Rfk Jr Appears To Believe Wwe Is Real: ‘every One Of Them Has Lost Fights’

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy, Jr whitethorn beryllium skeptical astir nan benefits of vaccines, but he appears to deliberation professional wresting is real.

During a caller question and reply pinch NewsNation, Kennedy and World Wrestling Entertainment Chief Content Officer and erstwhile prima Paul "Triple H" Levesque were asked astir nan return of nan Presidential Fitness Test for school-aged children.

"I deliberation it was a immense correction [to extremity nan Presidential Fitness Test], I mean look astatine our kids, we virtually person nan sickest organization successful nan world," Kennedy told NewsNation.

NewsNation's Morning successful America anchor Anna Kooiman noted that nan trial was primitively criticized for perchance undermining nan self-worth of little diversion children. She asked Kennedy really nan renewed trial mightiness return those concerns into consideration.

"Failure is simply a portion of life. Listen, nan awesome point astir WWE, that's truthful inspiring, is that each of these guys person failed. Every 1 of them has mislaid fights," Kennedy said. "The instrumentality is really do you seduce yourself to guidelines backmost up and conflict again?"

While nan athleticism of nan wrestlers and nan stunts they execute are real, WWE conflict outcomes are, of course, scripted.

"You know, that's nan beauty of WWE. You suffer sometimes but you triumph sometimes. But if you support sticking astatine it, you're yet going to travel retired connected top," RFK Jr said.

The man who really decides who wins and who loses was sitting to his left; Levesque. As main contented serviceman of WWE, it’s his occupation to oversee nan imaginative extremity of nan product, which includes moving pinch writers to travel up pinch storyline and moving pinch nan wrestlers, including making decisions connected who will win.

Levesque, who was a 14-time world champion successful WWE, besides defended nan reintroduction of nan test.

“We’re rewarding effort, not conscionable nan precocious extremity of success,” Levesque said. “It’s incredibly important for america to thatch kids to support nan kid that can’t do it…you don’t bully them, you don’t make nosy of them.”

In summation to his activity astatine WWE, Levesque was named nan vice chair of nan President’s Council connected Sports, Fitness and Nutrition successful 2026.

President Donald Trump signed an executive bid successful May reviving nan Presidential Fitness Test. The trial was eliminated successful 2013 nether nan Obama management and replaced pinch nan Presidential Youth Fitness Program.

Kennedy said portion of nan logic for restoring nan older trial is because American younker are experiencing a “chronic illness crisis.”

He besides pointed retired that 77 percent of young Americans could not suffice to service successful nan subject nether its existent acceptance standards.

The Presidential Fitness Test returned to schools successful May 2026.

The Independent has requested remark from Kennedy.