“Donald Trump Called”: Triple H Revealed Former U.S. President Thought Vince McMahon died in 2007

It’s a secret to none that the WWE storylines are scripted and pre-planned. However, former U.S. President, Donald Trump, considered an incident to be true which involved his long-time friend, Vince McMahon. Trump himself appeared in a storyline. So, it might not be a surprise to him. But there was one such incident in 2007 which got the former U.S. President worried about the WWE chairman.

Donald Trump once feared that Vince McMahon had died after a taping of Vince McMahon was released where he got blown up in a limo explosion as a part of a WWE storyline in 2007.

In 2008, while appearing in an interview on the Opie and Anthony Show, Triple H revealed Trump was worried for Vince McMahon as he thought the taping was real. Triple H also admitted that the former U.S. President even called him to check up on Vince.

During the interview, Triple H addressed Trump’s reaction following the limo explosion. He said (h/t: The Sun), “Oh man, I was scared to death. If I hadn’t seen the pre-tape where he got in and out of the car, you know what I mean.”

“What kills me is so many people called, like Trump called and was like ‘something happened to Vince.’ That’s the magic of television,” he added.

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Donald Trump’s relationship with Vince McMahon and WWE

Vince McMahon and former U.S. President, Donald Trump, have been friends for a long time. However, on-screen, they were involved in a feud in WWE. In 2007, Trump was part of the storyline “The Battle of the Billionaires” along with the WWE chairman at WrestleMania 23.

Both Trump and Vince had their representatives for the fight at WrestleMania 23. What made the fight interesting was the condition attached to it. The condition was that the person, whose representative loses, will have to shave their head.

Umaga was the representative of Vince McMahon, and Bobby Lashley was Donald Trump’s representative. Interestingly, Stone Cold Steve Austin was the referee for the match. Ultimately, it was the former U.S. President who had the last laugh.

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Lashley won and Vince McMahon got his head shaved. But the end was not good for Donald Trump as Steve Austin hit Trump with a Stone Cold Stunner after Vince McMahon got his head shaved.

Again, in 2009, Trump was involved in a storyline where Vince announced on Raw that he had sold the show to Trump. But in the following week, Vince McMahon once again came back in control after claiming he had bought the show for twice the price. Later, in 2013, Trump got inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame’s celebrity wing.