WWE rivals The Undertaker and Mick Foley are at odds again over their divided opinions over the US election but won’t be letting it impact their friendship.
Millions of Americans will go to the polls on November 5 to decide who succeeds Joe Biden as US President.
Donald Trump is no stranger to the world of WWE having been interviewed by Logan Paul earlier this yearX/@LoganPaul
Kamala Harris goes up against Donald Trump for the White House hot seat, with Trump keen on sealing a triumphant return to leadership following a tumultuous first term in office which was ended by Biden.
The bitterness exchanged between Trump and Harris is much akin to a WWE storyline where cheap shots are taken and very little is off limits.
The same is just as true for their respective support bases, too, including some high-profile and celebrity endorsements from the world of WWE and beyond.
A furious Dave Bautista, who achieved fame as Batista in his wrestling days, blasted Trump in a recent workout video, calling him a ‘whiny little b****’ in a stinging attack.
The US business tycoon has his supporters in wrestling circles, though, 1980s icon Hulk Hogan made no secret of his support with a series of appearances to support him, recently making a hash of one cameo at a rally in New York.
Former United States Champion Logan Paul is behind Trump, too, hosting the controversial character on podcast.
Taking a similar stance has been Mark Calaway, better known to a generation of wrestling fans as The Undertaker, who welcomed Trump as a guest on his Six Feet Under podcast earlier this month.
The two traded stories on their respective times in pro wrestling while Calaway was gushing with praise over the way Trump has, in his mind, made politics ‘fun again.’
Much like Bautista, however, some figures are less than impressed. Among those declaring their support for Harris has been Mick Foley, who waged WWE war with The Undertaker during his days as Mankind during the mid 1990s and into the Attitude Era.
Speaking on his YouTube channel, Foley had already aimed a verbal flick on the nose to Trump and The Undertaker, saying: “There comes a time when enough is enough…The Undertaker is correct in saying Donald Trump made politics fun again… about three weeks in 2016. But it’s eight years later, and there’s absolutely nothing fun about this man.”
Trump appeared on Undertaker’s podcast earlier this monthYouTube: SixFeetUnder
Foley and The Undertaker’s battles were a staple part of the Attitude EraWWE
On CNN, Foley took his displeasure of the former reality TV star further, by calling him a ‘dangerous con man’ and adding: “In my experience, real men respect strong women, they don’t live in fear of them.”
The daredevil did, however, defended his former colleague’s ‘right’ to endorse Trump and insisted their divided opinions on the election won’t impact their friendship, saying: “I can count on one hand the number of friends I’ve lost over politics.
“Friendships are stronger, family is stronger. The things that draw us together are so much more meaningful than the things that divide us.
“When I see him [next], we’ll hug it out, agree to disagree and we’ll do the best we can to keep a 30-year friendship going strong.”
One of Foley’s first rivalries in WWE was with The Undertaker when he debuted in 1996, the two going on to share one of the most iconic bouts in history two years later, their Hell in a Cell match at King of the Ring.