NHL fans often find it challenging to determine how to make the most of their newfound free time during the offseason in Montreal.

Montreal has its options of course, from festivals to soccer matches, but one way not to pass the summer months is by picking a fight with a world champion wrestler. That’s something unofficial team mascot METAL! is almost certainly about to learn the hard way, after raising the online ire of TNA Wrestling’s Jordynne Grace.

The feud started last week, after METAL! posted (via his roadie—the blue dude doesn’t talk, after all) a series of stream-of-consciousness musings about the state of wrestling today compared to his heyday at the Montreal Forum.

It was mostly the inane ramblings of someone with clearly too much idle time following the conclusion of the NHL Draft and the team’s development camp a week prior. The topics ranged from an idea for a new (but oddly familiar sounding) character, to a shout-out to a hockey-themed wrestler from the 90s, but one tweet in between those musings caught the attention of the TNA Knockouts World Champion.

Grace took issue to the idea that “METAL! is way too metal for wrestling today” in a post boasting that METAL! could defeat anyone at the TNA Wrestling events at Verdun Auditorium on July 20-21.

Below is the response from the wrestler, powerlifter, and bodybuilder.

Never thought I’d have to put an NHL mascot in their place!

I don’t want to hurt you too bad… how about I just snap your arm like a hockey stick in an arm wrestling match? July 19, your turf. Bell Centre.

Maybe that will stop you from tweeting for a while, METAL! https://t.co/ThjM9RnqKU

— Jordynne Grace (@JordynneGrace) July 12, 2024

The result is one of the biggest arm-wrestling events to come to town since Sylvester Stallone’s Over the Top hit theaters in 1987.

Come witness the final showdown live outside the Bell Centre in Canadiens Plaza on Friday, July 19 at 12:30 p.m. All fans are welcome to attend free of charge, and are advised to arrive early to guarantee their spots.

All that remains to be seen is whether METAL! fares a little better than the last time he crossed paths with a professional wrestler in December.