Every WWE star supporting Donald Trump in US Election 2024
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Donald Trump & WWE have a stand long history
It’s been more than a decade since Donald Trump last appeared as a special guest on World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) television, but former wrestlers are returning to support his 2024 presidential candidacy.
At this summer’s Republican National Convention, Terry Bollea, AKA Hulk Hogan, the all-American hero, pulled off his shirt to expose a bright-red Trump 2024 tank top and yelled, in a play on his own catchphrase, “Let Trumpamania run wild, brother!”
Last week, in an interview with wrestler-turned-media personality Tyrus, the former president warned listeners that men and religion were being ridiculed in the United States.
On Monday, Trump, who just canceled a string of appearances with traditional media sources, praised an hour-long podcast presented by Mark Calaway, better known as renowned WWE star The Undertaker.
“Do you know what you’ve done?” “You’ve made politics fun again,” The Undertaker stated.
With his hands clasped and a smile on his face, the three-time Republican presidential contender responded with approval: “Yeah.”
It is maybe an unexpected spot to campaign in the last days of a close US presidential race. But for Trump, he is the only WWE Hall of Famer to have visited the White House.
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Why is Donald Trump meeting so many wrestling legends?
According to Abraham Josephine Riesman, a freelance writer & author of the book Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America, many Americans tune out politics until the conclusion of an election year and then “just go with the most recent thing they remember”.
Ms Riesman commented on the current Trump PR plan, telling the BBC: “There’s a lot of people who listen to wrestling podcasts, and you’re going to get a lot of people who identify as apolitical or unorthodox.”
Young males are among the primary categories that the Trump campaign intends to attract through podcasts, social media, and the wrestling community.
In a recent interview with Semafor, Trump’s aides stated that these channels had become critical for promoting the president. Senior communications advisor Alex Bruesewitz described Trump as “a star” on their website.
Trump grew up watching wrestling in Queens, New York and has long claimed a strong admiration for the sport’s larger-than-life performers.
His ascent as a businessman is strikingly similar to the WWE’s transformation from a provincial promotion to the world’s largest under ex-CEO Vincent Kennedy McMahon. Both guys took control of family businesses and developed empires.
They prospered in post-Reagan America’s unfettered capitalism while avoiding scrutiny, with Trump subsequently accused of stiffing workers and McMahon depriving their athletes of healthcare coverage.
In the late 1980s, the two crossed paths when Trump sponsored the WWE’s famous WrestleMania event at his hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey, for consecutive years.
In 2007, the two men engaged in a narrative spat in which Trump questioned the WWE chairman’s authority and even showered fans with dollar notes from the rafters.
The conflict ended in a “Battle of the Billionaires” at WrestleMania 23, with wrestlers battling on the two men’s behalf and the losing billionaire having their head cut bald.
According to Bryan Alvarez, a long-time wrestling writer and podcaster, the show sold more pay-per-views than any other program the organization has ever produced.
Trump has not featured on WWE television since his induction into the Hall of Fame in 2013, and given the development of the brand and the variety of its weekly product, it is doubtful he will ever do so again.
But, as president, he appointed Mr McMahon’s wife, Linda, as small business administrator. She now leads the pro-Trump America First Policy Institute.
Not every former WWE superstar supports Trump’s bid for the presidency.
In a viral advertisement shown last week on late-night TV presenter Jimmy Kimmel’s show, professional wrestler Dave Bautista – also known as “The Animal” Batista – attacked the presidential contender as “a weak, tubby toddler” who “wears more makeup than Dolly Parton”.
“A lot of men seem to think that Donald Trump is some kind of tough guy. He’s not,” he said.
List of every superstar who has/is supporting Donald Trump in his US Presidential campaign
- Vince McMahon
- Linda McMahon
- Ted DiBiase
- Kevin Nash
- Corey Graves
- Jesse Ventura
- Kane
- The Undertaker
- Hulk Hogan
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