Joey Chestnut Wins Netflix’s Live Labor Day Hot Dog Eating Competition

Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi buried the hatchet. 
 
During live streaming event on Labor Day Sep. 2nd anchored by Rob Riggle and Nikki Garcia, famed eaters Chestnut and Kobayashi competed for the first time in fifteen years. He then was given one hundred thousand dollars as well as a WWE created championship title belt. 
 
Kobayashi once declared that he will retire but openly expressed his desire to compete against Chestnut one more time, and the later was announced a winner with 83 hot dogs eaten. 
 
“I have been trying to intake 80 hotdogs every year,” Chestnut said before honoring Kobayashi for waking up the competitor in him. “He drives me. Though we are not very polite to each other but we motivate each other to do better. ” 
 
This Summize says more about Kobayashi’s feeling about the loss saying “I feel like I did everything I could,”. 
 
The two competitive eaters face each other annually in Nathan’s competition but the last time these two clashed was in 2009 where Chestnut won a 5 hot dog eat-off against Kobayashi. 
 
For this battle some modifications to the regulations include: No throwing of water on hot dogs and buns; hot dogs and buns cannot be separated; penalties include spitting out or violation of rules; remaining food still in the mouth after 10 minutes must be consumed within 30 seconds; residual crumbs brought to the table have to be weighed and can be taken as portion if needed. 
 
Before the competition, Chestnut and Kobayashi recalled their struggle. 
 
“He was an amazing champion until he starting to lose. ” Chestnut ∙ He also defended how every time Kobayashi has lost the match he produces an ‘excuse’ for his poor performance, and provided an example when Kobayashi pulled out of the match owing to a jaw problem. 
 
“When I heard Joey saying my jaw problem was fake I got really upset,” Kobayashi said. “This is the first time that my personal feelings are involved I want to kick his ass. ” 
 
Chestnut is the holder of 16 Nathan’s titles including the most recent eight and the world recordholder for eating 76 hot dogs in ten minutes. Kobayashi is a six-time Nathan’s winner and the subject of a recent Netflix documentary Hack Your Health: His sixth book, titled The Secrets of Your Gut, in which he announced his intentions of retiring from professional eating. In 2010 another dramatic incident happened and Kobayashi was excluded from the competition because of the contract violation. He is also a world record holder in competitive eating and as of now he holds more than 10 records in competitive eating. 
 
“I will retire, for me, only happens when I take him down one last time,” Kobayashi told the media when the bash was first announced. “This rivalry has been long expected and being able to fight live on Netflix will mean that the fans worldwide will be able to see me sending Joey to the canvas. ” 
 
In the special, more Olympians include Ryan Murphy, Max Irving and Ryan Lochte challenged Stonie to a chicken wing eating contest of which Stonie triumphed after gulping down 53 wings in 3 minutes. Next, the 24 Guinness World Record holder Leah Shutkever became the record recordsetter for most watermelon eaten in one minute which was also done.