Educate yourself - here are the tournament rules for Donk Toss.
A few rules not mentioned in the video: - the game goes to 21. - to begin a match, the opponents’ donks must first kiss.
What began as a beer-fueled backyard game involving inflatable donkey toys went on to become one of the weirdest new sports to hit national television. @DonkToss , a chaotic and hilarious hybrid of cornhole, bottle flipping, pass the pigs, and party/tailgate culture. The sport made its broadcast debut on ESPN2’s “The Ocho” in August 2025 🧡
We’re throwing a watch party on Sat. Aug 2nd at Purple Bee Studios in Volente TX to celebrate - This event coincides with concert at Purple Bee on the same evening - We’ll have The Snozzberries from Asheville, NC performing a livestream concert from 7-10pm, and then we’ll roll right into the ESPN2 premiere of the Donk Toss World Championships at 10pm central.
The tiny donks.
Adorable in a way that is genuinely disarming. The kind of thing you hold in your hand and immediately feel like the world is slightly more okay than it was thirty seconds ago.
And at the sphere, we just… gave them away.
That’s it. That’s the whole strategy. Walk up to a stranger on Shakedown Street — a person you have never met, who is wearing a shirt that says something you don’t fully understand, eating something you can’t identify, trading something you definitely want — and you hand them a tiny donk. No pitch. No explanation. Just: here. This is for you. It’s a small donk. You’re welcome.
You have never seen a human face do what a human face does when it receives an unexpected tiny donk.
There’s a moment — a brief, beautiful, involuntary moment — where every single person goes through the exact same five stages. Confusion. Recognition. Delight. The laugh. And then the look. The look that says: I don’t know what this is, but I am keeping it forever.
We traded them for pins. For stickers. For grilled cheese. For a guy’s last Nitro Pepsi that he absolutely was not going to give up until he saw the donk. The donk economy on Shakedown last night was thriving. Tiny donks moved through that lot like a benevolent currency backed by nothing but vibes and the universal human truth that small ridiculous things bring people together in ways that large serious things simply cannot.
donks have infiltrated @phish at @spherevegas
Rules judgement requested..
It’s a “Leaner” which means the second donk thrown is leaning on a scoring donk.. which results in a “steal” and the second donk steals the first donk’s points.. dumb rule? brilliant judgment? Either way, the commissioner has spoken: 6pts Purple. sip on that.
The @flowrestling crew talk about @cpyles appearance in the Donk Toss World Championships. We won’t give it away, but despite being a newcomer to the sport, Christian displayed surprising Donk toss prowess - showing that he’s a true competitor under the bright lights no matter the sport! Look for it on ESPN the Ocho later this Summer!
the 2026 DonkToss play-in tournament was a fever dream! Congrats to Launchpad Leroy for winning, he played his way into the main event - catch the ESPN taping in person Sunday at 4-10pm at @regalroomsatx !
@eb0zzz tore through the first 2 rounds of the 2025 tournament with 2 consecutive skunks and landed himself in the finals…
Shoutout to Il Burrito @ivanaguirrez who had a solid first round comeback win against @thunderheart519 to reach round 2.
