It was full of guys from finance
WTF?
!What kind of world championship hands out pro wrestling-style belts to its winners?
You’d expect it at events like WWE matches, MMA bouts, or maybe high-stakes college football games.
But a “competitive spreadsheet” event seems an unlikely setting for such an over-the-top display.
Yet that’s precisely what took place at the Microsoft Excel World Championship in Las Vegas.
Since the event was held in a full-fledged arena, it came with the whole nine yards.
The real action began soon after.
He hopes to elevate competitive Excel into a widely popular esport where pros vie for million-dollar prizes.
This isn’t the first time the competition has been held.
This was overwhelmingly complicated so complex, in fact, that it needed a seven-page instruction booklet distributed beforehand.
Between rounds, they swapped tips in workshops and networked on LinkedIn.
