Donald Trump Slaps Vince McMahon: WWE match heats up

By Stone Martindale Mar 28, 2007, 20:39 GMT

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WWE’s WrestleMania 23 press conference was held at Trump Tower in New York City recently, and it was a fiesty one.  The batle royale of the blowhard billionaires has heated up in a live press conference, and Wrestlemag.com reports the bad boy antics have continued, with Donald Trump bitch slapping Vince McMahon.

WWE played the hair-in-peril hyping video that has been on TV in the last week and “celebrities” commenting on whether it will be Vince or Trump who gets shaved bald like a baby on Sunday.

John Cena as the first wrestler to take the stage. Reacting to the crowd, Cena said: “this is what makes WrestleMania great.”

Shawn Michaels was introduced next, and Michaels said he couldn't sing like Cena, or act, but that nobody else in WWE has performed at WrestleMania like he has over the year.

Wrestlemag.com reports that Batista was the next star to take the stage. A staredown with Shawn Michaels was put on before Dave started to talk with chants for the Undertaker in the background.

Batista said at WrestleMania, he’ll end Undertaker’s unbeaten ‘Mania streak, and he was going to spend the rest of the press conference thinking of ways to “dismantle” him.

Then the main event, the "Battle of the Billionaires" was broached next. Wrestlemag.com reports that "Coach explained to anybody who has been under a rock for a couple of months that Lashley and Umaga will represent Trump and McMahon respectively."

Vince McMahon was introduced. He told of how this was WWE’s annual Superbowl or Oscars, and said that WrestleMania was an athletic “variety show” of sorts.

According to the Wrestlemag.com play by play: "Vince said Trump symbolizes greed, and that he can’t stand him. He said he’ll embarrass him on Sunday, and that America wants to see Trump shaved bald."

The WWE even had a barber’s chair set up on the podium area, and Vince sat in the chair and told of what will happen to Trump when he’s shaved.

Donald Trump took the stage next. Trump said he and Vince "used to be friends, but not now."

According to the Donald, "Vince treats people and WWE fans like crap, and that he truly doesn’t like him."

The Donald harped on Vince some more, saying how he was better than him on every level. Wrestlemag.com reports Trump actually did research on who to pick to represent him, and spoke to other wrestlers, and made the call to have Bobby Lashley represent him on Sunday.

Wrestlemag.com reports that Trump's man Lashley came out to "a decent reception." Lashley said it was an honor to represent Trump on Sunday, and "guaranteed" that Vince would be shaved bald on Sunday.

Last man to take the stage was Steve Austin.  He asked Vince and Trump to join him for one last photo opportunity before one of them is shaved bald on Sunday.

According to our friends at Wrestlemag.com, the billionaires went to shake hands "but Vince backed off and started to mock Trump. Trump slapped him hard across the face which sent Vince flying backwards, then after security kept Vince away from him, Lashley took Vince down. Vince stormed off as the live feed ended."