10 Wrestling Feuds That Borrowed From Unlikely Inspirations
5. Chris Jericho Vs Mike Tyson (Chris Jericho Vs Kevin Owens)
The 2020 Mike Tyson/Chris Jericho AEW Dynamite brawl was something of a creative cul-de-sac, not least because it borrowed from two of WWE's greatest segments.
The nods to Stone Cold Steve Austin's iconic interaction with Tyson from January 1998 were evident in every aspect of Jericho's pull-apart with the 'Baddest Man On The Planet' on an episode of Dynamite over 20 years later.
Much like his seat in the skybox for the Royal Rumble 24 hours before the Austin scuffle, 'Iron Mike's cameo during the company's Double Or Nothing pay-per-view just days earlier was scaled down by design in order to save the big angle for the following Wednesday. But what of the segment that preceded it?
An Inner Circle "celebration" was rooted in the comedy and chaos of Jericho and Kevin Owens' Festival Of Friendship, not least because they didn't even have anything to toast. The group had lost Stadium Stampede but were sharing gifts and good times just as Owens and Jericho had before things went south for 'Y2J' just as they did 'LeChampion'. On both occasions, Jericho's party was cut short thanks to violence perpetrated against him.