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Greatest. Of. All. Time.

A video of bearded offensive lineman Jon Gott celebrating a second-half touchdown by chugging a can of beer during a 24-9 Ottawa Redblacks win over the Toronto Argonauts has gone viral, leading off highlight reels across North America and was even first up on ESPN’s Sports Center.

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And, the Canadian Football League made its position clear Saturday: Gott will not be fined.

Cue up the sound of broken glass. Gott’s move was a throwback to Stone Cold Steve Austin, the former WWE superstar whose beer guzzling and flipping off of authority was a big thing back in the wrestling company’s Attitude Era. If RNation didn’t already love Gott, he’s now even more of a hero, an icon, a L-E-G-E-N-D, a loveable lunch-bucket guy who usually stays as far away from the spotlight as he can get. Now, will the Redblacks store be able to keep Jon Gott jerseys in stock?

Here was how it went down.

Late in the third quarter on Friday night, Redblacks running back Mossis Madu Jr. pushed across the goal-line and into the end zone for a touchdown. While offensive guard Evan Johnson spiked the ball in celebration, Gott, who was playing centre, dashed through the end zone, found girlfriend Nicole Hilstob at her station in the Subaru Log Cabin fan area and grabbed her tallboy can of beer. Gott then tilted his helmeted head and chugged.