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Judi Lynn

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Thu Feb 16, 2017, 04:56 PM Feb 2017

American trumpeting Trump is the wrestler Mexico loves to hate

American trumpeting Trump is the wrestler Mexico loves to hate




By THE WASHINGTON POST |
PUBLISHED: February 16, 2017 at 10:40 am | UPDATED: February 16, 2017 at 10:43 am
By Marissa Payne, (c) 2017, The Washington Post


Pro wrestler Sam Adonis is limping to a coffee shop in Mexico City when he answers the phone. He has just finished training for his next gig in the capital city, where for the past four months he has been one of the most in-demand performers in the CMLL.

Adonis, who grew up in Pittsburgh as Sam Polinsky, is one of the few Americans who has made a successful career in Mexico’s competitive Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, or World Boxing Council. The 27-year-old is tall and blond, which makes him stand out in the lucha libre community, but he didn’t become a superstar until this past November, when he began playing on Mexico’s anger at President Donald Trump.

“Wrestling always kind of plays off what’s happening in the mainstream [media], so I was thinking about it and I said, ‘Yeah if [Trump] wins I’m getting myself a flag with his face on it,” Adonis said. “And once [the audience in 16,500-seat Arena Mexico] see that big orange spot on the flag, you can just instantly, in one moment feel the room change. It’s a fever pitch.”

When deciding to cultivate his in-ring persona as Trump’s biggest fan in the ring, Adonis said he drew inspiration from pro wrestling days of yore, and specifically, the Iron Sheik, the Iranian-American WWE Hall of Famer who used the Iranian flag to taunt audiences in the 1980s when he fought Hulk Hogan.

More:
http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/02/16/american-who-channels-trump-in-the-ring-becomes-mexicos-biggest-wrestling-villain/

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