The Judgment Day Collection: Everything You Need To Know
When sport becomes myth, and myth becomes art, something rare happens. Judgment Day is a limited-edition blind-pack print collection, brought to life through a collaboration between artist Matt McCormick and boxing legend Mike Tyson, built around one of the most defining moments in sports history: Judgment Day, November 22, 1986, Las Vegas Hilton.
This isn't memorabilia. It isn't a poster. It's a collectible art print series that treats the sporting event as a cultural artifact, and the pull as part of the experience.
The Blind Pack Experience
Each pack contains one fine art print by Matt McCormick, blind-packed so you won't know your variant until you open it. Like pulling a card from a deck, the reveal is part of the ritual.
Two packs are available: Silver and Gold. Both are blind. Both carry the same DNA. The difference is in the signatures and the variants available inside.
The Packs
Gold Pack
Every print in the Gold Pack has been hand-signed by both Matt McCormick and Mike Tyson. Two signatures. One moment. Completely blind.
| Variant | Edition Size |
|---|---|
| Blue | /150 |
| Black | /100 |
| Green | /99 |
| Silver | /75 |
| Gold | /50 |
| Orange | /25 |
| Red | /5 |
| Artist Embellishment | 1 of 1 |
Silver Pack
Every print in the Silver Pack has been hand-signed by Matt McCormick. A wider variant pool with the same blind-pack experience.
| Variant | Edition Size |
|---|---|
| White | /250 |
| Blue | /150 |
| Green | /99 |
| Silver | /75 |
| Gold | /50 |
| Orange | /25 |
| Black | /10 |
| Red | /5 |
| Artist Embellishment | 1 of 1 |
Every variant is a piece of the same moment, the pause after impact, the instant the myth fractured. But no two pulls are the same.
The Artist: Matt McCormick
Matt McCormick's work operates at the intersection of cultural memory and material presence. Engaging with painting, drawing, and mixed media, his practice navigates the tension between historic mythologies and contemporary life, where cowboys, highways, and Hollywood dreams dissolve into the textures of lived experience.
Judgment Day is a natural extension of that practice. McCormick doesn't depict the fight. He holds the seconds after it, when a new order is declared, and myth solidifies. The arena becomes a stage. The stage becomes an altar. Coronation and the machinery that built it were rendered inseparable.
McCormick lives and works in Los Angeles and New York. His work has been exhibited in solo and group shows across New York, Paris, Hong Kong, Miami, London, Tokyo, Aspen, and San Francisco.
The Icon: Mike Tyson
Mike Tyson became the youngest heavyweight champion in history at age twenty. He unified the WBA, WBC, and IBF titles to become the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, a figure whose dominance had begun to feel mythic.
Few athletes have transcended their sport to become enduring global symbols of strength, volatility, and transformation. Tyson's story is one of dominance, controversy, reinvention, and resilience. His signature on the Gold Pack isn't just authentication, it's participation.
The Moment: Judgment Day
November 22, 1986. Las Vegas Hilton. Twenty-year-old Mike Tyson stopped Trevor Berbick in the second round and became the youngest heavyweight champion in history. He entered the fight undefeated at 27-0. What followed that night was not a surprise. It was a confirmation.
Judgment Day doesn't commemorate the knockdown. It holds the pause that follows it. The seconds after impact, when a new order is declared, and myth solidifies. McCormick's painting moves beyond the fight itself into a broader meditation on American spectacle: the construction of heroes, the architecture of promotion, and the collective desire for invincibility.
The glowing hotel facade. The embedded fight typography. Arena as a stage. Stage as an altar. The instant of coronation and the machinery that built it rendered inseparable.
Tyson's rise represented something the American sports apparatus rarely produces cleanly: pure inevitability. Judgment Day was the night that inevitability was made official. It is both a historical document and a contemporary reflection. A study in spectacle, ascension, and the architecture of American heroism.
Transparent Supply
Every print is numbered, and every number means something. The edition size on your print tells you exactly how many of that variant exist in the world, no guesswork, no ambiguity. Scarcity you can hold in your hands.
This is a blind pack. The print you receive is randomized. Part of the experience is the reveal. The final product may vary slightly from the images shown. Orders ship within 2–4 weeks of purchase. For inquiries, contact us at info@pasttheline.com.