On Wednesday’s “Dynamite,” Tyson made his AEW TV debut just days after helping introduce the TNT championship to the fold, and it didn’t exactly go as he’d hoped. After Tyson arrived alongside some other stars of the combat sports world (Henry Cejudo and and Rashad Evans, to name a few), he kicked off a feud with Chris Jericho — and his AEW shirt.
Tyson, of course, is no stranger to a wrestling ring, with his infamous WWF face-off with “Stone Cold” Steve Austin in the late ’90s sweeping the nation and stealing headlines. Recently, he’s undergone something of a career resurgence, with rumors of a return to the boxing ring running rampant and videos of Tyson shadow boxing hitting the internet over recent months.
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The Jericho-Tyson feud has its history, though, with the two of them facing off on an episode of WWE “RAW” in January 2010. Tyson “knocked out” Jericho on the show, leading to Jericho’s challenge of Tyson on Wednesday night’s show.
Usually in pro wrestling (or sports entertainment, if that’s your thing), celebrity or other sport guests tend to make for cringeworthy television, and this was no exception. While AEW has done more good than bad and they deserve a little bit of faith moving forward with this Jericho-Tyson feud, the stunt got off to a bumpy start.
Some on Twitter felt the same way:
Really, there’s no such thing as bad publicity, so this is all good for Tony Khan and AEW. But let’s hope the next time Tyson is on screen, it yields less cringey results.
Hey, at least it was a quality T-shirt.
