NRA v PETA — The Main Event. Tonight at 9 p.m. two men enter — will anyone leave?

Just in via our hotline, the news that the topic, "Should Hunting Be Banned?" is going to be the subject of a live Pay–Per–View event tonight carried on cable and satellite stations worldwide.

The debate features Wayne LaPierre, the take–no–prisoners, blood–on–the–lips, fire–and–brimstone–exhaling Executive Vice–President of the National Rifle Association (NRA) squaring off against Andrew Butler, spokesman for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).

Who would've thought that such an event could rise to the level of a World Wrestling Federation extravaganza and potentially generate megabucks?

Until today, not moi.

The event, to be perfectly candid — I know I'll never be perfect but I can be candid — became known to me via a full–page ad in today's USA Today with giant screaming headlines that read, "LIVE TV DEBATE — SHOWDOWN TONIGHT!"

They certainly chose a formidable venue for their tete–a-tete: the historic Library of King's College in London, England.

It will cost you $9.95 to watch.

The fireworks begin at 9 p.m. (ET) and are scheduled to continue until 10:30 p.m.

I suppose a TKO in the early rounds could truncate things but I suspect both gentlemen will check their weapons at the door.

My take?

Well, it's like this: if it hadn't been for some awfully Wayne LaPierre–like ancestors in the distant family tree of everyone alive, none of us would be around tonight to debate the issue.