Just in time for WrestleMania, professional wrestling’s biggest event, we present an in-depth look at how wrestling and politics have more similarities than one might think. WWE Superstar LA Knight and Peter Rosenberg, host of the “Cheap Heat” podcast, join Roy Wood Jr. to break it all down. Nowadays, it’s not enough for wrestlers and politicians to be themselves – they need to put on a show and connect with the crowd in order to win in the ring… or on the campaign trail.
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LA Knight YEAH!
ReplyYEAH
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ReplyYEA!!
ReplyYeah!
ReplyLemme talk to ya! Yeah!
ReplyIt was Mr. Wrestling II and the Fabulous Freebirds for me (I’m 53)
ReplyYeaaaahhhh!
ReplyLA knight YEAG!
ReplyThat is a pretty decent Macho Man impression from you Roy, I’m impressed!
ReplyMy family half-jokes that Pro-Wrestling is “basically high-impact performance art.” As an artist, I’m not against it in principal – but I DO care about whether the performers are adequately compensated for their efforts, and receive the medical and retirement benefits they deserve… but I have doubts about the MacMahons ever doing right by them, unless they’re FORCED to.
Edit: John Oliver did a piece on it before the pandemic, back when it was at least theoretically possible to get the live audience to pressure the MacMahons into offering better benefits to the wrestlers… but after everything shut down, and the audience was reduced to “live” video feeds, they lost their “voices” because their feeds could be cut off.
ReplyJohn Cena would be the easiest politician. He’s patriotic, jacked, and an incredible talker.
ReplyOh you mean in the way that wrestlers also are never indicted? Like them Jan 6 ringleaders?
ReplyYeah!
ReplyAre you guys going to miss Jesse Ventura, former governor of Minnesota, entirely??
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