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AEW star Chris Jericho is playing the lead in an upcoming horror movie entitled Dark Match.
According to Andreas Wiseman of Deadline.com, filming for Dark Match recently wrapped in Edmonton, which is fitting since Jericho is a native of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
The film is written and directed by Lowell Dean, produced by John MacDonald and backed by Dept. 9 Studios.
Joining Jericho in the cast are Ayisha Issa, Steven Ogg, Sara Canning, Michael Eklund and Jonathan Cherry.
Jericho is seemingly a perfect fit for the movie since it puts a horror-related spin on his craft of professional wrestling. Per Wiseman, the plot sees a small wrestling company accept a large payout to put on a show in a backwoods town, however, the wrestlers soon learn that something sinister is at work since the town is run by a cult leader.
The 52-year-old Jericho has previous acting experience, primarily appearing in comedies such as MacGruber, Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! and Jay and Silent Bob Reboot, although he did recently get more involved in the horror genre, appearing in KillRoy Was Here and Terrifier 2 this year.
Jericho has also long been the lead singer of the rock band Fozzy, plus he has been a pro wrestler since 1990.
He is perhaps best known for his runs in WCW from 1996 to 1999 and WWE, where he wrestled on and off from 1999 until 2018.
Jericho shocked the wrestling world by signing with AEW in 2019, and he eventually became the inaugural AEW world champion. Jericho also held the ROH World Championship, and remains one of AEW's top stars.
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Chris Jericho defeated Bryan Danielson, Claudio Castagnoli and Sammy Guevara in a four-way match to retain the Ring of Honor World Championship at AEW Full Gear on Saturday.
Jericho hit a leaping Judas Effect by jumping over Sammy Guevara into Claudio.
The champion then hit another Judas Effect on Claudio for the win.
Jericho added another huge accomplishment to his resume on the Grand Slam episode of Dynamite in September when he beat Claudio to become ROH world champion for the first time. At Full Gear, he faced the greatest challenge of his reign.
In addition to having to face a pair of former ROH world champions in Claudio and Danielson, Jericho also had to contend with a three-time AEW TNT champion in Guevara, although he is a Jericho Appreciation Society member and was meant to serve as backup for the former AEW world champion.
After AEW president Tony Khan agreed to purchase ROH in March, the brand and its titles became part of All Elite Wrestling. That included inheriting incumbent ROH world champion Jonathan Gresham.
One of Gresham's first major matches in ROH came at Death Before Dishonor on July 23, and it was there that he dropped the title to Claudio, who became ROH world champion for the first time.
Just two months after becoming ROH world champion, the Swiss star dropped the title to Jericho at Grand Slam, making the veteran the first wrestler to hold world titles in WWE, AEW and ROH.
Upon becoming ROH champion, the 52-year-old vowed to roll through every former ROH titleholder who stood in his way, and he did precisely that en route to Full Gear.
Most notably, The Ocho beat Danielson on the Oct. 12 episode of Dynamite thanks to help from Daniel Garcia, who pledged his allegiance to the Jericho Appreciation Society rather than turning face and aligning with Danielson as expected.
Additionally, Jericho had successful title defenses against the likes of Bandido, Dalton Castle and Colt Cabana.
Both Claudio and Danielson wanted another shot at Jericho, but rather than choosing one, he agreed to give both a title opportunity if he could add Guevara to the match as well.
The four-way was officially booked for Full Gear, and the plan worked in Jericho's favor, as he was able to vanquish Claudio and Danielson at the same time to retain.
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