Each NHL team’s most famous superfan
By Cody Rivera
Winnipeg Jets: Chris Jericho
A handful of the great Canadian professional wrestlers hail from Toronto, but one of the greatest of all time is from Winnipeg.
Chris Jericho is one of the all-time great WWE legends. He was the first ever Undisputed Champion in WWE history, beating the both The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin in the same night to accomplish that. He’s held pretty much every championship there is in the WWE. He broke into the business in the mid-90s, and one of the best skills of a professional wrestler is to be a great talker on the microphone. Jericho was one of the best to ever do it.
But his life is also about more than just wrestling; he’s also a rock star. Jericho formed the heavy metal band Fozzy in 1999 and has been the lead singer ever since.
As a child, Jericho grew up around hockey because his father, Ted Irvine, played in the NHL. Jericho was born in Manhasset, New York after his father went there to play for the New York Rangers. But upon Irvine’s retirement, they moved back to Winnipeg, where Jericho spent the rest of his time growing up.
As a Winnipeg kid, Jericho was a fan of the original Winnipeg Jets. After they moved to Phoenix to become the Arizona Coyotes in 1996, Jericho lost interest in hockey for the most part. When he did pay attention, he usually rooted for the Calgary Flames.
But once the Atlanta Thrashers relocated to Winnipeg in 2011 and became the new version of the Jets, Jericho the hockey fan returned.