Overview

• On May 28 the season finale of Everybody’s Live with John Mulaney concluded with a live grappling match featuring the comedian against three 14-year-old boys.
• Contestants Ben, Jacob and Adarsh were chosen from thousands of submissions and entered the ring wearing suits and protective headgear.
• Strict rules prohibited punching, kicking, gouging and biting while permitting only controlled headlocks during the staged segment.
• The teenagers executed a coordinated takedown within seconds, prompting Mulaney to submit and awarding the victory to the boys in under a minute.
• The fight concept sprang from an online debate about 100 men versus one gorilla and was improvised overnight by Mulaney’s writing team.