5 things WWE fans believed while growing up

#4 Mike Tyson and Stone Cold Steve Austin square-off on WWE RAW in 1998

One of the highlights of WWE's Attitude Era was the introduction of 'Iron' Mike Tyson into the WWE Championship angle in 1998. The boxing legend was embroiled in a rivalry with Stone Cold Steve Austin ahead of WrestleMania 14.

After Stone Cold Steve Austin won the Royal Rumble, Vince McMahon announced Tyson would be the Special Guest Referee at WrestleMania. Austin gave Mike the middle finger, and both men had to be separated from a brawl.

As you'd expect, this moment was covered by media outlets all around the world. For fans, many believed that the square-off between Mike Tyson and Stone Cold Steve Austin was legitimate. Of course, both men were loose cannons, so lines of fiction and reality were blurred when this altercation happened.

Of course, in the end, it was part of a storyline that saw Mike Tyson assist Steve Austin in winning the WWE Championship at WrestleMania.