And you are absolutely correct about Trump's use of a WWE strategy.
Trump is keenly aware of that line between reality and WWE stagecraft and he weaves in and out of that line to great effect.
If anything, it is Trump's WWE strategy that is giving the media the tools with which to destroy themselves.
Session's knows this and probably chuckled when he heard of the Times interview.
Remember ... the NYT is the same newspaper Trump always refers to as the “failing @NYTimes” in his Twitter posts. LOL.