Friday, 30 June 2017

Wrestling Villain Called "The Progressive Liberal"

quote [ "It's not like I'm pretending to be something I'm not." ]

Excuse the shit-rag source, it's pasted down below and posted here because I thought it was funny af.

Progressive Liberal Daniel Richards” is fighting on Friday ― and it isn’t in the political arena.

He’s a pro wrestling villain gone viral, and he’ll gladly rub his lefty views in the face of his opponents and the Donald Trump-loving spectators who watch him compete in the Kentucky-based Appalachian Mountain Wrestling.

His real name is Daniel Harnsberger, a 36-year-old real estate agent from Richmond, Virginia, who moonlights on the mat as a smug Democrat in need of a beatdown.

Wearing a Hillary Clinton T-shirt, he told viewers in a recent match promo (below), “You people need to be reprogrammed. You continually vote against your own interests.” He added, “We’re going to help you get jobs with clean energy.”


Oh, he knows how to get under the fans’ skin. “You know what, I think Bernie Sanders would make a great Secretary of State,” Richards said before a match, per Deadspin ” He later declared, “I want to exchange your bullets for bullet points. Bullet points of knowledge.”

A guy like that is going to get his comeuppance in a red state ring. Check out the 14:25 mark here:


The Progressive Liberal told Sports Illustrated he began developing his character when Donald Trump emerged as a presidential contender. He was working a small show in West Virginia and mocked fans by telling them he wished Trump would build a wall around them instead of Mexico so they couldn’t “infiltrate the population.”

“The ire that statement got, I knew I was onto something. Even then, those fans were chanting, “Trump! Trump! Trump!” Harnsberger said.


He’s glad to rile up the crowds because his wrestling persona isn’t much of a stretch.

“I do lean far left,” he told S.I.. “So it’s not like I’m pretending to be something I’m not. I’m just turning it up.”

Some attendees at his matches wear Trump masks, Deadspin noted. But Harnsberger says bring it on.


Democrats, he said, should “be as ballsy and unapologetic about their beliefs as the Republicans are about theirs.”

On Friday, the Progressive Liberal will once again put his reputation where his mouth is when he squares off against Kyle Maggard in Campton, Kentucky.

Perhaps this time he’ll be able to deploy his signature move, “the liberal agenda.”
[NSFW] [humor] [+9 Funny]
[by lilmookieesquire@2:49amGMT]

Comments

knumbknutz said @ 4:11am GMT on 30th Jun [Score:2 Underrated]
Good gimmick - anyone old enough to remember the Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff, when they were tag teaming in the WWF?
Space_1889 said @ 6:00am GMT on 30th Jun
Oh yeah, I remember them - all the fears of Americans at that time in one great package!
knumbknutz said @ 4:32pm GMT on 30th Jun [Score:1 Underrated]
Hey I have great memories of those 2.

I was in a band back in the early 80's and had a steady gig at a club called Mony-Mony's. It was right across the street from the San Diego Sports Arena. The WWF was on a pretty steady rotation with the Sports Arena at the time, and those 2 used to come on over after their show and hit it pretty hard there. Ali, and Joe (Nikolai's first name was Josip, but everyone there just called him Joe) used to get wasted with us between sets at in the parking lot, and they were really the 2 most hilariously funny and laid back dudes we knew. I swear - If the whole wrestling/acting thing wouldn't have worked out for Ali, I am pretty convinced he could have been a successful stand up comedian.

The funniest times were when Sgt Slaughter, and Hillbilly Jim would come over with them and they would all get blazed together after shows/matches.

captainstubing said @ 9:31pm GMT on 30th Jun
Ha!

Man, say what you like about The Iron Sheik, but nobody could do a blow to the sternum like that guy.
sidmax said @ 3:03am GMT on 30th Jun [Score:1 Good]
This put a smile on my face today, thanks for the post.
zarathustra said @ 3:47am GMT on 30th Jun
He should have called himself The Rational Adult.
Abdul Alhazred said @ 10:54am GMT on 30th Jun
Only in Richmond. Gah...
ComposerNate said @ 7:50pm GMT on 9th Jul
They say Richmond, but let's safely assume he's from the suburbs.
Abdul Alhazred said @ 9:59pm GMT on 9th Jul
Midlothian, perhaps.
Dienes said @ 12:45pm GMT on 30th Jun
Between this and the NRA video that said that the academic elite are threats to America, we're slowly turning into Gotham, where PhDs turn you into super-villains.
lilmookieesquire said @ 1:38pm GMT on 30th Jun
And money is a superpower?
mechanical contrivance said @ 1:48pm GMT on 30th Jun [Score:1 Funsightful]
Remember The Million Dollar Man Ted Dibiase?
dolemite said @ 2:48pm GMT on 30th Jun
Reminds me of The Iron Yuppie .

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