EP. 378 - Chris Jericho: The Ayatollah of Rock and Wrestling (Fozzy)

Feb 20, 2026

Chris Jericho, legendary wrestler and Fozzy frontman, drops rapid-fire stories from his decades on the road. He recalls Wembley highs, wild locker-room pranks, touring chaos, meeting musical heroes, Japan’s brutal style, and reinventing his personas. Expect backstage antics, crazy tour confessions, and tales of living between rings and arenas.

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ANECDOTE

Singing Into Wrestling At Wembley

Chris Jericho sang Fozzy songs at Wembley twice and then immediately wrestled long matches the same nights.
At All-In he started Judas from a tower, ran across seating, climbed a ladder, grabbed a mic and then had to wrestle Will Ospreay for 50 minutes.

ADVICE

Maximise Short Gaps On Tour

Maximise downtime on tour by planning small productive tasks during four-hour gaps.
Jericho uses short Uber rides to hit gyms, records podcasts between shows, and schedules interviews on travel days to keep momentum.

INSIGHT

How Wrestling's Business Model Changed Touring

Modern wrestling shifted from bus-touring lifeblood to TV and PLE-driven business, changing daily routines.
Jericho contrasts old territory-style bus tours with today's single-show travel model and quicker turnarounds.

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Break The Walls Down! Undisputed wrestling icon, Fozzy vocalist and entertainments busiest man, Chris Jericho, is our guest on Episode 378 of Sappenin’ Podcast! The ayatollah of rock 'n' rolla reflects on untold chapters behind his legendary career, secret backstage antics and explicit tour confessions. In this conversation, Le Champion opens up on the bands unique connection to the United Kingdom, spending the last thirty-five years traveling, why wrestling and music is the perfect match, getting to sing himself out to Wembley Stadium, twice, hilarious insights into some of his most famous moments in WWE, AEW, NJPW and WCW, constantly changing his character, wild locker-room pranks vs insane training initiations, wrestling soulmates, improve games with The Rock, naked segments, internet rumours, befriending his musical heroes in Kiss, Metallica and Gun's 'N' Roses, becoming a certified magician and training Sean to get in the ring for Attack Pro Wrestling. Turn it up and join Sean and Morgan to find out Sappenin' this week!

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