Sean Gordon receives Hooters finals spot

The field for Thursday’s Hooters World Wing Eating Championship has been announced. Sean Gordon has apparently received a wild-card berth after eating 94 wings to finish fourth in the Panama City, FL qualifier. 94 wings was not the most by someone finishing outside the top 3: Jeff Butler, Steve Hendry, Juan Rodriguez, Andrew Kogutkiewicz and Corey Fanguy all ate more(94+ results after jump)

2013 Jun 26 1st 192 10 min Miki Sudo Hooters Wing Eating Qualifier Las Vegas, NV
2013 Jun 26 2nd 176 10 min Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan Hooters Wing Eating Qualifier Las Vegas, NV
2013 Jun 8 1st 152 10 min Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco Hooters Wing Eating Qualifier Cincinnati, OH
2013 Jun 26 3rd 144 10 min Marcos “The Monster” Owens Hooters Wing Eating Qualifier Las Vegas, NV
2013 Mar 30 1st 140 10 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut Hooters Wing Eating Qualifier Panama City Beach, FL
2013 Apr 11 1st 140 10 min Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas Hooters Wing Eating Qualifier Augusta, GA
2013 Mar 30 2nd 128 10 min Neil Sebree Hooters Wing Eating Qualifier Panama City Beach, FL
2013 Jun 8 2nd 128 10 min “The Lovely” Juliet Lee Hooters Wing Eating Qualifier Cincinnati, OH
2013 Mar 30 3rd 125 10 min Jon Bello Hooters Wing Eating Qualifier Panama City Beach, FL
2013 Jun 26 4th 124 10 min Jeff “The Beast Man” Butler Hooters Wing Eating Qualifier Las Vegas, NV
2013 Jun 8 3rd 120 10 min “Big” Brian Subich Hooters Wing Eating Qualifier Cincinnati, OH
2013 Jun 26 5th 120 10 min Steve Hendry Hooters Wing Eating Qualifier Las Vegas, NV
2013 May 11 1st 115 10 min Erik “The Red” Denmark Hooters Wing Eating Qualifier Farmersville, TX
2013 May 11 2nd 112 10 min Alex “Moose” Perez Hooters Wing Eating Qualifier Farmersville, TX
2013 Jun 8 4th 112 10 min Andrew “The Bear” Kogutkiewicz Hooters Wing Eating Qualifier Cincinnati, OH
2013 Jun 26 6th 112 10 min Juan “more bite” Rodriguez Hooters Wing Eating Qualifier Las Vegas, NV
2013 Apr 11 2nd 104 10 min Eric “Badlands” Booker Hooters Wing Eating Qualifier Augusta, GA
2013 Jun 26 7th 103 10 min corey fanguy Hooters Wing Eating Qualifier Las Vegas, NV
2013 May 11 3rd 96 10 min Tony “Bam Bam” Martinez Hooters Wing Eating Qualifier Farmersville, TX
2013 Mar 30 4th 94 10 min Sean “Flash” Gordon Hooters Wing Eating Qualifier Panama City Beach, FL

Comments (8)

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  1. Anonymous said

    July 23, 2013 @ 11:55 am

    That isnt right ! 124 was the most of the non qualifiers so it should have went to Butler

  2. CE Fan said

    July 23, 2013 @ 12:43 pm

    If we can’t get this right, how will we ever put a man on the moon?!?

  3. WILD 1 said

    July 23, 2013 @ 1:22 pm

    I think what happened was Joey got the Automatic bye since he won last year. So even though Flash finished 4th in his qualifier technically he was a top 3 finisher since joey already had a spot.. Still , u have eaters eating 120+ wings who cant qualify over people eating 85 wings. For the Championship they should just advance by highest total amount eaten so you have the best eaters competing.

  4. ANONYMOUS said

    July 23, 2013 @ 2:27 pm

    MLE puts who they want when they want..

  5. anonymous said

    July 23, 2013 @ 2:32 pm

    correct 227 they also create set up qualifiers for select eaters

  6. Anonymous said

    July 23, 2013 @ 3:31 pm

    Same old conspiracy theories and complaints but I guess it takes all kinds. WILD 1 states the case well. How about telling MLE? Sure, we know what many commenters will say. So predictable. It isn’t science, it’s entertainment.

  7. CE Fan said

    July 23, 2013 @ 4:36 pm

    In debris competitions like this one, ribs, et al, there can be a large variation in eatability of the food based on how it was cooked, i.e. falling off the bone or not. Eaters like Miki and Shell thrive on the speed-eating of difficult debris food, whereas Joey does better with capacity challenges. That being said, it is difficult to get good quality control between the different qualifying rounds. It will be interesting to see how this plays out in the finals.

  8. Anonymous said

    July 23, 2013 @ 6:08 pm

    How about just weighing before and after oh wait .that would be to honest and accuratefor MLE unless they are throwing it on the floor its a 100% legit result

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