You ever notice how weirdly political Smackdown is?

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I don't mean backstage stuff, I mean on screen characters.

Daniel Bryan: Openly supports Jill Stein, an anti-vaxxer, anti-wifi Green candidate who is even more to the left than Bernie, on WWE TV. Used an occupy protest on Raw. His crunchy, non-TV having real life was brought into his wrestling character.

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Dolph Ziggler: Out of nowhere starts wearing the Gadsden Flag, aka don't tread on me flag, which has its roots in the American Revolution, but has been mostly identified by hardcore libertarian douchers like Glenn Beck and Alex Jones. He also now wears black and white American flags and "Live Free or Die" stuff on his gear.

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Dean Ambrose:
Weirdo who lives in the desert off the grid, likely a prepper who spent all of his championship money on non-perishable foods because the government is going to kill off the population. Also uses a takeoff of the Anarchy logo for his own.

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Bray Wyatt:
Weirdo anarchist trying to bring down the system. All systems. Any system.

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JBL: Character is that of a city slicker Republican who is a racist redneck at heart. Remember the border tossing angle?

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John Cena: Ultra US Patriot, also a multiculturalism proponent, hardcore supporter of the military, might think he's an actual Marine.

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Rhyno/Heath Slater: White trash middle class, blue collar guys just trying to pay for their pools and feed their kids.

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It's really weird, because that really isn't going on on Raw. They have evil foreigners Lana/Russian, and a gay black man running with a Donald Trump slogan and being managed by a character that ran for president as a Republican 20 years ago. Why is it so political on the blue team?
 

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That's why I think Brock would have been a better fit for Smackdown. Pro-Pro-Pro-Pro-Pro-Pro-Gun advocate, former farm boy, who now lives in the woods and hunts anything that breathes. He's probably like Smoke in Mortal Kombat 2 mixed with Goro and Kintaro. He's also very anti-technology since he doesn't own a computer and has a landline telephone.
 

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That's why I think Brock would have been a better fit for Smackdown. Pro-Pro-Pro-Pro-Pro-Pro-Gun advocate, former farm boy, who now lives in the woods and hunts anything that breathes. He's probably like Smoke in Mortal Kombat 2 mixed with Goro and Kintaro. He's also very anti-technology since he doesn't own a computer and has a landline telephone.
Don't believe when old head entertainers say this its just a stupid marketing ploy , I read about it somewhere I forgot where :russ:
 

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Don't believe when old head entertainers say this its just a stupid marketing ploy , I read about it somewhere I forgot where :russ:

Who knows. I remember he made that point during one of those UFC shows when they were touring his house. :manny: It does make you wonder how WWE or anyone else for that matter gets in touch with Brock.

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Brock: I'm needed.
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maybe it's because i'm on one but i really dig the subtle characterization this theory lends. also interesting to consider that vince and linda pour money into trump

would the Vaudevillains be considered Whig Party?

No. They're just random ass hipsters, which means they'd probably be voting for Bernie if they could, though.
 

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Let's keep politics out of this and just enjoy it breh

This is actual character stuff, though. Not the personal views off TV, even though I'm sure they tend to overlap somewhat. You got brehs literally talking up their favorite presidential candidate and dudes wearing don't tread on me flags on their tights as a face. I completely forgot about Kane being a libertarian icon, and he and Rhyno both running for office. And King running for mayor twice.

Doomsday Dean would be 1000% better than whatever the fukk his character has been over the past 2 years. All of his promos shot from a shytty camera with shytty lighting and mics, uploaded to Youtube over a secure server so he can't be tracked.
 

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Don't want to turn TSC into HL but the Stein being anti-vax and wifi isn't true.
 

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This is actual character stuff, though. Not the personal views off TV, even though I'm sure they tend to overlap somewhat. You got brehs literally talking up their favorite presidential candidate and dudes wearing don't tread on me flags on their tights as a face. I completely forgot about Kane being a libertarian icon, and he and Rhyno both running for office. And King running for mayor twice.

Doomsday Dean would be 1000% better than whatever the fukk his character has been over the past 2 years. All of his promos shot from a shytty camera with shytty lighting and mics, uploaded to Youtube over a secure server so he can't be tracked.
Breh we're literally getting politics shoved down our throats every where else.........can we just not!
 
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