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By Leslie Gray Streeter   |  TV  |  June 18, 2009

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The folks over at USA Network would like you to know that when they said earlier this week that Donald “The Donald” Trump had bought “Monday Night RAW,” they didn’t actually mean it. What they meant was that Trump “bought” it in their ongoing story line in which Donald Trump buys “Raw.”

Okee dokee. We know that wrestling is fake – Vince McMahon didn’t really die in a car explosion, f’rinstance. But we didn’t know that extended to fake press releases sent to real newspapers. Talk about staying in character.

I’m not even sure what to say about this. Just…cut it out, USA.

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  1. [...] early to help boost interest in the show. PLUS: LL Cool J & Chris O’Donnell hang out. USA Network admits Donald Trump did not actually buy WWE’s “RAW” NBC has taken down a press release touting the purchase, as it turns out that Trump is only buying [...]


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