The Wrestling Professor's Weekly Quiz (August 25 - Howard Stern, SS pt. 3)

Reported by Adam Martin of WrestleView.com
On Monday, August 25, 2008 at 12:40 AM EST

The Wrestling Professor sent this in:

Welcome to the Armpit wrestling quiz for the week of August 25, 2008.

Well, our big moment in the sun is over, and our wrestling quiz segment on the Howard Stern Show was a big success. If you missed the show, it’s up on Howard TV right now under the title, “Wack Pack Waxing.” Skip all this if you just want to get to the quiz, because I’m going to give a rundown of what happened on the show now.

The guest was Fred “The Elephant Boy” Schreiber, a longtime hardcore wrestling fan from Pennsylvania who was born with a speech impediment that makes some people think he’s mentally retarded (he’s not). Fred is a sweetheart of a guy, and when it was discovered he was a 28-year-old virgin, Stern had him on the show to find him a date. Fred had bad luck with women because of his speech, so he just stayed in his room as a youth and watched wrestling. I can definitely relate to that, and I don’t even have a speech impediment to use as an excuse. Fred was such a huge fan that he was reading wrestling newsletters before anyone knew what newsletters were.

In recent years, Fred has fallen on hard times. He met a woman and has dated her for several years, but she was recently jailed for abusing pain medication (she suffers from carpal tunnel, which is excruciatingly painful). He came on “Wack Pack Waxing” to play a wrestling quiz game; he got $500 for every correct question, and got his anus waxed for every incorrect question.

The Stern show contacted me to write some questions, and I happily obliged. Here are the ones that made the air.

1. Name the wrestler who slapped “20/20” correspondent John Stossel, leaving him partially deaf. Fred correctly answered David Schultz.

2. When Ric Flair jumped to the WWF in 1991, who was his manager? Fred thought about this one for awhile, and correctly answered Bobby Heenan. Fred now had $1,000.

3. Brock Lesnar left WWE in 2004 and started an MMA career in 2007. Whom did he defeat in his first fight? Fred said he didn’t know anything about MMA and didn’t even bother guessing. Off came the pants, and it was waxing time. For those of you who order Howard TV to see this, beware: there is no censoring and they show close-ups of EVERYTHING. Don’t eat a meal before watching this, and better yet, fast forward through the waxing. Stern producer Baba Booey later complained that this wasn’t really a wrestling question. Well, that was the idea, and I specifically told them not to ask that question unless it was a last resort to get him a guaranteed wax. By the way, the answer is Min Soo Kim.

4. What wrestler broke Regis Philbin’s nose? Fred didn’t know, but he guessed and got it correct: Steve Austin. Austin talked about this incident the first time he was on Stern.

5. Who was the first ever WWF champion? This was not my question, so some other genius came up with it. It’s very misleading, because the answer was Buddy Rogers, but technically that was the WWWF title, not the WWF title. Either way, Fred got it correct. He almost said Bruno Sammartino. The Stern website recap spelled it as “San Martino.” What idiots.

6. Who managed the Road Warriors? This was not my question either. Who did they find to ask such easy questions? Of course Fred knew it was Paul Ellering. When the Stern website recapped the show, they listed the answer as “Paul Adouin.” Adouin??

7. What year did Andre the Giant debut in the WWF? Again, not my question. I sent them dozens of great questions, and they picked this question by some schmuck? Yes, jealousy exists among wrestling quiz writers, which I learned last week. Fred guessed 1975, but they had the answer as 1973. Is that even true? Time for another waxing for Fred.

8. At WrestleMania II, whom did Roddy Piper face in a boxing match? Whew, back to questions I wrote. I figured he’d know this in a heartbeat, but he struggled awhile before coming up with the correct answer: Mr. T. At this point they were all amazed by Fred’s wrestling knowledge.

Fred had won $2,500 which was the max allowed, so the game stopped. But they wanted more waxing, so Sal the Stockbroker came in and said he had another question. If Fred got it correct, he’d chip in $6. Artie, Robin, and Howard threw in more money, and Fred agreed to continue the game.

9. What is Brutus Beefcake’s real name? NOT my question. Sal’s an idiot, thinking it was some hard question. Of course Fred got it immediately: Ed Leslie. Fred wins again, so they all paid up. On TV, you can see Howard open his wallet and it’s filled with major wads of cash. I’m talking major. He’s one rich man.

The game is over again, but Howard wants more. Baba Booey informs him that the sponsor has agreed to put up another 2 questions worth of money ($1,000) to keep the game going.

9. What was the name of the PPV at which Owen Hart died? Fred thought hard, guessed “Unforgiven,” and got waxed. Correct answer is “Over the Edge.” I wouldn’t expect anyone to know that except for the fact that the title is so eerily ironic that it’s kind of hard to forget.

10. When Chris Kanyon wrestled in WCW under a mask, what was his name? Fred thought long and hard about this one, and it was on the tip of his tongue. Luckily he got it: Mortis. He was saved from a final waxing and walked out with $3,100.

On the Wrap-up show, which follows the Stern show, host Jon Hein (who coined the phrase “Jump the Shark” and sold JumpTheShark.com to TV Guide for millions) gave me this plug: “Thanks to the Wrestling Professional at ArmpitWrestling.com for coming up with those questions.” Wrestling Professional? Oh well, not that it mattered because that plug sent me almost no additional web traffic. Either Stern fans hate wrestling or Stern doesn’t have any listeners any more.

Ok back to this quiz…. “SummerSlam – Part. 3.”

Answers from last time:

-Diana Hart Smith was heavily focused on during the Bret-Bulldog match at SS ’92.

-Interfering during the Savage-Warrior match were Curt Hennig and Ric Flair. Yes, Flair did not wrestle on this show, he was just at ringside.

-SS ’92 featured an appearance by Lennox Lewis. I’ve never seen Lewis fight, and when he was announced for “Celebrity Apprentice,” the only reason I knew who he was from this show in 1992. That’s a whole new level of geekdom.

-At SS ’93, Yokozuna was managed by Jim Cornette and Mr. Fuji.

-The imposter Undertaker in 1994 was Brian Lee. Brian was a longtime SMW champion and also wrestled for the WWF during the DOA days.

-Leslie Ni/*n was brought into solve the Undertaker mystery in 1994. Ni/*n is the old man from the “Naked Gun” movies.

-Shortly after SS ’95, Luger shocked the world by walking on the debut episode of WCW Nitro. He probably regrets doing that today.

-At SS ’96, Undertaker and Mankind had a Boiler Room Brawl match.

-In HBK’s corner at SS ’96 was Jose Lothario.

Here are this week's questions. Remember, the new rules are that you no longer need to submit your questions, and no winners will be declared. We're just doing this for fun and to honor the forgotten world of wrestling history.

1. Back when Howard Stern yielded considerably more power than he does now, especially in the Northeast, he single handedly got the Governor of New Jersey elected in 1994. While SummerSlam ’97 is more notable for Steve Austin getting his neck broken, this Governor also made an appearance on the show. Who was it?

2. SummerSlam ’98 took place when the WWF was on fire, and this PPV in particular did very good business. Part of it was Austin being red hot, but to me, what put this show over the top was smart marketing. The theme song for this show was an American heavy metal classic, and tying it into SummerSlam played perfectly with the target audience at the time. Name the song and band for that theme song.

3. The main event at SummerSlam ’99 was Austin vs. Foley vs. HHH. Of those guys, Austin is happily wealthy and retired, Foley is about to leave WWE, and HHH is still doing the same exact thing. Who refereed this match?

4. Rewind to 2000 era WWF. It seemed every week there was a kick-ass tag team match between any of these 3 teams. Which 3 teams? These three, who participated in a triple threat TLC match at SummerSlam ’00. Name them.

5. The less said about 2001, the better. After a summer in which the WWF audience was leaving in droves, SummerSlam ’01 took place in my hometown of San Jose, CA. The Rock faced off against Booker T for the ill fated WCW championship. The Rock was off most of that year filming what blockbuster movie?

6. SummerSlam 2002 featured an awesome buildup for Brock Lesnar vs. Rock, and because of that, it did business. But the show was more notable for the long-awaited return of what pro wrestling icon?

7. HHH defended his title at SummerSlam ’03 in an Elimination Chamber match, but he used a little help from a friend. Who interfered and handed HHH a sledgehammer just before the finish?

8. 2004 was the year of Chris Benoit (well, 2007 was, but you know what I mean). He captured the title that year and defended it in some awesome matches that were erased from history as Benoit’s legacy was forever tarnished last year. Benoit did lose the title at SummerSlam ’04 to Randy Orton, putting a premature end to Benoit’s reign in order to get the belt ready for its inevitable return to HHH. How did Orton become the #1 contender for Benoit’s title?

9. SummerSlam ’05 did good business, headlined by a dream match between Shawn Michaels and Hulk Hogan. They also teased a return of Bret Hart, which could’ve helped the buyrate. One particularly good angle hyping the match saw Michaels impersonate Hogan while spoofing what famous cable talk show?

10. SummerSlam ’06 came during the resurgence of DX, but there were other main event matches on the show. One of them was Batista vs. Booker T. There were slight fears, most of them overblown, that there would be legit problems during that match between those two. Why was there legit heat between Batista and Booker?

11. The Benoit tragedy of 2007 caused a few WWE storylines to get cancelled. Some of them, like the McMahon murder mystery, deserved to be cancelled. So did this one, which thankfully never saw the light of day. SummerSlam ’07 was originally going to center around a couple of goofballs from what cable TV show?

Answers will be posted next time.

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