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&34;I felt like I was being hoisted off a skyscraper,&34; Abby Hornacek said after Olympian Kennedy Blades suplexed her. Fox News reporter reacts to getting bodyslammed on air in crazy wrestling segment: 'I was pulverized' &34;I felt like I was being hoisted off a skyscraper,&34; Abby Hornacek said after Olympian Kennedy Blades suplexed her. By Shania Russell :maxbytes(150000):stripicc()/ShaniaRussellauthorphoto5934b684845d480caa4485648c39ef2b.jpg) Shania Russell Shania Russell is a news writer at , with five years of experience.

"I felt like I was being hoisted off a skyscraper," Abby Hornacek said after Olympian Kennedy Blades suplexed her.

Fox News reporter reacts to getting body-slammed on air in crazy wrestling segment: 'I was pulverized'

"I felt like I was being hoisted off a skyscraper," Abby Hornacek said after Olympian Kennedy Blades suplexed her.

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Abby Hornacek; the reporter getting suplexed on 'Fox and Friends'. Credit:

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Abby Hornacek won't be leaving her day job anytime soon.

The Fox News reporter recently explored the ceiling of her wrestling talents after getting body-slammed by Olympian Kennedy Blades during a live report on Saturday's broadcast of *Fox & Friends*.

Hornacek was in Tampa to cover the Real American Freestyle wrestling event, in which Blades participated, when the incident — and she — went down. During the live report, Hornacek told viewers, "Kennedy here has been nice enough to offer — we might have forced her into this — but she's going to show me her signature move. It's called a suplex."

The duo then got into position, with Hornacek admitting twice that she was "nervous." Blades encouraged her to breathe through the moves, and within seconds Hornacek's feet were in the air as Blades grabbed, flipped, and threw her down on the mat.

Fox News reporter Abby Hornacek gets body-slammed by a wrestler on air.

Abby Hornacek/Instagram

After the shocking moment, Hornacek was in good spirits, laughing as she declared, "I don't think I can be a wrestler."

She then gave Blades a high five and told viewers, "The mic pack did not survive, but I did, luckily. I know that looked worse than it was, but that was a lot of fun. Um... I think I'm gonna stay off the mat from now on. But Kennedy here — I just gotta say, that felt like being thrown off of a skyscraper, and I don't know if I want to do that again."

Hornacek made sure to let viewers and her fellow *Fox & Friends* anchors know that she was doing just fine after the suplex. "I feel great!" she said. "I feel like a million bucks."

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Even so, fans were quick to voice concern as the video made the rounds on social media. After Hornacek and Fox shared the footage to Instagram, many commenters criticized Blades for putting the reporter at risk. Hornacek denied this was the case in a Sunday update.

"I was pulverized," Hornacek joked, before clarifying, "Kennedy Blades is a true professional and this was my idea. I want to set the record straight, because I got a lot of comments like, 'Oh, Kennedy put you in danger.' She really didn't."

Hornacek continued, "I said, 'Please, Kennedy, can I please do this?' And she was so sweet. Just the kindest soul I've ever met."

Abby Hornacek attends the 2025 Fox Nation Patriot Awards.

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After singing Blades' praises, Hornacek got candid about the actual feeling of getting suplexed by a pro. "I felt like I was being hoisted off a skyscraper," she said. "I was disoriented in the air. I didn't know I was gonna flip all the way. I asked her to flip me all the way, so I should've known it was coming, but I don't know if I expected it to feel like that."

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Blades, who won the silver medal in the women's 76 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, addressed the viral video after her RAF 07 match.

"I made sure to do the technique correctly," she assured fans while speaking to reporters on Saturday. "I did see a lot of comments that I hurt her and stuff… There's technique to everything, right? So if I didn't turn at the end, I'm sure she would have landed on her neck."

Blades added that she was excited about how much traction the video was getting because it meant more eyes on wrestling. "I can't believe it blew up," she said. "But it's great, you know? It's how you get more attention to the sport. That's what we need."

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