(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) After an initial challenge from Elon Musk, Twitter owner and Tesla founder, Metaverse CEO Mark Zuckerberg has agreed to fight Musk in a Las Vegas cage match, the Verge reported.
The idea started when Musk tweeted that he was in for a cage match if Zuckerberg agreed to it.
I’m up for a cage match if he is lol
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 21, 2023
Soon thereafter, Zuckerberg responded, writing “send me the location.” According to Meta officials, Zuckerberg’s response to the challenge is no joke. “The story speaks for itself,” Meta spokesperson Iska Saric said.
Musk responded by saying they would meet in Vegas.
“Vegas Octagon,” Musk wrote, later tweeting that “I have this great move that I call ‘The Walrus,’ where I just lie on top of my opponent and do nothing.”
Numerous Twitter users were intrigued by the idea of watching the billionaires duke it out on a big ticket pay-per-view.
One user even created a poll to see which billionaire people would put their money on, with Zuckerberg getting a slight edge.
Who would win in a cage match?
— Lemme cook.™ (@chefcowboyardee) June 21, 2023
Tension has been building between the two billionaires in recent months, especially as Meta attempts to create an alternative to Twitter.
1/ How Did this Start?
On 6/20/23, @MarioNawfal posted on his Twitter that META is releasing a "Twitter Rival" called THREADS
Elon responded to this jokingly, in which he was reminded that Zuckerberg now does Ju Jitsu
He responded that he's "up for a cage match if he is lol" pic.twitter.com/4gjVZ36GPc
— Min Choi (@minchoi) June 22, 2023
According the Verge’s report, Meta held an internal meeting last week to promote the launch of the platform that is to compete with Twitter called “Threads,” which Meta chief product officer Chris Cox called “our response to Twitter.”
He also noted that “public figures” have an interest in Meta starting its own Twitter alternative.
“We’ve been hearing from creators and public figures who are interested in having a platform that is sanely run, that they believe that they can trust and rely upon for distribution,” he said.
For Zuckerberg, the competition with Twitter is imperative to achieve his political aims.
“I’ve always thought that Twitter should have a billion people using it,” Zuckerberg said in a follow-up podcast.
