Sajak, 76, took to Twitter earlier this month to announce his plan to retire after 41 seasons.

'Many people probably don't know this but one of my first jobs was hosting a little game show called Click For Merv Griffin 25 years ago so this is truly a full circle moment for me and I'm grateful to Sony for the opportunity,' Seacrest said in the Sony statement. The studio called Seacrest 'one of the most nationally recognised voices in media today' after having hosted TV shows American Idol and Live With Kelly And Ryan and his own morning radio show. Sony said Seacrest signed a 'multi-year agreement' but did not specify how many years it would last. Pat Sajak has been the host of 'Wheel of Fortune' since 1981.Sony Pictures Television, the studio behind the show, said in a statement that Wheel Of Fortune reaches 20 million unique viewers on average each week, the largest weekly television audience across syndication, broadcast and streaming. I’ve been in enough hammerlocks in my wrestling career to where I know that it really doesn’t hurt necessarily, but he did have me pretty tight and my arm was not going anywhere,' Fletcher-Jackson told TMZ. Everybody’s sense of humor is different, but to call it cringe and to call for his retirement, is taking it a little too seriously I think,' Fletcher-Jackson told TMZ.įletcher-Jackson reportedly said he wrestles professionally for 'very little' money and mostly just does it for fun, and that Sajak impressed him. If it’s not your sense of humor, I can understand that. Fletcher-Jackson wants critics to cut Sajak 'some slack,' TMZ says. In fact, Fletcher-Jackson said that Sajak playing around and putting him into the hold was a highlight of the show for him. Others found it more entertaining than not, and some even made jokes about the incident.īut despite some online criticism towards Sajak, Fletcher-Jackson told TMZ that he's the only person who 'has any business being upset about it,' and he's 'perfectly OK with it.' After attaining victory, he was put into a 'chicken wing'-style hold/combination headlock by the show's 76-year-old host.įollowing the moment, some show viewers were critical on social media of the impromptu wrestling match, with Fox News even calling it 'bizarre.' No one should be concerned, however, as Fletcher-Jackson reportedly says he 'loved it.'įletcher-Jackson, both a drama teacher and professional wrestler, did well for himself on the show, winning $75,800. (TND) - It's not every day that someone walks away a winner on the popular iconic game show 'Wheel of Fortune,' but it is certainly a rarer achievement to have host Pat Sajak put you in a wrestling hold.īut that's exactly what happened to contestant Fred Fletcher-Jackson on Tuesday's episode.

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