You turn on your television set and you are bound to hear something about the election. Breaking news updates flash on the screen and you hear about Hilary and Obama battling it out, maybe a body slam here and there, and McCain gets a word in every once in a while.
But how are they using television programming and the ratings that shows are getting to get attention for themselves? Well wrestling of course.
Wrestling is an American past-time, or so it seems for some. All three of the presidential candidates are utilizing the success of WWE wrestling and its ratings.
All three candidates made and aired wrestling related commercials on the WWE show, "Monday Night Raw".
This seems to point to the recent success that wrestling has had with Americans. Since the writers' strike, little if any effect at all, was made regarding wrestling on television. WWE is still bringing in about five million viewers according to recent ratings polls.
So, TV programming and the writers' strike have effected more than just viewers watching their favorite series on television. It is also effecting where the presidential candidates spend their campaign funds. And, maybe it has effected the way the candidates show off their talents, since all three chose to run ads that were wrestling related in content.