Joey Chestnut Destroyed Old Rival Takeru Kobayashi And Obliterated His Own World Record By Taking Down 83 Hot Dogs

EIGHTY THREE HOT DOGS. Joey Chestnut returned to our screens today in glorious fashion, as he annihilated a familiar foe in Takeru Kobayashi. The fools and trolls out there said Chestnut was a dog dunking merchant. Well, the man stepped up to the plate today and destroyed his own world record by slamming 83 hot dogs in 10 minutes WITHOUT dunking them into water. As long as you don't ban the guy outright from the competition, he doesn't just win, he dominates. Who is better at their own sport? Phelps? I don't think so. Even Brady lost a few Super Bowls. It's Chestnut at the top with nobody really close to 2nd when it comes to relentless dominance in a specific sport/competition. 

And for those unaware, the reason this happened on Netflix today? Joey signed a deal with Impossible Foods, the brand that makes vegan burgers and dogs. After years of pouring blood, sweat, and tears into the Nathan's Hot Dog eating competition he chose money over tradition. The winner of this 1v1 war on Netflix titled "Unfinished Beef" got $100k. For the record, the champion of the Nathan's contest gets $10k. While it felt wrong to not see Chestnut out there in Coney Island on the 4th, I can't fault that man one bit for getting his money. 

I love how much of a showman Chestnut is. Halfway through the ten minutes it was clear Kobayashi didn't have it in him to take down the champ. He started off strong, but Joey's pace and speed were too much. That didn't cause Chestnut to slow down and cruise to victory like Usain Bolt running the 100m. Nope, he pushed forward and aimed dead on for that elusive 80 milestone. He cleared that and then some to put up 83 on the board. What a legend. 

Let's also give a shout out to Kobayashi for coming out of retirement for this. This used to be HIS arena. You could say he put the Nathan's competition on the map after rattling off six consecutive titles in the early 2000s. He became a household name. Dethroning Kobayashi was the start of Chestnut's reign of terror. Kobayashi's wife was in the crowd actually crying her eyes out as she supported her man during the ten minutes. The beautiful game so they say. He ended up setting his own personal best in the competition. Unfortunately that still led to him getting SMOKED by the king. 

P.S. Arian Foster taking 10 rounds to realize he was playing Jaws in the Dozen will always be an incredible clip 

P.P.S. The Tank got Chestnut for a walk that I advise you to check out. Just a gem of a human.