{"id":92138,"date":"2026-10-11T21:17:59","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T13:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=92138"},"modified":"2026-10-11T21:17:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T13:17:59","slug":"singapore-mp-foo-cexiang-makes-wrestling-debut-shows-off-slick-moves-at-wrestlepagar-singapore-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=92138","title":{"rendered":"Singapore MP Foo Cexiang makes &#8216;wrestling debut&#8217;, shows off slick moves at WrestlePagar, Singapore News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<p>Tanjong Pagar GRC MP and Minister of State Foo Cexiang brought a dose of &#8220;Hunclemania&#8221; to WrestlePagar 2, turning the wholesome H.U.N.C.L.E programme&#8217;s healthy-uncle persona into a surprisingly suave wrestling act.<\/p>\n<p>In an Instagram video posted by @kicktothegut that day, Foo was seen swapping politics for wrestling as he strode into the ring at Tanjong Pagar Community Club on Saturday (Oct 10).<\/p>\n<p>The MP wasted little time embracing his inner grappler. After sending his opponent tumbling with an arm drag, Foo played to the crowd by peeling off an arm sleeve with a flourish and flinging it into the audience like a seasoned showman.<\/p>\n<p>Not content with that, he then &#8220;ran the ropes&#8221;, rebounding off them to build momentum before launching a crowd-pleasing elbow drop onto his opponent. The move earned him the tongue-in-cheek title of &#8220;MP ELBOW&#8221;, according to the post&#8217;s caption.<\/p>\n<p>Foo was subsequently seen celebrating his victory in the ring.<\/p>\n<p>The event, WrestlePagar 2, was held in conjunction with the 10th anniversary of Grapplemax Pro Wrestling.<\/p>\n<p>Foo had earlier promoted the event in an Instagram post on Sept 26, sharing a video featuring scenes from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DdwOLOrzj5X\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;psln=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==&amp;srtk=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WrestlePagar event in October 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;WrestlePagar is back! Watcha gonna do when Hunclemania runs wild on you?&#8221; the caption read, referencing the H.U.N.C.L.E programme.<\/p>\n<p>H.U.N.C.L.E, which stands for Healthy Uncles who Network, drink Coffee, Learn and Exercise, is a programme launched in 2024 for men aged 50 and above residing in the Tanjong Pagar-Tiong Bahru division.<\/p>\n<p>The programme encourages participants to remain physically, mentally and socially active through group exercises, health talks and community bonding activities.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background-color:#FFF;border-radius:3px;border-width:0;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:540px;min-width:326px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DeT-M4Qs49t\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\"\/>\n<p>AsiaOne has contacted Foo for comment.<\/p>\n<p>[[nid:739295]]<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"background-color:transparent;box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(255, 109, 0);cursor:pointer;outline:medium;touch-action:manipulation;transition:color 0.3s\" href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/mailto:crystal.tan@asiaone.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u style=\"box-sizing:border-box\">crystal.tan@asiaone.com<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/singapore-mp-foo-cexiang-shows-off-wrestling-moves-wrestlepagar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tanjong Pagar GRC MP and Minister of State Foo Cexiang brought a dose of &#8220;Hunclemania&#8221; to WrestlePagar 2, turning the wholesome H.U.N.C.L.E programme&#8217;s healthy-uncle persona&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92139,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/92139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}