Obama, Clinton & McCain Appearing on WWE Raw. Seriously.

Posted April 21, 2008 by Daniel in Television

As a general rule of thumb, we here at Nightly are steering away from political news on our front page. Â However, this one is too fun to pass up.

While this story immediately seemed as if it was a late April Fool’s joke as it surfaced this weekend, it has proven itself to indeed be true. Â Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain are appearing on Raw tonight as part of a get out the vote effort fronted by the WWE. Â And no, it isn’t a prank of any sort. Â Sources from the AP, Washington Post, and CNN are confirming it.

Unfortunately, there will be no cage match. Â The candidates are merely taping canned wrestling themed messages to encourage the wrestling demographic to vote. Â Giving further proof that the Apocolypse is indeed near. Â Be sure to catch the awkwardness of it all on USA at 8 PM Central, then drop by our wrestling board afterwards.

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