Source: The Bulwark
by Jonathan V Last
“One way to view the last eight years is as a decade-long professional wrestling storyline: The emergence of a monster heel (Trump) who destroys an aging face who was never fully over with the crowd (Hillary). The heel then goes on a reign of terror, drawing heat the likes of which no one has ever seen. The problem is, the writers didn’t really know where to go from there. The heel champion can’t hold the belt for forever, because the audience eventually tunes out. But in 2020 there weren’t any new babyface characters ready for the main event. So the writer brought an old, beloved performer out of retirement (Biden, obviously) to beat the heel and serve as a transitional champion. But the audience wasn’t ready to see the heel retired, either.” (11/05/24)
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/election-day-is-americas-wrestlemania