ESPN First take turned into a WWE promo for a segment.

A Hall of Famer and NFL Network personality, Michael Irvin was invited to Stephen A. Smith and Max Kellerman's morning talk show, and when Irvin's former Dallas Cowboys team was arrival. things were extremely heated.

Irvin claimed that the Cowboys were in the same conversation with the Patriots and Steelers as the big NFL franchises and that there was a "beginning of a new era" with the acquisition of Amari Cooper, "a period when the Cowboys will legitimately take over and take their appropriate place among the kings! "

At the end of the segment – after Smith noted that the Cowboys had won two playoff games in the past 15 years – the former outsider was sweating profusely, wiping with a towel while defending Dak Prescott :

This is not the first time Smith and Irvin have come face to face. Here is another First take of the last year with the pair:

UPDATE: Here's how Smith answered Irvin on Monday:

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