During Wrestlemania I had a discussion with my colleagues: if you can bring a folding chair into the ring during a match, can one do other unsanctioned things, too? For instance, can a wrestler eat a sandwich during a match? I thought of this specific example because eating a sandwich in the middle of a match seemed like the last thing anyone would want to do. This would be especially true of a heavier sandwich like a meatball sub, unless you intended to use it as a weapon--a tasty, cheesy, and delicious weapon.
Nothing Says You Can’t Wrestle And Eat Simultaneously
I assumed no one would want to do this for any reason during a wrestling match. I was wrong, because I underestimated the brilliance of professional wrestling yet again.
Don Muraco has already field-tested this very scenario for us with a meatball sub, and it looks just as uncomfortable as you imagine it would be. Muraco does use his corner man as the sandwich handler, however, which seems like a key element to the bit since fighting one-handed is a disadvantage in a grappling sport where folding chairs make their way into the ring with regularity.
In case you don’t understand that the sandwich is delicious, Muraco pats his stomach and smiles to the crowd. Don Muraco, if he is nothing else besides a WWE legend, is a clear and concise communicator.
The other instance of eating in the ring so bizarre you’d swear it was Japanese. (Which, of course, it is.) Behold: the Bread-Eating Deathmatch.
I...I don’t even know what this is. (Other than delicious, of course.)
(HT: Brandon S.)
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