The Progressive Liberal — Wrestling’s Left-Wing Villain Is Ready To Rumble

Wrestling's latest villain is one of the most despised fiends to ever enter a ring — a scoundrel greeted with boos and hisses, a lowlife sparking outrage in every town — the Progressive Liberal!

Pro wrestling’s bad guys give crowds someone to root against, and usually commit sins like sucker punches or hitting foes with chairs. But this “heel” wears a shirt covered with smiling pictures of Hillary Clinton, and baits crowds with taunts like, “Bernie Sanders would make a great secretary of state!”

The Progressive Liberal’s real name is Daniel Harnsberger, and he competes as Dan Richards in conservative Kentucky’s small-town Appalachian Mountain Wrestling circuit. Not only does he pose as a smug liberal elitist who mispronounces “Appalachia” and denounces FOX News, Dan, 37, actually is pretty liberal in real life.

“I do lean far left,” he agrees. “I want to upset people.” He also works as a real estate agent in Richmond, Va. — though he angers crowds by claiming to be from Washington, D.C. The brawny, 6-foot-5 grappler stumbled into his role by fooling around making remarks in the ring one night, and was stunned by the angry response.

“I knew I was onto something.” Now the Progressive Liberal is becoming a big draw on the circuit, getting national TV play on programs such as "Tucker Carlson Tonight" and pulling in fans eager to scream for his defeat. In the ring, he even has a signature finishing move to crush right-wingers’ hopes — the Liberal Agenda!