A.G. Gancarski
Face and heel structures have broken down in professional wrestling since the death of kayfabe, but Florida’s Governor is showing the grapplers how to draw reaction from a crowd — without even cutting a promo.
Ron DeSantis has a less-than-certain political future. But if the rude reception he received at Saturday Night’s Main Event in Tampa is any indication, he may have a future as a pro wrestling baddy.
Multiple tweets from the event depict the governor being greeted by jeers and a mild “You Suck” chant.
It is unclear why DeSantis was booed (perhaps members of the Florida House were in the crowd), but it seemed the heat was legit.
Meanwhile, the Governor stopped over in Clearwater and visited with pro wrestling legend turned beer marketer Terry “Hulk Hogan” Bollea.
There was no word at press time if Hogan is in the mix for vacancies as Chief Financial Officer or Lieutenant Governor, but those who have followed DeSantis as a Governor and candidate for various offices know he has used Hogan’s “Real American” theme song as entrance music over the years.
Interestingly, Hogan got his boo bath the last time he appeared at a WWE event.
While Hogan can’t bump anymore and DeSantis (as far as we know) isn’t a trained wrestler, perhaps a short run with the tag belts might be in order after the Governor leaves office at the end of 2026.
To watch a clip of the crowd’s reaction, please click the image below:
12 comments
MH/Duuuval
May 25, 2025 at 5:48 pm
Dee: “You suck!”
Along for the Ride
May 25, 2025 at 9:32 pm
Glad someone told him to his face that he sucks
MH/Duuuval
May 25, 2025 at 10:10 pm
Was it Eddie Graham, the wrassler, who wore white boots?
Larry Gillis, Director-at-Large, Libertarian Party of Florida
May 25, 2025 at 9:52 pm
THANKS FOR THIS IMPORTANT ADDITION TO THE ONGOING DIALOGUE.
AG, I know things get slow sometimes, but really.
I mean, you speculating about Hulk Hogan as Lieutenant Governor smacks of desperation. Please cheer up and know that the possibilities will be better tomorrow.
Carry on, and mind the gap.
Ocean Joe
May 26, 2025 at 11:51 am
Jessie Ventura was an OK governor, many say. Hulk has that willingness to lick Trump’s boots, so dont count him out among Florida Republicans.
Larry Gillis, Director-at-Large, Libertarian Party of Florida
May 26, 2025 at 3:35 pm
Hmmmm. Thank you for the heads-up.
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Ventura
PeterH
May 26, 2025 at 8:48 am
This article is repeated in multiple news outlets….boo! Since no one seems to know why the WWE intellectuals were boo’ing ….. what are we to assume?
What is Rona' sucking
May 26, 2025 at 8:50 am
This story raises questions. Who or what does Rona suck? Is Rona and Hulk a thang? Is Rona unpopular with the WWE crowd because he’s puss in white rubber boots? Do the Tampa fans disapprove of Rona sitting around laughing as he watched Gitmo prisoners tortured? Is Rona on the ropes?
Along for the Ride
May 26, 2025 at 7:02 pm
If DeSantis had a chance he’d prob get on his knees and pull a Monica Lewinsky on Trump and Vance.
Dona Musitano
May 27, 2025 at 8:54 pm
He has Casey to do the dirty work.
Earl Pitts American
May 26, 2025 at 10:11 am
Good Morn ‘Ting to all the annoying posters above [ except for The Sage Larry, as he’s my Besty ] you annoying posters are hereby CHASTIZED for BLASTPHMING the good name of Ron “THE RONALD” Desantis.
You are all hereby ordered to wash your nasty mouths out with the soap bar that GrandPa uses to clean his butt with.
This will teach you turdknockers a valuable life lesson,
Earl Pitts American
Clancy Wiggums
May 26, 2025 at 10:36 am
Well said, Earl,
Someone had to put those turdknockers in their place.
Chief Wiggums