Chris Jericho was recently a guest on The Rich Eisen Show. During Jericho’s appearance on the show, he spoke on a wide variety of topics.
One of the most interesting parts was when he shared the origins of his ring name.
Here is what he said (h/t to Wrestling INC for the quotes below):
“I was gonna call myself, ‘Jack Action’. Just – Jack Action. First name: Jack, last name: Action. I thought it was going to make me a million dollars, and then I told somebody that and they’re like, ‘You can’t be Jack Action, that’s stupid.’ And I’m like, ‘Of course it’s stupid! I would never do that.’ ‘What’s your name?’ And I was, like, uh, and I saw the Helloween album and I said, ‘Chris Jericho!’ There ya go. You could be talking to Jack Action if things had gone differently.”
Safe to say that the name Chris Jericho has worked out for him.
On a related note, Jericho shared Vince McMahon’s reaction to using banned words.