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"Battle of the Billionaires" match, 2007. Image-WWE.com The alignment of US Presidential Election candidate Donald Trump with WWE is not something new and it is more than three decades old.
He is a WWE Hall of Famer himself and him courting WWE’s former and present superstars for his promotional campaigns and using their entrance theme in his rally, should not come as a surprise to anyone. But is it going to impact his campaign positively or negatively, only time shall answer. Trump and WWE: Growth of two parallel empires The rise of WWE and Donald Trump as a businessman and politician have gone parallel in terms of timeline.
Top Picks For You Donald Trump comes out to The Undertaker’s entrance song in his promotional rally Hulk Hogan Backs Donald Trump for Presidential Election while polls favor Kamala Harris Trump grew up watching wrestling, at a time when WWE was a promotion limited to a particular region, and Trump had no business in politics. WWE rising into the biggest wrestling promotion in the world and Trump climbing the stairs of success, went hand-in-hand. Both the WWE CEO Vince McMahon and Trump captured the reins of the family business and built large empires for themselves.
Luckily, both men negated severe scrutiny, even though they flourished under the capitalization of the post Reagan United States of America. WWE gig for Trump Both the big businessmen were also accused of not treating their employees as well as they should have. In 2007, Trump entered WWE as a character himself when he challenged Vince McMahon’s authoritative figure in the company.
After Trump showered hundreds of dollar bills on to the crowd, all this chaos culminated in a fascinating match, which was known as the “Battle of the Billionaires”. Bobby Lashley fought on behalf of Trump and Umaga fought from McMahon’s side. The loser would have to be shaved bald, as a part of the stipulation.
Bobby Lashley won the match with Stone Cold Steve Austin being the special guest referee and Vince McMahon had to be shaved bald. Support of WWE Legends While Trump has not appeared in WWE ever since his induction into its Hall of Fame, he has found enough support from big personalities of the company. After he was attacked in one of his rallies, WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan openly supported Trump.
He tore his shirt off and revealed a red colored tank top with “Trump 2024” written in it, at the Republican National Convention. Hulk Hogan, popularly known as the “All American Hero” also yelled “ Let the TrumpaMania run Wild, brother.” This past Saturday, Hulk once again backed Trump to win the elections, while appearing on Fox News and predicted a landslide victory for the former President.
Donald Trump Talks Pro Wrestling and What’s at Stake in 2024 | Six Feet Under #36 Another WWE legend, who has come out in support of Trump is the “Deadman” Undertaker. He invited Trump on his podcast and Shared some words of appreciation with him, all along. “You know what you’ve done? You made politics fun again” said the Undertaker(a.
k.a. Mark Calaway).
He had also shared a TikTok video with Trump earlier, which also featured Undertaker’s on-screen half brother Kane(Glenn Jacobs). Following that, Trump was seen walking out to the Undertaker’s chilling entrance theme, in one of his rallies. Interestingly, after Dave Bautista(former WWE World Champion) openly criticized Trump and supported Kamala Harris , the TikTok video was seen as a reply to him.
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