WWE Invites Obama, Clinton to One-on-One Smackdown

FOXNews.com

Saturday, April 12, 2008

Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama -- Get in the ring.

That's the challenge from WWE, which has issued an open invitation to the deadlocked Democrats to settle their differences "the American way -- in a wrestling match."

Seriously.

World Wrestling Entertainment aired the video invitation Tuesday, calling for a bona fide smackdown on Monday night RAW April 21.

"What we're trying to do is provide both Senator Clinton and Senator Obama an opportunity to speak to more than 8 million viewers of our program ... which is the night before the Pennsylvania primary," WWE spokesman Gary Davis told FOXNews.com.

What exactly the world of professional wrestling expects Clinton and Obama to do in that ring is unclear.

The announcer in the ad, now on the WWE Web site, declares, "Forget about who's better prepared when the phone rings at 3 a.m., and find out who's better when the bell rings."

So what? An arm wrestling match? A very aggressive debate? A cage fighting tournament?

"I think the invitation itself is self-explanatory," Davis said. "Get into the ring and resolve their differences."

The professional wrestling sector has been relatively quiet on the political front ever since "Nature Boy" Ric Flair stopped tag teaming with Mike Huckabee. But Davis said all the while WWE has had an aggressive "SmackDown Your Vote" program to get young voters registered.

Davis said WWE is still in talks with both candidates over the proposed match.

Click here to see the WWE invitation to Clinton and Obama.

 

 

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