Recently, the internet-at-large has become fixated on a simple question: Could a single gorilla defeat 100 humans, or would the humans emerge victorious? Overwatch 2 is leaning into the discussion, as Blizzard has announced a special livestream for May 6 in which 100 copies of Soldier 76 will face off against a single Winston to see who wins.
The stream, which will take place May 6 at 12 PM PT / 3 PM ET, will also feature “surprise content creators” as the 100 Soldier 76s do battle with a single Winston. The official Overwatch X account is running a poll on who viewers think will win, with Winston holding a slight lead at 57 percent as of this writing.
1 Gorilla, 100 Soldiers: Who Wins? 🦍💯
Join us along with some surprise content creators for an epic showdown between 1 Winston vs. 100 Soldier: 76 LIVE May 6 at 12pm PT 🏆 pic.twitter.com/LE45sjLDyE— Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) May 2, 2025
The “1 Gorilla vs 100 Humans” meme began back in 2020, when a post on the subreddit r/whowouldwin asked the question and provided some scenarios. It recently resurfaced when Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson posted on X that he needed “100 men to test this” with a YouTube thumbnail reading “100 Men vs. A Gorilla.”
Overwatch 2 is a free-to-play 5v5 first-person-shooter which first launched in October 2022. A recent update added a new game mode, Stadium, in which two teams of five face off in a best-of-seven series, with the ability to upgrade each hero between rounds.
Overwatch 2 is available now on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and PC. The 100 Soldier 76 vs 1 Winston livestream is set for May 6 at 12 PM PT / 3 PM ET on the official Overwatch Twitch channel.
