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The 2013 WWE Hall of Fame saw former USA President Donald Trump being inducted into it. For a long time, Donald Trump has been directly involved with WWE as well. Trump shares a very close relationship with Vince McMahon, Linda McMahon, and several other current and former WWE Superstars.

The former President shares a close relationship with several wrestlers from WWE like Hulk Hogan, Jerry Lawler, and Bill Goldberg. However, one astonishing name also came into the mix, after a controversial wrestling figure took the name of a former WWE Superstar of being directly in touch with Donald Trump. Over the years, Trump has also been active in various angles with WWE.

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In 2021, Wrestling Executive Bruce Prichard opened up about working with former USA President Donald Trump in 1988. When Conrad Thompson asked Prichard if he ever worked with Trump, Prichard answered in approval.

He said, “I did. I worked with Trump all the way back in 88. When we did the WrestleMania 4 or 5 in Atlantic City.” Conrad Thompson then speaks on how McMahon vs Trump in 2007, outgrew the SuperBowl that year and was the show stealer.

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He then asked Prichard about his experience working with Trump. Prichard replied, “Absolutely great. I go back like I said earlier to 1988. With him at WrestleMania 4 and WrestleMania 5 at the Trump Plaza in Atlantic City. He was a good guy, he was easy to work with. The only thing was he hated to shake hands. And I always used to, you know I don’t like to mess with people at all.”

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 Prichard further claimed that he would stick his hand on Trump’s belly, just so that Trump would shake his hand. He also stated how they met and worked with each other on various other occasions, even including WrestleMania 7, with Marla Maples.

Prichard then unloaded a variety of comments on the former President. He said, “He was easy man. He was a good guy. Great businessman and of course, for the entire promotion up until WrestleMania there in Detroit, I was responsible for babysitting Donald and doing all those segments with him.

Throughout the podcast, Prichard insisted on the fact of how much easy it was to work with Trump and how much he liked it. It was also revealed by Prichard that, even though Trump had a different dressing room, he would come and hang out with everyone. Prichard stated that Trump would, “just be one of the boys.”

Donald Trump made an outrageous demand for his WrestleMania 23 match

WrestleMania 23 witnessed the famous ‘battle of the billionaires’ match where Donald Trump went up against Vince McMahon. Bobby Lashley represented Donald Trump, whereas Vince McMahon had Umaga in his corner.

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The match also consisted of the infamous ‘hair vs hair’ stipulation. Moreover, at the end of the event Vince McMahon got his hair shaved as per the demands Trump made before the fight.

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As per reports, there were few terms McMahon had to agree to before his rivalry with Trump. The report stated that Trump had made McMahon sign a contract, where it was stated Trump’s hair could not be touched under any circumstances, even if he lost the match.

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