Linda McMahon: 10 Reasons WWE and Politics Would Have Never Worked

Linda McMahon officially lost her race for the U.S. Senate, conceding the race to Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal roughly two hours after most polls closed.

I'm not sure what this means for McMahon's political future, though I wouldn't be surprised if she ran for some other office in the future.

I was kind of hoping that McMahon would realize that spending $50 million of her personal fortune on a race she never really had a chance in isn't exactly the way to go.

And I was even more optimistic that we wouldn't be bombarded with the WWE tooting its on own horn in those "Stand Up for WWE" videos anymore.

But I seriously doubt that happens.

Anyway, McMahon should have just know it all along: the WWE and politics don't mix.

It's like R-Truth and rapping. Some things just don't go together.

So here are the top 10 reasons why the WWE and politics would have never worked.

10. Mae Young and Mark Henry's Hand

This was one of the most ridiculous things ever and not just in wrestling.

What in the world was the WWE thinking when they decided it would be a good idea to have Mae Young give birth to Mark Henry's hand-child?

I mean, are we supposed to completely ignore the fact that Henry never questioned the paternity of the hand despite it clearly being white?

In all seriousness, I guess this wasn't all that bad. There's nothing overtly wrong with it.

But it's just one of those things that makes you think, "Wow, no one in the WWE should ever go near Washington, D.C."

9. The Ban on WWE Merchandise

Seriously, could it have been anymore obvious that the government was doing everything it could to prevent Linda McMahon from winning?

The state of Connecticut issued a directive to poll workers to make any voters wearing WWE merchandise cover it up, and the U.S. Department of Justice sent a later to the WWE saying that the company's plan to distribute WWE merchandise near polling stations violated federal law.

I guess that means no one should have been able to wear shirts supporting chools from the Big East or ACC conferences because Richard Blumenthal worked with them in the past, right?

No, I knew that wouldn't happen.

The government was trying to prevent McMahon from winning. And that's the bottom line because I said so.

8. The Kiss My A** Club

Vince McMahon's "Kiss My A** Club" was created in 2001, and we all know exactly what it's about.

McMahon would get members of the WWE to kiss his a** on national TV for fear of being "fired" from the company.

That type of stuff flies in professional wrestling--well, it did before the PG era at least.

But Linda McMahon's not going to be able to drop her drawers on the Senate floor and tell her fellow Senators to kiss her a** because she doesn't like some bill they're proposing.

Then again, you never know with those McMahons.

7. January 9, 2006

Does the date Jan. 9, 2006 ring a bell for you guys?

That was one day after Edge cashed in his Money in The Bank briefcase on John Cena to win the WWE Championship.

It was also the day that Edge and Lita celebrated the victory with a live sex show on Raw in front of millions of viewers: parents, teens, kids, everybody.

Look, everyone does it. It's a natural thing.

But Linda's not winning over any of the conservative voters with stuff like this.

6. Eugene

During her campaign trail, Linda McMahon was asked about the company's decision to use the Eugene character on WWE programming.

Linda response was that Eugene's character should be viewed as inspirational because he persevered in the WWE despite his limitations or something like that.

Well, thats a load of crap if I've ever heard one.

Clearly she was trying to do a little bit of damage control, but Eugene was not an inspirational figure.

He was a comedy character, used to get a laugh because of the mental disabilities he was obviously supposed to have.

5. The Attitude Era In General

For us wrestling fans, the Attitude Era was the greatest period in the history of wrestling.

But to others outside of the wrestling business, it was a filth-filled period that produced TV programming that was both morally and ethically irresponsible.

I'd say that politicians are probably the last people on Earth who should be judging anyone's moral character, but that's just my personal opinion.

Anyway, in the Attitude Era, we saw pretty much everything imaginable: Miss Kitty's ta-tas, Triple H marrying a passed out Stephanie McMahon, the crucifixion of Stone Cold, bra and panties matches, etc.

You name it, we saw it.

4. Steroids

I don't see John McCain, Michael Bloomberg, or President Obama hitting the needle every day.

But the WWE--and wrestling in general--has a long history of problems with steroids. Even Vince McMahon himself admitted to using steroids back in 1994.

The company's Wellness Program was added back in 2006 to curtail the problem, but I don't know anyone who really believes that the WWE is steroid-free,

There are so many guys that looked absolutely jacked out of their minds, and I just have a hard time believing that steroids have been eliminated from the company.

There will always be a steroid stigma in wrestling.

3. Playboy

Damnit, this PG era is killing me. I can't live in a world where WWE divas do not pose for Playboy magazine.

Sorry for that little rant. 

Anyway, the WWE no longer associates itself with the nudity and naughtiness associated with Playboy, but you can't erase history.

Several WWE divas have graced the cover of the magazine in the past, and there's just no way to get around that.

Linda, people who work for your husband's company showed some T and A for all the world to see.

We love it, but the federal government? Not so much.

2. Katie Vick

Picture this confrontation between Linda and another politician:

"Mrs. McMahon, did one of your WWE superstars, who just so happens to be your son-in-law, simulate having sex with a corpse laying in a casket?"

Linda's response: "Ugh, um, ugh...um..."

Seriously, there's pretty much no response from her that justifies the Katie Vick angle, probably the worst storyline in the history of the company.

1. The Chris Benoit Tragedy

I usually like to forget about the Chris Benoit double-murder suicide.

For me, it's the lowest point in the history of a business that has had more than just a few of them.

I won't go over the details here--we all know them by now--but the Benoit tragedy made the WWE look worse than it ever had.

Benoit doing what he did was equivalent in the wrestling world to a top-10 NBA star doing the same thing.

Never has the WWE been seen in a more negative light than during this awful tragedy.