‘Austin Had to Correct Him Eventually’: Mike Tyson Calling Steve Austin ‘Cold Stone’ in Resurfaced Clip Sends Fans Into Frenzy

Something about combat sports separates it from the rest of the disciplines. Be it wrestling, boxing, or, for that matter, traditional martial arts; there is always a scope for moving from one form to another. Can you imagine a Table Tennis player trying his hands at tennis with relative ease?

Especially in the last few decades, we have observed an increasing number of combat athletes having a go at other related sports. Most often, it occurs when their stars start fading at home. However, there are still a handful of names who experimented with other games purely for the sake of fun or just killing some spare time.

Who can forget the War of the Worlds? Forty-six years ago, on June 26th, 1976, Muhammad Ali and Antonio Inoki met in Japan’s Nippon Budokan. Even though it ended in a draw, many consider it a forerunner of the present-day MMA.

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Mike Tyson at the Royal Rumble

The Sound and the Fury match between Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield turned into the Bite Fight. Tyson bit off parts of Holyfield’s right ear during the third round. The game was stopped, and Holyfield declared a winner because of Tyson’s disqualification. Following a suspension from boxing, WWE boss Vince McMahon approached a free-wheeling Tyson.

But his presence at the Royal Rumble did not go so well. The crowd booed Tyson with chants of Holyfield. What surprised everyone was a charging Stone Cold Steve Austin objecting to the former boxing champion’s presence.

Subsequent WrestleMania saw Tyson siding with Shawn Michaels against Austin. Even though Stone Cold eventually won WrestleMania, his beef with Tyson made him famous across the US.

The WWE fans finally accepted Mike Tyson, and he became a WWE Hall of Fame member in 2012.

But, episodes from that era still reverberate through fans’ memories. For example, a recent clip gaining wide circulation shows a much younger Mike Tyson questioned by the TV host, “Hey, I’m here with Iron Mike Tyson. What did you think of the Royal Robbins? What do you think of Stone Cold?”

An excited Tyson replied, “Cold Stone is my man. You won’t know me. I won a fourth time. I celebrate tonight, and no one believes that he can win. I’m just happy.”

Stone Cold or Cold Stone…

Perhaps a slip of the tongue, but netizens pulled up Tyson, taking the WWE legend’s nickname incorrectly.

Cold Stone Ice Cream?

Perhaps it took some time for Iron Mike…

Be it any sport, there is an inevitable closure once a game is over. But, like it or not, the internet has closed that door. It can easily resurrect more than twenty years old beef or a petty grouse, many a time morphing over to other live issues. What do you think? Should old quarrels remain buried for good or given a new lease on life?

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