Tom Segura Recounts First Meeting Mike Tyson | Joe Rogan

Alright, so for people that know, I met Mike on a flight and it was a surreal experience. You know, like from being a kid and thinking like, this is Superman, that's what I thought as a kid. It's just, you know what I mean? Like seeing those, when you see it as a kid too, I think it's different. Like you're just like, whoa, that is so nuts. Like these 11 second knockouts and shit. And you don't know what's so bizarre. Periodically, even to this day, people come up to me and talk about the experience that they saw him and he talked about meeting me and he said, is that true? All the time, right? It's honestly special. It's on mostly stories. Is that true? Yeah, mostly stories. And it was a surreal experience and you know, we spoke on the plane and then like when I thought we were done talking, you know, I faced forward and then he came back and like tapped me on the shoulder. I was like, oh shit! Like Mike's talking to me, I'm down here like seatbelted in, but then we land and he was like, oh, where's your show? And I go, oh, it's here. I give him the number. Never expect to hear. Hits me up the next day. And he's like, we're coming to your show. And I was like, oh my God. And I really did say like, I'm amazed that you're coming. And he said, it's all love. And I just said, I love you. Because I didn't know what to say. And then he's like, all right, man. And then I remember I called the Pittsburgh improv manager and I go, hey, man, I just go, you're not gonna believe this, but Tyson's coming to the fight tonight. He goes, Mike Tyson? I go, no, fucking Tyson chicken. Yeah, Mike Tyson's coming tonight. He's like, I'll corridor off a whole thing. And you know, and I didn't know he was at the show because the show had already started and I didn't see him arrive. And we go back to the green after I had the show, I walk off stage and he grabs me and he goes, let's go to the green room. So he took me to my green room, right? Like he was like, I was like, fuck, yeah. And we hung out in that green room over an hour and just shooting the shit and talking. And when I forgot, like the time had passed, I opened the door. The entire staff, entire staff is lined up at the door to meet him. Like that's the effect that he has on the group, you know, like they're waiting in a line for an hour outside the green room. And I, you know, we talked about boxing, about life. It was, it was fascinating. One of the things I really appreciated about you as a fighter was like that you really knew that you were putting on a show. So that that's something that I feel like I miss, you know, there's there's no one that put on the show the way you did. You knew that people bought tickets and and paid for the pay per view. And then it, you know, it's still like one of my great memories, man. It was a thrill to meet you. So I just wanted to stop by and say, sounds like you're wrapping it up. I have to go. I do.