source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter
The "Daily 10" program on E! covered the Vince McMahon/Donald Trump story on last night's show. During the segment, they showed footage of Steve Austin wearing a referee shirt standing alongside Bobby Lashley, Umaga, Vince McMahon and Donald Trump. Photographers were taking promo photos of them. Also, the Wrestling Observer has confirmed that Austin will referee the Lashley vs. Umaga match at WrestleMania with McMahon and Trump's respective hairs at stake.
The first Saturday Night's Main Event of the new year will be taped in less than two weeks on March 5th in Phoenix after that night's RAW taping. The fact that they are taping the show several days in advance tells you the priority level the show has become. The show is scheduled to air during prime time on Saturday, March 10th. It was actually more NBC's call than WWE's to air the show.
The 2/12 SmackDown/ECW house show was moved from that Monday to the very next Wednesday, which happened to fall on Valentine's Day. The show was moved because they needed much of the top talent to appear at the 2/12 RAW taping. This move obviously upset a number of workers as some of them wanted to spend Valentine's Day with their loved ones.
On Tony Kornheiser's radio talk show yesterday he talked about the Trump/McMahon angle. He said that the public is going to be rooting for McMahon's wrestler to win so that Donald Trump ends up getting his head shaved. Tony thinks that Trump is going to lose in the match.
