A glamorous Fox News reporter was left dazed on Saturday when a professional wrestler ruthlessly body slammed her onto her neck.
Abby Hornacek was interviewing Real American Freestyle champion Kennedy Blades for a segment on ‘Fox & Friends’ ahead of their event in Tampa on Saturday night.
Hornacek then revealed that Blades had offered to perform her signature move, a suplex, on the unwitting reporter.
‘Kennedy here has been nice enough to offer – we might have forced her into this – she’s going to show me her signature move. I’m so nervous,’ she said.
After some brief jostling on the mat, Blades grabbed Hornacek from behind around the waist and lifted her straight over her head.
Hornacek flew through the air, head first towards the floor. As she hit the ground, she appeared to land awkwardly on her neck.
Fox News reporter Abby Hornacek was suplexed by an Olympic wrestler live on TV Saturday
Kennedy Blades grabbed Hornacek around the waist and powerfully lifted her over her head
A video uploaded to Hornacek’s Instagram captured the moment she landed on her neck
Hornacek quickly got back to her feet and insisted to her colleagues in the studio she was fine
There were loud gasps from those watching in the room but, fortunately, Hornacek quickly rolled over onto her back and, laughing, said ‘amazing’.
After returning to her feet, a dazed Hornacek shared a high five with Blades and quickly calmed the fears of her colleagues back in the studio.
‘I know that looked worse than it was but it was a lot of fun,’ she insisted.
‘I think I’m going to stay off the mat from now on. That felt like being thrown off a skyscraper and I don’t know if I want to do that again.’
Her colleagues in the studio looked stunned by what they had just seen and asked several times if Hornacek was okay. ‘I feel great. I feel like a million bucks,’ she replied.
Blades is the reigning RAF women’s middleweight champion but also has plenty of wrestling pedigree.
She won a silver medal in freestyle wrestling at the 2024 Paris Olympics and also took bronze at the 2025 World Championships.
