10 Wrestling Facts We Didn't Know Last Week (July 6)

2. Stone Cold Thought Mötley Crüe Smelled "Funky"

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Glammed up rockers Mötley Crüe have been described as wild, out of control and excessive. They've probably never been dubbed "funky".

Leave that to Steve Austin.

Shortly after Vince Neil and the boys played a live set on the 26 October 1998 episode of Raw, Austin decided to introduce himself in the hallway. That was his first mistake, and it wouldn't be Austin's last. His second was agreeing to hang out with the band in their personal dressing room.

When he got over there, Steve couldn't believe how smelly the place was. That is not a joke; Austin told a giggling Chris Jericho this on his Talk Is Jericho podcast, and he also said that somebody had some "funky armpits". He couldn't believe the "rough smell" hitting him as he entered the room.

Maybe that explains why Bob Holly looked so disgusted in the backstage pic Scotty 2 Hotty shared on Twitter. Holly must have agreed with Austin that Nikki Sixx, Tommy Lee, Vince Neil or Mick Mars needed some deodorant.

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