WWE Star Turned GOP Mayor Challenges Tim Walz To Wrestling Match After Gov Claims He Can Kick MAGA ‘A**’: ‘I’m Serious About This’
Knox County, Tennessee Mayor Glenn Jacobs (R), a WWE hall of famer, challenged Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) to a wrestling match after the governor claimed he could “kick the ass” of MAGA supporters.
“He threw down the gauntlet, so I had to pick it up,” Jacobs, who went by the name Kane in the WWE, told NewsNation’s Leland Vittert on Friday.
Walz made his comments in a conversation with California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) on the This Is Gavin Newsom podcast. While discussing how to connect to MAGA voters, Walz made reference to the WWE and joked he could take supporters of President Donald Trump in a fight.
“I think I could kick most of their ass. I do think that. I know I can outrun them, but I don’t know if we’re going to fall into that place of, okay, we’re going to challenge you to a WWE fight type of thing,” the former vice presidential candidate said.
Jacobs told Vittert he’s “serious” about wrestling Walz, saying he’s already lined up a corporate sponsor for the potential event. Jacobs said the match could be used to raise money for charity, being split evenly between organizations chosen by the mayor and governor.
The Knox County mayor previously revealed he was kicking things off with a $10,000 donation.
Vittert asked Jacobs whether he would need to have one hand tied behind his back to give Walz a handicap as golfers get.
“We could figure out some stipulation to even the odds a little bit because I think that he would be facing a huge uphill battle,” Jacobs said.
Check out the exchange below:
LELAND VITTERT: Is Tim Walz a worthy opponent for you?
GLENN JACOBS: No, he’s not but he threw down the gauntlet so I had to pick it up.
VITTERT: Alright, and this is now a challenge.
JACOBS: Yes, when Governor Walz said that he could kick most Trump supporters’ rears in a WWE style match actually, I figured that, well, I mean, I may as well call him on that. If you’re gonna say something like that, you have to expect someone’s gonna take up the challenge. So I challenged him to a charity wrestling contest.
VITTERT: Have you heard back?
JACOBS: I have not at this point and that’s unfortunate because I already have a corporate title sponsor and I’m serious about this. Lots of people have pledged money. I figure we could raise several hundred thousand dollars with this event and it would all go to charity. We’d split the gate 50-50, half would go to my charity, half would go to his. So it’s a great opportunity actually to have some fun, but then also to benefit a great cause.
VITTERT: Okay, so I’m a golfer, I never really watched wrestling, forgive me, but that probably doesn’t come as a surprise to anybody. But in that sense, in golf you have handicaps, right? For better golfers, they have to give strokes to the worst golfers. Would it be fair that you’d have to do this with one hand tied behind your back or something?
JACOBS: Yeah, we can figure out some sort of stipulation to even the odds a little bit. I think that he would be facing a huge uphill battle. I think he’s about six foot one and 230 pounds. I’m legitimately six foot eight and still about 300 pounds. And he does not have the pedigree that I have in combat sports. So, yeah, and look, I mean, I’d be open to that. We can have some negotiations about what kind of contest that he would feel comfortable that he could at least survive, I guess.
VITTERT: I would volunteer to be the announcer.
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