In a recent interview, Linda McMahon was asked about The Wrestler movie starring Mickey Rourke and how it represented the business. Here is her reply:
“I think it portrayed a business of years gone by, and I think Mickey Rourke did an excellent job,†she says. “But it was an industry of many men, and some women, who didn’t look to their future, because they believed the life they were living today would continue forever.â€
“It’s not a sport, it’s an entertainment industry,†she says. “I don’t think regulation is necessary. You’d be crazy not to protect the men and women [in the wrestling business]â€â€”but the industry can take care of that, without the government intervening. “WWE is the first company to build barricades to separate audience from performers—and to pad the barricades and to pad the floor around them, in case somebody went over the top rope, There was some push-back from old-timers, who said, ‘No, you’re supposed to be rugged.’â€
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