{"id":26715,"date":"2016-07-23T22:15:41","date_gmt":"2016-07-24T03:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=26715"},"modified":"2016-07-23T22:15:41","modified_gmt":"2016-07-24T03:15:41","slug":"nbc-news-donald-trump-talks-recent-vince-mcmahon-conversation-meet-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/07\/23\/nbc-news-donald-trump-talks-recent-vince-mcmahon-conversation-meet-press\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC News &#8211; Donald Trump talks recent Vince McMahon conversation on &#8220;Meet the Press&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2114747577\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump referenced a recent conversation with WWE CEO Vince McMahon in an interview with NBC News&#8217;s &#8220;Meet The Press with Chuck Todd&#8221; that will be airing Sunday morning on NBC.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview recorded Saturday, Trump was asked by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/meetthepress\" target=\"_blank\">Meet the Press<\/a> moderator <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/chucktodd\" target=\"_blank\">Chuck Todd<\/a> about his wrestling-style entrance at the\u00a0Republican National Convention Monday in Cleveland.<\/p>\n<p>Trump responded by noting his strategy and post-entrance conversation with Vince McMahon, who endorsed the theatrics.<\/p>\n<p>The interview will be Trump&#8217;s first network TV interview since being formally nominated for the Republican party&#8217;s presidential ticket on Thursday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>NBC News Release Transcript<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CHUCK TODD:\u00a0Let me tell you, you bring up <span data-term=\"goog_1458058237\">Thursday<\/span> night, I&#8217;ve got to ask you about your entrance. Before we get to <span data-term=\"goog_1458058238\">Thursday<\/span>, that <span data-term=\"goog_1458058239\">Monday<\/span> night entrance was something else. I know you&#8217;ve gotten a lot of feedback on it.<\/p>\n<p>DONALD TRUMP:\u00a0I think I&#8217;m a little bit lucky, and a couple of people had that idea and I went along with the idea. And everything just worked right. And it was so good that they wanted to do it <span data-term=\"goog_1458058240\">on Thursday<\/span> night. I said, &#8220;Never in a million years, because you&#8217;ll never get it that way again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>CHUCK TODD:\u00a0I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve seen that even on <em>WWE<\/em>.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2355717948\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>DONALD TRUMP:\u00a0Yeah, I know. Well, Vincent&#8217;s a good friend of mine. He called me, he said, &#8220;That was a very, very good entrance.&#8221; But I didn&#8217;t want to do it a second time, because, you know, it never works out the second time.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>Trump was inducted into the celebrity wing of WWE&#8217;s Hall of Fame three years ago surrounding WrestleMania 29 in New York\/New Jersey and has a long history with the McMahons and WWE.<\/p>\n<p>WWE also has a working relationship with NBC Universal, mainly for WWE Raw and Smackdown programming on USA Network. WWE and NBCU also entered into a promotional relationship last year trying to address WWE&#8217;s image among advertisers and potential business partner.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2361457698\"><div id=\"pwtor-2744524107\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump referenced a recent conversation with WWE CEO Vince McMahon in an interview with NBC News&#8217;s &#8220;Meet The Press with Chuck Todd&#8221; that will be airing Sunday morning on NBC. 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