WWE ‘failed to reach a deal’ for boxing legend Mike Tyson to do SummerSlam voiceover work for Roman Reigns vs John Cena
WWE reportedly failed to reach a deal for Mike Tyson to do SummerSlam voiceover work for Roman Reigns’s match with John Cena.
The returning Cena challenges for Reigns’ WWE Universal Championship on the pay-per-view in Las Vegas on Saturday.
And according to PWInsider, the WWE wanted Tyson to provide a voiceover for the opening video package, centred around Cena and Reigns.
But it is claimed they could not negotiate a deal with the heavyweight boxing legend.
Tyson, 55, is a WWE Hall of Famer and famously enforced the WrestleMania 14 main-event against Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels.
Iron Mike, suspended from boxing at the time for biting Evander Holyfield’s ear off a year prior, was paid a reported £2.5million.
Boxing champions Floyd Mayweather, 44, and Tyson Fury, 33, have also starred on WWE PPV’s.
More recently, Tyson has featured on WWE’s rival promotion All Elite Wrestling.
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He awarded Cody Rhodes with the AEW TNT Championship at the Double or Nothing PPV in May 2020.
At the time, Tyson was preparing to make a return to the boxing ring, 15 years after retiring.
And he did so last November, drawing with Roy Jones Jr, 52, in an eight-round exhibition.
Also making a comeback is Cena, now a Hollywood superstar, who shocked fans by returning at Money in the Bank in July.
He immediately feuded with champ Reigns, setting them up with their SummerSlam clash.