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This is hard-hitting news.
Fox Nation host Abby Hornacek was suplexed into the mat by a pro wrestler during a segment on live TV — and she can’t stop laughing about it.
The daughter of former Knicks coach Jeff Hornacek joined Fox & Friends Weekend to promote Real American Freestyle Wrestling on Saturday ahead of a big event on Fox Nation later in the day.
She interviewed RAF Middleweight champ Kennedy Blades briefly before announcing that Blades was “nice enough” to show off her special move, the suplex.
“I’m so nervous,” Hornacek, 31, admitted, as the two women squared up against each other, after establishing that both of them were the same height, 5’11”.
Suddenly, Blades grabbed Hornacek around the hips, twisted her, and lifted her into the air before slamming her down onto the mat with a loud thud.
Several “Ooohs” could be heard in the gym as Hornacek got back to her feet.
“Ohhh! Amazing. I don’t think I can be a wrestler,” she said, appearing unfazed as she high-fived Blades and addressed her stunned coworkers back in the studio.
“Alright, the mic pack did not survive, but I did, luckily,” she said, holding up her battered microphone.
“I know that looked worse than it was, but it was a lot of fun. I think I’m going to stay off the mat from now on,” Hornacek said.
“But Kennedy here, I gotta say — that felt like being thrown off a skyscraper,” she added.
“Are you okay?” co-host Griff Jenkins asked.
“I feel great. I feel like a million bucks,” Hornacek said.
Charlie Hurt called the segment the “greatest promo” he’d ever seen as he wrapped up.
Co-host Rachel Campos-Duffy agreed, saying it was the “best promo I’ve ever seen.”
Hornacek later shared a behind-the-scenes clip on X.
“Got suplexed by an Olympian today so that was cool,” she said.
“She’s awesome! Had so much fun,” Blades wrote in the comments underneath.
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