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If Vince McMahon's deepest, most personal dreams had somehow come true, the Million Dollar Man would have been a good guy. He would have come out, waved money, ordered people around, made off-colour remarks and, ultimately, he would have been lauded as a hero.

It didn't happen that way for Ted DiBiase, but it's working for Donald Trump.

"Lemme tell you something, I'm very rich," he says. The crowd cheers.

"Women are pigs," he says. The crowd cheers.

"I own a lot of golf courses, lemme tell you, my golf courses, they're the best in the world, everybody loves them," he says. The crowd cheers.

And now he's going to run America.

There's one way to understand the Republican frontrunner, and as vaguely news-savvy young men with a cynicism-hardened interest in pro wrestling, we're uniquely qualified to look into it. Donald Trump is a wrestling character. Here's why.

If Vince McMahon's deepest, most personal dreams had somehow come true, the Million Dollar Man would have been a good guy. He would have come out, waved money, ordered people around, made off-colour remarks and, ultimately, he would have been lauded as a hero.

It didn't happen that way for Ted DiBiase, but it's working for Donald Trump.

"Lemme tell you something, I'm very rich," he says. The crowd cheers.

"Women are pigs," he says. The crowd cheers.

"I own a lot of golf courses, lemme tell you, my golf courses, they're the best in the world, everybody loves them," he says. The crowd cheers.

And now he's going to run America.

There's one way to understand the Republican frontrunner, and as vaguely news-savvy young men with a cynicism-hardened interest in pro wrestling, we're uniquely qualified to look into it. Donald Trump is a wrestling character. Here's why.

Hulk Hogan is alive. Roddy Piper is dead.

Hulk Hogan is bad. Roddy Piper is good.

Hulk Hogan was in that movie where he plays basically Hulk Hogan but wearing blue. Roddy Piper was in a John Carpenter cult-classic B movie that Slavoj Zizek featured in one of his documentaries about film.

Hulk Hogan is despised. Roddy Piper is beloved.

Hulk Hogan is the 1980s monoculture. Roddy Piper is the 1980s counterculture.

Hulk Hogan did not kick Cyndi Lauper in the head and remain lifelong friends with her. Roddy Piper did kick Cyndi Lauper in the head and remain lifelong friends with her.

Hulk Hogan essentially created the conditions for the first Gulf War. Roddy Piper did not create the conditions for the first Gulf War.

It's hard to make sense of these things sometimes, but we try, with the help of Sartre and shoot interviews.

Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland. Just south of Dublin, it’s the birthplace of Finn Balor, Hozier and, most importantly, Jumping Nothing’s Cathal.

Join us as we hear tales of his time in the community hall watching an 18-year-old Fergal Devitt crack open his head off a ladder in front of the world’s most casual crowd.

We also take in the new NXT champion’s time in Japan, the logic of his ‘inner demon’ gimmick and, most excitingly, we fantasy book his move to the main roster of the WWE. Will he defeat Cena clean under the Wrestlemania sign? Or will he become Wee Cousin Fergal, Sheamus’s Oirish partner in crime?It’s an Irish celebration (#nomacklemore) on the podcast today. Enjoy

The team head to the pub in blitz-wracked Bethnal Green, London to get soused and prepare for an evening of traditional greasy grapple in storied York Hall, as former WWE stars, indie darlings and THE CURRENT IWGP HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION fly in to take on the best the locals have to offer in Revolution Pro Wrestling’s Summer Sizzler.

We speculate on what’s about to happen in the lively Old George pub before reviewing events back at the studio.

We are SHOCKED by Matt Classic’s true identity.

We are IN AWE of Big Damo’s bigness.

We are ASTOUNDED by the feats of valour and athleticism shown off by Will Ospreay and Matt Sydal.

We are EMBARRASSED by Karl’s reaction to AJ Styles.

We are AFFLICTED by Stendhal Syndrome while watching Shinsuke Nakamura.

Find out why, and more, by listening to the podcast.

Daniel Bryan is finished. Injury has done for him for perhaps the final time. In this podcast, the team discuss whether this is their fault, and by extension your fault, for demanding so much of a preternaturally talented star.

There's a wide-ranging discussion, from a 25-year-old 5'8" indie wrestler being the best in the world to a man holding up the belt at the end of a Wrestlemania booked around him.

We talk Bryan the strong-style master, Bryan the artist, Bryan the child entertainer and more, finishing by fantasy booking the rest of his life. Join us.