Arts & Entertainment
Philadelphia's Wing Bowl Ending After 26 Years
It started in 1993 because the Eagles didn't get to the Super Bowl. Now with a title in hand, 94WIP is ending the wing-eating contest.
.@AngeloCataldi announces @WIPWingBowl has come to an end. #WingBowlForever pic.twitter.com/Yk5FDQr1Fo
— SPORTSRADIO 94WIP (@SportsRadioWIP) October 30, 2018
PHILADELPHIA – It's a sad day for Philadelphia, as the end of the annual Wing Bowl was announced Tuesday morning.
94WIP's The Morning Show host Angelo Cataldi announced on air that after 26 years of wing-eating competition, the contest is done.
"Wing Bowl, after 26 years, is being put to rest this morning," Cataldi said into his mic Tuesday morning.
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After saying the choice the difficult, Al Morganti said why the cherished event is ending.
"The only reason we ever did this was the Eagles not going to the Super Bowl," he said. "So the Eagles went to the Super Bowl and won the Super Bowl!"
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"It was the greatest idea you ever had," Cataldi told Morganti.
"That's true," Morganti responded with a laugh.
The Wing Bowl began in 1993 and its last installment was the 2018 Wing Bowl in which Molly Schuyler won by eating 501 wings, setting a new Wing Bowl record.
Of course, the public did not enjoy the news of the Wing Bowl's farewell.
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— Mr. Blutarsky (@NMatlack0817) October 30, 2018
I will miss wingbowl and the pageantry it brought. The special guest, the wingettes , sloth projectile vomiting and then being shown over and over and the ladies in the crowd bearing there breast and of course the wing eaters is what I will miss. Thank you Wip for 26 fun times.
— Ralph Stone (@psuralph1) October 30, 2018
KEEP IT GOING!!
— Lavern Davis Jr (@LavernDavisJr1) October 30, 2018
It will definitely be missed, an icon of our age! It must have been grueling and taxiing with it's continued growth and success each year. Thank you Al and Gang!
— David C. Yeager (@DavidCYeager1) October 30, 2018
It’s official. Wing Bowl is over, after 26 amazing years. Thanks to everyone who made it such an amazing success.
— Angelo Cataldi (@AngeloCataldi) October 30, 2018
It was an emotional morning. #WingBowlForever pic.twitter.com/weoR1LcNid
— SPORTSRADIO 94WIP (@SportsRadioWIP) October 30, 2018
Photo by William Thomas Cain/Getty Images
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