Pro wrestler Mick Foley booted for cheating at Wing Bowl

January 30, 2015 at 2:31p.m.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Professional wrestling star Mick Foley was ejected from Philadelphia’s Wing Bowl eating contest after stuffing uneaten chicken wings into a fanny pack in an attempt to increase his total.

People following today’s event on social media dubbed Foley’s antics “inflate gate,” a play on the Super Bowl-bound New England Patriots’ deflated football controversy.

Chicago’s Patrick Bertoletti won with a Wing Bowl record 444 wings. He edged 2014 champion Molly Schuyler, of Nebraska, who eclipsed her record 363-wing mark with 440 wings.

Wing Bowl started in 1993 as a way for Philadelphia’s long-suffering sports fans to blow off steam before the Super Bowl.

About 20,000 people gathered at the Wells Fargo Center to drink beer and watch scantily-clad women serve competitors wings as a local sports radio station broadcast the action.