If you caught Mickey Rourke on CNN tonight, he had a verbal smackdown with WWE legend Chris Jericho. Will Mickey Rourke actually WRESTLE Jericho? Or is this just a marketing ploy to sell more tickets?

According to Houston Chronicle, it’s on bitches.

Rourke has signed to wrestle WWE superstar Chris Jericho at Wrestlemania 25 in Reliant Stadium on April 5. For real, or as real as pro wrestling can be. Rourke made the surprise announcement Sunday night on the red carpet before the Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles. He told Access Hollywood that he was pleased by the acceptance of The Wrestler by all the WWE wrestlers — except Jericho.

“So come Wrestlemania 25 in Houston, I’m going to toss him around the ring like tossed salad. Chris Jericho, you better get in shape,” Rourke promised, or threatened, or whatever you call it when wrestlers don’t particularly care for each other.

Jericho, appearing on WWE television, said, “You are out of line. It’s one thing to play a wrestler in a movie, something entirely different to actually be one. Your comments offended me. You made a mistake. It’s the last thing that you and Ric Flair want to do, and that’s offend Chris Jericho.”

When Rourke and Jericho exchanged verbal insults, it sounded like Mickey Rourke was backing down. Maybe his agent advised him not to go into the ring. Maybe he’s getting paid by WWE to promote Wrestlemania. Who knows? Stay tuned.