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WWF & Eyes on the Forest
In 2011, camera traps set by WWF and the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry captured footage of an impressive 12 tigers, including tiger cubs frolicking in the central Sumatran landscape of Bukit Tigapuluh, also known as Thirty Hills. Excited by the presence of these tigers and concerned because they were living in a forest slated for deforestation, WWF created a Google Earth narrated tour telling the story of the deforestation in Bukit Tigapuluh. Eyes on the Forest, a coalition of Sumatran NGOs, then decided to distribute information about deforestation and disappearing habitats on the island to a broader audience using a new mapping tool called Google Maps Engine
via +Google Earth
#WWF #GoogleEarth #GoogleMaps
In 2011, camera traps set by WWF and the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry captured footage of an impressive 12 tigers, including tiger cubs frolicking in the central Sumatran landscape of Bukit Tigapuluh, also known as Thirty Hills. Excited by the presence of these tigers and concerned because they were living in a forest slated for deforestation, WWF created a Google Earth narrated tour telling the story of the deforestation in Bukit Tigapuluh. Eyes on the Forest, a coalition of Sumatran NGOs, then decided to distribute information about deforestation and disappearing habitats on the island to a broader audience using a new mapping tool called Google Maps Engine
via +Google Earth
#WWF #GoogleEarth #GoogleMaps
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At 17th November of 1996, Dwayne Johnson had his first match at the 1996 Survivor Series in an eight-man elimination tag match; he was the sole survivor. Under the name Rocky Maivia, a combination of his father and grandfather's ring names, a clean-cut face character, he was pushed heavily from the start despite his wrestling inexperience. WWF fans generally rejected him because of his cheesy character.
The 1996 Survivor Series was an important night in wrestling history including the Rock’s debut, a new logo and lots of fun. The tenth Survivor Series event took place in Madison Square Garden in New York City. It’s the most famous arena in the world, especially when it comes to World Wrestling Entertainment events.
By 1996, WWF/WWE was starting to turn a corner for the better even though WCW was crushing them on Monday nights with Raw losing to Nitro regularly. Thanks to Steve Austin’s rise at King of the Ring 1996, the introduction of Mankind (Mick Foley) to WWE and the continued growth of others like Hunter Hearst Helmsley, the future was starting to brighten up a bit. Plus, this show also featured the PPV debut of a guy named Rocky Maivia, who ended up turning into quite a big deal (raise your eyebrow as you read that).
In addition to those guys, men like Bret Hart, The Undertaker and Shawn Michaels did their part to lead the way. Michaels ascended to the level of World Champion in 1996 and he went into this show with an eight month title reign. Hart took most of 1996 off after working so hard for over a decade without much of a break while questioning if he wanted to stay in WWE.
With Hart paired with Mankind and Undertaker working with Mankind, they were put in positions to make those guys bigger stars just by being in the ring with the WWE veterans. The main event was a standard wrestling match for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship. Shawn Michaels defended the title against Sycho Sid. Sid won the title by pinning Michaels after hitting him with a television camera and performing a Powerbomb.
The undercard featured Faarooq, Vader, Razor Ramon, and Diesel versus Flash Funk, Jimmy Snuka, Savio Vega, and Yokozuna in a four-on-four Survivor Series elimination match, Bret Hart versus Stone Cold Steve Austin in a standard wrestling match to determine the number one contender to the WWF World Heavyweight Championship.
Marc Mero, Rocky Maivia (in his WWF debut), Jake Roberts, and The Stalker versus Crush, Jerry Lawler, Hunter Hearst Helmsley, and Goldust in a four-on-four Survivor Series elimination match, The Undertaker versus Mankind in a standard wrestling match and The Godwinns, Doug Furnas and Phil LaFon versus The New Rockers, Owen Hart and The British Bulldog.
It only took one year after his pro wrestling debut for Dwayne Johnson to become a top person on the WWE radar. Coming from a long lineage of family who were wrestlers in the Fatu/Anao'i family, coupled with being the son of WWE Hall of Famer/former WWE Tag Team Champion Rocky Johnson and grandson of WWE Hall of Famer "High Chief" Peter Maivia, "The Blue Chipper" Rocky Maivia was born.
Johnson gained mainstream fame in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF/E) from 1996 to 2004 as a major figure in the company's Attitude Era, and was the first third-generation wrestler in the company's history. He returned to wrestling part-time for WWE from 2011 to 2013 and continues to make sporadic non-wrestling appearances for the company.
Johnson has 17 championship reigns in WWE, including 10 as a world champion, winning the WWF/E Championship eight times (seventh reign was as WWE Undisputed Champion) and the WCW/World Championship twice. He won the Intercontinental Championship twice and the Tag Team Championship five times. Johnson is the sixth Triple Crown Champion in WWE history, and won the 2000 Royal Rumble. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest pro wrestlers of all time.
#TheRock #DwayneJohnson #RockyMaivia
#ThePeoplesChampion #SurvivorSeries
#Wrestler #WWF #Onthisday #90sMemories
#WrestlingEvent #SurvivorSeries96 #Wrestling
#OldSchoolWrestling #SportsEntertainment
At 17th November of 1996, Dwayne Johnson had his first match at the 1996 Survivor Series in an eight-man elimination tag match; he was the sole survivor. Under the name Rocky Maivia, a combination of his father and grandfather's ring names, a clean-cut face character, he was pushed heavily from the start despite his wrestling inexperience. WWF fans generally rejected him because of his cheesy character.
The 1996 Survivor Series was an important night in wrestling history including the Rock’s debut, a new logo and lots of fun. The tenth Survivor Series event took place in Madison Square Garden in New York City. It’s the most famous arena in the world, especially when it comes to World Wrestling Entertainment events.
By 1996, WWF/WWE was starting to turn a corner for the better even though WCW was crushing them on Monday nights with Raw losing to Nitro regularly. Thanks to Steve Austin’s rise at King of the Ring 1996, the introduction of Mankind (Mick Foley) to WWE and the continued growth of others like Hunter Hearst Helmsley, the future was starting to brighten up a bit. Plus, this show also featured the PPV debut of a guy named Rocky Maivia, who ended up turning into quite a big deal (raise your eyebrow as you read that).
In addition to those guys, men like Bret Hart, The Undertaker and Shawn Michaels did their part to lead the way. Michaels ascended to the level of World Champion in 1996 and he went into this show with an eight month title reign. Hart took most of 1996 off after working so hard for over a decade without much of a break while questioning if he wanted to stay in WWE.
With Hart paired with Mankind and Undertaker working with Mankind, they were put in positions to make those guys bigger stars just by being in the ring with the WWE veterans. The main event was a standard wrestling match for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship. Shawn Michaels defended the title against Sycho Sid. Sid won the title by pinning Michaels after hitting him with a television camera and performing a Powerbomb.
The undercard featured Faarooq, Vader, Razor Ramon, and Diesel versus Flash Funk, Jimmy Snuka, Savio Vega, and Yokozuna in a four-on-four Survivor Series elimination match, Bret Hart versus Stone Cold Steve Austin in a standard wrestling match to determine the number one contender to the WWF World Heavyweight Championship.
Marc Mero, Rocky Maivia (in his WWF debut), Jake Roberts, and The Stalker versus Crush, Jerry Lawler, Hunter Hearst Helmsley, and Goldust in a four-on-four Survivor Series elimination match, The Undertaker versus Mankind in a standard wrestling match and The Godwinns, Doug Furnas and Phil LaFon versus The New Rockers, Owen Hart and The British Bulldog.
It only took one year after his pro wrestling debut for Dwayne Johnson to become a top person on the WWE radar. Coming from a long lineage of family who were wrestlers in the Fatu/Anao'i family, coupled with being the son of WWE Hall of Famer/former WWE Tag Team Champion Rocky Johnson and grandson of WWE Hall of Famer "High Chief" Peter Maivia, "The Blue Chipper" Rocky Maivia was born.
Johnson gained mainstream fame in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF/E) from 1996 to 2004 as a major figure in the company's Attitude Era, and was the first third-generation wrestler in the company's history. He returned to wrestling part-time for WWE from 2011 to 2013 and continues to make sporadic non-wrestling appearances for the company.
Johnson has 17 championship reigns in WWE, including 10 as a world champion, winning the WWF/E Championship eight times (seventh reign was as WWE Undisputed Champion) and the WCW/World Championship twice. He won the Intercontinental Championship twice and the Tag Team Championship five times. Johnson is the sixth Triple Crown Champion in WWE history, and won the 2000 Royal Rumble. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest pro wrestlers of all time.
#TheRock #DwayneJohnson #RockyMaivia
#ThePeoplesChampion #SurvivorSeries
#Wrestler #WWF #Onthisday #90sMemories
#WrestlingEvent #SurvivorSeries96 #Wrestling
#OldSchoolWrestling #SportsEntertainment
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At 9th November of 1997, the eleventh annual Survivor Series event took place at the Molson Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Seven matches were contested on the event's card. The undercard featured Stone Cold Steve Austin versus Owen Hart in a standard wrestling match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship, Kane versus Mankind and 4 four-on-four elimination tag team matches.The main event needs no introduction…Shawn Michaels vs. Bret Hart. It’s one of the most controversial moments of all time.
For those unfamiliar, the Montreal Screwjob has become infamous for the way it blurred the lines between entertainment and reality in the WWF/WWE. In the Summer of 1997, Bret “The Hitman” Hart won the world championship at SummerSlam weeks prior to Survivor Series. However, once Hart won the title he signed to WCW, the WWE’s (then known as the WWF) biggest rival, and was ready to jump ship once his contract expired.
Vince McMahon, the president of WWE, did not want Hart to leave the company as champion. Shawn Michaels was the next star to take the belt but backstage, Michaels and Hart did not, to put it lightly, get along and Hart refused to drop the title to him in Montreal, Hart’s hometown and the site for Survivor Series 1997.
All sides agreed that the match would end in disqualification, so Hart would retain the title and drop the championship to Michaels at a later date, but McMahon had a different idea. Without Hart’s knowledge, McMahon instructed referee Earl Hebner to end the match when Michaels put Hart in the Sharpshooter (Hart’s signature move) without Hart actually submitting. This led to the term “Montreal Screwjob” being coined in wrestling circles and years of animosity from the McMahon and Hart camps.
Bret left the World Wrestling Federation immediately after the incident and moved to World Championship Wrestling, where during his tenure, he would become a 2-time World Heavyweight Champion, a 4-time United States Heavyweight Champion and a 1-time Tag Team Champion before retiring in 2000 after suffering a severe concussion. Hart would not appear in WWE until 2010 when he and Michaels finally called a truce and buried the hatchet on the Montreal Screwjob.
After Survivor Series, Shawn Michaels began his third reign as WWF World Heavyweight Champion. He entered a feud with Ken Shamrock over the WWF World Heavyweight Championship which culminated at D-Generation X: In Your House where Michaels retained the title after Shamrock won by disqualification after being attacked by D-Generation X members Triple H and Chyna.
Michaels would lose the WWF World Heavyweight Championship to Stone Cold Steve Austin at WrestleMania XIV before being forced into a four-year retirement after suffering a serious back injury during a casket match against The Undertaker at the 1998 Royal Rumble. Michaels would not recover and wrestle again until 2002.
Eventually, the air would be cleared and Bret was eventually inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame and the Montreal Screwjob has since been referenced on WWE TV on numerous occasions.
#ShawnMichaels #BretHart #WWF
#SurvivorSeries #SurvivorSeries97
#Wrestling #WrestlingLegends #OldSchoolWrestling
#SportsEntertainment #Onthisday #Montreal
#90sMemories #WrestlingEvent #MontrealScrewjob
#Canada #SurvivorSeries97_20ThAnniversary
At 9th November of 1997, the eleventh annual Survivor Series event took place at the Molson Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Seven matches were contested on the event's card. The undercard featured Stone Cold Steve Austin versus Owen Hart in a standard wrestling match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship, Kane versus Mankind and 4 four-on-four elimination tag team matches.The main event needs no introduction…Shawn Michaels vs. Bret Hart. It’s one of the most controversial moments of all time.
For those unfamiliar, the Montreal Screwjob has become infamous for the way it blurred the lines between entertainment and reality in the WWF/WWE. In the Summer of 1997, Bret “The Hitman” Hart won the world championship at SummerSlam weeks prior to Survivor Series. However, once Hart won the title he signed to WCW, the WWE’s (then known as the WWF) biggest rival, and was ready to jump ship once his contract expired.
Vince McMahon, the president of WWE, did not want Hart to leave the company as champion. Shawn Michaels was the next star to take the belt but backstage, Michaels and Hart did not, to put it lightly, get along and Hart refused to drop the title to him in Montreal, Hart’s hometown and the site for Survivor Series 1997.
All sides agreed that the match would end in disqualification, so Hart would retain the title and drop the championship to Michaels at a later date, but McMahon had a different idea. Without Hart’s knowledge, McMahon instructed referee Earl Hebner to end the match when Michaels put Hart in the Sharpshooter (Hart’s signature move) without Hart actually submitting. This led to the term “Montreal Screwjob” being coined in wrestling circles and years of animosity from the McMahon and Hart camps.
Bret left the World Wrestling Federation immediately after the incident and moved to World Championship Wrestling, where during his tenure, he would become a 2-time World Heavyweight Champion, a 4-time United States Heavyweight Champion and a 1-time Tag Team Champion before retiring in 2000 after suffering a severe concussion. Hart would not appear in WWE until 2010 when he and Michaels finally called a truce and buried the hatchet on the Montreal Screwjob.
After Survivor Series, Shawn Michaels began his third reign as WWF World Heavyweight Champion. He entered a feud with Ken Shamrock over the WWF World Heavyweight Championship which culminated at D-Generation X: In Your House where Michaels retained the title after Shamrock won by disqualification after being attacked by D-Generation X members Triple H and Chyna.
Michaels would lose the WWF World Heavyweight Championship to Stone Cold Steve Austin at WrestleMania XIV before being forced into a four-year retirement after suffering a serious back injury during a casket match against The Undertaker at the 1998 Royal Rumble. Michaels would not recover and wrestle again until 2002.
Eventually, the air would be cleared and Bret was eventually inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame and the Montreal Screwjob has since been referenced on WWE TV on numerous occasions.
#ShawnMichaels #BretHart #WWF
#SurvivorSeries #SurvivorSeries97
#Wrestling #WrestlingLegends #OldSchoolWrestling
#SportsEntertainment #Onthisday #Montreal
#90sMemories #WrestlingEvent #MontrealScrewjob
#Canada #SurvivorSeries97_20ThAnniversary
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