Professional wrestling legend and future WWE Hall of Famer Chris Jericho who is a former six times WWE World Champion and the inaugural AEW World Champion recently talked about his Wizard nickname and revealed how he came up with it.
Chris Jericho is indeed one of the biggest legends in professional wrestling history. He got his big call for the first time in the early 1990s from WCW where he became one of the biggest attractions of the famous Cruiserweight division of the promotion. Seeing his multi talent WWE decided to sign him in 1999.
Chris Jericho Reveals How He Came Up With His Wizard Nickname
His WWE debut is considered as one of the best debut in professional wrestling history. At first he was being treated as a mid card wrestler. In late 2001 he won his first WWE World Championship and he defended it on the main event of WrestleMania X8. In his nearly 2 decade long WWE career he won the WWE World Championship for a total number of 6 times.
In early 2018 he decided to leave WWE forever and in 2019 he joined the newly founded professional wrestling promotion the All Elite Wrestling. He became the inaugural World champion of the promotion. He is still active in the AEW and doing quite good. We hope to see him keep wrestling for a long time.
Chris Jericho who is a former six times WWE World Champion and the inaugural AEW World Champion recently spoke to TSN where he talked about his Wizard nickname and revealed how he came up with it. He said;
“‘The Wizard’ just came up because we wanted to do a fireball and nobody had done a fireball in years, so when I did it, I saw the reaction – once again, read the room – and I just said one day on commentary or on a promo ‘I’m a wizard’ because I threw a fireball. Isn’t that what wizards do? I don’t know, do wizards throw fireballs?
“I think so. They cast spells and s–t, so I figure they can throw fireballs. And people started responding to that. You guys just gotta realize when I put my mind to something, I get it over no matter what. I just love the concept of ‘The Wizard.’ What is it? Nothing! What is it? Everything! This character thinks he’s a wizard.
“He can cast these spells in AEW and is the most popular performer and the best wrestler in the world, so that’s basically a wizard…am I ever gonna come out with a Gandalf hat or a Gandalf gown and have a big staff? It’s like, ‘That’s what you gotta do!’ No, I don’t! If I came out dressed like a wizard, then it becomes completely stupid and not threatening.”