MIKE TYSON needed to 'push the s***' out of WWF legend Stone Chilly Steve Austin throughout an iconic square-off between the 2 males 24 years in the past.
It occurred throughout an episode of Monday Night time Uncooked in January 1998 as a part of the build-up to WrestleMania 14 and followers nonetheless discuss it to at the present time.
Promoter Vince McMahon invited heavyweight boxing legend Tyson into the ring to go toe-to-toe with The Texas Rattlesnake.
And Stone Chilly goaded 'The Baddest Man on the Planet by saying: “I respect what you’ve finished within the boxing world.
"However if you step on this ring, you’re messing with Stone Chilly Steve Austin, and that’s one thing you don’t do.
“What I’m telling you is that I need a piece of Mike Tyson’s ass … I can beat you any day of the week, twice on Sunday."
And after the wrestling icon confirmed Tyson two center fingers he responds by brutally shoving him to the ground of the ring.
Now, in an interview printed on Primarily Sports activities, Austin has revealed what was happing behind the scenes earlier than the conflict.
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He mentioned: "“I didn’t know what Mike was going to say. I form of had the broad factors about it.
"However, it was only a deal the place Mike went out and mentioned what he mentioned and I bought in his face and flipped him off.
"He needed to push the s*** out of me as a result of if he simply barely pushed me, he’d appear like a punk. So, he pushed the s*** out of me.”
All of it occurred across the time that Iron Mike had been slapped with a £2.4million nice and had his boxing license revoked for infamously biting a bit out of Evander Holyfield's ear throughout a combat.
WWE - then titled the WWF - was struggling to compete with rival promotion WCW that 12 months with declining rankings and a lack of advertisers, however Tyson's involvement helped rejuvenate the franchise.
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