In a surprise move, Gorton contested and won the position of Deputy Leader, forcing McMahon to make him Defence Minister.

McMahon therefore withdrew, and Senator John Gorton won the party room ballot for party leader and Prime Minister.

When Whitlam won the election, McMahon resigned the Liberal leadership and was replaced by Snedden, who became the new Opposition Leader.

McMahon battled injuries for the rest of his career although at one point between the 1984 and 1987 seasons, he won 22 consecutive regular-season ( 25 including playoffs, & The Super Bowl ) starts, the longest " regular season winning streak " by an NFL quarterback at the time, now held by Peyton Manning, who won 23 in 2009 ( but lost a Super Bowl during his " winning streak ").

McMahon would later explain that the reason behind this was that the Bears never got to go to the White House after they won Super Bowl XX, due to the event being canceled after the Challenger tragedy.

* XFL is founded by WWE Chairman Vince McMahon, but the league folded that same year, after the Los Angeles Xtreme won the league's only championship.

As a result, after Triple H won the Royal Rumble, McMahon appointed herself special guest referee in a match between Kurt Angle and Triple H at No Way Out with Triple H's WrestleMania WWF Undisputed Champion shot on the line.

After a bloody Cena won the match, WWE Chairman Vince McMahon announced there would be one final match to close out the evening because Edge was going to cash in his Money in the Bank contract to face Cena for the championship.

After Steve Austin abruptly left WWE while in a program with Flair, a match was hotshotted between Flair and Vince for sole ownership of WWE, which McMahon won, thanks to interference by Brock Lesnar.

Flair won several " career threatening " matches against the opponents such as Triple H, Umaga, William Regal, Mr. Kennedy, and Vince McMahon himself among others.

On the Raw after Austin won the WWF Title, Vince McMahon presented him with a new title belt and warned Austin that he did not approve of his rebellious nature and that things could be done " the easy way or the hard way.

With the assistance of the Corporation and a last minute interference from The Rock, Austin was eliminated by McMahon himself, and McMahon won the 1999 Royal Rumble.

Vince and Shane McMahon challenged Austin to a Handicap Ladder match at King of the Ring with the CEO title on the line, which the duo of father and son won.

However, after he won it, The Undertaker came and hit him with the title belt, leading to a First Blood match between the two at Fully Loaded where Mr. McMahon stipulated that if Austin lost he would never be able to wrestle for the WWF Championship again, and if Austin won, he would never see McMahon again.

Austin won after interference from X-Pac, hitting The Undertaker with a TV camera and gave McMahon a goodbye Stone Cold Stunner.

The event also featured Vince and Shane McMahon in a Street Fight, while Edge and Christian won the WWF Tag Team Championship against the Hardy Boyz and Dudley Boyz in the second Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match.

This was first done in 1999, when Stone Cold Steve Austin offered to forfeit his title opportunity to the Big Boss Man, who won third place in the Rumble ( Austin was actually the runner-up in that rumble, but the winner-Vince McMahon himself-had voluntarily given up his title opportunity ) if Vince McMahon could beat him in a cage match at St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House, which Austin would go on to win.

However, after injury to McMahon and the surprise resignation of Dalglish, Liverpool could only finish runners-up in the league, despite having won their first nine matches of the campaign.

Also, Ditka, Dick Butkus, Walter Payton, Jim McMahon, William " Refrigerator " Perry and Brian Urlacher are among Bears figures known for their appearances in TV commercials.

Much of the Super Bowl pregame hype centered around Bears quarterback Jim McMahon.

During a Bears practice before the Super Bowl, McMahon mooned a helicopter that was hovering over the practice.

With the clock ticking down, players from both teams were fighting, and the Bears were forced to snap the ball before the officials formally put it back into play, allowing McMahon to throw the ball out of bounds and stop the clock with three seconds left.

Eight plays later, McMahon finished the Super Bowl record 96-yard drive with a 1-yard touchdown run to make the Bears lead 30-3.

* He starred in a commercial in the 1980s with Jim McMahon, fellow Chicago Bears teammate for Coke Classic and Coke.

Roy is the hometown of Jim McMahon, the quarterback who led the Chicago Bears to victory in Super Bowl XX over the New England Patriots.

The Chicago Bears selected McMahon in the first round ( fifth overall ) of the 1982 NFL Draft.

McMahon, thrilled to be " released " from what he considered a restrictive culture in Utah, strolled into his first public function with the Bears holding a cold beer in his hand.

McMahon was to find the atmosphere in Chicago almost as challenging as that at Brigham Young, and he would lock horns with Ditka, his coaches and teammates, and journalists routinely during his six years with the Bears.

The players could barely hear him in the huddle, and when McMahon attempted an audible at the line of scrimmage the Bears receivers were unable to hear his call.

The Bears went on to an 11 – 4 record with many expecting McMahon to lead the Bears back to the Super Bowl — however as in 1986 they fell short against the Washington Redskins, this time 21 – 17 in the NFC divisional playoff game.

1988 saw McMahon return for the Bears with a much more serious attitude.

When it was time for the Super Bowl Champs to visit the White House, McMahon wore his Chicago Bears # 9 jersey, which did not go over too well with Green Bay Packer fans.

Bears quarterback Jim McMahon then threw a 14-yard touchdown pass to Ron Morris.

Bears quarterback Jim McMahon later threw two touchdown passes in the third period, both to Dennis McKinnon.

He was the highest-drafted Bears quarterback since Jim McMahon.

Top manufacturers of visors are Nike, Oakley, and Under Armour, with Leader being the first to come out with a visor / shield for former Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon.

Following the 2009 redistribution of New South Wales federal elecorates, the Division of Prospect was renamed the Division of McMahon starting at the 2010 federal election.

He continued as the Cougars ' punter as the 1978 season began, but when Marc Wilson was injured in the third game of the season ( against Colorado State ), McMahon became the starting quarterback.

With Wilson graduated and in the NFL, McMahon beat out Royce Bybee to claim the starting quarterback position.

On Thursday of Super Bowl XX week, McMahon was wrongfully accused of " calling the women of New Orleans sluts and the men idiots " on an interview over Chicago's WLS Radio at a restaurant on Bourbon Street, but the interview never happened, and New Orleans Sportscaster Buddy Deliberto was suspended for starting that rumor on his 10pm sportscast the night before.

However, he worked hard to improve his passing skills and eventually succeeded record-setting Jim McMahon as the Cougars ' starting QB.

However, an injury to Michael Bishop bumped McMahon to starting quarterback.

Graham suggested to Vincent J. McMahon that Ivan Koloff should turn on him, thus starting a feud that would make Graham a fan favorite.

Vince McMahon took his position at pay-per-views starting with SummerSlam 1993.

Harrington took over for incumbent Mike McMahon late in the Lions ' week 1 loss against the Miami Dolphins and became the Lions ' starting quarterback shortly thereafter, finishing that year with a 50. 1 completion percentage, a ratio of 12 touchdowns to 16 interceptions, and a 59. 9 quarterback rating ; the Lions finished the season with a 3-13 record.

In 2007 Crouch was expected to battle Michael Bishop, Damon Allen, Mike McMahon and Tom Arth for the Argos ' starting quarterback position, but he eventually faltered because of injury.

McMahon took full control for the next game – a league match at Southend – and he picked himself in the starting line-up.

Allen started the 2007 season as the Argos starting quarterback beating out Michael Bishop and former NFL starter Mike McMahon.

However, after Bishop went down with a wrist injury and McMahon failed to impress, Allen stepped into the starting role once again.