Thursday, April 10, 2008

Raw is Politics: Clinton vs. Obama


On the recent ECW on Sci-Fi there was an advertisement shown for a special Monday Night Raw, set to air 1 week from this coming Monday. The advertisement had a political theme to it, showcasing the recent democration battle to be presidential nominee. The contenders? Senators Hillary Clinton & Barack Obama. WWE has extended an official invitation for the two to settle their differences in the ring. Will the true politicians show up? Doubtful.

However, this may be a great campaign strategy. Should one of the two candidates show up in good fun, they may be appealing to the WWE fan base of voters, particularly younger voters. Obama has captured a lot of attention via Youtube music videos with celebrities, his fund raiser events hosted by Oprah and his general message of change for our nation. Hilary has made her fair share of appearances on various talks shows such as Ellen.

Most likely we will get what we saw on episodes of Raw last year. WWE set up a mock George Bush speech in the ring which was promptly interrupted by Cryme Tyme, who proceeded to take his wallet and cash. There was also the "Rosey vs. Trump" media frenzy, which WWE also mocked using celeb look-alikes. So expect to see some Clinton/Obama look-alikes hit the ring. Who knows which wrestlers will intervene in their debate, but it will be interesting. It may take place on Jericho's Highlight Reel, or just with a political setting in the ring complete with podiums for the "candidates". Don't expect it to go on without a fight and some hijinx though...

King5.com news of Seattle has sports coverage of the story.

World Wrestling Entertainment is inviting the two senators to compete in a match on Monday Night Raw on April 21.
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"Forget about who's better prepared when the phone rings at 3 a.m. and find out who's better when the bell rings," says an ad on WWE's Web site.

There's no immediate word on whether either side will accept the invitation.
Source: King5.com WWE invites Clinton, Obama to wrestle.

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1 Comments:

Blogger j.l.o.theoriginal said...

ONLY THE INSANE CLOWN POSSE WOULD BE LESS WELCOMED THAN THESE TWO LOSERS

April 11, 2008 at 2:49 PM  

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