The decision-makers in TNA have long wanted to directly battle WWE chairman Vince McMahon, and now they will get their opportunity – sort of.

On Thursday, McMahon will be a guest on his on-screen foe and real-life pal Donald Trump’s show, Celebrity Apprentice. The reality series airs at 9 p.m. on NBC and will be on opposite TNA Impact on Spike TV.

It will be interesting to see if McMahon’s appearance will have any effect on TNA’s ratings. My advice to TNA would be to deep-six any Shark Boy segments.

As for me, I’ll be watching Impact. To say that I am not a fan of reality TV would be an understatement. If the weekly presence of Kiss bassist Gene Simmons wasn’t enough to get me – a card-carrying member of the Kiss Army – to tune in to Trump’s show, I don’t think a cameo by McMahon will do the trick.

On a side note, I realized when I read this morning’s post on last night’s Impact that I failed to mention that the triple-threat main event between Christian Cages, A.J. Styles and Samoa Joe was far and away the best part of the show. That was pretty obvious, but it still needed to be said.