‘Thumbs Up’ for wrestling in Winona

Who knew there was a pent-up demand for thumb-wrestling in Winona?

River City Wrestling and Island City Brewing Company teamed up for the first annual thumb wrestling championship in the city on Saturday, known as the Thumbs Up Throw Down.

People showed up. Some dressed in wrestling gear, their hands and thumbs shoved through miniature wrestling rings.

There was a kid’s division.

Posted by Island City Brewing Company on Saturday, December 15, 2018

But at the end of the day, the championship match featured professional Minnesota wrestler Chris Steel

Terrific photos from the Winona Daily News here.

About the blogger

Bob Collins

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Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.