In the other corner, hair combed neatly back and beard tidily trimmed, stood Maxwell Jacob Friedman, the reigning All Elite Wrestling World Champion. But the chants at the recent AEW match showcased a new, more specific way that wrestling is grappling with politics. If American political life has, as commentators say, come more and more to resemble pro wrestling, then pro wrestling has also evolved to meet it. He lost a bet in the Battle of the Billionaires at the 2007 World Wrestling Entertainment's Wrestlemania. It’s that it’s a great wrestling show.”The key to understanding business strategy in wrestling, Laine said, is in the title of a book by the former wrestling executive and WWE Hall of Fame member Eric Bischoff: “Controversy Creates Cash.”“That’s the bottom line with wrestling, it’s attention,” Laine said.

Source: CNN February 15, 2026 09:05 UTC