Winning “Wheel of Fortune” experienced been a lifelong dream for Fred Fletcher-Jackson.
But those people dreams in all probability did not consist of acquiring set in an armlock by host Pat Sajak.
A drama instructor and skilled wrestler, Fletcher-Jackson was a contestant on the March 21 episode of “Wheel of Fortune.” And he set on pretty a clearly show with a exceptional great sport, such as a victory in the reward spherical.
The outstanding performance landed Fletcher-Jackson a $75,800 grand prize … as well as an armlock.
Fletcher-Jackson, who pointed out that he wrestles for “extremely minor” money and does it “for the enjoyable,” came away impressed with the wrestling maneuver from the 76-12 months-aged Sajak.
“He obtained me, genuinely,” Fletcher-Jackson claimed in a postgame job interview with Maggie Sajak, Pat’s daughter.
“I was seeking to counter his hammerlock that he had me in. I was making an attempt to get driving him and I wasn’t heading wherever.”
The celebratory armlock capped a second that experienced been yrs in the creating for Fletcher-Jackson, whose first phrases when he was a kid ended up truly associated to “Wheel of Fortune.”
“My mom suggests that my initially text at any time were, ‘Buy a vowel.’ Accurate tale,” Fletcher-Jackson claimed. “Wheel was at the leading of my checklist of dream-come-true situations in my life and it’s going on.”
