From the Body to the Mind
"We shocked the world!"(Ventura 3). Indeed, CNN news anchors were literally laughing when they announced that Jesse Ventura had been elected Governor of Minnesota. An ex-pro wrestler? What could the people have been thinking?! Maybe the people of Minnesota knew something about the man born James George Janos that CNN news anchors didn't. Maybe Ventura is a man of courage and determination. Before entering pro wrestling, Ventura was a member of the Navy SEALs, an elite corps of underwater demolition experts. Becoming a SEAL required an extensive twenty-two-week training program. Ventura said, "I was in the best physical condition of my life," (Hunter 60). After his honorable discharge from the Navy, Ventura discovered bodybuilding, rode with an outlaw motorcycle club, and attended college. Then he decided to try pro wrestling. "Surfer" Jesse Ventura made his debut in Kansas City, and soon competed in Oregon and Hawaii. But it wasn't until Jesse "The Body" Ventura began wrestling in the American Wrestling Association that the wrestling world began to really take notice. Two years later, Jesse arrived in the World Wrestling Federation, then returned to the AWA, where he first wrestled Hu
) Jesse later joked that there was one big difference between wrestling and politics - politics was dirtier. He appeared in his first film, Predator, in 1987, alongside his friend Arnold Schwarzenegger, so he tried film again. Rather than being a rough-and-tumble veteran from the chilly streets of South Minneapolis, Jesse Ventura would be known in the wrestling world as a surfer from San Diego, California. There he first saw the man who would become his ideal and inspiration, "Superstar" Billy Graham. Over time, people who listened to Jesse's radio show began to notice that he mentioned the same objects over and over. He would face Hogan again in the WWF. Fortunately for Jim, Sharkey's gym happened to be in Minneapolis. His academic achievements were less admirable, however. In 1990, when the WWF didn't approve a video game deal that Jesse's agent had set up, Jesse and the WWF parted ways. What they didn't realize was that Minnesota's Reform party had the very same idea. He talked about the Kennedy assassination, and he called for lower taxes. No one was sure if the strategy would work.
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