Chris Jericho

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Does Chris Jericho smoke?: Yes.Does Chris Jericho drink alcohol: Yes.Chris Jerichos first stint with the squared ring came not as a wrestler but as a ring crew member with the independent wrestling platform- Keystone Wrestling Alliance.Despite being born in the United States, Jericho is still billed as a Canadian wrestler. Notably, Ted Irvine, Jerichos father, was an Ice-Hockey player who played for the New York Rangers. However, shortly after his birth, the old man retired and moved his family back to Canada, where Jericho was raised. Thus, Canada is Y2Js home-country and not his birthplace.After spending a brief period as a ring crew, Jericho joined the Hart brothers school of wrestling at the age of 19. There, he met wrestler Lance Amstrong and the two extensively traveled across the globe, becoming part of many independent promotions in countries like Japan, Germany, Mexico, etc.In 1995, Jericho signed with Paul Heymans Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and ended up becoming the ECW Television Champion, twice. During this time, he caught the attention of his next employer, the now defunct WCW.After having spent 2 years with the WCW, the wrestler then joined the WWE in 1999 and since then has been a part of the promotion, though making sporadic appearances in the latter part of his career.The above-mentioned sporadic appearances have partly happened because of his musical career. Jericho is the lead singer of the rock band- Fozzy and has to travel for live concerts/recordings every now and then. Notably, as of January 2017, Fozzy has six music albums and one live album to its name.Quite ironically, the lead singer was evicted from the singing reality show, Celebrity Duets (2006), in the very first episode itself. For those who do not know anything about the show, Celebrity Duets was a reality show, wherein accomplished singers were teamed up with not-so-popular/amateur singers to perform duets. Each week a team was eliminated until a winner was crowned.He participated in yet another reality show in 2012, this time, however, it was the popular dance reality show, Dancing With The Stars. There, Jericho was paired up with dancer, Cheryl Burke, who had been crowned the winner twice out of the 3 seasons she had participated in. Jericho was, quite expectedly, evicted in the 5th episode, thus ending up in the 7th position among a total of 11 teams.