10 Wrestlers Who Became Involved In Politics

4. Bob Backlund

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I don't know about you, but this seems like the most logical entry possible. Of course Bob Backlund has been involved in politics, right? If you're familiar with Bob's work, you'll know that he excels when given a platform to rant and rave, and what better platform than the world of politics?

It doesn't bode so well for Darren Young in the duo's quest to Make Darren Young Great Again, but Backlund didn't experience any real success in the political world. Bob ran for a Congress seat out of Connecticut in 2000 as a Republican, but came up short. Backlund won 29% of the vote, easily losing out to Democrat incumbent John Larson.

Larson, who looks not unlike the first Slovenian President Milan Kucan, still holds this seat today.

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Born in the middle of Wales in the middle of the 1980's, John can't quite remember when he started watching wrestling but he has a terrible feeling that Dino Bravo was involved. Now living in Prague, John spends most of his time trying to work out how Tomohiro Ishii still stands upright. His favourite wrestler of all time is Dean Malenko, but really it is Repo Man. He is the author of 'An Illustrated History of Slavic Misery', the best book about the Slavic people that you haven't yet read. You can get that and others from www.poshlostbooks.com.