Yeah, I’m bringing it up. Why? Because Donald Trump, despite being our President and having more important things to do, has a 30 year history with the WWE. I’m not putting it past him, even in his current role, to possibly stop by Orlando and show up for this thing. It’s one of the most hyped Wrestlemanias ever given this might be The Undertaker’s final appearance. But let’s take a look at Trump and his history with the WWE.
Atlantic City’s Trump Plaza hosted WrestleMania IV and V. In 2007 he performed in WrestleMania 23, attacking WWE CEO Vince McMahon in the “Battle of the Billionaires.” Two years later, he reemerged in a storyline in which he claimed to have bought Raw, WWE’s Monday night program, from McMahon, setting off another “feud” between the two.
P.S. any chance I have to show this clip is something I’m always going to take advantage of it.
Seriously how awesome must it be to be Steve Austin and know you’re the guy doing the slam in this video? It’s golden.
In any event, just like Trump’s campaign, the WWE is full of drama and some even hypothesize that Trump’s campaign was modeled after the WWE. Check out this theory from Salon.
On June 16, 2015, with Neil Young’s “Rockin in the Free World” blaring, he descended an escalator at Trump Tower before a crowd of onlookers – some paid – who flashed their cellphone cameras and waved signs.
The stage was smaller, and there weren’t any pyrotechnics, but the parallels were unmistakable. And after the opening bell, it was one brash pugilistic move followed by another.
The article from Salon goes into great detail drawing parallels from Trump’s campaign to the WWE. Be sure to give it a read.
So is Trump going to appear at Wrestlemania 33? I would not be surprised in the least if he was there.
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