When was the last time yall seen a country take over a national Landmark in order to claim victory for their fav babyface in wrestling ?
#AAANocheDeLosGrandes
During a 1996 episode of Jerry Springer, Intercontinental Champion Razor Ramon (Scott Hall) appeared to surprise a loyal fan named Tyler.
Due to a tainted blood transfusion, Tyler was HIV positive, while another girl named Hydeia was also HIV-positive.
Razor went on to say, "These guys have to fight every single day of the year. I know I'm on the road over 300 times a year, and sometimes I feel bad, but these guys are fighting the real fight!"
"The Bad Guy" handed Tyler his championship: "This is the Intercontinental Belt. I've had it four times; I'll get another one. Just make sure that you share this with Hydeia."
"I want both Hydeia and Tyler to know, and I think that they already do, that where I come from; it ain't how many times you go down; it's how many times you get up! You ain't beat until you quit! If you don't quit, you never lose! Keep fighting!"
Razor invited the two children to WrestleMania XII as his special guests.
While Jerry Springer was frequently labelled as "trash TV," this was a heartwarming moment made possible by Scott Hall.
El Grande Americano and Andrea Bazarte visited their beautiful mural art today 🖼️❤️
The two also shared a sweet kiss in front of the artwork, making the moment even more special.
BTW this is completely Unrelated but last week Ludwig Kaiser was reported for kissing his Girlfriend in a elevator 🫣
Mexico paid $20 million for eight minutes in this movie. Then those eight minutes forced them to invent an entire cultural tradition.
Before Spectre, Mexico City had no Day of the Dead parade. The holiday was celebrated at home, at cemeteries, with family altars. Quiet, intimate, centuries old. Sam Mendes fabricated a massive street parade for the opening sequence, shot it with 1,500 extras in skeleton costumes across the Zócalo, and audiences worldwide assumed they were watching a real annual event.
Mexico's government had negotiated hard for the placement. Leaked Sony hack emails showed officials offered up to $20 million in tax incentives for four minutes of positive portrayal. Sony was drowning in a $300 million budget. The deal included script changes: the Bond girl had to be a Mexican actress, the villain could not be Mexican, and the city's modern skyline had to appear on screen.
Then the movie opened in 182 countries and tourists started booking flights to Mexico City for the parade.
The parade that did not exist.
Tourism authorities panicked. Visitors were arriving expecting the spectacle they saw in the film and finding nothing. So in October 2016, the government spent $500,000, hired 650 volunteers, built dozens of floats and giant skeleton marionettes, and staged the first real Día de los Muertos parade in Mexico City's history. 250,000 people showed up. They openly called it a "Spectre-style parade" in press materials.
Ten years later, the parade draws millions. Anthropologists call it the "pizza effect," where a cultural element gets exported, transformed abroad, and reimported as authentic. Mexico's most famous public celebration of its most sacred holiday was invented by a British director shooting a $300 million spy movie.
That tracking shot is doing more for Mexico City's economy every November than the $20 million they paid for it.
Zohran Mamdani has turned blocks in front of 50 NYC public schools into car-free ‘Soccer Streets’ where children can play in celebration of the upcoming World Cup.
@Sephanade@arunima_3_5 They were the same actor with the exception of when they first unmasked him. Switched the main actor out just for that to keep playing the role and reveal his face later