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Trump's Wild World Wrestling Cameo, Explained

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Claim A says Trump shaved WWE boss Vince McMahon's head on live TV. Claim B says Trump once got body-slammed and lost his hair on camera. Claim A is true, and Claim B is completely made up.

Back in 2007, Trump wasn't just a WWE guest — he was a storyline centerpiece. The feud, dubbed the "Battle of the Billionaires," pitted Trump against McMahon at WrestleMania 23, with each backing a wrestler in a proxy match.

The stipulation was brutal by kayfabe standards: whoever's wrestler lost would get their head shaved bald in front of the crowd. Trump's guy, Bobby Lashley, won.

So Trump climbed into the ring at Ford Field in Detroit and personally took clippers to McMahon's scalp while over 80,000 fans watched live, with millions more on pay-per-view.

The stunt was such a hit that Trump was later inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2013, largely on the strength of that single feud.

The made-up version flips the script entirely — Trump was never slammed or shaved himself. He was the one wielding the clippers, not the one losing his hair.

Would you have called that one correctly, or did the ring get the better of you too?

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