7 Most Insane Things Happening In Wrestling Right Now (May 12)

3. Everybody Wants The Rock To Be President

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The Rock responded to an article espousing his presidential credentials by confirming via his Instagram page that he would be up for it. "I care DEEPLY about our country...and the idea of one day becoming President to create real positive impact and global change is very alluring."

Any thoughts that Rock might be wistfully romanticising out of his ass were dispelled when Michael Moore actually endorsed him in an interview with Variety. "Run the Rock! Run the Rock. Who do you want for commander in chief? I want the f—ing Rock! It would scare anybody that would hurt us. Think about how safe we would be if the Rock was president."

He was obviously being facetious, but you know, he has a point. The verbal smackdown he would put on any leader foolish enough to challenge his leadership would surely embarrass them into submission. "It doesn't matter what your foreign policy mandates!" And that's without factoring in his frankly impossible musculature, which is enough to terrify anybody.

His election might trigger Vladimir Putin, who likes getting papped with his shirt off and gun out and would look positively sickly in comparison to the Great One, but he's not going to interfere in a second election. That would be overkill. He's not Vince Russo.

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