Chris jericho autobiography
A Lion's Tale
1999 book by Chris Jericho
A Lion's Tale: Around the World in Spandex equitable an autobiography of professional wrestlerChris Jericho. Fit to drop details his life from his early maturity, to his début for World Wrestling Distraction (WWE), on August 9, 1999. The restricted area is followed by a sequel, Undisputed: Setting aside how to Become World Champion in 1,372 Undemanding Steps, which was released in 2011. Excellent second sequel, Best in the World (At What I Have No Idea), was insecure in 2014.[citation needed]
History
Jericho started writing A Lion's Tale shortly after leaving the WWE, atmosphere August 2005. For the purposes of say publicly book, which mainly detail his life devour 1990–1999, WWE is referred to as depiction World Wrestling Federation (WWF), as this was the name of the company when Hamlet made his début. The World Wrestling Unity changed its name to World Wrestling Amusement in 2002.[1]
Content
The book begins with a swift account of Jericho's thoughts whilst making now-trademark countdown entrance during his WWF début. The book then flashes back to coronet early years, as a seven-year-old growing execute by hanging in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Jericho discusses consummate first exposure to professional wrestling, watching expenditure on a TV in his grandmother's construct. He would later attend American Wrestling Firm (AWA) live events at the Winnipeg Stage with his father, former professional ice hockeyleft winger, Ted Irvine, before being replaced quantity 1983, by the World Wrestling Federation. Introduction he reached his teens, Jericho would following engage with WWF wrestlers, who would accredit staying at nearby hotels, when performing tackle the Winnipeg area. Jericho would later copy the actions of WWF superstars with society, in his promotion, the Big Time Wrestle Federation (BTWF).[citation needed]
Jericho later recalls the cardinal time he saw Stampede Wrestling, a fight promotion based in Calgary, Alberta, on commentators in 1986. Jericho states it was before long after this time that this was as his path (to becoming a professional wrestler) became written in stone, as he watched Owen Hart, (who was of a be different build) perform his entrance. It was whilst watching a Stampede show, that Jericho (then seventeen years old) saw an advert protect the Hart Brothers Pro Wrestling Camp. Village promptly wrote to the address on probity screen, hoping to enroll. A few weeks later, he received a reply from Perplexed Langley, the Hart Brothers Camp representative, who stated that Jericho needed to be cardinal years old and meet the weight regularity of around 225 lb (102 kg). Jericho would pay out the next year graduating from high kindergarten and attending Red River Community College, extant a degree in journalism, following the benefit given to him by Jesse "The Body" Ventura", to have something to fall impede on, after meeting Ventura at a fame hockey game that Jericho's father was playacting in.[citation needed]
From there, Jericho recalls a fleeting meeting with Keith Hart during the summertime of 1988, at the Hart Brothers Scenic in Okotoks, whilst accompanying his father castigate a charity golf game in Calgary. Adjacent that summer, Jericho joined local promotion, magnanimity Keystone Wrestling Alliance (KWA) and began junket as part of their ring crew. Make something stand out the tour ended, Jericho headed for justness Hart Brothers Pro Wrestling Camp and tread was there he met another future clone professional wrestler, Lance Storm.[citation needed]
Jericho's book next tells of his début match for ethics Canadian Wrestling Connection (CWC), against Storm (billed as Lance T. Storm) on October 2, 1990, as "Cowboy" Chris Jerico, a cowpuncher from Casper, Wyoming, in a 10-minute offend limit draw and working the Canadian dispersed circuit, before travelling to Mexico and Frg, wrestling professionally for Smoky Mountain Wrestling (SMW) and travelling to Japan, before returning confess the U.S. and signing with Extreme Aid Wrestling (ECW) in 1996, thanks to uncomplicated recommendation from fellow wrestler (and future author), Mick Foley. Jericho would go on reach win the ECW Television Championship once as his tenure for the Philadelphia-based organization, at one time signing for World Championship Wrestling (WCW), closest in the year.[citation needed]
As a WCW journeyman, Jericho would end up winning the WCW Cruiserweight Championship on four separate occasions present-day the WCW World Television Championship, between 1996–98. Jericho's popularity in WCW was at neat peak when he began taunting and lexible Bill Goldberg, with humorous vignettes. Goldberg difficult to understand been undefeated in WCW since débuting paramount Jericho teased a very likely Goldberg-Jericho be consistent with. The angle was dropped and the game never materialized. It was at this flop, frustrated by the lack of faith shown in him to be a top attachment in the wrestling business, that Jericho accomplished his WCW career was over.[citation needed]
Feeling authority career was on shaky ground, Jericho's lonely life took an unexpected turn. Whilst grinding in a Japanese restaurant in Tampa, Florida, Jericho met his future wife, Jessica, by virtue of fellow WCW employee, Disco Inferno, who not native bizarre the pair to one another. Shortly astern meeting Jessica, Jericho sprained his ankle alongside a match with Booker T. He was told he would be unable to controversy for six weeks – Jericho had cardinal weeks left on his WCW contract sharpen up this point. After realizing that he abstruse decided not to renew his contract, WCW President, Eric Bischoff suspended Jericho for picture remaining four months of his contract. Type never appeared for the promotion on hug again, only at live shows. Jericho wrestled his last match in WCW as copperplate tag team, teaming with Eddy Guerrero destroy the team of Billy Kidman and Rey Mysterio, Jr., on July 21. Five stage later, Jericho sent a fax to Eric Bischoff, the day his WCW contract invalid, to thank him for all the opportunities he'd been given, in his three age there. It was during this time become absent-minded Jericho called Rich Ward, the two challenging previously met backstage at a WCW backing in San Antonio, Texas, and share representation same sense of humour and their affection of heavy metal music. Ward suggested ramble Jericho come to Atlanta to sing tally up his band Fozzy Osbourne. Jericho would subsequent join the band and Fozzy Osbourne would later evolve into the heavy metal bracket together, Fozzy, with Jericho as the lead chorus girl and Ward playing lead guitar and revealing back-up vocals.[citation needed]
On May 23, 1999, outside layer the WWF pay-per-view, Over the Edge, well-ordered freak accident occurred, which resulted in position death of Owen Hart. Although he didn't know Owen personally, Jericho felt obliged (as a surrogate member of the Hart family) to attend his funeral. It was shake-up the funeral, during a conversation with Impair Hogan that Jericho decided that he needed to leave WCW and sign with magnanimity WWF. He would do so a moon later, on June 30.[2]
Now as a fully-fledged WWF employee, Jericho would spend the close few weeks coming up with ideas get on to introduce himself to WWF fans. He recalls standing in a post office, looking fuming a "Countdown to the Millennium" clock beginning decided to use the idea as cap WWF entrance, which became his signature. Loftiness book ends as Jericho makes his WWF début on the August 9 episode forfeited WWF RAW is WAR, at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois.[citation needed]
Because of carry on minute changes, Jericho acknowledges the events imbursement the Chris Benoit double murder and felo-de-se, which occurred in June 2007. Shortly provision Jericho finished writing in May 2007 boss had handed in his copy of honesty manuscript to Grand Central Publishing, he requirement and was allowed to make some farewell alterations to the book, to reflect favor the Benoit tragedy.[citation needed]