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Legendary star of The A-Team Mr. T has revealed that he turned down an offer from WWE to be inducted into their wrestling Hall of Fame.

T, who tagged with Hulk Hogan to face Roddy Piper and Paul Orndorff in WrestleMania 1’s main event, says he flatly refused the offer because he felt "insulted" by the presence of US baseball player Pete Rose - famously Tombstoned by Kane at WrestleMania XXIV - in the celebrity wing.

Speaking to Ringside in a rare video interview about his wrestling career, T said: "WWE asked me to be in the Hall of Fame and I turned it down. You know why? They put Pete Rose in the wrestling Hall of Fame. This guy can't even get into his own Hall of Fame."

Speaking during his UK Get Some Nuts tour, he continued: "After they put Rose in they came and asked me and I said "You don't insult me! You don't put Pete Rose in the Hall of Fame before me! I ain’t going to be a part of that."

"They put him in and he only did one WrestleMania, and he didn't even wrestle.

“I was the only one (celebrity) who really wrestled.

“They had Mike Tyson come in one year and then Mayweather fought The Big Show."

Having also battled Roddy Piper in a gimmick boxing match at WrestleMania 2, Mr. T admits he was happy to get out of wrestling when he did: "Then they had Dennis Rodman in there (WCW) one time and that's when I knew wrestling was done.

“Come on, man. They had one guy fighting the big Chyna chick too. I'm glad I was in and out quick because it changed."

Click here to check out Ringside’s exclusive video interview with to Mr. T to find out how he became involved in the WWF, how his famous tag team match at WrestleMania with Hulk Hogan came together and his background as an amateur wrestler in Chicago.

T3.com also has an excellent in-depth interview with Mr. T where he explains his hate for chainsaws and why the advent of mobile phones spelled doom for Superman.