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Hulk Hogan takes the stage during a campaign rally for Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden on October 27, 2024. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

The world Hulk Hogan — and Trump — made

Chauncey DeVega
US pro-wrestler Hulk Hogan rips his shirt off to reveal a Trump-Vance campaign shirt during the last day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 18, 2024. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

RNC's “Trump-a-mania run wild” backfires

Chauncey DeVega
Donald Trump vs Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Biden baits Trump into a debate trap

Chauncey DeVega
Joe Biden and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Biden must take his Trump insults public

Chauncey DeVega
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Alexander Ludwig in "Heels" (Starz)

Starz's wretched wrestling show "Heels"

Melanie McFarland
File photo of convicted murderer and rapist William Horton Jr., who was mentioned by Vice President George Bush in his 1988 campaign. (AP/Lawrence Eagle Tribune/Salon)

Trump goes beyond "Willie Horton"

Chauncey DeVega
(AP/Jorge Silva/Twitter/Salon)

Trolls, fake news and Donald Trump

Chauncey DeVega
Ric Flair (Getty/Paul Kane)

It's Ric Flair's world now

Chauncey DeVega
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Trump: Still the champ

Chauncey DeVega
(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump's media war goes meta

Charlie May
President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. () (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump's failing reality show

Heather Digby Parton
Donald Trump shaves the head of Vince McMahon at Wrestlemania 23; Peter Thiel (APCarlos Osorio/Reuters/Fred Prouser/Photo montage by Salon)

Donald Trump, wrestling "heel"

Chauncey DeVega
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Donald Trump is a pro wrestler

Chauncey DeVega
Hulk Hogan (Reuters/Danny Moloshok)

Wrestling's overt racism

Scott Timberg

WWE's racism problem

Peter Finocchiaro
Dusty Rhodes (Wikimedia)

The glory of Dusty Rhodes

Chauncey DeVega
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(The Daily Show)

Jon Stewart's wrestling feud

Colin Gorenstein
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