Washington sources stated that Trump has a quite a history and association with the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) which dates back to 1988 when he sponsored WWE’s fourth edition of the biggest annual event Wrestlemania. Meanwhile he hosted Wrestlemania IV and V in the famous Trump Plaza (Trump was best known for his skyscraper buildings and it was Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, New Jersey, that first forged his connection to the WWE).
Furthermore since then Trump has appeared in several of the WWE’s flagship shows. He also holds the coveted status which is held by WWE’s all time greatest wrestlers Inductee of WWE hall of fame (class of 2013). Moreover he is also known to be a WWE fan and a friend of the company’s chairman, Vince Mcmahon.
Earlier Trump was interviewed by Jesse Ventura at ringside during WrestleMania XX, but his most popular appearance in the WWE came at WrestleMania 23, when he was in the corner of Bobby Lashley who competed against Umaga with WWE Chairman McMahon in his corner, in a ‘Hair vs. Hair’ match, with either Trump or McMahon having their head shaved if their competitor lost. Accordingly Lashley won the match, and along with special guest referee Steve Austin, Lashley and Trump both proceeded to shave McMahon Head, not just that, Trump even executed of the wrestling manoeuvres on Vince McMahon ‘the clothesline’.