Donald Trump, the re-elected President of the US, nominated Linda McMahon because the Secretary of Training. Apparently, Trump shares a long-standing historical past with the McMahon household, stretching again to 2007, culminating in a memorable, televised second when Trump shaved Vince McMahon’s head bald throughout a kayfabe feud at WWE WrestleMania 23. This occasion occurred on the Ford Area Enviornment in Detroit, Michigan.
Donald Trump shaves Vince McMahon’s head at WrestleMania 23 in entrance of 81000 folks(Getty)
Trump and McMahon’s affiliation dates even additional, to the late Nineteen Eighties. Throughout this time, Trump, then a distinguished businessman, sponsored WrestleMania 4 and 5, taking part in a big function in cementing WWE’s marquee occasion as a cultural phenomenon. Their collaboration reached new heights in 2007 with the ‘Battle of the Billionaires.’ The premise was easy: every billionaire would select a consultant wrestler to combat on their behalf, and the winner would shave the loser bald. Trump chosen Bobby Lashley, whereas McMahon positioned his belief within the late Umaga. To make the match much more electrifying, WWE roped within the legendary ‘Stone Chilly’ Steve Austin because the particular visitor referee.
WWE isn’t any stranger to getting movie star personalities on board, and 2007 was the 12 months when Trump stole the present. The seeds of the on-screen feud had been sowed in January of that 12 months, when Trump marked his arrival to the WWE in type, showering the group throughout an episode of Monday Evening Uncooked with a whole lot of {dollars}.
McMahon himself was in an angle known as the Million-Greenback Mania later within the 12 months. For 3 weeks, he would name WWE followers on the cellphone, ask them for a password, and in the event that they received the best reply, they might be awarded a portion of 1 million {dollars} straight out of McMahon’s pocket.
What occurred within the match?
The match itself made for a hard-hitting contest, with two powerhouses going towards one another. McMahon and Trump had their moments too, participating in restricted bodily capacities however getting concerned within the match nonetheless. With Trump and Lashley portrayed as ‘Child Face’, aka the nice man, and McMahon and Umaga as heels (the villain), the match ended with Austin gorgeous the Samoan Bulldozer, permitting Lashley to choose up the bones and land the pinfall.
A shattered McMahon had no choice however to take a seat on a chair in the course of the ring, and with the entire world watching, together with virtually 81000 inside the world, get his head shaved.
This wasn’t the one ‘Hair vs Hair’ match within the WWE. In 2002, WWE Corridor of Famer Edge did the identical to former WWE champion Kurt Angle, and the next 12 months, Chris Jericho gave one other WWE legend Kevin Nash a haircut.