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When Mets baseball meets tag-team mayhem, even mascots aren’t safe.
Wrestling and baseball usually don’t collide — unless you were at Citi Field Thursday night.
In what has to be one of the wildest interludes ever seen during a Major League Baseball game, legendary wrestling duo Matt and Jeff Hardy unleashed pure chaos on an unsuspecting Mets mascot… and yes, it was a giraffe. Dressed up to represent the Bronx in the team’s quirky five-borough mascot race, the tall, floppy-necked sprinter had its eyes on victory — until it caught a steel chair to the face.
The Race… Then the Rumble
The action kicked off during a mid-inning break when the Mets hosted their usual mascot competition, pitting borough-themed creatures against one another in a race around the warning track. This time, the Bronx Giraffe looked poised for glory — until, seemingly out of nowhere, it was WWE’d into submission. The finishing move? A full-blown chair shot, wrestling-style.
And if that wasn’t enough embarrassment for the long-necked competitor, things only got worse.
The dazed giraffe mascot made its way off the field and down the tunnel… straight into the waiting fists and boots of The Hardy Boyz, who were apparently feeling nostalgic for a little TNA-style brawl. Punches. Kicks. Mayhem. No one was spared. (Except the audience, who loved every second of it.)
“Beat Up the Giraffe” Was NOT on the Promo Sheet
Of course, this wasn’t part of any official WWE or TNA crossover. It was good ol’ promotional fun with a surprise twist of choreographed mascot brutality. And for what it’s worth, there’s no real giraffe harmed here — just one poor intern in a sweaty costume who may now have the best “what did you do at work today?” story of the year.
First Pitch? Nailed It.
Before delivering uppercuts to woodland creatures, Matt and Jeff took a turn on the mound. Unlike other celeb first-pitch disasters (cough Tiffany Stratton cough), the Hardy Boyz actually threw some decent strikes. The fans? They ate it up.
So what did we learn?
- Never trust a mascot race.
- Steel chairs can come out anytime.
- And never — never — mess with the Hardy Boyz, even if you’re just a 7-foot-tall giraffe trying to rep the Bronx.