UPDATE: Mick Foley has commented on being ejected from the WIP Wing Bowl for cheating, posting to Twitter:
“@TMZ: Mick Foley — EJECTED FROM WING CONTEST! You Cheated!! http://t.co/CEdNhD9QYI”
Guilty as charged. Legacy shattered. Life in shambles
— Mick Foley (@realmickfoley) January 30, 2015
Thanks @WWERoadDogg. I appreciate your support….friends can be hard to find when you' been busted on @TMZ
— Mick Foley (@realmickfoley) January 30, 2015
Here is exclusive footage from the @WIPWingBowl #WingGate fiasco http://t.co/sTIsKVMOHJ @TMZ
— Mick Foley (@realmickfoley) January 30, 2015
ORIGINAL: Thanks to Mike Marasco for passing this link along:
The following is an article from TheSpec.com:
PHILADELPHIA Professional wrestling star Mick Foley was ejected from the Wing Bowl eating contest Friday after stuffing uneaten chicken wings into a fanny pack.
People following the event on social media dubbed Foley’s attempt at boosting his wing total “inflate gate,” a play on the Super Bowl-bound New England Patriots’ deflated football controversy.
Chicago’s Patrick Bertoletti won with a Wing Bowl record 444 wings in 26 minutes. He edged out 2014 champion Molly Schuyler, of Bellevue, Nebraska, who eclipsed her record 363-wing mark with 440 wings.
The fan-favourite Foley, who’s known in the ring as Mankind, said after his ouster that he didn’t want to overstuff himself and get sick, like other competitors.
“I didn’t want that to be my legacy,” said Foley. “So I stretched the rules. I thought people would appreciate that, right here in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania!”
Wing Bowl started in 1993 as a way for Philadelphia’s long-suffering sports fans to blow off steam before the Super Bowl.
About 20,000 people gathered at the Wells Fargo Arena — home of the Philadelphia 76ers and Philadelphia Flyers — to drink beer and watch scantily clad women serve competitors wings.
The Associated Press
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