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Vine captures the moment Rob Ford bests Hulk Hogan at arm wrestling

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford—yeah, the guy at the center of Gawker’s crack-smoking scandal pursuit—somehow upset Hulk Hogan. Was it staged?

 

Kris Holt

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Posted on Aug 23, 2013   Updated on Jun 1, 2021, 8:22 am CDT

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford—yeah, the guy at the center of Gawker’s crack-smoking scandal pursuit—somehow upset Hulk Hogan in an arm wrestling contest this morning. Here’s a Vine showing how it went down.

“I own this town, man!” shouted Ford after he beat the pro wrestling legend at Toronto’s Fan Expo. Ford has 16 years on Hogan, but there’s no way he should have taken victory over the 12-time world champion. If you look closely, it seems Hogan actually threw the match.

Hulk Hogan lose again to anyone in arm wrestler he embarrass himself i find him i break his arm no problem

— The Iron Sheik (@the_ironsheik) August 23, 2013

The contest “encourages people to come to this city, creates jobs and stimulates the economy,” Ford claimed. We’re not sure how that works, exactly. 

Just arm wrestled Mayor Ford from Toronto,had a great time brother. HH pic.twitter.com/kb6OhFUSar

— Hulk Hogan (@HulkHogan) August 23, 2013

Photo via ipedro/Instagram

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*First Published: Aug 23, 2013, 11:33 am CDT