During an appearance on Independent Americans, Jesse Ventura expressed his anger at Donald Trump being included in the WWE Hall of Fame.
A fellow inductee himself, Ventura has been an outspoken critic of the current President of the United States of America, and detailed what makes him so angry about the inclusion:
I have friends that are not in the Hall of Fame. One in particular, Olympian Ken Patera. At one time considered possibly the strongest man in the world. Competed in the Olympics, had a tremendous pro wrestling career afterward. Well, guess what? He’s not in the Hall of Fame, and Trump is. And do you know how you get into the Hall of Fame? You do like what I had to do. Do you know what I did one time? True story: I wrestled 63 consecutive nights in a row without a day off. And there’s people that would destroy that. There’s guys that did more than that. But that’s how you get into the Hall of Fame. Think about that. I wrestled 63 consecutive nights in a row. This is in the territory days, that was driving to and from the town…
You know why [Trump] got in? Because he provided us two buildings [for WrestleMania IV and V] where he probably made millions, you know, off of renting us his buildings to hold WrestleMania. And for that, Vince McMahon puts him in the Hall of Fame? It’s a disgrace. I’ve almost resigned, gone public and said I’m resigning from the Hall of Fame because Trump is in it and he doesn’t qualify. Like everything he does, he’s not qualified.
Trump, who joined the Hall of Fame as a celebrity inductee in 2013, made appearances at WrestleMania 4 and 5 and was part of a featured storyline culminating at WrestleMania 23.
Ventura, inducted into the Hall in 2004, has had a contentious relationship with WWE over the years but is currently signed to a Legends contract as of 2024 and has made regular appearances for the company’s Saturday Night’s Main Event specials as of late.
Source: F4WOnline