On Monday, November 21, 2005 at 11:58 AM EST Welcome to this week's edition of the Armpit wrestling quiz. Last week was really hard for all of us, but I think all the crying we did last Monday and Friday really helped everyone. Watching Eddy’s friends pay tribute to him on those shows also helped a lot, and it was a necessary step in the grieving process. This week, I hope we can be a little more cheerful and thankful for the memories and entertaining moments Eddy blessed us with. Eddy didn’t have a long life, but he had an incredibly full life rich with all the wonderful things every man wishes he could have. This week, our quiz is devoted to the life and times of Mr. Eduardo Guerrero.
Last week's winner:
Justin Ballard, who wants to plug his band Debris and their website, www.debrisband.com.
Last week's answers: (Click here) for last week's questions.
-Sting beat Flair at Great American Bash '90.
-Jerry Blackwell was a champ with the AWA.
-DDP isn't with TNA because he didn't want to put over Monty Brown, but eventually agreed to do so provided the finishing sequence was tweaked. TNA didn't like that and never used DDP again. That was the answer I was looking for, however I accepted if you wrote that DDP was busy trying to make it as an actor, since that is partly true as well and my question was misleading.
-The wrestler who matched my clues was Ted Petty aka "Flyboy" Rocco Rock.
-Jerry Lawler is older than Roddy Piper. Both actually look quite young for their ages.
-That was Jeff Jarrett who took Snuka's splash from the cage on Nitro.
-Sherri Martel beat Moolah for the title. As many of you pointed out, Moolah in fact held the title again in 1999. I had forgotten about that.
-True, Dusty Rhodes wrestled AJ Styles on a TNA PPV.
-LOD snacked on danger and dined on death.
-Jim Cornette is older than Paul Heyman.
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
Perhaps everyone’s earliest memory of Eddy Guerrero was when he was used as a prelim job guy for the NWA. In one of the best squash matches you’ll ever see, Eddy played his role perfectly in a 1989 TV squash, putting over their top heel at the time. Eddy took quite a beating and seemed to enjoy doing it. After all, he was putting over a fellow Texan. Who was this top NWA heel Eddy was putting over? (Hint: Notice I said “Texan” and “top heel.”)
Question #2
The NWA didn’t use Eddy’s brother, Hector, much better. What silly mid-card gimmick was Hector saddled with in mid 1980s NWA? (Though it wasn’t quite as silly as what Hector did for WWE in 1990, the Gobbledy Gooker)
Question #3
Los Gringos Locos would’ve been the greatest tag team of the 1990s had Art Barr not passed away. Their 1994 PPV match with AAA (jointly produced by WCW) gave Barr & Eddy a chance to showcase their talents for everyone /* to see. They churned in a match of the year that is remembered fondly to this day. What was the name of that PPV?
Question #4
The answer to #3 above is notable, because ECW used the same name for one of its own shows just months earlier. ECW threatened WCW with legal action. To shut them up, WCW agreed to “loan” some wrestlers to ECW for a show at the bingo hall. I was lucky enough to be front row at this show, in November of 1994. WCW loaned Brian Pillman (subbing for Steve Austin), Sherri Martel, and Kevin Sullivan. True or false: After the AAA PPV show, Paul Heyman immediately called Dave Meltzer and asked him whom he could contact in order to bring Art Barr & Eddy Guerrero to ECW.
Question #5
The “Malenko-Guerrero Classic” was as important to ECW’s growth in 1995 as the Samoa Joe-Kenta Kobashi match was to ROH’s growth in 2005. It lived up to the hype, and Heyman marketed the feud brilliantly. In fact, he devoted one hour-long TV show to their final match that remains a masterpiece, and TNA should learn from it. The feud worked so well that it helped ECW grow out of their stronghold markets. What Southeastern state was ECW really beginning to grow in during this time? (Hint: It was because their TV show aired on the Sunshine network.)
Question #6
It was one of the best TV shows ever: The Arn Anderson “retirement” speech on Nitro in August of 1997. I just finished up my summer internship and went back to finish my senior year in college, and had 2 weeks to spend before class started. I was in heaven. Nitro was so incredibly awesome back then, and everyone reading this knows why. After Arn made his legendary “my spot” speech to Curt Hennig, the crowd was red hot and ready to pop for anything. The match that followed immediately after involved our man Eddy G. Eddy worked his ass off to get over a member of the 4 Horsemen after a very emotional interview with Arn. This match is memorable simply because it followed that speech. What Horsemen member did Eddy put over in this match?
Question #7
A perfect example of how hot WCW’s undercards were at the time was Eddy Guerrero vs. Rey Msyterio from Halloween Havoc ’97. It was possibly the best match in WCW post-’89 history. What was the stipulation of this match?
Question #8
In a strange Nitro interview years back, Eddy threw coffee on himself. He was referring to a story that was very inside at the time (and still is). But this quiz is aimed at insider wrestling fans, so you should know the answer. In that famous heated incident, who threw coffee at Eddy Guerrero backstage at WCW? (Technically, this person threw coffee at the wall, not at Eddy.)
Question #9
In one of Jim Ross’ “Ross Reports” from around 2001 or so, he simply wrote a sentence out of nowhere. “Eddy Guerrero is amazing.” And he was right. JR was referring to Eddy’s recent ladder match on Raw, back in his mullet days (man, I miss mullets). The match featured one of Eddy’s favorite spots, where he is climbing the ladder the same time his opponent is climbing it, and then he leaps over him real high and does a sunset flip off the ladder. It requires impeccable precision and timing, and in this match, Eddy hit it absolutely perfectly. Whom was Eddy wrestling in this match? (Hint: this wrestler is still with WWE, though currently sitting out an injury.)
Question #10
Lastly, one of Eddy’s most shining moments was when he won the WWE title from Brock Lesnar in 2004. In what building (city and state are acceptable, too) did this happen in?
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This week's features: The Armpit remembers Eddy Guerrero: our top 10 Eddy memories re-visited. Also, some other Eddy tributes from guest columnists. Then our TNA "supermark" gets shunned by Petey Williams, and another correspondent gives us the "not necessarily" Impact taping results from last week. We also debut the Armpit message board. Please stop by the site today.