Joey Chestnut and Kobayashi in Chicken Wing Consumption

Joey Chestnut and Kobayashi in Chicken Wing Consumption

***CHANGE IN EVENT TIME - 7:00 PM

Tapes on Tuesday, October 9 in Las Vegas

WHO: JOEY CHESTNUT vs. KOBAYASHI and the top 16 Major League Eaters in
the world, including, Richard LeFevre (lives in Henderson, NV),
Patrick Bertoletti (winner of Spike TV's St. 2007 Patrick's Day
Chowdown), Tim "Eater X" Janus, "Humble" Bob Shoudt, Juliet Lee
and Hall Hunt.
(Logo:

http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060322/NYW096LOGO )

WHAT: MLE CHOWDOWN: WEDGES AND WINGS

Spike TV and Major League Eating present JOEY CHESTNUT vs.
KOBAYASHI (and other top eaters in the world) in chicken wing
(Buffalo Wild Wings(R)) and potato wedge consumption.

This one-hour special will air Thursday, October 18 at 11:00 PM,
ET/PT on Spike TV.

Major League Eating(TM) (MLE) is the world body that governs all
stomach-centric sport. There were 100 MLE events in 2006. Major

League Eating was developed by the International Federation of
Competitive Eating (IFOCE), which was established in 1997 by
George and Richard Shea, who have represented Nathan's Famous
since 1988 and were responsible for developing the July 4th
International Hot Dog Eating contest into its current form.
Major League Eating produces events in the USA, England, Japan,
Germany, Thailand and Canada.

WHEN: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9 at 7:00 PM
Press Arrivals: 6:30 PM

WHERE: FREMONT STREET EXPERIENCE - DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS
425 Fremont Street, Las Vegas, NV 89101

CONTACT: Shana Agron contact: 917-952-4106
shana.agron@spiketv.com

David Schwarz contact: 917-545-7823
david.schwarz@spiketv.com

PRNewswire - Oct. 8

Photo: NewsCom:

http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20071008/NYM128
AP Archive:

http://photoarchive.ap.org/
PRN Photo Desk, photodesk@prnewswire.com
Source: Spike TV

Web site:

http://www.spiketv.com/

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