‘King of Kong’s’ Steve Wiebe comments on the Billy Mitchell controversy

For anyone who saw The King of Kong, you know that Billy Mitchell was conveyed as the villain, and Steve Wiebe was the hero. Now with the news of Mitchell losing his Twin Galaxies rankings and Guinness World Records due to cheating, we've seen Mitchell become the real-life villain. What does Steve Wiebe have to say about the situation? He shared a few words on the topic with Variety.

“The more I thought about it from the ‘King of Kong’ days, it all seemed to make sense now. All the things that were happening at the time… like why he didn’t come out and play me, and why he was inciting whose records were going to be authenticated and who’s were going to be dropped. ‘King of Kong’ referenced that that he was a referee and on the board of directors. When that leaked out, it started to make more sense.”“I’m not the champ any more, but getting recognition for being the first to a million is a great consolation. That’s what I was really bummed out about 11 years ago.”

Thanks to Sligeach_eire for the heads up!



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