> What I have not seen mentioned anywhere is that Minnesota is HUGE pro
> wrestling country. (Remember Husker Du?)
Which is, like, just one reason he had a HUGE jump on any progressive activist who might want to try the same thing -- or be used counterfactually to denigrate the left.
> Mathew Forstater, former APW (amateur pro wrestling!) manager--including the
> Ginsu Warrior and the Human Sponge--"Tri-State Wrestling Federation"
> (matches between sets at hardcore punk shows, Philadelphia, early 1980s).
And Wellstone wrestled in college. Just too short and nerdy-looking to turn pro, I guess.
With Dornan out by a landslide, perhaps this means we're really in a new era -- bye bye boxing, hello wrestlemania.
Any others you know about, Mathew?
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