Posted on 12/17/2018 7:34:09 AM PST by EdnaMode
In what might be the greatest example of the current state of the Chicago Blackhawks, the team's mascot got into a legitimate fight with a fan at United Center this weekend.
Chicago police say that a fan attacked Tommy Hawk, punching the mascot in the face and trying to put the giant bird into a headlock following Chicago's overtime loss to the Jets on Friday.. According to the Chicago Sun Times, the alleged attacker was as a white man between 18 and 20, about 5-foot-5 and 160 pounds.
The man inside the Tommy Hawk costume wasn't having any of the attacker's nonsense and decided to fight back, throwing punches of his own. At one point, the mascot looked to suplex the assailant. Luckily, this altercation was captured on video by an onlooker.
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Nothing even remotely resembling a suplex happened there.
One of my favorite movies!
I saw the video on the late night news and I noticed the body slam.
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Considering the fact that the mascot was fully protected and any blows he may have inflicted on his opponent were padded, I’m laughing and figuring this was a publicity stunt.........I might be wrong.
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