The Republican National Convention held in Milwaukee closed this Thursday with a triumphalist message of Donald Trump. Faithful to his populist discourse, and with the almost religious devotion of the public after the assassination attempt on him last Saturday, the former president and candidate for the White House promised to close the border with Mexico from the first day of his mandate, if he were victorious in the elections, and to end inflation. However, he did not only use words to secure the vote, but also resounding presences that he summoned to guarantee and promote support for his candidacy.
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This is the case of Hulk HoganThe controversial wrestling star was another of the event’s protagonists, where he came to proclaim his support for the former US president’s campaign, as he also did, although behind the scenes, Linda McMahonformer CEO of WWE and head of the Small Business Administration during Trump’s previous term.
A wrestling promo to support Trump
However, the presence of Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bolleahad an evident greater impact by giving himself over to the show following the guidelines of the pro-wrestling. His intervention was conceived as if it were one of their promos to warm up a fight. He even went so far as to tear his shirt off, as in his glory days, revealing another pair of tank tops with the surnames of Trump and his vice presidential candidate, JD Vanceto underline the impetus for the candidacy.
“He will win in November and when he does we will all be champions again. He was the greatest patriot and still is.. He has always said exactly what he thinks, and regardless of the possibilities, always finds a way to win“, said the one who was great babyface of WWE during the eighties and then leader of the faction nWothe great emblem of the rival promotion WCW in the nineties.
Hogan criticized Joe Bidenwhom he accused of having left the price of “food and gasoline” as well as immigration “out of control.” “The only one who can fix it is Trump,” he said. six-time WWE champion while Trump blew him a kiss in the air as a thank you.
Trump’s connection to Hogan and wrestling
The friendship between Hogan and Trump goes back a long way, and the athlete has been a faithful public supporter of the tycoon for years. The latter, on the other hand, has also had a significant fixation with the world of pro-wrestling. In fact, some time before launching his political career, he made memorable appearances within the WWE. One of the most memorable was, for example, in Wrestlemania XXIIIIn 2013, he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.
In the summit promotion of pro-wrestling There has been no shortage of support for Trump in recent years. In addition to the friendship with Vince McMahonthe eternal owner of the company, now banished from the company after accusations by a former employee of alleged abuse and sexual trafficking, found allies such as the legendary Kanealias of Glenn Jacobswho after retiring from wrestling entered politics and is currently the Republican mayor of Knox.
Current financial supporters of the Republican campaign include, it should be said, Peter Thielwho in turn financed Hulk Hogan’s high-profile lawsuit against Gawker for publishing a sexually explicit video of the wrestler years ago. Hogan’s image, in any case, has been tarnished in the last decade, and not only by that media scandal, but by the revelation in 2015 of racist comments he made years before, which cost him his removal from the WWE Hall of Fame. He would receive forgiveness from the promotion, however, three years later.
