How did you come up with your competitive eating persona?

How did you come up with your competitive eating persona?

Ian "The Invader" Hickman (Competitive Eater) gives expert video advice on: What is your competitive eating stage persona?; How did you come up with your competitive eating persona?; What is your competitive eating persona best known for? and more...

It was one of the first times I met Arnie Chapman and we were trying to come up with a name for me, a nickname, because it seems like a lot of eaters do have there nicknames or whatever. We were trying to find things that would go well with Ian and we were like, Invasion or the Incubator, I could go on for the bottomless pit, I mean just whatever. And Arnie was like "Ian the Invader" and I was like, "Yay, because I invade buffets". And at the time I hadn't really done anything but I was known for getting kicked out of buffets and stuff in the Kentucky area and things. And it really seemed to mesh and with the horns and things, that's where I kind of got the idea to do the whole “Vikingish” or whatever, because I'd done a lot of research papers and stuff through middle school and grade school and things so each year I changed just a little bit of the report and added stuff to make it fit my grade and get an A or B. So it always stood there with me.