MIKE TYSON has been called out for a wrestling match by Chris Jericho. The WWE veteran, 49, has claimed Iron Mike looks “great” and “fast” ahead of his return to the ring. Tyson has been bombarded with offers since announcing he would be making a comeback 15 years after hanging up his gloves. Tyson has […]
MIKE TYSON has been called out for a wrestling match by Chris Jericho.
The WWE veteran, 49, has claimed Iron Mike looks “great” and “fast” ahead of his return to the ring.
Tyson has been bombarded with offers since announcing he would be making a comeback 15 years after hanging up his gloves.
Tyson has been bombarded with offers since announcing a comeback was on the cards 15 years after his retirement.
The 53-year-old has reportedly rejected a £14million offer to fight Wanderlei Silva in a Bare Knuckle Boxing match.
A rematch against Evander Holyfield looks more likely as talks are underway over a November bout in the Middle East.
Tyson has also vowed to “kick Chris Jericho’s ass” if he makes his return to AEW.
And Jericho has suggested this is the “perfect time” for the heavyweight legend to show off his skills in the wrestling ring.
During an interview with WrestleZone, he said: “I’d like to see it go all the way. Mike has been an enforcer, Mike has thrown a punch that has knocked somebody out – which is me – and Mike’s been involved in this wild and wooly brawl.
“The one thing he has never done is have a match, and I think this is the perfect time for him.
“The aura and mystique of Mike Tyson is back.
“He looks great, you’ve seen his sparring videos, he moves fast, he’s ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson again.”
Tyson has been tipped to a fight a number of big names including Shannon Briggs and even Tyson Fury.
But Jericho has claimed boxing is not the best choice for Tyson.
He added: “Probably one of the worst things you could do is put him in actual boxing match.
“Maybe if it’s somebody in his own era and doing kind of an exhibition and that sort of thing, but we want to keep Mike Tyson’s aura at a maximum which is why AEW is perfect for him.
“We can do whatever whatever storyline we choose and wrestling is all shapes and sizes, we can do whatever we need to do and plug him into any situation that we want to make it. ”
During his time way from boxing in 1998, Iron Mike made his WWE debut at Mania.
He heroically pinned down Shawn Michaels to help Stone Cold Steve Austin win his first title.
And the former Baddest Man on the Planet knocked out Jericho when he returned for a tag-team match in 2010.
Jericho has insisted he is the perfect oppponnent for the WWE Hall of Famer.
He said: “I think there’s no better person for that than Chris Jericho after all these years of doing this who is a kind of ‘Mike Tyson’ of wrestling.
“I’ve never lost my aura or my mystique but you can see that I’m doing some of the best work in my career after doing this for 30 years.
“So it’s a perfect match-up.”
Mike Tyson called out for wrestling match by Chris Jericho as WWE legend claims 53-year-old looks ‘great’ and ‘fast’
