While McMahon has officially stepped out of the ring, his name won’t be easily excised from the world of wrestling he built over four decades.
Netflix recently bet $5 billion on the idea that pro wrestling is due for a renaissance. It’s not hard to see why. Wrestling has all the drama of reality TV, but on steroids. It’s oozing with Millennial nostalgia. And it’s the kind of entertainment in which the central conceit, known as “kayfabe,” has never been more relevant. Put simply: The wrestling you associate with names like Hulk Hogan is scripted. But the people in it are committed to playing it out as real life, inside the ring and out.
Eventually, in the new millennium, once they really have some money after taking the company public, Vince and Linda become major political donors. By the time the 2010s rolled around, and then the Trump campaign rolls around, you had this candidate who gets a lot of money from fans. By then, Vince and Linda were already very close with Trump.
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