Viva Las Vegas!
It's an exciting day as Netflix is live around the world.
Today, the two greatest competitive eaters of all time,
Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi,
rekindle one of the biggest rivalries
in sports history...
...and it will all go down here,
at the Luxor Resort and Casino inside the HyperX Arena Las Vegas.
Two champions, both hungry for victory,
will settle their beef once and for all.
To call Kobayashi my nemesis, it doesn't do the rivalry justice.
I would be happy and honored
if the viewers think of this match
like a showdown between Larry Bird and Magic Johnson.
He was an amazing champion, until he started losing.
I thought he should show some respect, like a gentleman.
He couldn't tolerate being next to me. That's not champion behavior.
After taking 2007 off due to an arthritic jaw,
Kobayashi plans to reclaim the title.
He has a jaw injury. He has arthritis of the jaw.
He has "jaw-thritis."
He's a liar. He was playing up his injury.
Right after I qualified and broke his record,
he says he has the jaw injury.
Then he ends up eating more hot dogs than he ever did before.
It didn't add up quite right.
When I heard Joey saying
my jaw problem was fake,
I got really upset.
Nobody likes being called a liar,
but when you do it, you're gonna get called it.
People seem to think that
Joey actually may be cheating a little bit.
I've definitely witnessed some cheating, yeah.
I'm not the judge. It's the judge's call.
- Is he a good athlete? - No. Not at all.
He used to be my main rival, but I kind of retired him.
- Okay. - There you go.
If you ask him about every loss, he'll give you an excuse.
He's making stuff up in his own head.
There's no more excuses. I'm always gonna beat him.
This is the first time that my personal feelings are involved.
I want to kick his ass!
- Oh, yes! Can you believe it? - Right?
Yes!
It is getting personal around here.
Unfinished Beef.
Hello, everybody.
I'm Rob Riggle,
and I am so happy to be MCing a show that combines my two great loves:
Vegas and hot dogs.
Apologies to my kids.
My fabulous cohost today is an accomplished athlete herself.
WWE Hall of Famer Nikki Garcia, everybody!
Thank you, Rob. Thank you, everyone.
I'm so happy to be here.
And in just about 40 minutes...
Oh, I love you too.
...these two undisputed heavyweights of competitive eating
will be standing on this stage, devouring hot dogs at unimaginable speeds.
And you know what? You're all just gonna have to see it to believe it.
That's right. That's right.
Two thousand four hundred hot dogs have been cooked in the last month
to get ready for this moment.
Three hundred hot dogs will be prepared for today's main event alone.
That is a lot of encased meat.
It is going to be glorious, and perhaps a little gross.
That's right.
But, you know, Rob, that's not the only competition happening here today.
Nice! That's called a tease in the show business game.
That's right, we're taking the action poolside
with two other greats in the sport,
competitive eater Matt Stonie...
Mm-hmm. Yes.
That's right.
He will battle three Olympic medalists.
And 23-time Guinness World Record holder Leah Shutkever
will try to set yet another eating world record live.
And these USC students rocked Allegiant Stadium last night,
and now they're here to help hype up this crowd,
so hit it!
Joey Chestnut!
Yes!
- All right! - Whoa.
I mean, what a great way to get the energy going for this live event.
Let's hear it again for the USC Band.
- Yeah. - Whoo!
All right, now let's meet the team calling the action of today's main event,
Chris Rose and Cari Champion!
- Hey, guys! - Hello!
- Nikki, Rob, thank you, oh, so much. - Thank you.
- Ah, Cari, in our respective careers... - Yes.
...we've had the good fortune of covering some of the world's biggest events, right?
Super Bowl, NBA Finals.
- You covered the fight game in Vegas. - Right. Not too long ago.
Actually, about ten years ago, 2015, not far from here.
- Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather. - Mm-hmm.
And there's a lot of poetry with the two.
Let me explain. This is my logic here.
In that particular fight,
there was the moment that we had to determine the undisputed champion.
Very much as the case here.
Chestnut, Kobayashi.
Who is the undisputed champion when it comes to competitive eating?
We will find out today because there is unfinished beef.
Yeah. When it comes to this world,
you're talking about the Mt. Rushmore of competitive eating.
There aren't four faces out there. It's two. It's Kobayashi. It's Chestnut.
Most likely those faces
- are full of food, is my guess. - Filled with food.
And their relationship is frosty at times, it has been hateful,
and that has carried through to this Labor Day weekend.
- Don't you think? - Yeah.
I think that, as we just talked about a moment ago,
we had a chance to talk to these guys this weekend. There is no love lost.
We can clearly see who likes who and who doesn't like who.
I really believe that Joey has some sort of respect,
but the fact is he called Kobayashi a liar, and he does not like it.
So, I know when they were weighing in, Joey extended his hand.
He said, "Let me try to shake your hand." Kobayashi was like, "Yeah. Okay."
- "If we are doing this, I will do it." - Well, they did it. Uh-huh.
And you know what? Two seconds, shoutout to the crowd in here right now.
Because they are here to hype up these people to do what they do best.
- I love it! - That's right.
It is all coming your way in about 40 minutes or so.
We are in Vegas so we're talking about a "Tale of the Tape."
Let's remember that there's 100 grand on the line for the winner today.
- That's a nice bag. - That is something special.
But we are in Vegas, so let's see it. A pair of 40-somethings.
One guy in Joey Chestnut, 40 years old, from suburban Indianapolis.
46-year-old Kobayashi from Japan. You can see the weight difference.
Joey Chestnut outweighs his opponent by nearly 65 pounds.
A 3rd grader.
That's about the size of a third grader. You're right, Cari.
All right. But look at the bottom line.
Personal best in 10 minutes
of hot-dog eating.
For Joey Chestnut, 76 dogs consumed.
- Wow. - Kobayashi, just 64 and a half.
That happened back in 2009, his last Nathan's appearance,
which coincidentally he finished second to...
- The guy. The main guy. - ...Joey Chestnut.
Speaking of Joey Chestnut,
he told me that he cares about the taste of everything he's having.
So in case you're curious at home, it is Labor Day, you are eating.
They're having Ball Park beef frankfurters wrapped up in a Great Value bun.
Combined, each hot dog and bun is cooked about maybe 89.2 grams.
That's the weight of it if you will, 280 calories.
Take a look at it right there. Preparation is key.
That's roughly three ounces, right?
You can see it. It's a serious thing.
Can you hear the crowd?
- They're going, "Mm!" - They're buzzing.
- They love it. - They love it. They want a hot dog.
All right, listen, it is time to at least get a small look
at who we want to see, and that is Joey Chestnut.
There's been so much conversation about:
Is he ready? Will he be the definitive champion?
There he is sitting in his dressing room.
Locked in, listening to music.
Not necessarily doing any jaw exercises
as we thought he would be doing, Jaws himself.
But he's in a... Yeah, he's locked in.
He's in the zone.
Definitely the main ingredient that's helped him build
one of the most impressive careers in competitive eating history.
So let's find out a little more about his entire career.
He is your hot-dog eating champion, Joey "Jaws" Chestnut!
If I could talk to my 9-year-old self
and tell him that he was gonna be the world champion competitive eater,
he'd say, "Oh, my God, my life is awesome."
Joey Chestnut is a hot-dog eating genius.
The hot-dog eating champion.
Joey Chestnut? He's my hero.
The first contest I did, I was nervous.
I was so scared.
I remember once the contest started, I was like, "I don't have to hold back."
I felt a weird kind of...
It sounds dorky... freedom, to be myself.
As a young man, watching the dominance of Kobayashi,
Joey felt the calling to compete against the best.
Kobayashi!
Takeru Kobayashi, he's the reason why I went all in on competitive eating.
He is a master!
He was the man with the target on him. He was unbeatable.
He is a magician!
I had to make a decision early on that I was gonna do something
- nobody else thought was possible. - Kobayashi is an alchemist!
I did my first contest in 2005, competing against Kobayashi
in Nathan's 4th of July Hot Dog Eating Contest.
For the past month, I've been eating hot dogs every Saturday.
I was four months into competitive eating, I placed third.
Kobayashi won that contest.
Takeru Kobayashi!
The next year, 2006, I placed second.
Kobayashi was seemingly unbeatable.
The top-ranked eater in the world.
But I used it as motivation to push myself.
And the third year...
2007...
I won.
In first place, with 66 hot dogs and buns,
Joey Chestnut!
Kobayashi was an amazing champion. But I beat him three years in a row.
So it's safe to say that, in the discipline of hot dogs,
I had his number.
Since defeating Kobayashi,
Joey became the face of the competitive eating world.
Dominating for over 15 years.
The once and future king, Joey Chestnut!
Kobayashi is my biggest competitor.
I'm trying to prove I'm the best.
He might want to win really, really, really bad.
I need to win.
Go!
- They understand... - Yeah.
They understand what's on the line. We can hear it.
It's more about not winning, but not losing to this guy.
I mean, with Joey Chestnut, when he burst onto the scene two decades ago,
he said he has a sense of self, a purpose, a road map in life.
He takes it very seriously.
He loves the celebrity and he just loves everything that comes with it.
I think we've made it clear these guys are both true athletes who train,
they prepare, they understand what it all means.
I'm really excited about what we're gonna see here, because this...
Yes, that's right, you are excited.
I will take that, as well.
We have a lot to get to to understand what they've been through.
Yeah. You know, the only person other than Kobayashi
to take down Joey Chestnut at Nathan's was Matt Stonie,
who is outside with Rob and Nikki right now.
Let's head poolside.
Hey! We are here with the world-renowned competitive eater,
Matt Stonie, everybody!
This man scoops. He slurps. He dominates.
He sure does. He has more than 3.6 billion views on YouTube.
That is a lot of people watching him eat meat.
That's right and he holds the world record
for eating the most bacon in five minutes, at 182 slices.
Just beating my personal best of 180 slices.
- Matt, welcome to the show. - Yes, welcome!
- This is exciting. I'm excited. - We're so excited to have you.
Matt, we wanna know.
So, we are all of course waiting to see the main event today.
- Yeah. - But we all want to know,
- how did you beat Joey in 2015? - Yeah.
- That... You know, I... - That's a major feat. That is not easy.
Joey is a great eater but he's not unbeatable.
And I just showed up hungrier that day.
- Oh. - Yeah!
- I like it. I like a hungry man. - Pun intended.
Yeah. Pun intended.
Okay. Well, you know, Matt,
- today, you are taking on chicken wings. - Yeah.
But you're not gonna have just one opponent.
You are going to be facing three Olympic athletes.
By the way, two that just medaled at Paris 2024.
- How do you feel about that? - I'm nervous.
They're competition and everything.
- Yeah. - But this is my territory.
- They're out of water. So, let's go. - Ooh! Out of water!
Well, speaking of that, let's welcome them.
Please, everyone, welcome Max Irving, Ryan Lochte, and Ryan Murphy.
USA! USA! USA!
- USA! USA! - All right.
- I wrote that song, by the way. - Yeah.
Listen, we've got three Olympians here.
You guys are truly amazing.
All of you, medalists. You've all represented America wonderfully.
- Thank you for that. Hats off to you all. - Yes. Thank you.
Look, in the water, you guys are deadly.
Out of the water, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt.
How are you gonna win this thing today? Who's gonna carry the team? Talk to me.
I have been secretly training for this since I was 10.
- Every Friday, pizza and wings. - Pizza and wings every Friday.
- Secret training, I like that. - Oh, yeah.
Ryan Lochte with his secret training. How about you, Ryan?
I'm just looking at this plate,
I'm visualizing how I can take down as many wings as possible.
See? That's a big Olympic thing, visualization. Am I right, Max?
Yep, absolutely. And we're working on a little bit of the technique.
Matt has been giving us some tips,
but he's been keeping the ground-breaking things close to his heart.
But hopefully, we got some techniques we're gonna implement
that should help expedite things.
Okay. I know you consume between 6000 and 8000 calories when you're training.
Not in the pool today.
When you get done eating, wait 15 minutes before you can get back in the pool.
Everybody knows that. That's not me, that's just science.
- You know. Right. - Nikki, that's science. All right.
- Let's get ready to do this thing. - Are you guys ready?
Guess what, the rules are simple.
So whichever side eats the most wings in three minutes wins.
So are you guys ready for that?
Matt Stonie, are you ready to take on
three Olympic athletes right here, live on Netflix?
Yeah!
- Gentlemen, are you ready? - Ready.
- Matt Stonie, are you ready? - Good.
Three, two, one...
eat!
- Let's go! - Go, go, go!
Come on, Matt. You've got this.
All right, the Olympians are ahead... No, they are tied.
The Olympians are pulling ahead. This is crazy.
Good job, Matt. You've got this.
Matt, you are tied with the Olympians.
We are at two minutes, 40 seconds.
Ryan Lochte looks a little slow there.
Oh, it is decisively even, Nikki.
- This is crazy. - This is close.
Come on, Matt. We've got you. Come on, give us a chant.
Go, eat the wings! Go, eat the wings! Go, eat the wings!
That's right.
There you go. I like this, Rob.
You're joining the competition.
All right, we are at almost two minutes.
Matt is ahead.
Matt at 17, the Olympians at 12.
Matt, they look like they're slowing down. Keep going.
Let's set a record right now here on Netflix.
- I'll ask these guys some questions. - Yeah.
I know you are in an eating competition,
so it might be a bad time to ask some questions.
What's your favorite Rob Riggle movie?
You know what? I'll answer for you.
What's that? You said all of them?
- Okay. That's amazing. - The Olympians are at 18.
- We are gonna hit a minute 30. - Ryan Lochte!
Look at him go. That is cleaning the bone.
- Ryan Lochte's setting a record. - We're at the halfway point.
Halfway point.
What's going on over here with Matt Stonie?
All right, a minute 19.
Matt Stonie at 31 wings, the Olympians at 22.
All right, band, let's hear you.
Come on, band.
Go, eat the wings! Go, eat the wings! Go, eat the wings!
The crowd out here's so loud, Nikki, I can't even hear myself.
I can't even hear any of it.
- All I can hear is the chomping of wings... - Right?
...coming from the Olympians and from Matt Stonie.
But I've never seen anything like it.
Never seen anything. Did you ever think, at this point, 45 seconds left,
- that Matt Stonie would be at 41? - We're under a minute!
- Under a minute! - We're under a minute!
Do you think they can catch up?
- Not a chance! - Not a chance.
We have Matt Stonie at 43 wings, Olympians at 29.
- You're doing a great job. - Thirty seconds left.
Keep going, don't stop,
- all the way to the finish line. - Are you gonna set a record?
- You got this, 45 wings. - All the way to the finish line.
- The pride of America, at this table. - Twenty seconds left!
Are they catching up?
- They can pound those. - Come on, guys. Got 15 seconds.
I can sub in for you guys.
Ten, nine, eight, seven, six,
five, four, three, two, one.
It's over! It's over!
Hands up, hands up!
Wow! What a demonstration of wing-eating prowess.
- Oh, my gosh, Rob. - I have never seen anything like it.
Ever.
Matt Stonie in a cold sweat on a hot day.
- Oh, my God, you look terrible. - He's still chewing.
You look terrible.
I feel terrible.
Oh, you feel terrible? But you won, my man.
- Yeah. - You won.
Let's hear it for Matt Stonie.
Matt, I am so impressed.
Okay.
Nikki, do you want to tell them what happened here?
- I... Okay. - I'm still piecing it together myself.
So officially, the winner,
with 53 wings in three minutes,
- is Matt Stonie! - What?!
Yes!
Just gotta stick to swimming, right?
Guys, our Olympians, our challengers,
our national pride and joy,
medalists all, what did you come in at?
- Thirty-two wings, something like that? - Thirty-six.
- Thirty-six wings! - Thirty-six wings.
That's 12 a-piece.
I could even do the math on that. That's 12 a-piece in three minutes.
Still, where I come from, very respectable but not against Matt Stonie, guys.
- He is a legend in the biz. - He's an absolute animal.
He's an absolute animal.
I didn't even look over there, but looking at his bowl, it's ridiculous.
It was literally insane to watch. I've never seen anything like it.
- I just brought my A-game. - You represented well.
- We appreciate that. - Brought your A-game for sure.
All right, guys. Nikki?
You know what? I think we're done out here for now.
I say we go back to Chris and Cari.
- There you go. There you go. - What do you got?
My goodness!
I wasn't prepared. I wasn't prepared.
All I have to say, Matt Stonie, you're amazing.
Next time, we'll call Michael Phelps or Katie Ledecky to run the last leg of that.
Clearly, 'cause the Olympians couldn't do it.
We were thinking about competitive eating being an Olympic sport,
but I don't know if that's the case anymore after seeing that.
Maybe more so, actually.
Hey, Kobayashi and Joey Chestnut both mentioned it.
They wanna do it, 2028.
Joey was like, "I'll be on the team if they'll have me."
- "If"? - I think you're good.
I think they're good too.
Meanwhile, you bring up Kobayashi and Joey Chestnut
thinking about being an Olympic sport, competitive eating.
I wanna talk about Kobayashi.
He's considered the godfather of competitive eating...
- Mm-hmm. - ...because of his innovative style.
He's done things before
that so many people have never been able to see.
So I wanna take you back, so you can understand
the mental and physical preparedness
that Kobayashi has put into this sport, and the type of eater that he is.
Take a listen.
The most decorated eater in history. It's Kobayashi!
Well, this is true of any sport,
but the thing that people most want to see is who's the best.
And personally, I believe I became number one in the world.
In 2001, at just 23 years old, Takeru Kobayashi
first emerged on the scene.
A new world record, unbelievable.
And revolutionized the world of competitive eating.
Never have we seen that many hot dogs in 12 minutes.
Turning it from a local competition
into a world-renowned sport.
Meet Takeru Kobayashi, the world's fastest eater.
Until an unknown rookie named Joey Chestnut entered the scene,
determined to take him down.
I thought Chestnut would get stronger at some point
and become a rival in the future.
But at that point, I didn't see a rival yet.
Kobayashi and Chestnut battled for years,
pushing one another to their limits,
resulting in a devastating injury to Kobayashi's jaw.
That is the width that he can open his jaw right now.
My performance level declined.
In first place, with 66 hot dogs and buns,
Joey Chestnut!
They competed for two more years,
with Chestnut successfully defending his title.
Chestnut!
Just before the 2010 hot dog contest,
Kobayashi refused to sign
an exclusive deal with Major League Eating,
and in turn was banned from the stage.
But after that, even though I wasn't allowed to enter the contest,
I went to the venue.
I got swept up in the moment, and the next thing I know,
I'd climbed onto the stage.
Takeru "Tsunami" Kobayashi
was detained by police
after storming the stage at the annual contest
following a contractual dispute with organizers.
In the nearly 15 years since being banned
from Nathan's Hot Dog Contest,
Kobayashi has continued to be dominant in other competitions.
Kobayashi!
But despite his continued success, he remains focused
- on regaining the title that matters most. - Joey Chestnut!
Chestnut is my bigger rival,
therefore the purpose of this challenge is to determine
who holds the title of the world's greatest competitive eater.
I truly believe that I will win.
Here we are, folks.
Back inside the HyperX Arena, we are ready for The Innovator.
It is time to take a look at Kobayashi in his dressing room,
prepared, locked in.
He's got his sandals on.
I don't know if he's using those in the competition, Chris.
- That's always a fun thing. - Yeah, always a fun thing.
He's always got a different look, he is hip-hoppy,
he is fun, he is energetic,
- and he has missed the limelight. - He has.
He's been competing in other stuff, but never right in front of center stage,
- with Joey Chestnut next to him. - Yeah.
- There's a lot on the line for him. - The story line is this.
We talked about the jaw injury. He talked about it.
He said he didn't like the fact that Joey thought he was lying,
and he said he's been able to deal with this jaw injury,
but he's back to redeem himself.
There is some narrative around the way he left the sport.
Oh, yeah. Joey thought for 10 or 15 years,
"He didn't want to face me, so he came up with this jaw thing."
- He mentioned that to us this weekend. - Yeah.
It is still bubbling over as we are now less than about 22 minutes away...
- I cannot wait. - ...from the main event.
- The people in here are ready for it. - Are you all already?
Whoo!
- All right! It's getting loud out here. - It's getting wild!
Oh, yeah. Okay, listen. Let's dive right in.
Joining us now, one of UK's most famous competitive eaters,
who currently holds 23 Guinness World Record titles.
She's basically wrote the book on how to break eating records,
and would eat that book if it meant getting another record.
Please welcome Leah Shutkever!
- Hi! - Hello! Hello!
All right!
Okay, Leah, we are so excited to have you today.
Obviously, we all know that you have broken a ton of records.
A few.
So, which would you say is the most difficult to achieve?
I have attempted so many records,
and I've broken 34 Guinness World Record titles.
Thirty-four?!
Every single one has its own complexities and difficulties,
but I would say the most difficult one
off the top of my head would be the fastest time
to drink a liter of gravy.
But you have to drink it through a straw.
- Wait, the suction, that's insane! - Yeah. The suction is insane. Correct.
Guinness Records is all-encompassing. They really cover every record possible.
They do. No wonder the book keeps getting bigger.
- Gravy through a straw! A liter! - I mean, wow!
All right, well, Leah, today you are going to attempt
to set another Guinness World Record title right here,
- live on Netflix. - Yes! Yes!
As you can see, today, Leah faces her greatest adversary to date.
Big-ass watermelons.
And to make sure everything is done officially,
we have our Guinness World Records adjudicator, Hannah Ortman.
- Oh, yeah! - Welcome, Hannah.
Okay, Leah.
So, Leah, you can take a seat, and we'll get ready to set that record.
- Let's do it. - We know you can do it.
You got this. Yes.
Leah, you are attempting the Guinness World Record title
for the most watermelon eaten
in three minutes.
The minimum amount to consume is 1750 grams.
Do you understand the rules, and are you ready?
Yes, I'm ready.
For the Americans in the audience, 1750 grams is 4 pounds.
- Oh, good. I was gonna say. - For the record...
three, two, one, go.
Yes, you got this, Leah! Come on!
- Go! Go! She's going for it! - Oh, my God! that is insane!
She's going for it!
You got it, Leah. You got it.
- Wow! Wow! - Come on, Leah.
Oh, my gosh. I'm amazed.
- That's one! That's one! - That's one. It's already gone.
- Four hundred grams down. - That was amazing.
I can't believe what I'm seeing! The juice is dripping off her elbow!
That is crazy.
Band, let's hear it, band! Come on, band!
Look at that pace! Look at that pace!
This is crazy. I've never seen anything like this.
- That's two. That's two. - Two.
She's had two down. We are almost at 2 minutes, 15 seconds.
- Eight hundred grams even. - That's 800 grams.
She just finished 800 grams, Nikki.
- Could you do 800 grams? No. - No. No.
Come on, Leah. You got this.
- She's slowing. - Look how focused she is.
She's taking pauses to catch her breath, I assume.
Eat those melons!
- We're almost at two minutes... - I don't know if it's fatigue or pacing.
I don't know if it's a strategy. I don't know...
That's 1200 grams eaten. She's just hit 1200.
- 1200 grams even, everyone! - She's at 1200 grams.
- Go! Go, Leah, go! - A minute, 45. You got it, Leah.
These are the blackout moments she talks about. She's in the zone.
She does blackout when she goes into these competitions,
- She's in a total blackout phase now. - Total blackout phase.
She doesn't even know we're here.
- She's at 1600 grams! - Sixteen hundred grams!
We are dangerously close to the record.
A minute, 20 left. A minute, 20 left.
A minute, 20 left. Plenty of time. Plenty of time.
Plenty of time for records to be broken.
- Almost at one minutes. - Closing in on one minute.
I think she'll finish before.
Two thousand grams!
I think we're there. I think we're there.
- One minute left! - One minute left!
One minute left!
- You've got this! - Oh, she's struggling.
She's struggling. You got this, Leah.
- She's doing it! She's cruising. - You got it.
It's like a tease. It's like a true champion.
Yes! Yes!
Okay, do not let the clock run out. You've gotta finish this.
That's all. That's all there is!
- Thirty seconds left! Thirty seconds! - With 30 seconds to spare.
- Twenty-four hundred grams eaten. - Oh, my God!
There's nothing left on her tray!
Oh, but we gotta let the clock run. We gotta let it run.
- We gotta let it run. - Is that right, Hannah? Okay.
- Fifteen seconds left. - You want to drink the juice...?
- I'm not allowed to. - Oh, that was amazing.
- Amazing. - That was incredible. Amazing.
Ten, nine, eight, seven, six,
five, four, three, two, one!
Yes! Yes!
- Leah! Oh, my goodness! - Leah Shutkever!
You don't want to touch me. We can like air...
Okay, so Hannah right now is going to take a moment
to sort out things officially, of course.
That's right. It's Guinness. They do things very efficiently.
Very efficiently.
She's weighing it in, she's got a calculator and a clipboard.
That makes everything official.
It does. Leah, how are you feeling?
I feel hydrated.
I'm the most hydrated person around this pool right now.
They don't have a lot of watermelons in the UK.
They don't have any citrus as far as I know.
- That's why they call you Limeys. - I don't know what to say! Yes, we do.
- No... - It's imported. Okay.
This is fantastic.
Do you have a nickname?
I'm thinking, "The British Boa Constrictor,"
the way you took that down.
I...
- Right? I mean, it should be. - I'm sticking with that.
But how are you going to feel
when we find out in a few moments that you set this record?
- How will you feel if you did it? - My adrenaline is going crazy.
I anticipate tears. I'm hoping no tears, but there could be.
- Number 34. - Thirty-five.
- Thirty-five! - Her 35th Guinness World Record.
- If Hannah says. - If.
- We have to wait for the official judge. - Ready to give us the news?
I am ready.
Oh, boy. Here we go. The official announcement from Hannah.
Leah, today you attempted the Guinness World Records title
for the most watermelon eaten in three minutes.
The number to beat is 1750 grams.
Today, you achieved a total of 2000.56 grams.
Yeah!
Yes!
Oh, my God.
- That's amazing! - Congratulations. You set another record.
- You are officially amazing. - She's so badass.
- Thank you. - Congratulations.
- Let's hear it for Leah! - Amazing!
- Absolutely amazing! - Oh, my gosh.
Hold on one second.
- Yes! - Leah, don't eat this.
- Don't... - Okay.
Oh, my gosh. A special thanks to Guinness World Records,
who has a new book coming out this fall.
That's right. I hope to break the record for most free copies received!
- Yes. - Back to you, Chris and Cari.
Wait. Oh, my goodness. I'm crying. I'm crying laughing.
Did you see how excited Nikki got? Give Leah a napkin, please!
It's the least you can do after she breaks the world record.
You know what's interesting about this?
You're a competitive eater. So you look at their physique.
It's really counterintuitive
thinking about someone who eats large amounts of food.
They are so physically in shape, are they not?
Leah was so stacked.
It's incredible, 2000.56 grams of watermelon?
- Let's give it up for her. - That is a new world record.
- I tell you... - She looked good while doing so.
I would put those all around my house,
so when you open up that door, I'm all,
"Yeah, I'm the Guinness World Record in all this stuff." It was incredible.
Speaking of preparing for the event, we gotta talk about this.
Joey and Kobi, speaking of fit,
they train like no other, like other athletes as well.
But their training is a little different from what you would think.
- Mm-hmm. - So let's take a look at what they use.
We're talking jaw, tongue, and stomach to get them prepared for today's event.
My practices are intense.
I always prepare myself for the competition.
I am the most strict person I know.
If you talk to a cyclist, somebody who rides in the Tour de France,
they do more than just ride a bike.
I don't just practice eating.
I believe it's also important to prepare my entire body.
Swallowing is one of the most important things in competitive eating.
Raising my head while I'm sitting back on a weight bench and swallowing in air.
Right before a competition,
I drink three gallons of water.
Because liquid goes to the stomach fast,
to train your stomach, water is the best.
It's been said I can treat myself like a beanie baby.
I push the food down with my hand to help it settle and make room for more food.
I train inhaling because it is a necessary movement
when dropping food into your stomach.
I can use my Adam's apple to make sure I'm going all the way down.
The tongue has to move quickly.
In order to do that,
I have to make my tongue strong by doing a lot of tongue stretches.
I use exercise ball for your jaw, molded to my front teeth.
I love everything about it. I love getting ready
to put an obscene amount of food inside of me.
It's what I love doing.
All right, to help us make some sense of what these two are able to do,
we are joined by former competitive eater, Tim Janus.
Eater X is with us. Where is the face paint, man?
I forgot, it got lost.
- It got lost? - Yeah.
- We should ask our makeup people. - I didn't think about that.
So he is great.
He has competed against both Kobayashi and Joey Chestnut,
six straight years, top three finish at Nathan's.
Okay, we just saw the training piece.
Take us through what Kobayashi has been doing the last few weeks
to get prepared for this moment.
The purpose of all this is to stretch his stomach
and teach those muscles that help the swallowing to get better and faster.
So, Kobayashi, for the last six months, he told me,
he's been doing two full practices each week.
That means he's cooking up 70, 80, 90 hot dogs
and eating them all in 10 minutes,
and he's also doing speed runs,
trying to work on that first minute and get his top pace up.
That sounds like a ton. Is that unusual training for something like this?
When you are training for an event this big, that is not unusual.
What is Joey doing?
He's probably doing something similar, at least one practice a week.
You saw in the package all those exercises that are targeting those tiny muscles.
Okay, let's talk about who has a competitive edge here.
Earlier, he gave us the tale of the tape, 65 pounds, there's that difference.
Who has the competitive edge when it comes to eating?
Boy, when it comes to stomach capacity, the edge goes to Joey.
That's going to be a big advantage going down the stretch.
When it comes to creativity, Kobayashi has the advantage.
He is known as a great innovator, so we'll see what he brings to the table.
So it is an art out here. He has used the Solomon Method before.
We are not going to see that.
The Kobi Shake, who knows if that's going to make an appearance?
But you expect him to come up with something today?
Well, I'm interested to see if he does,
and I know that's Joey's biggest concern, is what will Kobayashi do?
And we'll find that out right away.
What about the legacy side of this thing?
Everybody thinks right now Joey is one, Kobayashi is two.
Can that flip today?
It can. Joey is one. He won three hot dog contests in a row.
- I think that's a pattern. - While Kobayashi was there.
Yes. If he wins today, then there is no question he remains number one.
If Kobayashi wins, I think he can change the narrative.
But he has to win by more than a couple.
Chris, I think with any battle of GOAT,
there's always someone who says, "Oh, but he didn't do it this way,
and he didn't do that, and he didn't eat in this era."
Is there something that will say, "This is it, they are done"?
What does Joey need to do?
- Oh, boy. To win this contest? - Just to win.
Joey has to outlast Kobayashi.
He needs to get off to a good start. He doesn't have to be leading.
I think his capacity will allow him to catch up.
Kobayashi needs to get off to a slightly faster start.
He doesn't want to be trying to defend.
He wants to have a big lead going into his last minute.
Finally, as a guy who has done this, in ten seconds,
how excited are you and the competitive eating world overall?
This is awesome. This is something all of us have wanted to see for years.
I know there's been talk of it for years,
but to finally be here and to witness it is incredible.
I know you're excited. Everybody else seems to be excited.
- Are you guys excited? - They are.
You're excited. You guys are excited.
Under eight minutes to go in this thing.
You're going to stick around, you're going to be here on the desk,
breaking it down during the 10 minutes of madness. We cannot wait.
Of course, $100,000 is going to go to the winner of this,
but that's not all that's on the line. Right, Rob Riggle?
Oh, yeah. Oh, you got that right! You got that right!
The winner of today's battle will also take home a one-of-a-kind trophy,
and a championship title belt designed by the WWE!
I know. Everybody just got a first look. I don't blame you. It's impressive.
By the way, before I forget, starting live in January on Netflix, WWE.
Okay.
And also, by the way, here,
accompanying tonight's title belt is our crack security team.
Please welcome WWE Hall of Famer, Rey Mysterio,
and superstar Omos!
Gentlemen, let me start over here, Rey.
I'm looking at this belt. This is a beautiful belt.
Tell me about it if you would, please.
- It's one-of-a-kind. - It is one-of-a-kind. I can see that.
To get this, you need to do something special,
like tonight, what's about to go down.
I happened to notice, I couldn't help.
I couldn't help but notice you are wearing "Team Joey."
- All the way. - You're Team Joey?
But you know what... Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Rob...
Joey! Joey! Joey! Joey! Joey! Joey!
Wow. You can't stop this crowd. Fever pitch, fever pitch!
With all due respect, we've got to give Kobayashi his credit.
He was the first to ever emerge on the scene.
Yep.
But Chestnut has been dominating this sport for the past decade.
That's a good reason to back him.
Who's winning tonight?
Rey Mysterio, thank you for that.
Now I turn to you, Omos.
You know, I really could have used you
a couple minutes ago when I was out by the pool. I needed some shade.
- Should've just asked. - Yeah.
I see you're wearing "Team Kobi," Omos! Tell me what's going on!
Come on, come on! Come on!
Kobi! Kobi! Kobi!
- You hear that? You hear that? - I hear it.
Of course it's Team Kobi, right?
Come on, loud! Come on, come on, come on!
Kobi! Kobi! Kobi! Kobi! Kobi!
- Kobi! Kobi! Kobi! Kobi! - Wow.
- That's impressive. - You hear that?
I did hear that. They heard it in the next state.
That is a tsunami, what we just heard.
- That is a tsunami. - Right?
Have you been a Kobayashi fan from the get-go?
- Absolutely, why not? - No, okay, no, I love it.
That's perfect to hear.
- He is the tsunami of competitive eating. - Yes.
- I am the tsunami of the WWE. - That's absolutely true.
And I would agree with anything you said at this moment.
You better.
- So, there you go. - Good.
There you have it! The superstars have spoken!
And yes, one is much taller than the other one.
We will find out which superstar picked a winner very, very soon.
It's almost time for the main event. Isn't that right, Nikki?
That is right! We are almost ready.
And the hot dogs have entered the building!
- Look, here they are. - Kobi! Kobi! Kobi!
- Yes.
He is here too. But you guys, look! These guys are like a NASCAR pit crew.
There has been... 300 hot dogs have been made for this main event.
I would say that's a lot of hot dogs, right?
All right, back to you, Chris and Cari.
All right, thank you very much. Tim Janus still with us
on the desk to lend his insight as well.
So we are closing in on about three minutes, Kobayashi and Chestnut.
Fifteen years in the making. So why in the world did it take so long?
- Why did it take so long? - In part, they had to agree on the rules.
It wasn't easy. I think they both made a little bit of saying,
- "Okay, I'll give here, I'll give there." - Sure.
Let's run this thing down.
A few of them are basic. You are used to it.
It's a 10-minute bout.
The competitor who eats the most hot dogs will be indeed declared the winner.
There will be no separating of meat from the bun.
Also, no dunking.
That is a big one and that is a new one here.
There will be fouls for infractions, and also regurgitation or reversal.
At the end of the time,
both competitors will each have 30 seconds to finish what is in their mouths.
Unlike in the past, spilled food will be weighed and may be deducted
from each eater's total.
In the event of a tie, we will also go to overtime.
We will explain that as well.
In addition, we also have a team of professional sports judges
that are closely watching for infractions.
The first one is a warning.
The second one is a one hot dog violation.
The other one, two hot dog violation.
And if you have what is called a reversal in your sport,
that is indeed a two hot dog violation as well.
Did you ever think in your storied career...
- Yes. - ...you would be able to run down
hot dog rules that way?
Come on! It's all about flexibility and the more you could do, you know that.
All right, so real quickly, about the rules, who do these favor?
I think they favor Kobayashi a little bit.
Although I think Joey has had so much time to prepare that he has negated much of
that advantage that they give Kobayashi.
But Kobayashi, we have to remember,
he did lose in a dunking contest and now we're not dunking.
For the folks at home and obviously for the audience here,
tell us what we should be looking for the first few minutes.
I think we want to see what Kobayashi's pace is and what his technique is.
And with Joey, we are hoping he gets into a rhythm.
Because when he's in rhythm, he's almost unstoppable.
All right, so the record, at least for Joey Chestnut, is 76.
- Is that going down today? - I think it is.
I've talked to both eaters. I really believe it is.
I think we're going to see records today.
We're going to see the most hot dogs eaten in the first minute
and the most hot dogs eaten in 10 minutes.
Yeah, that's awesome. You're ready, you're ready, the world is ready.
- I'm ready. - I think Rob Riggle is ready as well.
- Rob's ready. - Sounds like it.
Ladies and gentlemen,
it's time for the main event!
Are you ready to witness history?
This is a rivalry 15 years in the making.
They are the titans of the sport,
the two greatest adversaries to ever put food to mouth.
Their battles have been the stuff of legend,
and they meet once again to settle the score in front of the entire world.
But only one can be crowned the Netflix Unfinished Beef Hot Dog Champion.
You know...
you know they say...
they say I have a big mouth.
But it's nothing compared to these two! So let's make some noise!
This rematch has been 15 years in the making.
Let's settle this beef once and for all.
It's time to give the people what they want.
Hailing from Westfield, Indiana,
standing at 6'1" and weighing in at 222 pounds,
give it up
for Joey Chestnut!
I'm here to win it all.
I am the ultimate champion.
It's time to eat.
Hailing from Nagano, Japan,
standing at 5'8" and weighing in at 158 pounds,
it's Takeru Kobayashi!
Both of these competitors picked the tracks in which they walked into.
And how about the new look for Kobayashi? Styling!
He looks as if he is ready for business.
He had a head full of hair just yesterday, and now it is cut short.
What does that mean when you see that?
Means he's ready for... He came to play. He's all business today.
I got the chills being here right now.
Once again, Kobayashi has told us this is his final competition.
Win or lose, he's walking away, but now he walks into this arena.
You got the sights, the sounds. It is sold out here.
What do you think is going on through his brain
and his heart now, Tim?
Right now, they are both trying to calm themselves down and focus.
I think they're both in a good place, good state of mind.
They are not thinking anything else.
They are looking at their cups,
making sure the first one is in a good position.
They're looking at the hot dogs,
trying to figure out if they are nice and hot.
And they are just ready to go.
Since Rob Riggle is joining us on the desk,
we're gonna do your old schtick and each make predictions.
I'm going to go first.
Joey Chestnut, it's that simple.
Sixteen times at Nathan's,
now he's going to be a one-time Netflix champion.
I'm going with Kobayashi. He has my favorite athletes' names,
Kobi, simply said.
I think that it's always good to go for the underdog. I want that story.
- All right. Tim Janus. - I think the edge slightly goes to Joey.
I think it's going to be a close one, but I think Joey wins this.
My heart is going with Kobayashi, my money is going with Chestnut.
- Okay. - Nikki Garcia, who do you have?
I gotta say, I'm on the wrong side, but I'm going for Kobayashi.
He's here for revenge, and he wants to take that GOAT spot back!
Wow, okay. So three of us have Kobayashi, two have Chestnut.
We are just about ready.
Athletes are stepping forward. Andrew Freund is our referee.
You two sided with the Machete.
- Yeah. - All right. Thank you for that.
So they have 30 seconds to set themselves in place.
Quickly, what are they doing?
They want that first cup in a good position
because they will have to pick that up and don't want to knock anything.
They're also trying to feel that those hot dogs are nice and hot, nice and fast.
Joey Chestnut grabs one more sip.
Once again, they can drink the liquid, they cannot dunk the hot dogs.
- So that is something... - He's keeping that water.
One hundred thousand dollars on the line for the winner.
This is happening.
He's keeping that water in his mouth to moisten the first bun.
All right. Andrew Freund, our referee is going to take it away.
- We have 10 minutes on the clock. - Kobi, we love you.
The person who eats the most hot dogs will be the champion.
- Kobayashi, are you ready? - Yes.
Chestnut, ready?
Kobi! Kobi! Kobi! Kobi!
Ready, set, go!
We are live on Netflix and underway as Chestnut and Kobayashi renew a rivalry.
First minute, Tim. What do we look for?
We are looking at the pace, we're looking at Kobayashi's technique.
Is it different than Joey's? Right now, it looks the same.
It's a real race to see who is better. It's not anything... No creativity.
Kobayashi already with four each.
This is amazing. It is going to be tit for tat the whole way.
Neither one is gonna lift the foot off the gas.
Tim, you told us water was the key here.
You were worried that Kobayashi took up too much water
while Joey Chestnut said he was going with extra water. That was his strategy.
What are you seeing now?
I think they're both going to drink more water than in a normal contest.
Kobayashi has to be more careful because he doesn't have the same capacity.
Look at this, 10 seconds to go.
In the first minute,
Joey Chestnut's record in the first minute is 13 dogs
and he has reached it.
Kobayashi has reached his personal best for the first minute as well.
But he is trailing.
These are both fantastic first minutes.
They are ahead of their dunking pace.
Wow, this is intense!
This is like a regular Riggle barbecue, isn't it?
Much more intense.
Now I understand why they have glass separating them!
There's going to be splashing, and food, and things are flying around,
liquids and buns and water, intensity.
What does it feel like for you?
With this live audience, what does it feel like?
You can't cut the tension. You just can't.
A machete, a chainsaw, nothing is getting through it.
It's palpable. The room is electric right now.
It is... It was... I felt it when I was on stage.
When the competitors came by, you could feel them vibrating.
- You could feel it? - Yes.
What about the haircut Kobayashi got?
When I saw that... We just saw him a day ago with a full mullet,
long hair, looking good, rock star-ish-level hair.
And then he shaved it down. The warrior is here.
All right, look at this. Joey Chestnut just surpassed it.
His best two-minute mark ever. He is at 25 through two minutes.
I'm not surprised. These guys don't limit themselves.
They dream big and they are able to achieve great things.
Nobody would have thought this was possible except for these two.
Kobayashi is down about three dogs, two-plus minutes into this.
Bad sign, or can he make it up?
It's not a great sign, but he's not losing more ground.
At least he is holding steady now.
Two and a half minutes into this bout, 15 years in the making.
A six-time champion in Kobayashi, a 16-time titleholder in Joey Chestnut.
What?
Nikki Garcia is hanging out with Kobayashi's wife in his corner.
- Maggie. - Yes, I am here with Maggie.
It feels super tense.
There's already tears, a lot of prayers, but I feel the hope. I truly do.
I think they know he has this.
But the emotions are unreal. Back to you, guys.
You can tell, Nikki.
I know Maggie told us she'd be standing there encouraging him,
telling her husband where he is at, where he is in the race,
to keep going, don't stop.
But she also said she'd tell him to slow down and not hurt himself.
I'm sure there's only one voice that Kobayashi can hear at that moment.
- The voice of his wife. - That's right.
So I hope that she is sending him good vibes, giving him good information,
which I'm sure she is.
I can see the intensity right from here. I can see...
She is praying. She's literally praying.
- Wow, wow. - So, you know,
the emotions are pure here and deep.
Three and a half minutes into this.
All right. Chestnut seems to be extending his lead a little bit over Kobayashi.
- What are you seeing? - Just a little bit.
Kobayashi told me yesterday that his biggest fear,
what he fears most about Joey, is Joey's pace.
Joey doesn't let up.
He continues to go at a fast pace the entire contest,
and you're seeing that right now.
This is the fastest four-minute pace ever for Joey Chestnut.
His record, and really the world record of 76, hangs in the balance.
- He can blow past that. - I think he's going to.
It's incredible. These two have ingested more than 20,000 calories combined.
- You do that on a weekend. - That's a good weekend for me.
If I'm back in Kansas City, I'm eating barbecue, I'm about there.
I'm around 20,000 calories.
But I got to tell you, I look at the numbers
and I forget that those are actual hot dogs.
Not just numbers.
They've consumed those and those are inside their bellies right now.
The difference between chicken wings and hot dogs is vast.
It's got to be. With the bread? Oh, yeah, it's vast.
Oh, yeah.
They have a different technique out there.
Here, I mean, look, it is slam and jam up there.
Yes, and it's slam and jam. Oh, my goodness.
All right. We are nearing the halfway point.
Joey Chestnut continues
to kind of incrementally extend his lead right now.
You've got to imagine Kobayashi can feel that he is behind.
What sort of adjustments can you make in the back half?
Uh, he knows. He knows he is behind. I'm sure of that.
He's got his wife helping him out. He can also see the counter.
All he can do is just keep pressing that pace,
just trying to go a little bit faster and trying not to slow down.
He is a smaller guy than Joey. He's got a smaller rib cage.
Typically that means his stomach doesn't have as much room to expand.
However, Kobayashi has a condition called gastroptosis.
That means his stomach sits a little bit lower in his body
and is able to expand underneath the rib cage,
so that actually negates Joey's size advantage.
You said earlier you thought that Joey would break the world record.
He's five dogs ahead of that pace right now. So, what do you feel like?
He's gonna continue. I think he is in the best shape of his life.
I think he wants to win but he also doesn't want to lose.
So he came here ready.
Both of the competitors have their eyes shut.
Are they going out of body right now?
You know, I think they are trying to tune out as much as possible.
So it's a distraction if you look around too much.
It's easier to close your eyes.
And look at this. Chestnut almost has a 10 hotdog lead over Kobayashi
as we close in on the four-minute mark.
This is an incredible performance by a 16-time champ.
This is a bigger lead than I expected, you know.
One thing Joey told me was that he was going to push himself
even if he's got a big lead. He's going to try to set a record.
Kobayashi told me the same.
Even if he's losing, he's going to try to do his best
because he's got his pride wrapped up in this event.
- They're gonna push hard to the end. - Let's take it to Nikki.
She is in Joey Chestnut's camp right now. Nikki.
That is right. I'm here with Joey's dad, Joey's friends,
these other competitive eaters.
And even though Joey has the lead, they are cheering him on.
They are not giving up. It is so crazy down here.
I mean, the hype is unreal.
All right, Nikki, thank you very much.
You can see the... Is that pain that Joey Chestnut is going through
as he's trying to jab more and more hot dogs?
- Let's call it what it is. - It's not actually pain.
It is kind of disgust at this point.
But there's nothing that hurts. They just feel full.
They know their stomach can stretch further, so they're gonna keep on eating,
but it doesn't feel great. It doesn't taste good.
Tim, how are these dogs going down?
You talked about the difference between slow and fast.
What are we looking at?
Typically, when you can't dunk, it should be much slower to eat a hot dog,
but these guys have practiced so much, and the meat is soft, it's hot, juicy,
there's no casing on it. That makes it a fast meat.
The bun has been kept at a nice temperature,
it's been steamed, so it is fluffy and soft.
That makes it a fast bun. They can eat these dogs quickly.
Rob, when you shop at the grocery store,
do you shop for fast dogs, slow dogs?
- Which ones? - The fast ones.
Yeah. I'm all about speed. That's how I live my life.
- But you knew that. - That's true.
Six dogs ahead of his world record pace is Joey Chestnut
as he just climbed past 70 with under two and a half minutes to go.
I think the record's gonna fall.
What would that mean in the competitive eating world
if he blows past 80?
- What are we looking at? - Joey has always wanted to hit 80.
I think we are about to see it.
And that's the biggest number anybody has ever eaten.
We are really approaching the limits of what a human can do.
What is interesting, we haven't seen one penalty card, one warning card.
They stay focused and locked in. What does that tell you?
Well, the biggest concern was they are so used to dunking hot dogs,
they've been doing it for decades, that they might just accidentally do it.
But I expected a clean contest.
I think they practiced enough and they both want to win this.
They both wanna compete fairly.
We are under the two-minute warning.
Unlike the NFL... You can see two games right here on Netflix on Christmas Day.
...we don't stop the action. We keep going. We keep pushing through.
We are closing in on Joey Chestnut's record.
Remember, the number to tie is 76, with 90 seconds to go.
He is one away.
This is incredible.
Oh, my God!
Joey Chestnut, he might have a pained look on his face,
but he is all smiles and hot dogs on the inside.
He has equaled his record.
One more, and he is once again at the top of the dog mountain.
He's going to 78. He's got it in his hand.
We are in uncharted waters here!
How far can he go?
What is he thinking about now, 82, 83?
He's thinking about the record first
and then he's just going to go as much beyond that as he can.
And he can stuff a little bit more.
Let's not lose sight of the fact that Kobi is about to set
a personal record as well.
His old mark's at 64 and a half back in 2009.
We now have less than a minute left. What do you see?
We got less than a minute left. Give us a guess.
- Joey is going to hit 84. - Eighty-four?
Joey just hit 80!
Oh, my goodness!
Less than 30 to go!
- A rematch we have waited 15 years for. - Kobi has set a personal record.
Chestnut, Kobayashi, both with personal records,
but the 16-time champion is going to walk away an apparent winner.
There's 10 seconds to go as the fans count it down.
- ...six, five, four, three, two, one! - Three, two, one!
Tim called this! He called this.
You have 30 seconds to finish...
You have 30 seconds to finish what is in your mouth,
and then both competitors will get checked.
They'll sweep up for any mess that's on the floor.
They'll weigh that. But this is an apparent, as of right now,
unofficial win for Joey Chestnut who went going away.
And it's impossible that it won't be official in just a few seconds.
Tim, you were close. You said 84. He got 83.
- You were close. - I was close, yeah.
- That was his personal best. - All right.
So both competitors are having their mouths checked out.
It'll take a little longer to check Joey's mouth.
That is a large grill. That is a large grill. Look at him!
Soaking in the moment.
Incredible.
Once again, this is an unofficial victory.
The competitors standing next to one another, but not even exchanging glances.
You know, these guys make each other better.
Well, what are they doing here now?
Well, we've had guys in the past that might step on some crumbs.
These guys would never stoop that low, but they're checking to make sure.
Would they cheat to try and put stuff under their shoes?
There's been scandals in the past.
Joey! Joey! Joey! Joey!
Wow. How exhausted are you at the end of 10 minutes?
Uh, you've got a lot of adrenaline.
That keeps you going. I think they feel pretty good.
It was an incredible performance. Joey Chestnut, the unofficial winner.
Kobayashi, we finally saw him compete against Joey Chestnut
for the first time in 15 years.
It was truly worth the wait. Would you not say?
I would wait again to get this kind of excitement. Yeah.
- It was very good. - It was something special.
They're just doing a few quick check to the numbers.
Then we will have an official ruling.
But both gentlemen, they look exhausted at this point.
They do, and they look very wet.
A lot of water.
Well, the crowd here in Las Vegas treated to something special.
We had the chicken wing eating a little bit earlier,
we had Leah set a new Guinness world record for the watermelon eating,
and now we have another unofficial record
when it comes to hot dog eating in 10 minutes.
It was so intense.
They're weighing what they were able to find there, in terms of grams.
They take that away from the actual score to see who had what?
If it equals a hot dog in terms of mass, then they will deduct it,
but if it doesn't equal a full hot dog, it doesn't count.
It's just to cross the Ts and dot your Is and get everything official.
It's all official. We're making sure it's all said and done.
I'm beat after 10 minutes. What about you?
- I'm tired. - Oh, I'm excited.
I wonder how far Joey Chestnut can push himself.
I mean, where he got almost to 85, that is an unreal number.
He's a big dreamer.
I'm sure he's already starting to think about the next one.
Kobayashi apparently deducted one dog total
after they weighed everything in.
Perhaps that will extend the win for one Joey Chestnut.
All right, Rob Riggle, take it away.
Well, I believe it is official. We have a winner.
The judges have determined, by unanimous decision,
with a total score of 83 hot dogs eaten...
...the winner of the first ever Netflix Unfinished Beef Hot Dog competition
and new world record holder,
it's Joey Chestnut!
- Congratulations. - Congratulations.
I'm telling you, your mouth and stomach have spoken here today.
You are the greatest hot dog eater in the entire world.
Yes. And on top of that, you have won $100,000.
And of course this incredible one-of-a-kind trophy.
That's right, but that is not all. That is not all.
Here to present our winner with the championship belt
is WWE superstar, Rey Mysterio!
Mysterio!
That's right. That's right. Joey Chestnut will be taking home
the Netflix Unfinished Beef Hot Dog championship title belt.
And of course he will need to loosen that belt almost immediately,
because he ate too many hot dogs, my friends.
Too many hot dogs.
Let me just ask you, Joey. What is going through your mind right now?
Besides... There's a tremendous waft of sweat and hot dog
that you can't smell it at home, but it's tremendous.
The meat sweats are real, brother. No, dude, it's amazing.
I've been trying to hit 80 hot dogs for years,
and without Kobayashi, I was never able to do it.
And, uh...
He drives me.
And we weren't always nice to each other,
but I love the way we push each other to be our best.
That's great. That's awesome. Iron sharpens iron.
How about you, Kobi, how are you feeling right now?
- I feel like I did everything I could. - And you most certainly did.
And you had an incredible group here supporting you.
What you do is absolutely amazing,
and you made today so incredibly special, so thank you so much.
Joey...
Uh, real quick, before we get out of here,
the world wants to know, any last thoughts you've got?
Any thoughts on breaking the title, breaking the record, your personal best?
- Any last thoughts before we part ways? - Oh, my God. Dude.
When I first heard the rules about no dunking, I was really worried.
But I learned how to eat them like this.
And any other hot dog contest I do,
I'm gonna be eating some of them without dunking. This was amazing.
That's great. That's great.
- All right, did you all have a good time? - Yeah!
Let's hear it!
They're loving it. All right. Thank you, everyone.
Thank you so much to our athletes for participating today.
That's right. Thanks for coming out today.
I don't know about you guys, but after watching all of this,
I want to go out and eat a salad!
Yeah.
On behalf of Cari Champion, Chris Rose, Tim, Nikki, myself,
all the wonderful people who came out here to cheer on our eaters,
to the crew who made all this happen...
Good morning, good night.
I don't know where you are, but I hope it's a great day.
Yes, and have a happy Labor Day. Be safe.
Joey! Joey! Joey! Joey!