Billion?hair? battle could be entertaining
I use the word billionaire loosely as only one of the above is listed on the Forbes list of billionaires for 2006, that being Donald Trump, who is valued at $2.6 billion. Actually, Vince used to be a billionaire, valued at $1.1 billion in 1999 right after WWE started selling public shares of the company. However, the failure of the ill-conceived ?He Hate Me? XFL cost him big, dropping him to where he?s worth a measly $900 million today. Of course, both men are eligible for welfare when compared to Bill Gates who is worth about $53 billion.
The idea of a hair versus hair match is nothing new as many a wrestler has been transformed into a cue ball in the middle of the ring thanks to a pair of barbershop clippers. For instance, Kurt Angle lost a hair match to Edge a few years ago at Unforgiven which was shot in Nashville, something some of you may have seen live and in person. Incidentally, it was the same pay-per-view where Hulk Hogan dropped the World Title to Undertaker, marking the last time Hulk held the world championship. By the way, Angle must like the look as he remains bald today.
While I?ve never been a fan of wrestling selling its soul to attract the attention of the ?main stream media,? the fact Trump, who has arguably the most famous head of hair in the world, is putting it up on a bet will draw some interest no matter who he chooses to wrestle for him in the hair match.
We already know McMahon will be in the corner of the Samoan Bulldozer Umaga. The only question now is who will wrestle for Trump, although we can assume it will be a good guy. Will it be Hulk Hogan, the ultimate good guy versus the instoppable force? Will it be Stone Cold Steve Austin who is supposed to be on television leading up to Wrestlemania to promote his new movie? Will they throw the big time swerve on us and pit heel versus heel and put the Great Khali against Umaga? Maybe even put the Rabid Wolverine Chris Benoit in the ring with the unstoppable monster.
These are all possibilities, but my best guess is that Monday night we?ll see none other than Mick Foley (probably in his Cactus Jack persona) announced as Trump?s man, thus giving him a chance to get revenge on McMahon who made him join his elite hind end kissing club the last time we saw him on RAW.
By the way, while many have been ordered to join the Vince McMahon KMA Club, only Lord William Regal and Mick Foley have willingly put a peck on Vince?s hind cheeks with the latter coming because Foley thought by doing it he would save Melina?s job. Foley would find he had been swerved by his old friend Melina, he left him lying in the middle of the ring leading to this his current heitus from wrestling.
While we wait for the identity of the Trump?s representative to be named this Monday night on RAW, I?m pretty sure the outcome will be a bald Vince McMahon. Unless Trump is ready to bury the hatchet with Rosey O?Donnell by allowing her to shave him in the ring, I doubt the Donald will drop his hair.
Instead, I?d say there is some serious cross promotion going on here, Donald and his endorsement of his show The Apprentice and McMahon and the promotion of WWE in the mainline media. Of course, this isn?t their first venture together as both WM4 and WM5 were held at Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, and it?s well-known Trump is an old school wrestling fan.
Regardless of the outcome, watching a billionaire lose his hair will make for a Wrestlemania moment.