# WrestleMania 23 Battle of the Billionaires The **Battle of the Billionaires** was the featured celebrity match at WrestleMania 23, held on April 1, 2007 at Ford Field in Detroit. [[Donald Trump]] and [[WWE]] chairman [[Vince McMahon]] each backed a wrestler, with the stipulation that the loser's backer would have his head shaved in the ring. Trump's wrestler, Bobby Lashley, beat McMahon's wrestler, Umaga, and Trump helped shave McMahon bald in front of the stadium crowd. ## Why it matters The match is the best-known moment in Trump's long working relationship with WWE, which inducted him into its Hall of Fame in 2013. It shows him performing a scripted feud for a live audience years before he ran for office, and it is the usual starting point for reading his political style through [[Kayfabe]], the wrestling convention of presenting staged storylines as real. ## See Also - [[Kayfabe]] — the wrestling convention and the political style built on it - [[Vince McMahon]] — WWE chairman and Trump's opponent in the storyline - [[WWE]] — the company that staged the event