Actor Mickey Rourke arrives for the 2009 Independent Spirit Awards.

Chris Jericho isn?t messing around with Mickey Rourke. The real-life wrestler promises that when ?The Wrestler? Oscar nominee attends this year?s Wrestlemania, he?s going to give Rourke the bitch slap that will be heard ?round the world.?

?I will get out of the ring, walk over to Mickey, and slap him in the face,? Jericho announces. 

The feud between the WWE superstar and Hollywood?s comeback kid kicked off at the SAG Awards, when Rourke boasted he could kick the two-time world heavyweight champ?s butt. Big mistake!

During Rourke?s ?Larry King Live? interview in January, Jericho appeared via satellite and challenged the actor. Mickey backed down. ?Would I box him in a boxing ring or a bareknuckle match? Yeah. Wrestling? That?s his world. That?s what this man does,? he said. 

Jericho is not taking any threats lying down. ?I?m going to buy Mickey a ringside seat. Hell, I?ll even buy one for his dog!? he tells us. ?This is a promise. Those seats are $2,500 each, and Mickey Rourke is invited to bring as many dogs, cats, gerbils as he wants. If he finds a cockroach or two, he can bring them as well. I?ll reserve seats for his whole traveling zoo if I have to.? 

Rourke plans to attend the 25th anniversary event April 5 at Reliant Stadium inHouston to support wrestler pals Jimmy Snuka, Ric Flair, Roddy Piper and Ricky Steamboat. And he?d better be in his seat ? Jericho says he intends to make good on his promise. 

?If Mickey isn?t sitting in the front row, I?ll go to the bar or the bathroom, wherever, and find him and slap him across the face,? says Jericho. He goes on to predict, ?I think he?s going to stand there and take it. I?ll hand him the microphone and he?s going to apologize, and I?ll just keep smacking him in the face until he gets the hint.? 

Although Jericho has his own acting aspirations, he claims his anger stems from seeing someone go outside what he knows. 

?I appreciate Mickey?s talent as an actor, and that?s why I think he?s an inspiration and a mentor in a lot of ways,? he says. ?It?s Mickey as a person I have a problem with. He blurred the line between fantasy and reality. There?s a big difference with playing a wrestler and actually being one. Mickey has been asking for this for years.?

Rourke?s management team did not respond to repeated phone calls and e-mails for comment.