On Monday, November 7, 2005 at 3:13 PM EST Welcome to this week’s edition of the Armpit wrestling quiz. The number "40" scares some people, because it is associated with old age. That's because television advertisers make you feel old if you're over 35, since everyone wants to market to males 18-35. Strange, because I know that people 40 and over have MUCH more disposable income than males 18-35. Mark my words: very soon, there is going to be a huge shift in the advertising world to target older people. The buzz words will be "baby boomers." It’s already starting to happen on a small scale, and it’s gaining momentum. Boomers are retiring, have money, and lots of time to spend it. Goodbye, males 18-35.
On that note, this week's quiz is on "Wrestlers 40 and Over."
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Last week's winner:
Touhoua Yang and his plug is, "The Bret Hart DVD is coming out on November 15th so go out and buy it."
Last week's answers: (Click here) for last week's questions.
Answer #1
-False, Flair was NOT raised by his biological parents. He was adopted.
Answer #2
-Flair grew up higher than middle class, but definitely not super rich.
Answer #3
-After the AWA, Flair headed to Mid-Atlantic.
Answer #4
-The model in that angle, Bonnie, eventually married Rick Steamboat. For awhile, there was heat between Flair and Bonnie because of how she butted into Steamboat's business affairs in 1989. I wonder if there is still heat between the two.
Answer #5
-Arn Anderson came up with the 4 Horsemen name.
Answer #6
-Of the "facts" listed, the only one that was NOT true was that Flair is 100% Native American.
Answer #7
-At the '92 Rumble, Flair drew #3.
Answer #8
-Flair lost his "loser leaves WWE" match to Curt Hennig.
Answer #9
-Flair was gone for so many months in 1998 because he was in a lawsuit with WCW over a date he missed that he claims he requested off months in advance.
Answer #10
-Flair's match in Greenville was against HHH.
Here are this week's questions. Please email your answers to Quiz@ArmpitWrestling.com. The first person to get all the correct answers to me will be declared the winner and have his/her name listed next week along with anything he/she wants to plug. Remember, once you win, you cannot win again for 3 more weeks.
Question #1
In 1990, Ric Flair was 40 and WCW management wanted the belt off of him. Sting was the guy Ric wanted to drop the strap to, and he did. Sting won the WCW title from Flair that year, at which PPV event?
Question #2
Speaking of Flair, there's a very famous story from the early 90s that truly showed WCW's lack of class. Gene Okerlund teased a hotline story about a fortysomething former world champion who passed away... but you had to call in and pay to find out who. They led you to believe it was Flair, but in reality it was Jerry "The Crusher" Blackwell. Blackwell was a good worker for a big man, but my guess is most fans who called in felt ripped off because they wouldn't know who he was. Blackwell was a world champ in which promotion? Hint: it wasn't WCW.
Question #3
Diamond Dallas Page stunned the wrestling world by not only becoming a great worker, but becoming a bonafide superstar with WCW and one of its most over wrestlers at one time. To add to the shock, DDP was over 40 when he hit it really big. DDP, who looks like he might have had some work done on his hairline recently (he does live in LA, after all), worked for TNA this year. Why is he no longer with TNA?
Question #4
Let's play "Name that wrestler." This man was one of the first wrestlers in ECW to get over huge. He was over 40 at the time, playing the role of a guy in his early 20s. He passed away a few years ago. He was something of a star in Japan under a mask during his younger days. He worked for WCW and WWE later on, due to the fame he achieved in ECW. He was a tag team wrestler. In many ways, his ECW gimmick was sort of a predecessor to John Cena's gimmick, but much more "street." Name this wrestler.
Question #5
Before the "Attitude" era, there was a miserable era in WWE called "The New Generation." While they marketed themselves as the new generation, their PPVs still featured guys like Jerry Lawler and Roddy Piper. Who is older: Lawler or Piper?
Question #6
At the height of Vince Russo's insanity, he booked a match in WCW in which a forty-something Jimmy Snuka would do a splash off the top of the cage on Nitro. Can you imagine booking something so dangerously stupid? Not only did it rough Snuka up, but the recipient of the splash received a concussion. Who was the poor soul who had to take this splash?
Question #7
The Fabulous Moolah is old. Really old. When she last held the women's title, she was in her early 60s. Anyone who became a wrestling fan during WrestleMania 3 remembers watching Superstars of Wrestling when they announced Moolah had finally lost her title. I remember Jimmy Hart screaming "This is unbelievable!" The year was 1987, and Moolah had been defeated. Who won the title from Moolah that year?
Question #8
Right when Dusty Rhodes left the NWA after Starrcade '88, he was still booking himself near the top of the cards. This was despite the fact that he was over 40, looked much older than that, and was totally out of shape. One thing I'll say about Dusty is that he aged well. I mean, he might look bad now, but he has looked this bad for a very long, long time. True or False: Dusty Rhodes actually wrestled AJ Styles in a TNA PPV main event.
Question #9
Perhaps the oldest active wrestler on the WWE roster is Road Warrior Animal. According the Warriors, they snacked on ______ and dined on _______. Fill in the blanks.
Question #10
Two guys we used to think were pretty young, but in fact are over 40, are Jim Cornette and Paul Heyman. Of the two, who is older?
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