Grinder Gym
The King of Cali
Armwrestling Supermatch Showdown
ABOUT THE EVENT
An armwrestling supermatch showdown featuring Tom Nelson, a legendary armwrestler from Northern California and a star of AMC’s reality TV show Game of Arms. For many years Tom has been considered California’s number one armwrestler on both arms, and here he defends that standing against the top left and right hand armwrestling prospects of Southern California.
Five more supermatches round out the card.
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SUPERMATCHES
The card features a headline supermatch plus five more head-to-head battles:
- Tom Nelson vs. Derek Smith
- Tom Nelson vs. Tony Thomlison
- Johnathan Hoffman vs. Mega Mike
- Dallas Langston vs. Cody Hadley
- Allen Fisher vs. Ricky Ramos Jr.
- Dave DePew vs. Brandon Allen
RULES
Matches follow World Armwrestling Federation (WAF) rules.
EVENT STAFF
Referees
Alex De La Torre, Vazgen Soghoyan
Announcer
Brandon Morris
LIVE STREAM
Streamed live on Derek Smith’s YouTube channel, with commentary by Jason Latona.
ORGANIZER
Co-organized with Kyle DePew.


