partner, creating

19936-680: The WAR International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship numerous times), as well as forming a trio with Nobutaka Araya and Koki Kitahara , with whom he held the WAR World Six-Man Tag Team Championship . In 1997, Storm joined Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), making his debut at Crossing the Line Again against Balls Mahoney . Early in his ECW career, he took part in a match against Rob Van Dam at Barely Legal where he

20160-610: The WCW Hardcore Championship in rapid succession, resulting in Storm becoming the first and only wrestler in WCW history to hold three titles simultaneously. As an affront to the fans, he renamed the titles to the Canadian Heavyweight Championship, 100 kg and Under Championship, and Saskatchewan Hardcore International Title (S.H.I.T.), respectively, complete with large Canadian flag stickers that covered

20384-761: The WWE Intercontinental Championship a record nine times and was the ninth Triple Crown Champion , as well as the fourth Grand Slam Champion in history. In addition, he was the 2008 Superstar of the Year Slammy Award winner and (along with Big Show as Jeri-Show ) won the 2009 Tag Team of the Year Slammy Award—making him the only winner of both Superstar and Tag Team of the Year. After his departure from WWE in 2018, Jericho signed with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he became

20608-620: The WWE Tag Team Championship on July 21 at Vengeance by defeating Hollywood Hulk Hogan and Edge. On the August 5 edition of Raw , Storm and Christian retained the WWE Tag Team Championship against The Hardy Boyz by disqualification. On the August 12 edition of Raw , The Un-Americans and Triple H defeated Booker T , The Undertaker , Goldust and The Rock in an 8-man tag team match. At SummerSlam on August 25, Storm and Christian defeated Booker T and Goldust to retain

20832-697: The World Television Championship from 2 Cold Scorpio at A Matter of Respect and eventually turned into a villain by showing disrespect to the title. After the match, 2 Cold Scorpio attacked him. A month later, Douglas was scheduled to defend the title against Scorpio at Fight The Power , but Scorpio was injured, which resulted in Douglas retaining the title against El Puerto Ricano , Don E. Allen, Devon Storm and Mikey Whipwreck in quick succession before losing it to Pitbull #2 after Douglas insulted The Pitbulls ' manager , Francine and gave her

21056-572: The World Wrestling Federation (WWF, renamed WWE in 2002). In 2001, he became the first Undisputed WWF Champion , and thus the final holder of the WCW World Heavyweight Championship (then referred to as the World Championship), having won and unified the WWF and World titles by defeating Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock on the same night . Jericho headlined multiple pay-per-view (PPV) events during his time with

21280-613: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter the "Feud of the Year". At Night of Champions on June 29, Jericho lost the Intercontinental Championship to Kofi Kingston after a distraction by Michaels. In June, Jericho took on Lance Cade as a protégé. Afterward, Jericho developed a suit-wearing persona inspired by Javier Bardem 's character Anton Chigurh from the 2007 film No Country for Old Men and wrestler Nick Bockwinkel . Jericho and Michaels met at The Great American Bash on July 20, which Jericho won after attacking

21504-630: The independent circuit . At Hardcore Homecoming on November 4, 2005, in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , Storm interfered in a steel cage match between Justin Credible and Jerry Lynn , helping Credible defeat Lynn. At the December 3, 2005 Ring of Honor show Steel Cage Warfare in New York, New York , Storm congratulated World Champion Bryan Danielson following a successful title defense against Rocky Romero . On April 1, 2006, at Better Than Our Best , Storm returned to Ring of Honor to face Danielson for

21728-481: The namesake battle royal for a future WCW World Heavyweight Championship match but failed to win the match. Jericho represented WCW against nWo Japan member Masahiro Chono in a losing effort at the nWo Souled Out event . At SuperBrawl VII , Jericho unsuccessfully challenged Eddie Guerrero for the United States Heavyweight Championship . On June 28, 1997, Jericho defeated Syxx at

21952-476: The ring name Chris Jericho , is an American-Canadian professional wrestler, rock musician, and actor. As a wrestler, he has been signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) since January 2019 , where he is the leader of The Learning Tree stable, and the two-time and current ROH World Champion in AEW's sister promotion, Ring of Honor . Noted for his over-the-top rock star persona, in-ring technical wrestling prowess, and his ability to reinvent his character throughout

22176-582: The "New Franchise" but Douglas elected Dreamer as his successor, turning Douglas face for the first time in nearly 3 years. After the face turn, Douglas would perform in a heroic role for the first since he disrespected the ECW Television title in 1996 and continued to feud with the Impact Players. At Living Dangerously , Dreamer and Douglas defeated Impact Players. Douglas wrestled his last match in ECW on April 15, where he defeated Justin Credible after

22400-588: The "cancer" out of WCW. This was a reference to Ric Flair , with whom Douglas had an off-screen grudge. Asya was later added to the group in place of Benoit, who left the team. The group wrestled other groups including West Texas Rednecks , First Family , Filthy Animals , and Varsity Club during its run. The group was rarely featured prominently and never really challenged the dominant wrestlers of WCW. This led to them never really getting popular as an idea, though both Benoit and Malenko were successful individually. The lack of success would eventually lead to

22624-548: The 2016 WrestleCon , losing to Matt Hardy , in what would be his final match. In March 2019, Storm revealed he was working with Impact Wrestling as a producer. He was also part of the Rebellion PPV where he was chosen to be the special guest referee for the World Championship match involving Johnny Impact and Brian Cage . The latter won the match and became the champion. On November 2, 2019, Storm announced that he

22848-528: The 2022 Dynamite : Grand Slam event and the FTW Championship at Dynasty 2024 . In 1999, Jericho became the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Fozzy , who released their eponymous debut album the following year. The group's early work is composed largely of cover versions , although they have focused primarily on original material from their third album, All That Remains (2005), onward. Jericho has also appeared on numerous television shows over

23072-465: The August 22 episode of Raw , Jericho faced Cena for the WWE Championship again in a rematch, this time in a " You're fired" match . Cena won again, and Jericho was fired by Raw General Manager Eric Bischoff . Jericho was carried out of the arena by security as Kurt Angle attacked Cena. Jericho's WWE contract expired on August 25. After a two-year hiatus, WWE promoted Jericho's return starting on

23296-416: The August 30 edition of NWA Eastern Championship Wrestling , Gordon announced he was folding Eastern Championship Wrestling, and in its place forming Extreme Championship Wrestling, a new promotion independent of the NWA. Capitalizing on the controversy that surrounded his literally "throwing down" the NWA belt and the promo following it, Douglas was encouraged to express his true feelings in interviews by

23520-682: The August 9 episode of Raw Is War in Chicago , Illinois while The Rock was in the ring cutting a promo on the Big Show . Jericho entered the arena and proclaimed " Raw Is Jericho" and that he had "come to save the World Wrestling Federation", referring to himself as "Y2J" (a play on the Y2K bug ). The Rock proceeded to verbally mock him for his interruption. Later that month, he would interact with several superstars including in particular interrupting

23744-433: The Beach , Douglas defeated his former tag team partner Buff Bagwell , by debuting his new finishing move called Franchiser and with assistance by Torrie Wilson , who turned on Bagwell. With Wilson as his manager , Douglas began using his ECW nickname "The Franchise" and began using "Cut the damn music!" catchphrase during his entrance to the ring and then delivered a promo on the microphone. Douglas participated in

23968-506: The Cruiserweight Championship from Mysterio the next night after he interrupted J. J. Dillon while Dillon was giving the championship to Mysterio. Jericho was again awarded the championship. Eventually, Jericho decisively lost the title to Juventud Guerrera in a match at Road Wild with Malenko as special referee. On August 10, Jericho defeated Stevie Ray to win the World Television Championship (Stevie Ray substituting for

24192-555: The Cruiserweight and Hardcore titles by presenting them to his Team Canada stablemates Elix Skipper and Carl Ouellet , respectively. At Halloween Havoc on October 29, Storm and Jim Duggan lost to General Rection in a Handicap match losing the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship and to free Major Gunns from Team Canada. On the November 13 edition of Nitro , Storm defeated General Rection to win

24416-630: The December 21 episode of Impact! after The Naturals lost to Team 3D in a tables match, a fed up Douglas turned his back on them, claiming that his experiment was over. Despite the failed "experiment", prior to the departure of The Naturals from TNA, Chase Stevens was featured in a match on the pre-show of the Final Resolution pay-per-view in 2007. During the match, Stevens wore the gold-and-black "Franchised" Naturals attire. Douglas came out after his match to heatedly confront Stevens about wearing his colors, leading to an in-ring confrontation between

24640-517: The ECW bookers . This helped raise ECW's prominence in the eyes of wrestling fans and journalists and allowed it to become an alternative to WCW and the WWF and Douglas cemented a legacy in the history of ECW. Douglas closed 1994 with successful title defenses of the ECW World Heavyweight Championship against Ron Simmons . In early 1995, Douglas formed the Triple Threat faction , aligning himself with Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko . He started

24864-565: The ECW Heavyweight Championship twice in his first year with the company. He gained attention when he won a tournament for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, where he publicly rejected the NWA title belt and helped ECW in evolving from an NWA territory to a national promotion. Within ECW, he was dubbed "The Franchise" in reference to his status as the franchise player of the promotion. WWE, who purchased that organization, asserted: "Without Shane Douglas, there would have been no ECW." He headlined many events for ECW including three editions of

25088-742: The ECW World Tag Team Championship to Sabu and Rob Van Dam. On the July 22, 1998 episode of ECW Hardcore TV , Storm walked out on Candido during a title match against Sabu and Van Dam, thus ending their team and beginning a feud between the two men. On the September 5, 1998 episode of Hardcore TV , Storm introduced his valet Tammy Lynn Bytch , a parody of Candido's real life girlfriend Tammy Lynn Sytch , who appeared in ECW to side with Candido and feuded with Bytch. Storm and Candido feuded until late 1998. At November to Remember , Storm defeated Jerry Lynn with Mikey Whipwreck as special guest referee. Following his feud with Candido, Storm joined forces with his trainee Justin Credible in February 1999 at Crossing

25312-471: The January 15, 1998, episode of Thunder , Jericho defeated Eddie Guerrero to earn a title shot against Rey Mysterio Jr. for the Cruiserweight Championship at Souled Out . Jericho won the match by forcing Mysterio to submit to the Liontamer . After the match, Jericho turned heel by assaulting Mysterio's knee with a toolbox . In the storyline, Mysterio needed six months of recovery before he could return to

25536-697: The January 7, 1991, episode of Prime Time Wrestling he would pin Haku, and was strongly positioned as a rising young star. His most memorable WWF performance took place at the 1991 Royal Rumble , where he entered as the seventeenth entrant and lasted for 26 minutes and 23 seconds before being eliminated by Brian Knobbs . Shortly after, he left the company to take care of his ailing father. Douglas would make intermittent appearances in 1991, subbing for various wrestlers on house shows. He returned on May 8 in Youngstown, Ohio, and lost to Ricky Steamboat . In June he returned for

25760-594: The July 23 episode of Raw is War . He lost the title a month later to Edge at SummerSlam on August 19. Storm formed a tag team with The Hurricane and feuded with the Hardy Boyz over the WWF and WCW Tag Team Titles for the next few months; at Unforgiven on September 23, Storm and The Hurricane competed in a Fatal Four-Way Elimination match for the WWF Tag Team Championship but failed to win, this later included

25984-623: The June 29 tapings of Ring of Honor Wrestling , Bennett defeated Storm following interference from "Brutal" Bob and Maria in the final match of their trilogy. On January 18, 2013, Storm worked for the Hart Legacy promotion in Calgary, taking part in a six-man tag team match, where Storm and the Killer Elite Squad ( Davey Boy Smith, Jr. and Lance Archer ) defeated Bobby Lashley , Chris Masters and Johnny Devine . On June 22, Storm worked for

26208-608: The Line '99 . The duo formed a tag team named The Impact Players . At Living Dangerously , The Impact Players faced Tommy Dreamer and Shane Douglas in a losing effort. The stable joined Storm and his valet (now renamed Dawn Marie) with Credible and his manager Jason . They first feuded with Jerry Lynn and Sabu in singles matches and by late 1999, they had begun a violent feud with Tommy Dreamer and The Sandman. The team brutalized many singles stars during this period as well. At Hardcore Heaven , Storm defeated Tommy Dreamer. At Heat Wave , The Impact Players faced Rob Van Dam and Jerry Lynn in

26432-476: The October 14 episode of Raw . Christian and Jericho lost the titles to Booker T and Goldust in a fatal four-way elimination match, involving the teams of The Dudley Boyz, and William Regal and Lance Storm at Armageddon on December 15. On the January 13, 2003 episode of Raw , Jericho won an over-the-top-rope challenge against Kane, Rob Van Dam, and Batista to select his entry number for the Royal Rumble match on January 19. He chose number two in order to start

26656-568: The PWS tag team championship but failed to win the titles. On October 3, 2015, at WWE's Live from MSG special event, Storm was acknowledged in the crowd by Chris Jericho , thus making his first WWE appearance since 2005. On March 16, 2016, Storm challenged Jay Lethal for the ROH World Championship in a losing effort for the Prairie Wrestling Alliance (PWA) 15th Anniversary Show. On April 2, 2016, Storm, managed by Missy Hyatt , took part in

26880-573: The September 12, 1992, episode of Saturday Night as a fan favorite , where he defeated Super Invader in his return match by using Magnum T. A. 's finishing move, belly to belly suplex , which was noted by Magnum, the following week on Saturday Night . On the October 17 episode of Saturday Night , Douglas had a match with Brian Pillman , which began a rivalry between the duo. He made his pay-per-view return at Halloween Havoc , where he teamed with Tom Zenk and Johnny Gunn to compete against Arn Anderson , Bobby Eaton and Michael Hayes in

27104-491: The September 23 episode of Raw . Eventually, the Un-Americans broke apart on the September 30 episode of Raw after they each lost their respective matches, leading to a brawl involving all the members of the group. Storm continued teaming with Regal as a regular tag team with the same anti-American gimmick ; Storm would represent Canada and Regal represented England. At Armageddon on December 15, Storm and Regal competed in

27328-502: The September 24, 2007, episode of Raw with a viral marketing campaign using a series of 15-second cryptic binary code videos, similar to the matrix digital rain used in The Matrix series . The videos contained hidden messages and biblical links related to Jericho. Jericho made his return to WWE television as a face on the November 19, 2007, episode of Raw when he interrupted Randy Orton during Orton's orchestrated "passing of

27552-405: The Storm Wrestling Academy had also begun working together very closely. On April 3, 2010, Storm came out of retirement to wrestle his friend Bryan Alvarez at a Tulalip Championship Wrestling event. Storm was defeated in the match, which he wrestled under a mask as The Ideal Canadian. On March 19, 2011, Storm made a return to the ring at PWA's 10th anniversary show, teaming with Brother Devon in

27776-926: The WAR International Junior Heavyweight Championship in July 1995 and gave a tape of the match to Heyman, Jericho began wrestling for the Philadelphia-based Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) promotion in February 1996. In his second appearance, he defeated Rob Van Dam at the Big Apple Blizzard Blast . Jericho won the ECW World Television Championship from Pitbull #2 in June 1996 at Hardcore Heaven . While in ECW, Jericho wrestled Taz , Sabu , Rob Van Dam , Cactus Jack , Shane Douglas , and 2 Cold Scorpio . He made his final appearance at The Doctor Is In in August 1996. It

28000-573: The WCW United States Heavyweight Championship back. At Mayhem on November 26, General Rection defeated Storm for the title. At Starrcade on December 17, Storm defeated Ernest Miller . Storm's stable Team Canada feuded with General Rection 's stable, the Misfits In Action , for several months. At Sin on January 14, 2001, Team Canada (Lance Storm, Mike Awesome and Elix Skipper) (with Major Gunns) defeated The Filthy Animals ( Konnan , Rey Mysterio, Jr. and Billy Kidman ) (with Tygress ) in

28224-399: The WWF Intercontinental Championship for the fourth time. At WrestleMania X-Seven on April 1, he successfully defended his title in a match against William Regal , only to lose it four days later to Triple H. At Judgment Day on May 20, Jericho and Benoit won a tag team turmoil match and earned a shot at Stone Cold Steve Austin and Triple H for their WWF Tag Team Championship on Raw

28448-424: The WWF Tag Team Championship from the Dudley Boyz. After they lost the titles to Test and Booker T on the November 1 episode of SmackDown! , they continued their feud. On the November 5 episode of Raw, The Rock defeated Jericho to regain the WCW Championship. Following the match, Jericho attacked The Rock with a steel chair . At Survivor Series on November 18, Jericho turned heel by almost costing Team WWF

28672-589: The WWF purchased both WCW and ECW in 2001, Douglas Went to Xtreme Pro Wrestling in July 2002, where he won its World Heavyweight Championship after defeating Johnny Webb at the Night of Champions event. Douglas later helped expand the promotion from its base in Los Angeles to Philadelphia , and XPW held its first show in Philadelphia on August 31. Douglas would later become the final World Heavyweight Champion in XPW history, as

28896-739: The WWF/WWE, including WrestleMania X8 and the inaugural TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs and the Elimination Chamber matches and the shows itself. He was inducted into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame in 2010. Jericho won the Undisputed WWF Championship once , the WCW/World Championship twice , and the World Heavyweight Championship (2002–2013 version) three times . He has also held

29120-599: The World Championship in Chicago , Illinois . Prior to the event, Storm commended Bryan Danielson and said that he is the one person to make him come out of retirement. Danielson defeated Storm by submission to retain the championship. ROH fans were appreciative of Storm's efforts and chanted "You've still got it" as a tribute. May 26 and 27 saw Storm work for the United Kingdom -based wrestling promotion One Pro Wrestling (1PW). On May 26, he teamed with Andy Boy Simmonz, who substituted for Justin Credible due to Credible missing

29344-543: The World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania XXVI on March 28. Jericho defeated Edge at WrestleMania to retain the title, but lost the championship to Jack Swagger on the following episode of SmackDown , who cashed in his Money in the Bank contract. Jericho then failed to regain the title from Swagger in a triple-threat match also involving Edge on the April 16 episode of SmackDown . Jericho and Edge continued their feud leading into Extreme Rules on April 25, where Jericho

29568-432: The World Heavyweight Championship to Batista, but later won it back eight days later on November 3 on the 800th episode of Raw in a steel cage match. Jericho defeated Michaels in a Last Man Standing match on the November 10 episode of Raw after interference from JBL. Jericho lost the World Heavyweight Championship at Survivor Series on November 23 to the returning John Cena. On the December 8 episode of Raw , Jericho

29792-442: The World Heavyweight Championship, but he failed to win as he was eliminated by Rey Mysterio . Following this, Jericho began a rivalry with veteran wrestlers Ric Flair , Ricky Steamboat , Jimmy Snuka and Roddy Piper , as well as actor Mickey Rourke . Jericho was originally arranged to face Rourke at WrestleMania 25 on April 5, but Rourke later pulled out of the event. Instead, Jericho defeated Piper, Snuka and Steamboat in

30016-493: The World Tag Team Championship which was won by Ric Flair and Batista. From December 2003 to March 2004, Storm mainly competed on Sunday Night Heat . Storm eventually turned heel once again by betraying the fans. This happened when he told them of how he was sick and tired of pleasing them with his dancing and how it was just a waste of his time on an episode of Raw following the 2004 WWE draft lottery , only to be squashed by Rhyno immediately thereafter, thus turning Rhyno into

30240-507: The audience. Many of the holds were fictional, and nearly every other hold was an armbar . On the March 12, 1998, episode of Thunder , Malenko defeated a wrestler wearing Juventud Guerrera's mask who appeared to be Jericho. However, the masked wrestler was actually Lenny Lane , whom Jericho bribed to appear in the match. This started a minor feud between Lane and Jericho after Jericho refused to pay Lane. At Uncensored , Jericho finally wrestled Malenko and defeated him, after which Malenko took

30464-523: The belts' faceplates. Storm then formed the group called Team Canada in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada during New Blood Rising on August 13, where he defended the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship in a match with Mike Awesome. The match was refereed by the Canadian Jacques Rougeau , who enabled Storm to defeat Awesome and retain his title by constantly changing the rules. Following

30688-514: The brand, he initiated a feud with Ric Flair , leading to a match at SummerSlam on August 25, which Jericho lost. On the September 16 episode of Raw , he won the WWE Intercontinental Championship for the fifth time from Rob Van Dam , before losing the title to Kane two weeks later on Raw . He then later formed a tag team with Christian , with whom he won the World Tag Team Championship by defeating Kane and The Hurricane on

30912-477: The catalyst for The Invasion angle. Despite Booker T's interference, Austin retained the title. In the following months, Jericho became a major force in The Invasion storyline in which WCW and ECW joined forces to overtake the WWF. Jericho remained on the side of the WWF despite previously competing in WCW and ECW. However, Jericho began showing jealousy toward fellow WWF member The Rock. They faced each other in

31136-399: The champion Booker T ). Soon afterward, Jericho repeatedly called out WCW World Heavyweight Champion Goldberg in an attempt to begin a feud with him, but never actually wrestled him. Jericho cites Eric Bischoff , Goldberg and Hulk Hogan 's refusal to book Jericho in a pay-per-view squash match loss against Goldberg, which Jericho felt would be a big draw, as a major reason for leaving

31360-422: The championship. Jericho claimed he was the victim of a carefully planned conspiracy to get the belt off of him. He at first blamed the WCW locker room, then added Dillon, Ted Turner , and finally in a vignette, he walked around Washington, D.C. , with the sign "conspiracy victim" and accused President Bill Clinton of being one of the conspirators after being rejected from a meeting. Eventually, Malenko vacated

31584-587: The company began to suffer financial hardships, Storm left ECW for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in order to support his family. Storm left ECW in May 2000 to join WCW, where he became a singles wrestler. He made his first appearance on the June 19, 2000 episode of Nitro and quickly became one of WCW's most prominent stars, winning the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship , the Cruiserweight Championship , and

31808-428: The company's premier pay-per-view event November to Remember in 1996 , 1997 and 1998 . Martin was born in New Brighton, Pennsylvania , one of six children of a veteran of World War II , who died in 1991. He graduated cum laude from Bethany College in 1986 with a bachelor's degree in history and political science . He is an alumnus of the Psi chapter of Beta Theta Pi . After earning his degrees, he

32032-415: The company, "One Crazed Anarchist", lent its name to the second single from his band Fozzy 's 2014 album, Do You Wanna Start a War . In January 1997, Jericho made his debut for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), who had a working agreement with WCW, as Super Liger, the masked nemesis of Jyushin Thunder Liger . According to Jericho, Super Liger's first match against Koji Kanemoto at Wrestling World 1997

32256-452: The company. On November 30, Jericho lost the World Television Championship to Konnan . In early 1999, Jericho began a feud with Perry Saturn . The feud saw Jericho and Saturn instigating bizarre stipulation matches, such as at Souled Out , where Jericho defeated Saturn in a "loser must wear a dress" match. At SuperBrawl IX , Jericho and Saturn wrestled in a "dress" match which Jericho won. Saturn finally defeated Jericho at Uncensored in

32480-415: The course of his career, Jericho has been named by journalists and industry colleagues as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time. During the 1990s, Jericho performed for American organizations Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW), as well as for promotions in countries such as Canada, Japan, and Mexico. In the latter half of 1999, he made his debut in

32704-459: The cut on Michaels's eye. At SummerSlam on August 17, Michaels said that his eye damage would force him to retire and insulted Jericho by saying he would never achieve Michaels's success. Jericho tried to attack Michaels, but Michaels ducked, so Jericho punched Michaels's wife, Rebecca, instead. As a result, they fought in an unsanctioned match at Unforgiven on September 7, which Jericho lost by referee stoppage. Later that night, Jericho entered

32928-473: The demise of the group after Malenko and Saturn left WCW. Following the disbanding of the Revolution, Douglas managed The Wall at the Souled Out pay-per-view in 2000, before taking a hiatus from television as the company did not have any plans for him at the time. Douglas returned to WCW television on the April 10 episode of Nitro , where he aligned himself with Vince Russo and joined The New Blood group run by Russo and Eric Bischoff , which feuded with

33152-466: The entrance ramp as Andy Douglas (no relation) made the save for his tag team partner Chase Stevens after a brutal squash match against Samoa Joe . He would scout The Naturals again on the May 25 episode of Impact! , when Andy Douglas lost his match. A few weeks later, on June 15, Shane confronted them on their recent losing streak and their squandered talent, referring to their former manager and Douglas's ex-Triple Threat teammate Chris Candido in

33376-401: The era of the ECW." Shane Douglas on August 27, 1994 - NWA World Title Tournament On the December 14 episode of NWA Eastern Championship Wrestling , Douglas substituted for an injured Johnny Gunn to defend the Tag Team Championship alongside Gunn's partner Tommy Dreamer against Kevin Sullivan and The Tazmaniac , during which Douglas turned on Dreamer by attacking him with

33600-404: The final and second run with WWE. On October 18, 2016, Storm debuted a new podcast with longtime friend Don Callis called Killing the Town with Storm and Cyrus. The show is part of The Jericho Network on PodcastOne. He married his wife Tina in 1994, and they have two daughters, Rachel and Rebecca. Chris Jericho Christopher Keith Irvine (born November 9, 1970), better known by

33824-402: The final episode of Nitro and three days before the final episode of Thunder . On the final episode of Nitro , Team Canada (Lance Storm and Mike Awesome ) challenged for the WCW World Tag Team Championship against Sean O'Haire and Chuck Palumbo but failed to win the titles. When WCW was purchased by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 2001, Storm's contract was kept and he became

34048-490: The final of a tournament to crown the inaugural WAR International Junior Heavyweight Champion . He defeated Gedo for the championship in June 1995, losing it to Último Dragón the next month. In December 1995, Jericho competed in the second Super J-Cup tournament, defeating Hanzo Nakajima in the first round, but losing to Wild Pegasus in the second round. In 1995, Jericho joined the heel stable Fuyuki-Gun ("Fuyuki Army") with Hiromichi Fuyuki , Gedo, and Jado , adopting

34272-482: The first half of 1997, while Douglas continued his successful title defenses of the World Television Championship against Pitbull #2 . Douglas retained his title against Pitbull #1 , as well, in an "I Quit" match at Hostile City Showdown . During this time, a mysterious man began stalking Francine and displayed mannerisms of Rick Rude . After Douglas retained his title against Pitbull #2 at ECW's first pay-per-view Barely Legal , Brian Lee revealed himself to be

34496-410: The first semester beginning in September 2005. He returned to WWE for one night on May 30, 2005, and faced Maven on Sunday Night Heat . Storm wrestled one last time on a WWE-promoted show at ECW One Night Stand on June 12, 2005, where he defeated his close friend and former tag team partner Chris Jericho with the help of Justin Credible . Since leaving WWE, Storm has made several appearances on

34720-419: The first-ever Undisputed WWF Champion , as well as the fourth Grand Slam winner under the original format . He retained the title at the Royal Rumble on January 20, 2002, against The Rock and at No Way Out on February 17 against Austin. Jericho later lost the title to Royal Rumble winner Triple H in the main event of WrestleMania X8 on March 17. Jericho was later drafted to the SmackDown! brand in

34944-423: The grouping of Shane and Douglas broke up, Douglas went into a semi-in-ring retirement. He became an onscreen commentator and interviewer for TNA's new weekly television show, Impact! , and their monthly pay-per-views. In addition to this on-screen role, he worked backstage as a road agent and took a few independent bookings. Douglas returned to television on the May 18, 2006, episode of Impact! , appearing on

35168-400: The inaugural WWF draft lottery . He would then appear at Backlash on April 21, interfering in Triple H's Undisputed WWF Championship match against Hollywood Hulk Hogan . He was quickly dumped out the ring, but Triple H would go on to lose the match. This would lead to a Hell in a Cell match at Judgment Day on May 19, where Triple H would emerge victorious. Jericho would then compete in

35392-446: The likes of Well Dunn , The Rock 'n' Roll Express , and The Heavenly Bodies . In late 1994, Jericho began competing regularly in Japan for Genichiro Tenryu 's Wrestling and Romance (later known as Wrestle Association "R") (WAR) promotion as The Lion Heart. In November 1994, Último Dragón defeated him for the NWA World Middleweight Championship , which he had won while wrestling in Mexico. In March 1995, Jericho lost to Gedo in

35616-408: The main event and Storm was fired (in storyline ) along with the rest of the Alliance roster by Vince McMahon . Storm eventually got his job back officially on the December 17 edition of Raw when he defeated The Rock with help from Test in a match that earned him a WWF contract. On the December 27 episode of SmackDown! , Storm and Kurt Angle lost to The Rock and Rob Van Dam. Storm remained

35840-446: The main event of WrestleMania, but was taken out after Mick Foley , who was originally asked by writers to be in the match, took his place. Jericho was even advertised on the event's posters promoting the match. Jericho lost the title the next night to Eddie Guerrero on Raw is War after Chyna sided with Guerrero. On the April 17 episode of Raw is War , Jericho upset Triple H in a WWF Championship match. Referee Earl Hebner made

36064-403: The match between Batista and Michaels at Backlash on April 27, but instead, he was appointed as the special guest referee. During the match at Backlash, Michaels feigned a knee injury so that Jericho would give him time to recover and lured Batista in for Sweet Chin Music for the win. After Backlash, Jericho accused Michaels of cheating, but Michaels continued to play up an injury. When Jericho

36288-441: The match when Edge claimed the briefcase. At Backlash on May 1, Jericho challenged Shelton Benjamin for the WWE Intercontinental Championship, but lost the match. Jericho lost to Lance Storm at ECW One Night Stand on June 12. Jericho used his old "Lionheart" gimmick, instead of his more well known "Y2J" gimmick. Jericho lost the match after Jason and Justin Credible hit Jericho with a Singapore cane , which allowed Storm to win

36512-419: The match with Shawn Michaels , who had challenged him to prove Jericho's claims that he was better than Michaels. After Michaels's entrance, Jericho entered as the second participant. Christian, in Jericho's attire, appeared while the real Jericho attacked Shawn from behind. He eliminated Michaels shortly afterward, but Michaels got his revenge later in the match by causing Test to eliminate Jericho. Jericho spent

36736-568: The match, but Orton retained the title. He began a feud with JBL and met him at the Royal Rumble on January 27, 2008. Jericho was disqualified after hitting JBL with a steel chair. On the March 10 episode of Raw , Jericho captured the WWE Intercontinental Championship for a record eighth time when he defeated Jeff Hardy . In April 2008, Jericho became involved in the ongoing feud between Shawn Michaels and Batista when he suggested that Michaels enjoyed retiring Ric Flair, causing Shawn Michaels to attack him. Jericho thus asked to be inserted into

36960-406: The match, the semi-retired Canadian wrestler Bret Hart came to the ring and hugged Storm and Rougeau. At Fall Brawl on September 17, Storm defeated General Rection with Jim Duggan as the referee, with Duggan turning on M.I.A and joining Team Canada. He also attempted to win the World Heavyweight Championship , but was defeated by champion Booker T on each occasion. Storm eventually awarded

37184-428: The match. The next night on Raw , Jericho turned heel by betraying WWE Champion John Cena after defeating Christian and Tyson Tomko in a tag team match. Jericho lost a Triple Threat match for the WWE Championship at Vengeance on June 26 which also involved Christian and Cena. The feud continued throughout the summer and Jericho lost to Cena in a WWE Championship match at SummerSlam on August 21. The next night on

37408-429: The most time of any other wrestler in that same Royal Rumble. Jericho simultaneously feuded with Test, Michaels, and Jeff Hardy , defeating Hardy at No Way Out on February 23. Jericho and Michaels fought again at WrestleMania XIX on March 30, which Michaels won. Jericho, however, attacked Michaels with a low blow after the match following an embrace. After this match, Jericho entered a rivalry with Goldberg, which

37632-434: The mysterious stalker and delivered a Chokeslam to Douglas. As a result, Lee was removed from Triple Threat due to his betrayal and left ECW. Triple Threat gained Bam Bam Bigelow in Lee's place, who joined the group as Douglas' partner in a tag team match against The Pitbulls at Chapter 2 . At Wrestlepalooza , Douglas retained his title against Chris Chetti . Later that night, Douglas interrupted Taz 's promo after

37856-582: The name Lion Do. In February 1996, Jericho and Gedo won a tournament for the newly created International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship , defeating Lance Storm and Yuji Yasuraoka in the final. They lost the championship to Storm and Yasuraoka the following month. Jericho made his final appearances with WAR in July 1996, having wrestled a total of twenty-four tours for the company. Thanks in part to recommendations by Chris Benoit, Dave Meltzer and Perry Saturn , to promoter Paul Heyman , and after Mick Foley saw Jericho's match against Último Dragón for

38080-419: The name of the school, the only involvement any of the Hart brothers had in their training was a "thirty-minute cameo" by Keith Hart to collect the student's fees. Lance would later debut against Jericho in 1990 as "Lance T. Storm". Early on, he mainly wrestled in Calgary but also spent time in Japan in Wrestling Association "R" . Along with Jericho, Storm debuted in Smoky Mountain Wrestling in 1994, forming

38304-425: The new World Tag Team Champions starting Storm's fourth tag team title reign. The following week on the March 31 episode of Raw , Storm and Morley faced Kane and Rob Van Dam and The Dudley Boyz in a 3-Way Elimination match, dropping the titles to Kane and Van Dam. At Judgment Day on May 18, Storm competed in a Battle Royal for the vacant WWE Intercontinental Championship which was won by Christian. From there, Storm

38528-418: The next night on Raw by defeating the Dudley Boyz with help from Morley again. At No Way Out on February 23, Storm and Regal defeated Kane and Rob Van Dam to retain the titles. On the March 24 episode of Raw , Morley announced that since the belts had not been defended in 30 days due to Regal's legitimate health problems, the duo would be stripped of the title. Morley immediately named himself and Lance Storm

38752-406: The next night. Benoit and Jericho won the match, in which Triple H legitimately tore his quadriceps, spending the rest of the year injured. Benoit and Jericho each became a WWF Tag Team Champion for the first time. The team defended their title in the first fatal four-way Tables, Ladders and Chairs match on the May 24 episode of SmackDown! , where Benoit sustained a year-long injury after missing

38976-409: The older established The Millionaire's Club , which included his on-screen and real life off-camera nemesis Ric Flair. Douglas faced Flair for the first time on that same night in a match, which Douglas lost by disqualification. At Spring Stampede , Douglas was paired with Buff Bagwell in a four-team tournament for the vacated World Tag Team Championship , where they defeated Harlem Heat 2000 in

39200-654: The process. He offered to become their manager, which they accepted. During the promo when he offered his services, he spoke his true feelings on World Wrestling Entertainment's revival of Extreme Championship Wrestling , admonishing Vince McMahon for "exploiting the memory" of the company he helped build nearly 15 years earlier. After becoming their mentor, pre-recorded videos showed Douglas training The Naturals have been shown on TNA programming, though he doesn't stand at ringside during their matches like most other managers. Once they were deemed ready for competition, Douglas billed them as "The Newly Franchised Naturals". On

39424-484: The promotion held its final event on March 8, 2003, in his hometown of Pittsburgh . Following the closure of XPW, Martin signed with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in June 2003. Under his Shane Douglas ring name, he debuted in TNA on the company's weekly pay-per-view on June 11, where he immediately reignited his feud with Raven by costing him an opportunity for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship . The two ended up joining separate factions as Douglas became

39648-416: The remainder of the year. In the fall of 1996, Douglas reformed the Triple Threat with new members Chris Candido and Brian Lee . Douglas and Francine entered a feud with Tommy Dreamer and Beulah McGillicutty , which culminated in a series of matches between the two pairs throughout late 1996 and early 1997. Triple Threat feuded with Douglas' enemies Tommy Dreamer and The Pitbulls throughout

39872-546: The ring trophy items from his defeated opponents, such as Guerrera's mask, Prince Iaukea 's Hawaiian dress, and a headband from Disco Inferno . Jericho then began a long feud with Dean Malenko , in which Jericho repeatedly claimed he was a better wrestler than Malenko, but refused to wrestle him. Because of his mastery of technical wrestling, Malenko was known as "The Man of 1,000 Holds", so Jericho claimed to be "The Man of 1,004 Holds"; Jericho mentions in his autobiography that this line originated from an IWA interview he saw as

40096-417: The ring crew for the first tour of the newly opened Keystone Wrestling Alliance promotion, where he learned important pointers from independent wrestlers Catfish Charlie and Caveman Broda. He attended Red River College in Winnipeg, graduating in 1990 with a diploma in Creative Communications. At the age of 19, he entered the Hart Brothers School of Wrestling, where he met Lance Storm on his first day. He

40320-465: The ring. He would usually present a "Report Card" in which he would degrade the performances of heroic wrestlers after their matches. Douglas began a rivalry with Razor Ramon after grading him "MF" for miserable failure after Razor's loss to Shawn Michaels at SummerSlam . Douglas made his in-ring return to WWF on the September 9 episode of Superstars , where he defeated 1-2-3 Kid by disqualification after Razor attacked Douglas. This resulted in

40544-406: The ring. Jericho then had a short feud with Juventud Guerrera in which Guerrera repeatedly requested a shot at Jericho's Cruiserweight Championship, but Jericho constantly rebuffed him. The feud culminated in a title versus mask match at SuperBrawl VIII . Guerrera lost the match and was forced to remove his mask. Following this match, Jericho began his ongoing gimmick of collecting and wearing to

40768-480: The same time, renaming them as Canadian, 100 kg and Under Championship, and Saskatchewan Hardcore International Title. When WCW closed, his contract was bought by World Wrestling Federation (WWF), being involved in The Invasion storyline. He kept wrestling with WWF (later WWE) until 2005, when he left. Since then, Storm focused on the independent circuit as well as his training school, the Storm Wrestling Academy, in Calgary, Alberta , Canada. Lance Timothy Evers

40992-462: The semi-finals and the makeshift team of Ric Flair and Lex Luger in the finals, after Brian Adams and Bryan Clark delivered a High Times . Douglas resumed his feud with Flair, which culminated in a match between the two at Slamboree , which Douglas won, with the help of Flair's son David Flair in disguise of a masked man. On the May 15 episode of Nitro , Douglas defended the tag title alongside The Wall, who substituted for Buff Bagwell in

41216-402: The tag titles, Douglas began a rivalry with the World Television Champion Paul Orndorff , where he came up short against Orndorff in two respective matches in the Computer Contenders Challenge on the May 1 episode of Worldwide and the May 8 episode of Power Hour , before departing the company for Eastern Championship Wrestling (ECW). Douglas had been scheduled to team with Steamboat in

41440-462: The title at Heat Wave but lost by disqualification. Douglas received another shot on the August 14 episode of Hardcore TV , but lost. Shortly after, Sabu won the title but Douglas remained in the title picture. At Hardcore Heaven , Douglas defeated Sabu and Funk in a three-way dance to win the title for the third time. In September 1997, Douglas retained the title against Tommy Dreamer at Terry Funk's WrestleFest and against Phil Lafon in

41664-404: The title to Sabu later that night. "In the tradition of Lou Thesz , in the tradition of Jack Brisco of the Brisco Brothers, of Dory Funk Jr. , of Terry Funk-- the man who will never die. As the real Nature Boy Buddy Rogers , upstairs tonight. From the Harley Races , to the Barry Windhams , to the (Douglas grimaces in a look of disgust) Ric Flairs , I accept this heavyweight title. Wait

41888-416: The title to Benoit four days later on Raw is War . Jericho's feud with Triple H ended at Fully Loaded on July 23, when they competed in a Last Man Standing match . Jericho lost the match to Triple H only by one second, despite the repeated assistance Triple H's wife, Stephanie , provided him in the match. At the Royal Rumble on January 21, 2001, Jericho defeated Chris Benoit in a ladder match to win

42112-441: The title. Jericho ended up defeating Malenko at The Great American Bash to win the vacant title after Malenko was disqualified after hitting Jericho with a chair. The next night, Malenko was suspended for his actions. At Bash at the Beach , the recently returned Rey Mysterio Jr. (who had recovered from his knee injury) defeated Jericho in a No Disqualification match after the still-suspended Malenko interfered. Jericho regained

42336-419: The titles. On the September 9 edition of Raw , Storm and Christian defeated Kane and Bradshaw when Regal hit Bradshaw with a pair of brass knuckles and joined the group. At Unforgiven on September 22, The Un-Americans (Storm, Christian, Regal, and Test) faced Kane, Goldust, Booker T, and Bubba Ray Dudley in a losing effort. Storm and Christian lost the WWE Tag Team Championship to Kane and The Hurricane on

42560-467: The torch" ceremony. Jericho revealed his intentions to reclaim the WWE Championship in order to "save" WWE fans from Orton. On the November 26 episode of Raw, Jericho defeated Santino Marella and debuted a new finishing move called the Codebreaker . At Armageddon on December 16, he competed in a WWE Championship match against Orton, defeating him by disqualification when SmackDown!' s color commentator John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL) interfered in

42784-447: The two. After the angle was dropped, Douglas remained completely unseen on TNA programming. On October 10, 2007, TNA announced that Douglas was released from his TNA contract. On the May 28, 2009, episode of Impact! , Douglas returned to TNA and attacked Christopher Daniels after his match with A.J. Styles . The following week on Impact! , Douglas again attacked Daniels during his match before subsequently stating that he wanted

43008-408: The vacant World Heavyweight Championship. Jericho began the match with Benoit and eliminated Edge, but was eliminated by Batista. Triple H went on to win. At WrestleMania 21 on April 3, Jericho participated in the first ever Money in the Bank ladder match . Jericho suggested the match concept, and he competed in the match against Shelton Benjamin, Chris Benoit, Kane, Christian, and Edge. Jericho lost

43232-411: The vacated NWA World Tag Team Championship , where they lost to Christopher Daniels and Low Ki on March 24. The following week, Douglas and Shane participated in a four-way tag team match to receive a shot at the tag team titles, but came up short. On May 5, Shane turned on Douglas and the two squared off in a match, which Douglas won. After the match, Traci joined Shane to abandon Douglas. When

43456-427: The victory after he was eliminated in their Winner Take All matchup by once again attacking The Rock. Despite this, Team WWF won the match. At Vengeance on December 9, Jericho defeated both The Rock for the World Championship (formerly the WCW Championship) and Stone Cold Steve Austin for his first WWF Championship on the same night to become the first wrestler to hold both championships at the same time, which made him

43680-438: The win. However, it turned out to be a ruse when she aided Sandman in defeating Douglas for the title at Hostile City Showdown . Douglas' lengthy reign ended at 385 days , which is the second longest reign in the title history. After failing to regain the title, Douglas began a rivalry with Cactus Jack , as each man wanted to capture the title from Sandman and saw the other as competition. During this time, Douglas went on

43904-461: The winning team would be the general manager of Raw over the next four weeks. Jericho's team won, and took turns as general manager. During Jericho's turn as general manager, the World Heavyweight Championship was vacated because a Triple Threat match for the title a week earlier ended in a draw. At New Year's Revolution on January 9, 2005, Jericho competed in the Elimination Chamber against Triple H, Chris Benoit, Batista, Randy Orton, and Edge for

44128-631: The winter of 1992, Jericho traveled to Mexico and competed under the name Leon D'Oro ("Golden Lion", a name that fans voted on for him between " He-Man ", "Chris Power", and his preferred choice "Leon D'Oro"), and later Corazón de León ("Lion Heart"), where he initially wrestled for several small wrestling companies in Nuevo León . In March 1993, Jericho appeared with the Universal Wrestling Association . In April 1993, Jericho began competing in Mexico's oldest promotion, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). In CMLL, Jericho took on Silver King , Negro Casas , and Último Dragón en route to an 11-month reign as

44352-404: The year with successful title defenses of the World Heavyweight Championship against Tully Blanchard and Marty Jannetty . He then entered a feud with The Sandman during a match at Three Way Dance , where Sandman's valet , Woman , seemed to have aligned herself with Douglas by helping him in retaining the title against Sandman by handing him Sandman's Singapore cane to attack him and get

44576-510: The years, including the 2011 season of Dancing With the Stars . He hosted the ABC game show Downfall , the 2011 edition of the Revolver Golden Gods Awards , and the UK's Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards in 2012 and 2017. Christopher Keith Irvine was born in Manhasset, New York on November 9, 1970, the son of a Canadian couple. He is of Scottish descent from his father's side and Ukrainian descent from his mother's side. His father, ice hockey player Ted Irvine , had been playing for

44800-420: Was at Madison Square Garden where he was diagnosed with a severe muscle spasm in his back that if agitated could have paralyzed him. Despite doctors telling Vince McMahon it was a legitimate injury, Vince became angry at the news and tried to intimidate Shane into denying it, and was explicitly told by Vince McMahon to leave the company on January 1, 1996. However, Vince made him go out that evening and deliver

45024-409: Was awarded the Slammy Award for 2008 Superstar of the Year award. Six days later, he lost his rematch with John Cena for the World Heavyweight Championship at Armageddon on December 14. At the Royal Rumble on January 25, 2009, Jericho participated in the Royal Rumble match, but he was eliminated by the Undertaker. On February 15 at No Way Out , he competed in an Elimination Chamber match for

45248-401: Was booed by the crowd for two visibly "weak" chair shots to Van Dam. At Heat Wave , Storm faced Taz for the ECW World Television Championship but failed to win the title. At November to Remember in November 1997, Storm and Chris Candido defeated Tommy Rogers and Jerry Lynn . The following month, at Better Than Ever , Storm and Candido won the ECW World Tag Team Championship from

45472-489: Was born in Sarnia , Ontario, Canada, on April 3, 1969. Evers graduated from West Ferris Secondary School in North Bay, Ontario , and attended Wilfrid Laurier University School of Business and Economics in Waterloo , playing volleyball throughout. Lance Storm was trained by Ed Langley and Brad Young of the Hart Brothers Wrestling Camp at the Silver Dollar Action Centre in Calgary , where he became friends with fellow student Chris Jericho . Jericho has stated that despite

45696-483: Was briefly involved in a storyline in which Stone Cold Steve Austin , an authority figure, encouraged the fans to chant "boring" during Storm's matches including one with Storm losing to newcomer Garrison Cade on the June 16 episode of Raw thanks to Austin bringing out a pillow and blanket and snoring loudly into the microphone, and other distracting antics. Storm eventually found help from Goldust who helped improve Storm's charisma , which eventually turned Storm into

45920-454: Was defeated by Hero in a one-on-one grudge match. Following the match, Storm cut an emotional promo, and later announced his belief that this would be his last match, saying "I shared this match with people who share my love and respect for this business, and I am now home being Lance Evers with the family I will share the rest of my life with. I still have my school, and I will always be a part of this business, but I truly believe I am now done as

46144-469: Was defeated in a steel cage match. Shane Douglas Troy Allan Martin (born November 21, 1964) is an American professional wrestler , manager , and promoter , better known by his ring name Shane Douglas . He is best known for his tenures in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), Xtreme Pro Wrestling (XPW), and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). Martin held

46368-549: Was driving the car. One of the interrogates was Lance Storm , who admitted that he was the assailant. Austin forced Storm into a match with Goldberg, who defeated Storm. After the match, Goldberg forced Storm to admit that Jericho was the superstar who conspired Storm into running him over. On the May 26 episode of Raw , Goldberg was once again a guest on the Highlight Reel . Jericho expressed jealousy towards Goldberg's success in WCW and felt that since joining WWE, he had achieved everything he had ever wanted in his career and all that

46592-439: Was during this time that he drew the attention of World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Jericho debuted for WCW on August 20, 1996, by defeating Mr. JL , which aired on the August 31 episode of Saturday Night . Jericho's televised debut in WCW occurred on the August 26 episode of Monday Nitro against Alex Wright in a match which ended in a no contest. He made his pay-per-view debut on September 15 against Chris Benoit in

46816-438: Was finally convinced and he apologized to Michaels for not believing him, Michaels then admitted to Jericho that he had faked his injury and he attacked Jericho with Sweet Chin Music. After losing to Michaels at Judgment Day on May 18, Jericho initiated a handshake after the match. On the June 9 episode of Raw , Jericho hosted his talk show segment, The Highlight Reel , interviewing Michaels. Jericho pointed out that Michaels

47040-486: Was fueled by Goldberg's refusal to fight Jericho in WCW. During Jericho's first episode of the Highlight Reel , an interview segment, where Goldberg was the guest, he complained that no one wanted Goldberg in WWE and continued to insult him in the following weeks. On the May 12 episode of Raw , a mystery assailant attempted to run over Goldberg with a limousine . A week later, Co-Raw General Manager, Stone Cold Steve Austin , interrogated several Raw superstars to find out who

47264-756: Was going to be "Jack Action" however, someone remarked to him that the name was stupid, they then asked him what his name really was, he then got nervous and said "Chris Jericho". He took the name Jericho from an album, Walls of Jericho , by German power metal band, Helloween . Jericho and Storm worked for Tony Condello in the tours of Northern Manitoba with Adam Copeland (Edge), Jason Reso (Christian) and Terry Gerin (Rhino). The pair also wrestled in Calgary's Canadian National Wrestling Alliance (CNWA) and Canadian Rocky Mountain Wrestling (CRMW). In 1991, Jericho and Storm started touring in Japan for Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling as Sudden Impact, where he befriended Ricky Fuji , who also trained under Stu Hart . In

47488-460: Was injured in the match and was sidelined for nearly two months, making his return to action on January 30, 1998. At Hostile City Showdown , Bigelow rejoined Triple Threat by turning on his partner Taz during a match against Triple Threat. Bigelow's return lead to Lance Storm being kicked out of the group, which began a feud between Storm and the Triple Threat. At Living Dangerously , Douglas and Chris Candido faced Storm and his mystery partner, who

47712-427: Was inspired by Black Rain and The Jewel of the Nile film star Michael Douglas , who at the time had just appeared in the 1987 film Wall Street ). Douglas defeated Gilbert for the UWF Television Championship on August 3, 1987, but did not rise above mid-card status. Douglas lost the title on September 2 to Terry Taylor . In 1988, Douglas signed with the promotion World Championship Wrestling (WCW), then

47936-402: Was joined by Tracy as his new valet after his match against Sandman on November 5 and Michael Shane was introduced as Douglas' protege and the trio formed their new group called "The New Franchise" on November 26. Douglas took him under his wing throughout the end of 2003 and beginning of 2004, as the two joined the company's tag team division. The duo were entered into a tournament for

48160-503: Was left was to defeat Goldberg and challenged him to a match. At Bad Blood on June 15, Goldberg settled the score with Jericho and defeated him. On the October 27 episode of Raw , Jericho won his sixth WWE Intercontinental Championship when he defeated Rob Van Dam . He lost the title back to Van Dam immediately after in a steel cage match. Later in 2003, Jericho started a romance with Trish Stratus while his tag team partner Christian began one with Lita . This, however, turned out to be

48384-420: Was managing The Midnight Express ( Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane ) at the time, decided to manage the duo to help them get over . When Eaton and Lane in storyline did not approve, they forced a match between the two teams with Cornette remaining neutral at ringside. He ended up turning on Douglas and Ace and the teams feuded for a couple of months. Cornette's turn was to have established The Dynamic Dudes as

48608-448: Was offered to join the Saba University School of Medicine but declined in order to continue wrestling. Martin was trained by Dominic DeNucci in the Pittsburgh suburb of Freedom, Pennsylvania , alongside Mick Foley in the mid-1980s. He had been wrestling professionally to earn money since 1982. When he started, he used the character of Troy Orndorff, the fictional nephew of Paul Orndorff . In 1986, he wrestled Randy Savage at

48832-440: Was on the December 9 episode of Superstars , where he defeated enhancement talent Tony Williams. His last appearance on WWF television was at In Your House 5 , when he was booked to wrestle Ahmed Johnson . According to the storyline , his back was not in wrestling condition, so he introduced Buddy Landel as his substitute, who was subsequently defeated by Johnson in just forty-two seconds . His very last day working in WWF

49056-447: Was randomly paired with Razor, Owen Hart and Yokozuna against Shawn Michaels, Ahmed Johnson , British Bulldog and Sycho Sid in a Wildcard Survivor Series match at Survivor Series . Douglas was eliminated by Michaels after Razor attacked him. His team went on to lose the match. Douglas failed to recapture the Intercontinental Championship from Razor Ramon on the December 4 episode of Monday Night Raw . His last televised match

49280-479: Was returning to WWE to work as a producer. On the February 7, 2020 episode of SmackDown he appeared in a prerecorded video shown during "The Dirt Sheet". Storm was suspended from the company on April 15, 2020, due to COVID-19 cutbacks. In February 2022, it was announced that Storm would be returning to Impact Wrestling as a producer. Storm writes a monthly column for British wrestling and MMA publication Fighting Spirit magazine . Since 2005, Lance has been

49504-434: Was revealed to be Al Snow . Snow pinned Douglas following a Snow Plow . This earned Snow a title shot against Douglas for the world title at Wrestlepalooza , where Douglas retained the title. Douglas suffered an injury which prevented him from competing for a couple of months but he continued to appear on television, during which Triple Threat began feuding with Taz, Rob Van Dam and Sabu . The two teams squared off in

49728-487: Was so poorly received that the gimmick was dropped instantly. Jericho botched several moves in the match and complained he had difficulty seeing through the mask. The following six months, Jericho worked for New Japan unmasked, before being called back by WCW. On September 23, 1998, Jericho made a one-night-only return to NJPW at that years Big Wednesday show, teaming with Black Tiger against IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Shinjiro Otani and Tatsuhito Takaiwa in

49952-406: Was still cheered by the fans despite Michaels's deceit and attack on Jericho during the previous months, whereas Jericho was booed when he tried to do the right thing. Jericho then assaulted Michaels with a low blow and sent Michaels through the "Jeritron 6000" television, damaging the eye of Michaels, and turning heel in the process. This began what was named by both Pro Wrestling Illustrated and

50176-498: Was trained by Ed Langley and local Calgary wrestler Brad Young. Two months after completing training, he was ready to start wrestling on independent shows, making his debut at the Moose Hall in Ponoka, Alberta , as "Cowboy" Chris Jericho, on October 2, 1990, in a ten-minute time limit draw against Storm. The pair then worked as a tag team , initially called Sudden Impact. According to a February 2019 interview with Rich Eisen on The Rich Eisen Show, Jericho stated that his initial name

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