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Quiz-goers got more than they bargained for when an impromptu bout broke out between two wrestlers at a city pub.

A popular quiz night was gate-crashed and tables overturned by punters as the pair locked horns.

Witnesses said Southport brawler CJ Banks - a former champion - grabbed the mic at the event held in Liverpool and told the crowds what he really thought of scousers and scuffled with security.

However, Liverpool wrestling legend Frankie Sloan, 44, from Crosby, was in the crowd and an impromptu bout broke out.

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Crowds at Jonny Bongo's Monday Night Quiz at The Shipping Forecast boozer cheered for the older contestant.

Sloan eventually won the match after diving off a table onto the 26-year-old.

The event was captured by punters on their mobile phones.

One quiz-goer tweeted afterwards the bout last Monday: "Well the 200th quiz at the @ship_forecast was one to remember!"

Some suggested this was a stunt by Banks who is due to wrestle Liverpool's Zack Gibson, on Friday.