Linda McMahon, CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment, husband of Vince Jr. and mother of Stephanie, is considering a Republican run for the U.S. Senate.
WWE is based in Stamford, CT (I get to pass it on the way to work every day) and so this story is even bigger than it seems at first – McMahon would be running against none other than the embattled Senator Christopher Dodd. Sen. Dodd has already been chokeslammed by accusations that he accepted sweetheart mortgage deals from some of the very people he was supposed to be regulating.
On one hand, McMahon has been CEO of a major public company, been appointed to the state Board of Education by Governor Rell and serves in numerous charity positions throughout the state.
One the other hand:
Shane is billed as the WCW Chairman. Shane gives a “shout out” to the young WCW talent sitting in a Skybox. The cameramen can’t find the box at first. When they do, we can barely make out who is sitting there. The fans boo at mention of WCW. Shane waffles Vince with a Kendo stick and hits him upside the head with a television monitor. Shane puts Vince on the Spanish Announce Team’s table. He tries for a flying elbow smash off the top rope. Steph pulls Vince out of the way and Shane crashes through the table. Trish wheels Linda down to the ring. Trish helps Vince to his feet and slaps him! Steph and Trish cat fight to the back. Menacingly, Vince approaches Linda. Foley cuts him off saying…”Don’t even think about it, Vince!”. Vince chairshots Foley twice to the back. Vince brings Linda into the ring and sits her in a corner on a steel chair. Vince bashes Shane with some steel trash cans while taunting Linda. Linda stands up. It’s a miracle! She weakly kicks Vince in the “family jewels”. Shane puts Vince in a corner with a trash can over his face and then amazingly enough he does RVD’s Van-Terminator on Vince. The WCW talent (Lance Storm, Shawn Stasiak, Mike Awesome and others) cheer as Shane pins Vince.
The McMahon family has a lot of money, and if she decides to really make a run at this, anything could happen. Hey, if Denny Hastert and Jesse Ventura could do it, why not Linda McMahon?
I only wish she was running in NY – someone with a background in drug-fueled fighting idiots would do well in Albany.
