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Chris Jericho Reveals Why He Made a Recent One-Time Appearance on WWE Smackdown Live

August 11, 2017

WWE star Chris Jericho, who made his return to TV on the July 25th edition of Smackdown Live, revealed on his “Talk Is Jericho” podcast that he was not scheduled to return in July, and that his appearance was indeed a one-off.

Jericho added he was in Richmond, VA that day to film his role in the WWE series “Southpaw Regional Wrestling”, and to interview Tyler Breeze and Fandango for his podcast.

Jericho added he ended up getting “roped” into wrestling the Triple Threat Title match on Smackdown, which he and Kevin Owens lost after Styles pinned Y2J.

Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.

Nick attended New York University and graduated in 2001 with a degree in Drama.

Nick first entered the internet wrestling community back in 2004 when he became the co-host of The Voice of Wrestling Radio Show. From there, Nick made the transition from radio personality to editor when he began working with WrestleZone in 2008.

Nick is a member of two Off-Broadway theatre companies, Another Urban Riff, and the Drama Desk Award winning Godlight Theatre Company. Nick has appeared in over a dozen Off-Broadway plays since he moved to New York City, and has shot several short and feature length films. In 2010, he completed principle photography on a film titled "How to Score Your Life," which also features TNA Knockout ODB.

Inspiration in his life has come from many people including his family, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, Jack Nicholson, The Beatles, and of course, Lassie.