WWE SmackDown/ECW Live in Manila tour: Results of house show at Araneta Coliseum, Philippines

Jul 11 2009 Published by Joey Alarilla under Uncategorized

I really wish I could have gone to the Araneta Coliseum last night to watch the Superstars and Divas of World Wrestling Entertainment’s SmackDown and ECW brands.

Anyway, like me, a lot of the people in last night’s crowd seem to be big Chris Jericho fans, based on this account from reader Ramon Miguel Cervantes at ProWrestling.net.

Here’s an excerpt from his ProWrestling.net report.

Jericho came out to a great pop. Seriously, there were so many fans that love him here. I brought a sign that said “SD! is Jericho” and he smirked when he saw it. There were Y2J chants that were very loud. He tried to cut a heel promo (the same “You can _____ all you want because you’re all hypocrites, I’m the best in the world at what I do, I guarantee you won’t see the 619 and I will unmask him” stuff) but we were still cheering for him. A lot of signs that read, “Hypocrite,” with an arrow pointing to themselves were in the arena. You could see it in his face, he was genuinely surprised to be so over. Rey got a nice response too. He said hi to a few masked fans. Steamboat was well respected as well.

Read the full story for the complete results.

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WWE pro wrestler Chris Jericho tweets visit to Philippines for SmackDown/ECW tour

Jul 10 2009 Published by Joey Alarilla under Uncategorized

I won’t be able to watch the show tonight at the Araneta Coliseum, but here’s an excerpt from my CNET Asia blog post.

Professional wrestler Chris Jericho has been posting Twitter updates on his Philippine visit for World Wrestling Entertainment’s SmackDown/ECW Live house show that will be held tonight at the Araneta Coliseum.

Jericho, who is @IAmJericho on Twitter, arrived in the Philippines yesterday from Japan, where they also held shows as part of the SmackDown/ECW Live tour in Asia. The Philippine visit was made possible in partnership with Jack TV, the cable channel that airs WWE programming in the country.

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WWE pro wrestler Chris Jericho assaulted by fans

Feb 09 2009 Published by Joey Alarilla under Uncategorized

UPDATE: Posted additional video clips.

I guess some fans can’t distinguish between Chris Jericho the real person (Christopher Keith Irvine in real life) and Chris Jericho the heel character.

Found out about this from Kevin Eck’s Ring Posts wrestling blog for the Baltimore Sun.  Jericho was assaulted by some fans outside the arena after a house show in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Warning: this YouTube video is not suitable for minors as it contains some foul language.

Here’s a link to the TMZ.com blog entry and video and the official statement WWE reportedly gave to TMZ.

Here are some more clips.

I know Jericho is a great actor when it comes to portraying a heel character that fans love to hate, but that’s just part of the wrestling storyline, people. Don’t confuse it with real life.

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