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WWE News: WWE Distancing Themselves From Donald Trump

Published

6 years ago

January 14, 2018

We all know by now that United States President Donald Trump is controversial. Even if you’re a fan of Trump who voted for him and support him, you know there is controversy. It’s not as if WWE has to tell you this, but they do have a business to maintain and keep alive. Donald Trump is divisive, and they have an audience that is clearly represented by multiple types of people, religions, and cultures.

Due to this, WWE has to think about their bottom line. That said, according to WrestlingNews.co, WWE has decided to distance themselves from Donald Trump. For those unaware, Trump has been a huge part of WWE in the past. Donald Trump was most notably part of the “Battle of the Billionaires” years ago at WrestleMania 23.

He’s also been part of Monday Night RAW here and there. The company even ran an angle where Donald Trump bought RAW from Vince. If it was not for the stock market idiots going crazy and not knowing it was a story, the Vince would have kept the angle going little longer.

The company even put him into their Hall of Fame, and to be honest, he did deserve to be part of the celebrity wing of the Hall. While some people will tell you that Donald is not that bad of a guy, it honestly comes down to opinion. A little behind the scenes here for you. There are some websites that won’t even touch this article of news because they don’t want to be hit with hate comments and emails from Trump supporters.

Why WWE Is Distancing Themselves From Donald Trump

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Some think that it would be crazy for WWE to ever distance themselves from a United States President, especially when he has been part of WWE’s history in a pretty big way. In theory, that is correct. Why would WWE do such a thing? Donald Trump is by no means the type of guy who brings people together. Unless you’re white and make a good living, and you’re mostly male.

The company has a strong Latino fanbase, which is a major area Trump attacking during his campaign. He has not done much to repair the relationship with them since becoming President either. Donald has also gone after Black Americans as well, which makes up a large chuck of the WWE audience too.

Seriously, WWE has a ton of minority viewership. With this being well known, WWE would be crazy to keep connected to Trump. Stephanie McMahon would address the Trump question at the Television Critics Association panel earlier this week. And would say what was said above mostly, in that WWE won’t mention Trump to basically keep their audience. She said that just don’t want to bring politics into the product.

McMahon Family Connection To Donald Trump

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Interestingly, Linda McMahon is actually part of his administration. Yes, Vince McMahon’s wife Linda! She runs the Small Business Association, which was considered by most experts to be Trump’s best hire in all of his cabinet. Linda has done well since taking on the role as well, so credit is due to her here for a job she would always do well with.

Trump hosted WrestleMania’s for Vince McMahon even when he may not have had the ability. Donald Trump and Vince McMahon have been friends for years, and it is honestly due to the business connections they have had. While this might mostly be what people call a business friendship, it did ultimately lead to Linda getting her spot in the Trump administration clearly.

Donald Trump most likely understands the decision made by the WWE, as he too would do similar under the same situation. WWE has seemingly removed all mention of him from their sizzle reel of celebrities who have been part of WWE. The Hall of Fame material has even removed him, of course mostly in highlight reel form. He’s still in it and on the WWE website as part of it. That likely won’t change.

Let us know what you think on social media @ChairshotMedia and always remember to use the hashtag #UseYourHead!

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Mitchell’s AEW Continental Classic Update! (11/27/23)

What a start to the tournament!

Published

5 months ago

November 27, 2023

Steven Mitchell

Did your picks win points?

The AEW Continental Classic is underway, with almost everyone competing. Check in here if you haven’t seen the winners and losers of week 1!

Here are your Gold League standings!

Jon Moxley: 1-0, 3 points
Swerve Strickland: 1-0, 3 points
Jay White: 1-0, 3 points
Rush: 0-1, 0 points
Mark Briscoe: 0-1, 0 points.
Jay Lethal: 0-1, 0 points

Here are your Blue League standings!

Brody King: 1-0, 3 points
Claudio Castagnoli: 1-0, 3 points
Daniel Garcia: 0-1, 0 points
Eddie Kingston: 0-1, 0 points
Bryan Danielson: Yet to Compete
Andrade El Idolo: Yet to Compete

My Thoughts:

Nothing too crazy, nothing too wild, this tournament only just got started. The only disappointing point is that they could not get Bryan “cleared to compete” Saturday night. Not sure how much of that is shoot given the bad eye, but this was kinda the problem of wanting him in the tournament over tons of other choices. Bryan wants to face Okada for WrestleKingdom 18, how is Bryan supposed to do that at his best if he’s also gonna be in a round robin, doing five top level matches in about as many weeks? And it takes away from Andrade being able to do something. Also a little surprised we didn’t even hear from Andrade on Saturday.

Now as we heard on Saturday, round two’s matches are set. Gold League will see Mark Briscoe VS Rush, White VS Swerve, and of course, Moxley VS Lethal. Nice variety there, a couple 0-1 guys facing off, as well as two 1-0 guys, and then 1-0 VS 0-1. No offense to Lethal, but he feels like an 0-2 going up against Moxley. Hard to call the other ones but that’s the fun of it. Meanwhile, Blue League sees Brody VS Claudio in a showdown to be 2-0, then Bryan and Andrade finally jump in, Bryan against Eddie and Andrade against Garcia. Sadly, feels like Eddie and Garcia are going 0-2, no way Tony Khan is booking Bryan and Andrade to lose their first shots.

In fact, that could be half the reason they did wait on those two, that’s almost too good for just a first round opener. But I still would’ve done it, same as NJPW does stuff like that for round robins, which this is all modeled after anyway.

Let us know what you think on social media @ChairshotMedia and always remember to use the hashtag #UseYourHead!

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AEW announces Continental Classic entrants

The C2 is set!

Published

5 months ago

November 22, 2023

Steven Mitchell

Tony Khan Reveals the Blue and Gold “Leagues!”

Originally livestreamed, Tony Khan and Tony Schiavone officially announced the twelve total entrants and divided them into the two round robin blocks known as the “Blue League” and “Gold League.” If you don’t feel like sifting through the almost 30 minute video, the groups are:

Blue League

Bryan Danielson
Andrade El Idolo
Brody King
Claudio Castagnoli
Daniel Garcia
Eddie Kingston

Gold League

Jon Moxley
Swerve Strickland
Rush
Mark Briscoe
Jay Lethal
Jay White

Tony Khan also explains the rules for the Continental Classic:

Every match has a 20 minute time limit
The winner of each match earns 3 points, losers earn 0, 1 point for a draw
EVERYONE ELSE is banned from ringside for true 1v1 action

Eddie Kingston also joined the selection special as his “life’s work” is on the line in this tournament, both the ROH World Championship and NJPW Strong Openweight Championship on the line as part of the modern day North American Triple Crown Eddie, Tony Khan, AEW, ROH and NJPW are looking to create together. Gold League competes tonight on Dynamite while Blue League will have their start this Saturday on Collision. Look for more articles like this one to keep up with the Continental Classic standings over the next six weeks of tournament action!

Let us know what you think on social media @ChairshotMedia and always remember to use the hashtag #UseYourHead!