Donald Trump signs Vince McMahon, owner of the pressing catch, as adviser
He also surrounds himself with the owner of the UFC, Dana White, and the top executives of the most important leagues in the United States: the NBA, the NFL, the NHL and the MLB.
Donald Trump is a great fan of wrestling, a sport-spectacle in which the protagonists show all their skills in the ring through spectacular fights, scripted rivalries and an aroused audience that cheers on their favorite wrestlers while booing their rivals .
The largest company in the world of wrestling, or pressing catch as it is popularly known in Spain, is WWE, World Wrestling Entertainment. And the owner of that company that bills billions of dollars annually is Vince McMahon, the person who is now one of the new advisers to the Donald Trump government.
The presence of the wrestling mogul is not the only signing of the president of the United States. Trump also wants to add those responsible for the country's top sports leagues, the NBA, the NFL, the MLB and the NHL, Adam Silver, Roger Goodell, Rob Manfred and Gary Bettman. Not only that, he will also feature UFC President Dana White and Dallas Mavericks and New England Patriots owners Mark Cuban and Robert Kraft.
Wrestling, a staple business
In one of his appearances before the press collected by Metro, Donald Trump spoke on Tuesday about the importance for the country of the return of sports competitions as soon as possible: "We have to recover our sports, I am tired of watching baseball games of the past. 14. Actually, I haven't had a lot of time to watch them, I'd say maybe I see a hitter and then I go back to work. "
Shortly before, it had been confirmed that WWE could continue broadcasting its shows live from its training center in Florida thanks to the fact that it has been considered an "essential business" and, therefore, does not have to follow the criteria of confinement that they affect most companies. Orange County Mayor Jerry Demmings himself explained that there was "some conversation with the governor's office" so that wrestling became part of the essential business list and, therefore, could remain open.
Donald Trump is passionate about wrestling and has participated in WWE shows on several occasions. In 2007, he starred in the so-called "billionaire fight" with Vince McMahon himself, each represented by a wrestler in the ring. Years later, as president of the United States, he was punished in the ring by one of the WWE myths, ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin, who knocked out the president on the canvas.
