Chris Jericho and Mike Tyson nearly took it to the streets.
In May 2020, Mike Tyson showed up in AEW to confront Chris Jericho and The Inner Circle. Tyson was flanked by UFC fighters Rashad Evans, Vitor Belfort, Henry Cejudo, and more.
According to Jericho, he and Tyson were nearly set to come to blows in a cinematic match.
"Mike Tyson and I almost had a cinematic match. We were this close to doing it, Tyson vs. Jericho in a New York Street Fight, but we couldn't make it happen. We really were deep in negotiations too. We were going to do it in New York in an alley, like an alley fight, basically. Think 'They Live' with Tyson and Jericho, that's what I had in mind," Jericho said on the AEW-some podcast.
Jericho and Tyson would eventually end up aligned on AEW television as Tyson returned a year later in April 2021 to help Jericho against The Pinnacle.
Tyson would become an honorary member of The Inner Circle.
Jericho will be on Wednesday's AEW Dynamite as he makes his choice on whether he will join the Don Callis Family.
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