50 Must-See WrestleMania Matches

45. Bobby Lashley Vs. Umaga – WrestleMania 23

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Let’s call this match by its proper title: the Battle of the Billionaires. This was the match that led Mania 23 to set a WWF/E PPV buyrate record, as Vince McMahon and Donald Trump chose their avatars and put their hair on the line. Oh, and that “Stone Cold” guy was there as special guest referee again.

The outcome of the match really was never in doubt, unless you think Trump was finally going to get rid of that ridiculous hairdo. (And now, he’s ridden that hair, that fake tan and that unprecedented ignorant paranoia to the White House.)

Still, all eyes were on Lashley overcoming Umaga, which led to Vince getting strapped into a chair and shaved bald. Never let it be said that Vince McMahon doesn’t take his licks when the story calls for it. If only The Donald had eaten a Samoan Spike…

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.