Current:Home > StocksPat Sajak Celebrates Wheel of Fortune Perfect Game By Putting Winner in an Armlock -PrimeFinance
Pat Sajak Celebrates Wheel of Fortune Perfect Game By Putting Winner in an Armlock
View
Date:2025-04-19 03:24:19
You can't spell 'Wrestling' without R, S, T, L, N, E.
Nobody knows that better than Pat Sajak, because he just pulled off an impressive move against the winner of Wheel of Fortune's March 21 episode.
After wrestler and teacher Fred Fletcher-Jackson squashed his competition for a $75,800 grand prize—including winning the bonus round—the longtime Wheel host celebrated the contestant's perfect game by putting him in a hammerlock.
"He got me, genuinely," Fred said in his official post-game interview with Pat's daughter Maggie Sajak. "I was trying to counter his hammerlock that he had me in. I was trying to get behind him and I wasn't going anywhere."
And it turns out, winning America's Game has been on Fred's to-do list for his entire life.
"My mom says that my first words ever were, 'Buy a vowel.' True story," he revealed. "Wheel was at the top of my list of dream-come-true scenarios in my life and it's happening."
Fred added, "Dreams can come true, because mine just did."
The viral moment comes several months after Pat, who has starred on the game show alongside Vanna White since the early 1980s, suggested that he will have to tap out from his hosting duties eventually.
"Years go by fast," the 76-year-old told Entertainment Tonight in September. "We're getting near the end. It's been a long [time]. We're not gonna do this for another 40 years. The end is near."
However, he also noted, "It's an honor to have been in people's living rooms for that long. People were out there welcoming us. We're happy and proud."
You can play along with Wheel of Fortune weeknights in syndication.
Get the drama behind the scenes. Sign up for TV Scoop!veryGood! (64784)
Related
- Tree trimmer dead after getting caught in wood chipper at Florida town hall
- Serial killer Rodney Alcala's trail of murder
- NASCAR at WWTR Gateway 2024: Start time, TV, streaming, lineup for Enjoy Illinois 300
- Shooting in Ohio kills 1, wounds 2 dozen others, police say
- Intellectuals vs. The Internet
- High-level Sinaloa cartel member — a U.S. fugitive known as Cheyo Antrax — is shot dead in Mexico
- Simone Biles' greatest move had nothing to do with winning her ninth US title | Opinion
- Swimmer injured by shark attack on Southern California coast
- Jorge Ramos reveals his final day with 'Noticiero Univision': 'It's been quite a ride'
- In D3 World Series, Birmingham-Southern represents school that no longer exists: 'Most insane story'
Ranking
- Skins Game to make return to Thanksgiving week with a modern look
- A German Climate Activist Won’t End His Hunger Strike, Even With the Risk of Death Looming
- World War II veterans travel to France to commemorate 80th anniversary of D-Day
- Remembering D-Day: Key facts and figures about the invasion that changed the course of World War II
- The Daily Money: Spending more on holiday travel?
- An African American holiday predating Juneteenth was nearly lost to history. It's back.
- A 'very emotional' ABBA reunites to receive Swedish royal honors: See the photos
- Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Bi Couples
Recommendation
Trump invites nearly all federal workers to quit now, get paid through September
Bystanders help remove pilot from burning helicopter after crash in New Hampshire
Jeremy Renner's 'blessing': His miracle 'Mayor of Kingstown' return from near-death accident
Boeing Starliner's first astronaut flight halted at the last minute
'We're reborn!' Gazans express joy at returning home to north
West Virginia hotel where several people were sickened had no carbon monoxide detectors
Gabby Douglas says this is 'not the end' of gymnastics story, thanks fans for support
Texas Supreme Court rejects challenge to state’s abortion law over medical exceptions