How Trump 2024 is polarising the pro-wrestling communitypublished at 19:20 British Summer Time 19 October
19:20 BST 19 October
Sam Cabral
US reporter
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Donald Trump shoves Vince McMahon over a table during a WWE Monday Night Raw live show in 2007
It has been more than 10 years since Donald Trump last appeared on World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) programming – but his latest campaign for president is bringing retired wrestlers off the sidelines.
The Republican candidate posted a video on Truth Social on Saturday of himself flanked by two former WWE performers, the Undertaker and Kane.
“Choose wisely” between Trump and Kamala Harris in the upcoming “Electionmania,” the Undertaker says in the clip. “The nation depends on it.”
This summer, Hulk Hogan ripped off his shirt for “Trumpamania” during the Republican National Convention; Dave Bautista mocked the former president as “a weak, tubby toddler”; and the Undertaker will reportedly sit down with him on his podcast.
Before he entered politics, Trump hosted WWE events at his hotels, rubbed shoulders with its biggest stars, tormented and brawled with then-CEO Vince McMahon, and even made it into the company’s Hall of Fame.
WWE alumni supporting Trump’s 2024 bid include Hogan and McMahon’s wife Linda, both of whom spoke at this summer’s Republican National Convention; Mayor of Knox County, Tennessee, Glenn Jacobs (better known as Kane); and musician Kid Rock, another celebrity Hall of Famer.
In a Friday interview, Trump lamented to former WWE star Tyrus that “manhood is under attack”. He was responding to the host’s comment that the US has in recent years witnessed “a complete dismemberment of what it is to be a man”.
While the WWE has evolved into more of a family-friendly global brand, Trump’s macho style still goes down well in the no-holds-barred world of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a regular guest of honour.
Perhaps that is why anti-Trump late night TV host Jimmy Kimmel enlisted Marvel actor Bautista to take swings at Trump’s tough guy persona.
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