Canadian Mayor Beats Hulk Hogan

Toronto's larger-than-life mayor
took down wrestling star Hulk
Hogan in a friendly arm-wrestling
match Friday to kick off an annual
pop culture convention.



The 14-time world wrestling
champion, in a T-shirt and
his trademark bandanna, entered the
room to applause and his old wrestling
theme music, while Mayor Rob Ford
strutted in to "Eye of the Tiger." Ford
ripped off his jacket and tie, untucked
his dress shirt and rolled up his
sleeves.

"Big man, oh, that's all you got?"
Hogan asked Ford, who weighs in at
307 pounds as the pair locked hands.
"Not only am I going to rip this arm off,
I'm going to take your job while I'm at
it, brother. Mayor Hogan," he added.
A sweating Ford seemed to struggle at
first. But after 20 some seconds of
trash talk and stalemate, he slammed
Hogan's arm down.

"I own this town!" Ford said.
Hogan grimaced. "That was a setup,"
he said, without a hint of irony.
"The only reason he beat me is
because he's younger," the 60-year-old
Hogan said of the 44-year-old mayor,
whom he nicknamed "Fantastic Ford."
"It was like wrestling a friggin' grizzly
bear," Ford said of the 302-pound
wrestler.

The event took place at Fan Expo
Canada, a convention celebrating
diverse pop culture genres.
Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea,
was in Toronto for an "uncensored"
question-and-answer session at the
expo.

Ford most recently made world news
over allegations that he appeared in a
video smoking crack cocaine. The video
has not been released publicly.
When asked if he thought the alleged
video of the mayor was real, Hogan
responded, "I'm hungry."
Ford said Hogan has been his hero
since he was a "little guy." He tweeted
after the match, "I own this town @
HulkHogan! Thanks for being such a
great sport."