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Trump has had a sporadic relationship with professional wrestling promotion World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment and its owners Vince and Linda McMahon since the late 1980s; in 1988 and 1989, WrestleMania IV and V, which took place at the Atlantic City Convention Hall, were billed in storyline as taking place at the nearby Trump Plaza.
President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday named Linda McMahon, a former World Wrestling Entertainment executive who served in the first Trump administration, as his pick to lead the Education ...
Trump has long been a fan of professional wrestling. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2013, and said in his acceptance speech: “I consider this to be my greatest honor of all.”
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump is nominating the billionaire professional wrestling mogul Linda McMahon to be secretary of the Education Department, tasked with overseeing an ...
After leaving the WWF (now WWE), Sammartino became an outspoken critic of the path on which Vince McMahon has taken professional wrestling. He particularly criticised the use of steroids and "vulgar" storylines. [5] [6] [7] In 2013, Sammartino accepted an invitation for induction into the Hall of Fame, after having declined several times in ...
The main staged rivalry heading into WrestleMania 23 was between WWE Chairman Vince McMahon and future 45th/47th President of the United States Donald Trump. On the January 8 episode of Raw, Trump faced off against his real-life rival, Rosie O'Donnell. Trump won the contest, although local wrestlers portrayed Trump and O'Donnell. [18]
The pre-determined aspect of professional wrestling was publicly acknowledged by WWE's then-owner Vince McMahon in 1989 in order to avoid taxes from athletic commissions. WWE markets its product as sports entertainment, acknowledging professional wrestling's roots in competitive sport and dramatic theater.
One of pro wrestling’s biggest superstars in the showbiz 1980s was a menacing, 350-pound villain with the stage name “Kamala.” In the years when New York millionaire Donald Trump was a ...