"2: a contest in entertainment wrestling"
Ah yes, the bona fide "sport" of professional wrestling, richly interlaced with thespian skills, in which the would-be referee also takes part in the action.
The Hofstra debate was indeed a smackdown and took American democracy one rung lower. Thank goodness Obama and Romney did not come dressed in leotards.
And lest I forget, this brief reference to the cage match in Hempstead would not be complete without a special hat tip to Candy Crowley for injecting her thinly veiled partiality into this raunchy event.