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Chris Jericho was interviewed about his angle with Mike Tyson on ESPN.com today.
When asked about the idea of continuing an angle that took place in WWE, when Tyson KO'd Jericho years ago on Monday Night Raw, Jericho responded, "It's a WWE angle? It's a Chris Jericho angle. I was there. I don't just wash away my entire 19-year history with the WWE. That's ludicrous. Anybody criticizing that this was a WWE angle and we brought it over here -- this is my life. It's my story. Tyson knocked out Chris Jericho. He didn't knock out Chris Jericho and The Rock and Hulk Hogan and Triple H and Kurt Angle. He knocked me out. That's my story. It's like if I write a song and it's a huge hit and I released it on Sony records and then I signed with Warner Bros. and rerecorded the song. It's my song."
On pro wrestling using star athletes from other spots for ratings, Jericho commented, "If we hadn't had Mike Tyson on the show last night, you and I wouldn't even be speaking right now. That's the reason why. We were focusing people to know what AEW is, to grow the audience, to grow our fan base. And that's how you do it. It's the same reason how AEW was able to get wrestling fans by bringing Chris Jericho in as the bridge. "Well, Jericho is there, we'll check this out. Oh, we really like this." Now you use Mike Tyson as the bridge. "If Mike Tyson is there, let's check this out. Wow, it's not just Jericho and Tyson." You get to see the whole roster of performers we have here and you realize this company kicks ass. That's why you do it. You do it smartly. You bring in the right person with the right opponent at the right time. There's nobody hotter in the sports world than Mike Tyson."
Jericho also talked about the Stadium Stampede bout and more at this link.
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