Tonight’s battle royal

“Everybody’s got a price for the Million Dollar Man.” — Ted DiBiase, the Million Dollar Man

Ted DiBiase was a superstar in the crazy world of professional wrestling and a star for the promotion now known as WWE. The so-called “Million Dollar Man” was known for flashing big stacks of money and trying to buy his way to the top of the wrestling business. His in-ring persona is not too far off from Donald Trump’s, which is probably why there is so much anticipation of what Trump will do or say tonight.

The more I have followed the race for the Republican Party’s presidential candidacy the more I couldn’t help but notice that tonight’s debate is closer to a wrestling battle royal than it is to a dignified debate that will possibly decide our future president. The battle royal was an event where they would fill the ring with as many wrestlers as possible. The last one still in the ring at the end was declared the winner. One thing about the battle royal that stood out was how beautifully choreographed it was. And there was lots of drama and excitement before the event even took place.

Does it sound crazy to compare wrestlers with presidential candidates? Consider this from Los Angeles Times:

In 2007, Trump put his reputation — and his hair — on the line to start a feud with WWE Chairman Vince McMahon. In a dramatized dust-up reported on by major media outlets, their storied hair versus hair match during Wrestlemania 23 had both men pick a pro-wrestling representative to fight for them in the ring. The loser had to shave his head. Obviously, we know who came out on top in that challenge. In addition to keeping his golden quaff, Trump made an appearance in the WWE match titled “Battle of the Billionaires” that garnered solid gold ratings.

Before the big matches took place, the wrestlers did interviews on television to say why they deserved to win. They often resorted to name-calling, hurling insults at wrestlers they were feuding with. It was very similar to what Trump started and what today’s candidates are beginning to do: slinging mud at someone’s reputation or credibility. Trump recently said of Carly Fiorina: “Look at that face. Would anyone vote for that?” Tonight, hearing Trump make claims like illegal Mexicans are “rapists and murderers” mixed with his hand gestures while in front of the microphone just might convince you that you’re watching professional wrestling. And maybe you are.

After all, political debates are based on who can play the best character on national television and who can talk the most trash about a fellow candidate if that candidate is starting to get over with the crowd. Working the crowd is something that comes from professional wrestling. The better you are on the microphone the more success you will have as a politician or a pro wrestler. The greatest wrestlers ever in the business wouldn’t be able to work a crowd as well as some of tonight’s candidates.

There is a wrestling family that used to live for this business. The Hart family from Calgary, Canada, would eat, sleep and breathe wrestling. Wrestling is to the Hart family what politics is to the Bush family — with an aging successful father who casts a shadow over his sons, who want their father’s approval. It is the same storyline a smart creative team once thought up for Stu Hart and his sons.

With annual revenues more than $500 million per year, it may be hard to identify what exactly professional wrestling is. Wrestling is certainly not art. It’s not a legitimate sporting event. It is a form of entertainment that is a money-maker not only for the organization but for the individual wrestlers. The value of just being in a battle royal can keep you in the spotlight and earn you millions of dollars. It is as if the politicians have taken a page from the pro wrestler’s handbook and are hopelessly contending for the presidency knowing they will get more national exposure and name recognition, which will help in future politics or business.

In the end, all the candidates will enter the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library hoping to win over the crowd and the debate, which will be watched by an estimated 25 million viewers. I put my money down on Trump because of his past matches in the WWE.

Just as wrestling is scripted by writers, so is tonight’s debate. Nefarious forces have already determined not only tonight’s victor but eventual winner of the presidency. Those who really believe in what the candidates say are not much smarter than the people who believed pro wrestling is real. It’s all scripted by the oligarchy. By determining the ultimate winner, they’ve also set in motion a path for the future, whether it is another war in the Middle East, throwing money away on green energy or stoking the embers of an inner-city race war.

The stakes for the debate tonight are infinitely higher than the outcome of any battle royal. Our ignorance has left us unable to even recognize that presidential politics is playing out like professional wrestling with all the smoke and mirrors. But in tonight’s debate the smoke is all too real. This smoke will start a fire, a fire that has potential to burn this country and its few existing freedoms to the ground.

Yours in good times and bad,

–John Myers

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