Last week when Mister McMahon announced that he'd sold Raw to Donald Trump, it sounded intriguing. Surely it would be an angle that would play out over several weeks. Why else would Mister McMahon go to all the trouble of bringing  The Donald back?

Well, silly me. The Trump Era lasted barely a week. It turned out to be more of a cheap publicity stunt with a cheesy punch line than an angle.

But think about what an interesting angle it could have been.

Instead of making the purchase a surprise announcement, Trump could have been spotted at Monday Night Raw for a couple of weeks. What's he doing here? the fans would want to know. More to the point, What's HE doing here? McMahon would demand to know.  But The Donald would keep his plans close to his vest, all the while checking out WWE's financials and performing due diligence. After all, that's what a savvy buyer would do. While McMahon may be hot headed and impulsive, one would expect The Donald to have gone over the Raw brand with a fine tooth comb before making such a purchase.

Then Trump, with facts in hand, would approach McMahon with an offer. The negotiations between these two Type A personalities would have made for good TV for a week or two as fans would have been left to wonder if McMahon would really sell his beloved Raw brand. Tune in next week, as the saying goes.

Then it would be revealed that unbeknownst to Mister McMahon, Donald Trump had actually been playing a high stakes game.  He had planned to resell Raw to a third party all along -- someone with whom McMahon had butted heads with over the years. (Personally, I was hoping for Eric Bischoff. Think of the delicious possibilities for fresh storylines there!)

But no.

Mister McMahon took the quick and easy way out. After one commercial-free show (that wasn't quite as commercial-free as advertised), Raw was sold back to McMahon for twice the original sales price. McMahon got to fire Trump and now it's back to business as usual.   

But I couldn't help thinking: Is that all there is?

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Thanks for reading and see ya next week!