Ancient Poet Joins WWE Smackdown

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Ancient Poet Joins WWE Smackdown

Ancient Poet Joins WWE Smackdown Apparently it's not enough that Dante Alighieri practically invented the Italian language and wrote an epic poem that solidified our views of Hell. Or that he's the star of his own video game. No, now he's a WWE wrestler too.

If you check out the page dedicated to the "superstars" of Smackdown, you'll find Dante's picture neatly tucked between Curt Hawkins and David Hart Smith. Clicking on the photo gets you this bio:

Ancient Poet Joins WWE Smackdown

I won't be impressed until they have someone dress up as the poet crusader and deliver a Soulreaper Duplex on Chris Jericho.

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