WrestleMania XIV was a special event for several reasons. Perhaps the biggest reason is that it signaled the start of the "Attitude Era" as the headliner match between "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels firmly thrust the Texas Rattlesnake to the spotlight as the new WWF Champion and the face of the WWF for the next few years.
But, while the wrestlers booked for the match alone made it so memorable, there's a different reason why wrestling fans will forever remember that title bout. It was also the day that the legendary boxer, Mike Tyson, joined the WWF as a "special outside enforcer".
Iron Mike had amassed a ton of nicknames throughout his career. But, people had taken to calling him "The Baddest Man on the Planet" because of his boxing prowess - not because he was literally bad at something. Like, for example, counting.
According to former WWE referee, Mike Chioda, preparing the former Kid Dynamite to act as a referee for one night presented certain challenges. Specifically, Chioda struggled to get Tyson to count the WWE way.
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