In Mexico, The Crowd Loves To Hate Pro Wrestler Who Plays Trump Supporter

[Ill Lou Malnati]

Thought this article/segment from NPR was interesting. Not gonna post the whole thing, because I guess that's against Coli rules now.

When Donald Trump won the presidency after a campaign that regularly scapegoated and insulted the Mexican people, Polinsky saw an opportunity to turn up the heat on his bad-guy character.

"I had a perfect idea: Why not come to the arena with [an American] flag, but I'm gonna take this to a whole other level," he says, unfurling a flag and grinning. "I have a 4-ft. flag with the face of Donald Trump on it."

With this prop, he became the surrogate of Donald Trump in Mexican lucha libre.

His over-the-top, absurd style blends well into the sport. It is a wacky, colorful show punctuated by amazing acrobatics and always following the same script: The good guys, known as técnicos," the equivalent of "babyface," line up across from the rudos in a battle of justice.

For Polinsky, being a baddie — especially one who generates such immediate, enraged reactions from Mexicans — is exhilarating.

 

[Da King]

An open KKK member would get Austin level face heat from today's wrasslin inbred audience

 

[MenacingMonk]

And probably get merked, too.

 

[ROBEEZYKILLA]

a little risky if you ask me

 

[Konnan]

Hes late

The saying everything in rasslin already been done is true because Fritz Von Erich was a klansman as a gimmick when he started