These are the questions worth asking on the heels of Linda McMahon’s general election bid. Why would anyone trust a figure from the wrestling industry to regulate anything? If you can not regulate a wrestling league, you can not regulate these United States.

I know most reading this commentary will be annoyed. But this week I offer not my opinions on matches, but on the folks that make those matches. And this is coming from the guy who cried sour grapes when Lance Storm came out so strong against TNA. I admit, I was wrong--that I made the wrong call. Will Linda McMahon do the same? Will Vince McMahon? Will Dixie Carter or Jeff Jarrett, in five years when the first of the TNA originals dies. Will they say my bad, pay for his funeral, and finally regulate the sport? I doubt it. Maybe one has died already? I admit I am not up on all things wrestling.

What lengths will these leagues go to get ratings? The blood bath at the conclusion of Impact this past week is a perfect example of this problem. Several wrestlers were cut open, several twice in the past week, including the Hardcore Justice pay-per-view. Several, if not all, were hit with blunt instruments multiple times. How many undiagnosed concussions will result? How many Chris Benoits will lose touch with reality due to brain trauma and snap?

The answers to these questions will come with time. And you can bet in that same time several more wrestlers will have died from chemical dependencies acquired while wrestling, or from undiagnosed injuries.

Professional wrestling is a soap opera, as Linda McMahon said; but unlike soap operas, the effects of the story lines linger long after the screen has gone black and the camera has stopped rolling.