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Ahead of WWE SummerSlam on August 1 and 2, WWE Superstars Charlotte Flair, Alexa Bliss, IYO SKY, Maxxine Dupri, Kiana James and Sol Ruca take on the Epicurious Culinary Challenge. From blindfolded sandwich making to tomato target practice, watch the stars battle it out to see who takes home the Epicurious Championship Belt. Be sure to watch SummerSlam from home exclusively on ESPN and the ESPN App.
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00:00Today, we have invited six WWE superstars to compete in a challenge of strength and culinary skill.
00:08Before filming, we reached out to the WWE and asked if we could have an official ref on set for
00:13our challenge.
00:14They didn't have one available that day, so we asked Epicurious's own Frank Proto to step in.
00:21Are you a wrestling man?
00:24Yeah, you can say I am, yeah.
00:28Each round, players will be eliminated until there's only one winner who will be crowned the undisputed Epicurious Culinary Challenge
00:37Champion.
00:39Do you guys like to cook at home?
00:41I was told I'm not allowed to.
00:43Because I'm a terrible cook and my husband said to never try again. So he does all the cooking.
00:47Who's the most competitive amongst you guys?
00:49Charlotte.
00:54You're Steinholders, players of a traditional German pub game. Each of you will hold a full pitcher of beer out
01:01in front of you.
01:02Oh God.
01:03The first person to drop their pitcher onto the table will be eliminated.
01:08Remember, you have to keep your elbows straight. Ready?
01:11No.
01:13We did glutes yesterday.
01:15Lucky?
01:16Oh my God, those are huge!
01:17I was even expecting that!
01:18No!
01:19That was like a hour ago.
01:20Oh my God, it's huge!
01:22Oh my God!
01:22Lexi could fit in there.
01:23This is not good.
01:25Oh my gosh!
01:26Oh my God, okay.
01:27What if I cook it?
01:27Is this real beer?
01:28What happens to the first person that loses?
01:30It's literally not happening.
01:31But I'm fine being the first loser.
01:32It's totally fine.
01:35No!
01:36No!
01:37My arm's already shaking.
01:38No!
01:39No!
01:41No!
01:41Lexi, you got it!
01:42Come on, Io, you got it!
01:44You're gonna quit!
01:45That's so heavy!
01:46Even less than one minute!
01:47Alright, I'll go.
01:49Oh my God, my hand's gonna break.
01:51Well, Lexi's is technically out already, but if you guys want to keep holding it out, you can't.
01:54I ain't dropping this .
01:55We have cameras on us.
01:58Wait, isn't it over since I put it down?
02:01I just want to see-
02:02Ow!
02:03Oh, okay.
02:03Look at this.
02:04It's on my hand.
02:05I don't want to drop it!
02:07I did not enjoy that.
02:08You're so heavy!
02:10You're so heavy!
02:11You're so heavy!
02:12I'm shaking!
02:14I'm shaking!
02:14I'm shaking now!
02:15No, I can't do it!
02:17Charlotte's like not even-
02:18No!
02:19I'm chilling.
02:19No!
02:21Oh!
02:22Charlotte!
02:23Ah!
02:23Arm is bending!
02:24Your arm is bending!
02:25Her arm is bent this whole time.
02:27Your arm was bent the whole time?
02:28It's not bent!
02:29It's cause she's gonna jump!
02:30Wait, I got it!
02:32Pull the sleeves up.
02:32Pull the sleeves up.
02:33You're cheating.
02:34Okay, we got a full bent arm over here like-
02:36What's happening?
02:38I think Keanu was out way earlier.
02:40That was a great isometric hold.
02:42That is what it means to go to failure.
02:44Yeah.
02:49Yeah, like I-
02:50Guys, like I was trying to-
02:51This is where you use my weakness as like a-
02:54Advantage.
02:54You're like, oh great.
02:58I lost.
02:58I was terrible.
02:59I lasted maybe like 10 seconds.
03:01I thought I was doing everyone else a solid by dropping them,
03:03but then they got extra competitive and just kept holding them up.
03:07I did this for you guys.
03:08Just don't miss me too much.
03:10Don't miss me too much.
03:12Don't miss me too much.
03:13Don't miss me too much.
03:16You are savvy shoppers.
03:18You will be shown five items that are superstars in the food world.
03:22Write your best guess for what these items cost.
03:26Each round, the person that guesses closest to the amount,
03:29without going over, gets a point.
03:31The person with the least amount of points gets eliminated.
03:35Ready?
03:36Ready?
03:36Let's go.
03:37I would have been so good at this.
03:39Tell me the answers, okay?
03:40You guys have any sense how you do this one?
03:42Not good.
03:42I have no idea.
03:43This one I would have thrived.
03:46Alright, you guys ready?
03:48The national average for a McDonald's Big Mac.
03:52Just the Big Mac.
03:53I literally don't know.
03:54National average.
03:55I've never had a Big Mac.
03:56Y'all haven't had a Big Mac?
03:58No.
03:58Yes.
03:58I prefer chicken nuggets.
04:05$3.75.
04:06$2.99.
04:07$4.99.
04:08$8.99.
04:09$8.99.
04:10$8.99.
04:10$8.99.
04:11$8.99.
04:11There's no way.
04:12For just the burger?
04:13This is the sandwich.
04:14It is $5.79.
04:16Yes!
04:16Yes!
04:17All right, you ready?
04:20How many rounds of this are we doing?
04:22Beef Wellington at Gordon Ramsay's Hell Kitchen in Las Vegas.
04:25I have no idea.
04:26Oh, Vegas.
04:27Beef Wellington.
04:28It's like a Beef Wellington isn't that much.
04:30In Vegas though?
04:31Yeah.
04:32In Vegas.
04:32In Vegas.
04:33Vegas.
04:34That matters.
04:35That goes into a count.
04:37Okay, I don't know.
04:38We'll see.
04:38Eh.
04:40$65.
04:41Just for the Wellington.
04:45What?
04:46$22.
04:48Just for the...
04:49Isn't it like an Outback?
04:51No.
04:51Gordon Ramsay?
04:53Just the sandwich, not the sides.
04:55The sandwich?
04:56Girl.
04:56I mean, it's...
04:58It looks like...
05:01It's a filet mignon covered with mushrooms, wrapped in puff pastry, then baked off.
05:05See, the pastry is...
05:06So it's kind of like this fancy dish that they do in fancy restaurants.
05:10Sounds delicious.
05:11Okay, I did $43.
05:12I did $70.
05:14Oh my God.
05:15She counted to $20.
05:16$220.
05:18$220.
05:19$220?
05:20The actual price is $73.95.
05:24Hey!
05:25Nice.
05:26I ate a $60 quesadilla in Vegas, so...
05:29$60 quesadilla?
05:30Yeah.
05:31Was it damn good?
05:32It was mediocre.
05:35Katz's Deli Pastrami Sandwich.
05:37Hmm.
05:37Wait.
05:37Famous New York deli.
05:39Oh, I was like, where is that?
05:42It's famous.
05:43Famous.
05:44It is famous, yes.
05:45Famous and in New York.
05:46This is one of those places that's famous and it deserves to be famous because it's that
05:50good.
05:51Does anyone eat pastrami?
05:52No.
05:53No.
05:53All right.
05:55Wait, now I'm scared.
05:56I think I need to make mine more.
05:57Go with your gut, y'all.
05:58Okay.
05:58$12.50.
06:00$18.
06:00$26.75?
06:02$16.
06:04$18.
06:04The actual price is $28.95.
06:06Whoa!
06:07Yeah!
06:08That's crazy for a sandwich, I just want to say.
06:11Porterhouse steak at Peter Luger's Steakhouse, Brooklyn Institution.
06:16They have good fries.
06:18But what's a porterhouse?
06:19The porterhouse has a piece of filet mignon on it and it has a piece of New York strip
06:24steak on it.
06:25It's like a two and one.
06:27And that is just the steak, no sides.
06:29$250.
06:30$135.
06:32$225.
06:33$225.
06:33$75.
06:34$110.
06:36$190.
06:42Oh.
06:42I've been to Peter Luger's a couple times.
06:44Okay.
06:44Oh, it's so good.
06:45All right, you ready?
06:46Last one.
06:47Oh, I got this one.
06:48A Denny's Grand Slam breakfast.
06:51I don't know why didn't go Cleo's.
06:53Is Denny's road food for wrestlers or no?
06:55Well, when it's two in the morning and after a show and you're in the middle of nowhere,
06:59yes.
06:59Yes.
07:00Yeah, I was only there like a month ago.
07:03Oh.
07:04Oh.
07:05Got really excited.
07:06$13.99.
07:07$15.
07:08$12.99.
07:09$12.
07:10Even.
07:11$7.5.
07:13$13.99.
07:13It is actually $13.99.
07:16Oh.
07:16Finally!
07:17Finally!
07:18I'm so close.
07:19Who would have thought you were the Denny's queen?
07:21Who would have known?
07:23I love a Grand Slam.
07:25It's okay.
07:26I still love you, Io.
07:27I still love you.
07:28I love Io.
07:29I love Io.
07:30I love Io.
07:31Hi, ladies.
07:32Good luck.
07:33I wish I could stay here more longer, but I'm not good at guessing price and I'm not
07:39a family with the United States price of food, so yeah.
07:44What?
07:45Bye, ladies.
07:47Bye!
07:48Bye, Io.
07:52You are blind sandwich builders.
07:54First, you'll pair off into a tag team.
07:57One teammate is blindfolded at a fully stocked sandwich station, while the other guides them
08:03through a sandwich recipe using only their voice without touching the ingredients or their
08:08teammate.
08:09The first team to complete their sandwich will advance.
08:12Are you ready?
08:14I'm scared.
08:15Pressure.
08:15It's just speed.
08:17It's not presentation.
08:18Yes, it's just speed.
08:19Oh.
08:20And you have to use all the toppings?
08:21Yes.
08:22I feel like I could explain.
08:23Yeah.
08:23I think you're a good explainer.
08:24So do you want to talk or do you want to?
08:25I can talk.
08:26Okay, I'll be blindfolded.
08:27Okay.
08:27Okay, we're good.
08:28I will be blindfolded.
08:29I'll be blindfolded.
08:32Okay, I can't.
08:35Okay, I can't.
08:37And the bread.
08:38Yep.
08:39Open it up.
08:39Yep.
08:41Open it up.
08:41Yep.
08:41Row three.
08:43Far row three.
08:44Top right.
08:44Top right.
08:45Top right.
08:46The condiments.
08:47Top, top, top, top, top.
08:48That's condiment one.
08:49That's condiment mustard.
08:50You still have meat after that.
08:51Grab the meat above.
08:52Open it.
08:53Open it.
08:54Row three.
08:55Cheese is top of the batter.
08:56Cheese.
08:56Cheese and then tomatoes.
08:58And tomatoes.
08:58Yep, there you go.
08:59Now the lettuce after that is right in front of you.
09:00Okay, cheese.
09:01Watch out.
09:02Row two.
09:02Yep.
09:02Row two.
09:03Onions.
09:04Oh, we're to the left.
09:05Yep.
09:06We did it.
09:07All the cheese.
09:07We did it.
09:08We did it.
09:08We did it.
09:14Even layer.
09:15It's not a sloppy joe.
09:16There you go.
09:16That does look really good.
09:18Yep.
09:18Now put it on the end of the left.
09:20Yep.
09:20There you go.
09:21Now sit it there.
09:22Is that it?
09:22No, no.
09:23There's another meat.
09:24Right there.
09:25Yep.
09:26One more meat.
09:26No, leave it.
09:27Just row three.
09:28Each thing in row three.
09:29They have everything they need on the sandwich, including some extras.
09:33Row three.
09:34Row three.
09:35I'm not sure that it's very neat.
09:37You did not say it had to look good.
09:38It is complete.
09:40So.
09:41Are you guys taking so long?
09:42Further, further.
09:43I've been done for an hour.
09:44Further up.
09:45I've already eaten my sandwich, guys.
09:47Yeah.
09:48Well, ours is more beautiful.
09:49You don't get extra points for that.
09:50You have to put all your ingredients on there.
09:52They are.
09:53I need help.
09:53I thought you had to use all the ingredients.
09:56No.
09:56You said they use the same amount of each.
09:58Oh, I thought you said all.
10:00But it makes the same amount of each?
10:01An even amount.
10:03I'm getting dizzy under here.
10:04Whoa.
10:07Wow.
10:08This one definitely is prettier.
10:10Don't be rude, Frank.
10:11But this one was complete first.
10:13So, pretty.
10:15Yes!
10:15Complete first beats pretty.
10:17Woo!
10:18How does that look?
10:20Yeah, clap.
10:22You're going to smell like condiments all day.
10:24Yeah.
10:28We were going for edibility.
10:31Edibility?
10:31Is that a word?
10:32Yes.
10:32Yes.
10:33We wanted it to look good.
10:34An even layer.
10:35The challenge was to create a sandwich, not a mound on top of bread.
10:39Yeah.
10:39If I knew I could just grab everything and plop it on, I would have.
10:42I think we definitely won in terms of presentation.
10:44You lost.
10:45Edibility.
10:45That's not enough.
10:49You are bad audience members.
10:52You will each be given three tomatoes, which you will throw as fast as you can at our target.
10:58Whoever throws the fastest tomato will be our undisputed culinary champion.
11:04Ready?
11:05I'm screwed.
11:06It's over for me.
11:07She just got giddy.
11:08I know.
11:09I'm so, like...
11:10She's got real excited.
11:12She's like, I can win.
11:12Her evil smile came out.
11:13I didn't do ball sports.
11:15I can't throw things.
11:16Not at all.
11:17No.
11:18Maxine always surprises us.
11:20Oh, thank you.
11:21I love a backhanded compliment.
11:23No, that wasn't.
11:25I'm just kidding.
11:39You guys look great.
11:41Thanks.
11:41We feel great.
11:44Okay, what we want to do here is aim it at the target.
11:47You want to throw it as hard and fast to the target as you can.
11:49Whoever gets the fastest wins.
11:50Okay.
11:51Are you ready?
11:53Um, yep.
11:54As ready as I'll ever be.
11:55Okay, here we go.
11:56Speak it into existence.
11:56Follow through.
11:57Okay.
11:58Ooh, form.
11:59Yay!
12:00Missed the target.
12:02That was 21 miles an hour.
12:03Wait, I'm kind of fast.
12:0521 miles an hour.
12:07Are you ready?
12:08As fast as you can.
12:09Here comes her softball arm.
12:10It's going to be like 45.
12:11No, I have.
12:14Oh!
12:16That was 26 miles an hour.
12:18Okay, okay, okay.
12:19We're not that far off.
12:20I got this.
12:21I got this.
12:22Okay.
12:22It's the target that's hard for me.
12:24Oh, Matthew, that was good.
12:26That was 24 miles an hour.
12:27Okay, I'm catching up.
12:28I'm catching up.
12:29Yes.
12:29Are you ready?
12:30I think I'm too tall.
12:31Second tomato.
12:31I know.
12:31I wish I was taller.
12:33That was 20 miles an hour.
12:35Okay.
12:36Before we do the last one, do any more you want to do a gas shot.
12:39I'll try, yeah.
12:40Go, let's go.
12:41Get in there.
12:41Oh, wait, yeah.
12:42I want to try.
12:45Oh, 25 miles an hour.
12:4725.
12:48Okay, now.
12:5129.
12:52Oh!
12:54Add your seats on there, but I'm going to try one.
12:55Yeah, you ready?
12:56I'm going to try one.
12:56You're going to try two?
12:58Ooh.
13:0035.
13:0135.
13:02Dang, dude.
13:04Come on, Lux.
13:05Oh!
13:08On the target.
13:0922.
13:10But it was on the target.
13:11But you hit the target.
13:11That was, like, precision.
13:12I'm accurate.
13:13That was precise.
13:14That was maximum splatter.
13:16Okay.
13:17This is the last shot for Maxine and Charlotte.
13:19Let's see how they do.
13:20Come on, Maxie.
13:21Come on, Max.
13:22Scared.
13:2630.
13:27Oh!
13:28Okay, don't rip it.
13:29Save for the league.
13:31You ready, Charlotte?
13:32Yeah.
13:33Oh, no.
13:33Here she goes.
13:34It's odds to be 45.
13:35I can feel it.
13:3826.
13:40I win?
13:40You win!
13:41Oh!
13:43Yay!
13:44I'm a winner!
13:45I never win anything!
13:47She said I never win anything.
13:48This is so exciting.
13:53God bless.
13:54It's a good day.
13:55I can die happy.
13:57It's because of the beer.
13:59The beer challenge.
14:00I think my shoulder is really tired.
14:03And Maxie cheated.
14:05She's a bad guy.
14:06She paid off Frank.
14:08Run it back.
14:08Watch the footage!
14:09Watch the footage!
14:11Where I won.
14:12Watch it.
14:13Oh, my lanta.
14:15This is exciting.
14:16The Epi Belt says Undisputed Epi Champion.
14:19Maxine is our winner today.
14:21She gets the Epi Belt.
14:23Oh, my God.
14:25She's ready.
14:30Thanks, Frank.
14:31You're welcome.
14:32I feel like I deserve this.
14:34I'm thrilled.
14:36No, no.
14:36You deserve it.
14:38You deserve it.
14:41You deserve it.
14:44You deserve it.
14:44That's right.
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