Who said that you can’t mix politics with wrestling (or ’sports entertainment’ if you follow the WWE)? Well, I’m not even sure if anybody has said that, but it’s certainly not true. The only question is, how effective can it be?
For a number of years now, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) – formerly the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) have been running ‘Smack Down Your Vote’ – a campaign to encourage it’s key demographic (15-39 year olds) of the issues, policies and personalities of the candidates putting themselves up for election. The minimum legal age to vote in the USA is 18 years old.
By-and-large the WWE’s programme has been non-partisan. Top WWE personalities have lent their names to the campaign including Rey Mysterio Jr and Shelton Benjamin. Here is a link to the official site: http://vote.wwe.com/.
Last Monday night, candidates from both the Democratic and Republican parties recorded messages for the audience of WWE’s flagship programme, Monday Night RAW. The excerpts that I have seem are coup-worthy for the WWE and border on cringe-worthy for the candidates. Each candidate involked various catchphrases of famous wrestlers past and present in order to connect with the estimated 5 million viewers (according to WWE). Unfortunately, the link that I was using to view the excerpts no longer carries the clips and has now been removed from this post.
What do you think? Clever ploy or cheesy stunt? How effective do you think such appeals can be? How might such an effort be received between Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg at, say, an England international at Wembley? Let me know your thoughts!
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Mr Mithen
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To be honest, untill I see them wresteling for real in spandex under-garments untill one of them cracks the other’s skull open with a chair, I’m voting for Senator John “Popeye” McCain!
Sounds like another cheap ploy to try and gain interest into a subject young Americans should already be reading about in newspapers.
well this is intersting but not as intersting as the Hildabeast blacking of Obama chacter as being upatraoctic and hobnobbing with the terroists
Hillary vs Obama would make a great wrestling show. You could bill it as the Blond vs The Bland.
Right did you watch Have i got news 4 u 2nite?(25/4/08) because they mecaned the ten pence thing and i think they have a valid point don’t u? I also wanted to ask about monday shall i come at lunch and we can write the Miuntes from Friday. Good Luck Fulham!!!!!!
lizzy (Bella)