Laurel and Hardy.
Abbott and Costello. Morecambe and Wise. Ant and Dec. The world of entertainment is rife with great double acts. Two partners, individual identities, and just a smidgeon of playful tension between the two can create a compelling fun dynamic that is a joy to behold.
Phil Austin explains why in the world of sports entertainment, Kevin Owens and Chris Jericho have taken up this mantle.
Back in September’s issue of Total Wrestling Magazine we looked at Kevin Owens and discussed why his rise to the top of WWE has been as unconventional as his look, but what of his best friend Chris Jericho? Is there a reason these two are friends? How has Jericho got to this point in his career? And more importantly is this his best run in WWE yet?
By all rights, Jericho should have grown up a great ice hockey player. As the son of New York Rangers star Ted Irvine, the athletic Jericho would have been presumed to naturally follow in his father’s footsteps (or skate tracks). But at a very young age, Jericho began watching a different breed of athlete, professional wrestlers such as Ricky Steamboat, Shawn Michaels, and Owen Hart.
Enamoured by these high fliers, Jericho enrolled in the Hart Brothers wrestling school, where he met lifelong friend Lance Storm, and he was soon learning the skills that would start him on a career that took him around the world, and a career that would have many different paths for him to travel down.
After touring Canada, it was only a year into his career that Jericho (and Storm alongside him) found himself in Japan for the Fronter Martials Arts Wrestling organisation (yes, the same one with Atsushi Onita and all of those crazy exploding barbed wire death matches). He and Storm would return to Japan in 1994 to work for Genichiro Tenryu’s wonderfully titled Wrestling and Romance promotion.
この記事は Total Wrestling Magazine の January 2017 版に掲載されています。
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この記事は Total Wrestling Magazine の January 2017 版に掲載されています。
7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、9,000 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。
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Bea Priestley
Bea Priestley is bright and cheerful even at 9am on a Monday morning. A long way from what fans expect from her. To them she is a hard nosed bad girl, but on the other end of a Skype call is a very confident young woman who is keen to talk to James Truepenny about her past, her influences and her immediate future.
Orton V Wyatt
Randy Orton has been one of the faces of WWE since 2004. An enormous star for the entirety of the 2000s and beyond, he has faded into mediocrity over the last two years. A main event program, and a layered story involving Bray Wyatt, has ‘The Viper’ regaining the attention of the WWE Universe. Join Erik Beaston as he investigates Orton’s resurgence, how his current storyline helps him and how it all benefits wrestling’s hottest brand, SmackDown Live.
Jeff Jarrett
In 2002, Jeff Jarrett founded Total Non-Stop Action Wrestling and after being with the company for nearly 11 years left in 2013.
Female Focus Lana Austin
While WWE are having their women’s wrestling resurgence across the pond the UK scene is also seeing a batch of very talented female performers coming through with names such as Nixon Newell, Kay Lee Ray and Viper impressing across the length and breadth of the British isles. One performer whose name should also be mentioned in the same breath as those competitors is Lana Austin.
On the Spot With: Bayley
On the Spot With: Bayley
Thy Kingdom Come New Japan Pro Wrestling in the Tokyo Dome
This coming January 4, “Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada of Chaos will make his second defence of his current IWGP title reign against Kenny Omega of Bullet Club’s Elite in the main event of Wrestle Kingdom 11 at the Tokyo Dome. James Truepenny looks back at what has made that day so special, and why New Japan in The Egg Dome has become synonymous with great matches and big money feuds.
Examining The Face That Runs The Place John Cena
Another classic encounter on his resume, this one a five-star match against AJ Styles at the Royal Rumble, John Cena once again reigns atop the sports-entertainment mountain.
Heidi Katrina
Heidi Katrina is a thoroughly modern wrestler, but her mind set is decidedly old school. James Truepenny caught up with her between Dojo sessions for REINA two continents away from home.
Alexis Rose
Alexis Rose is a name you are going to hear a lot more of in 2017.
Cody Rhodes
Since leaving WWE, Cody Rhodes has been a man who’s in hot demand.
