Hundreds show up in Nebraska for fight over name Josh

LINCOLN

: A fight over the name of

Josh

drew a crowd from around the country to a

Nebraska

park Saturday for a heated pool-noodle brawl.


It all started a year ago when pandemic boredom set in and

Josh Swain

, a 22-year-old college student from Tucson, Arizona, messaged others who shared his name on social media and challenged them to a duel.

Hundreds showed up at Air Park in Lincoln - a location chosen at random - to participate in the silliness.

The festivities started with a "grueling and righteous battle of Rock, Paper, Scissors" between the Josh Swain from Arizona and another Josh Swain from Omaha. KLKN-TV reports that the Arizona student won that competition, allowing him to claim the title of the true Josh Swain.

The pool-noodle competition that followed was open to anyone with the first name of Josh. The victor of that competition was a 5-year-old, who was coronated with a

Burger King

crown.

Swain, the organizer, said he is a little surprised about how the whole thing blew up: "I did not expect people to be as adamant about this as they are right now."