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In this corner, “Stone Cold” Donald Trump! In the other corner, big, bad, sky-high credit card rates! Who will win this nasty smackdown?!
Hold on one second. We all know high credit card rates are big and bad, but who called Donald Trump “Stone Cold”?
That would be the (very) creative writers David Shields and Sean Görman — the latter steeped in wrestling — who sat down to determine which character from the larger-than-life world of WWE most closely tracks to this larger-than-life politician.
You will leave the conversation knowing more about the ins and outs of wrestling than you ever imagined (including the definition of the terrific term “kayfabe”), as well as convinced that Trump’s alter ego is none other than the legendary Steve Austin.
Then bam! A kick to credit card rates’ head: Trump this month started campaigning on a temporary 10 percent cap.
“In theory, this would save a typical........