Netflix Will Air an Absolutely Wild Hot Dog Eating Contest in September

Netflix has simply introduced a significant aggressive occasion can be broadcast reside on its service in September. No, I’m not speaking about soccer or wrestling or chess or something like that – we’ll be watching a scorching canine consuming contest, and the entire set-up for it’s…form of nuts!

Netflix introduced in the present day it might air Chestnut vs. Kobayashi: Unfinished Beef reside on Netflix on September 2, 2024. The occasion can be a one-on-one scorching canine consuming contest between two legends of scorching canine consuming: Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi.

If you do not observe aggressive scorching canine consuming, you need to know that Chestnut and Kobayashi going through off is a giant deal. Chestnut is a 16-time scorching dog-eating champion of Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest, and Kobayashi is a six-time champion of the identical occasion. Chestnut is the present champion, holding 55 world data for warm canine consuming together with the world document for many scorching canine: 76 in simply 10 minutes. He’s gained the Nathan’s Famous competitors each single yr since 2016.

Meanwhile, Kobayashi is Chestnut’s scorching canine consuming rival and the winner of the Nathan’s Famous contest six consecutive instances from 2001 to 2006 earlier than dropping to Chestnut in 2007. He additionally holds greater than 10 world data in scorching canine consuming. The two final ate towards each other in 2009 on the Nathan’s Famous competitors, which Chestnut gained after a “sudden dying” eat-off.

Why have not these two consuming legends seen each other in years? Well, here is the place the controversy kicks in: each Chestnut and Kobayashi are banned from competing within the Nathan’s Famous contest, which is usually thought of to be THE scorching canine consuming contest to care about. Kobayashi was banned again in 2010 on account of a contract dispute and hasn’t been again since. Chestnut continued to compete, however was banned just this year on account of controversy over his signing a branding take care of Impossible Foods, inflicting Impossible to launch this deliciously unhinged assertion to NPR:

“We love Joey and assist him in any contest he chooses. It’s OK to experiment with a brand new canine. Meat eaters shouldn’t should be unique to only one wiener.”

Despite Chestnut’s branding deal, each Chestnut and Kobayashi can be consuming all-beef scorching canine for the Netflix bout in September. No phrase but on whether or not or not Kobayashi’s personal invented “dunking” method (dipping the recent canine buns in water to make them simpler to eat rapidly) can be permitted but.

The absence of each Chestnut and Kobayashi is a giant deal for the Nathan’s Famous contest, since one of many two of them has been the champion yearly since 2000, excluding 2015 when Matt Stonie gained the “Mustard Yellow Belt.” In reality, Netflix airing this contest in any respect is bound to trigger a stir within the scorching canine consuming neighborhood given the prominence of each of those eaters and their respective absence from what’s, in principle, the definitive scorching canine consuming contest. And Netflix appears notably primed to capitalize on it, because it presently has the documentary “30 for 30” that covers the historic rivalry between these two well-known eaters.

Netflix has been on a little bit of a tear these days with reside aggressive occasions, with plans to begin airing WWE Raw in 2024, NFL Christmas video games, and a boxing match between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul in November. And but someway, this scorching canine consuming contest has swooped in and instantly change into essentially the most fascinating reside occasion of all of them. Will Kobayashi dethrone Chestnut in spite of everything these years? Will Nathan’s Famous get its revenge? Will Impossible Foods launch any extra unhinged statements? How many extra beef-related puns can Netflix handle to suit into this factor? Somehow, I’ve change into deeply invested to find out all of these solutions.

Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. Got a narrative tip? Send it to rvalentine@ign.com.

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