Joey Chestnut triumphed in Netflix's live Labor Day hot dog eating contest against takaro Kobayashi winning $100,000 and a custom WWE Championship belt the competition marked their first head-to-head match in 15 years Chestnut ate 83 hot dogs surpassing his goal of 80 the rules included no dunking no separating hot dogs from buns and penalties for breaking rules the last direct competition between them was in 2009 when Chestnut won a sudden death eat off their rivalry included recent disputes with Chestnut criticizing kobayashi's past excuses and Kobayashi expressing a desire for Revenge Chestnut a 16-time Nathan's Champion holds the record for most hot dogs eaten in 10 minutes while Kobayashi a six-time Nathan's winner has announced plans to retire after one last competition the event also featured other eating contests including a chicken wing Showdown won by Stony and a watermelon eating record set by Leah shut