On Monday, December 19, 2005 at 1:26 AM EST Welcome to this week's edition of the Armpit wrestling quiz. There are weeks when I get so disgusted with this business that I feel like taking a hot shower for about 5 hours. Last week, after watching WWE blatantly exploit our troops overseas in that stupid Kurt Angle promo on Raw, the sleaze factor was cranked up so high, the knob fell off. Week after week, Vince McMahon has set new lows this year, all the while watching his audience dwindle away. We can only have nightmares about what 2006 will bring.
In honor (or shame, really) of Vince McMahon's lack of class, this week's quiz is based on a theme of, "The Disgust that is WWE."
Last week's winner:
Braden Byrne, with nothing to plug.
Last week's answers: (Click here) for last week's questions.
-When Jim Duggan was caught with drugs, he was traveling with the Iron Sheik.
-When Austin got in trouble for domestic abuse, he was still married to Debra McMichael. Well, that wasn't her last name, but that's the name most people remember her as.
-Hector Garza was dropped by TNA ever since he was caught with steroids.
-John Stossel asked David Shults if wrestling was fake, and got slapped so hard that he's partially deaf to this day. That was so wrong, but it still makes me laugh.
-The jobber who was paralyzed by Marty Jannetty is named Chuck Austin.
-The Sid-Arn fight occurred in England.
-Vader got in trouble for roughing up a talk show host in Kuwait.
-Mortis was managed by Jim Mitchell. Keep Mitchell in mind when you vote for Best on Interviews this year.
-Ricky Morton was arrested for falling behind on his child support payments. That's what happens when you go from making 6 figures to making a few hundred on indie gigs, and the judge is so cruel that he/she doesn't adjust the amount of those payments. This is such a crime. Note to wrestlers: DON'T HAVE KIDS.
-Most of you said you'd fire the guy if placed in the hypothetical situation I proposed.
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. That's our Dr. Keith Rule.
Question #1
When it comes to exploiting wars, nothing comes close to what WWE did in 1990 and 1991 with the feud between Hulk Hogan and Sgt. Slaughter. Who were Slaughter’s two sidekicks at the time? (You must use the names they were using at the time, although it’s okay if you don’t spell them correctly.)
Question #2
Just this year, WWE showed real class by poking fun at the deaths of Terry Gordy and Road Warrior Hawk. The remark about Terry Gordy was made by Edge just a few weeks ago on Raw. The remark about Hawk was on SmackDown. Who said it?
Question #3
Many were critical of WWE attempting to score high ratings by teasing an interview with Brian Pillman’s widow on Raw shortly after his death in 1997. Just think… WWE is doing dumb, stupid, offensive, and crude angles now. And they’ve got a monopoly. Just imagine if the Vince today were on the losing end of a war like he was in 1997. Can you just imagine?? Anyway, what was Pillman’s widow’s name?
Question #4
Kurt Angle ruffled some feathers with his remarks about the troops last week on Raw. Don’t blame him, blame the writers. The first WWE tour of Afghanistan was just days ago. The first WWE tour of Iraq happened during the holidays in what year?
Question #5
WWE gloated gleefully about Flair’s road rage incident, posting the pics for all to see on Raw. I wonder if HHH had done that, if they’d post his pics? Coincidentally, the Flair road rage incident is almost an exact copy of something Motley Crue lead singer Vince Neil did in 1995, although in Vince’s case, he was cracking from the stress from his 5-year-old daughter dying of cancer. Flair is probably cracking from some stress, as well. How many times has Flair been married (not including his current fiancée, obviously)?
Question #6
Here’s an easy one. Once upon a time, HHH pretended to have sex with a corpse, in one of the most infamous Raws ever. What was the name of this “corpse?”
Question #7
For those of you who thought Vince McMahon and his sentiment were sincere in the days following Eddy Guerrero’s death, well, all I can say is, you should’ve known better. Nevertheless, I do give Vince credit for giving Eddy both a second and third chance at employment after his relapses earlier in the decade (and much of that credit belongs to Jim Ross, who lobbied for him). This gave Eddy a chance to turn his life around. The last high-profile, televised match (they had many this year) between Eddy and Rey Mysterio happened on what show?
Question #8
Hulk Hogan will brag to everyone this year about how successful his match with Shawn Michaels was on PPV. He’s half right. It was also successful because WWE teased that Bret Hart would be there. In one sentence, describe the angle on Raw that teased Bret’s return at SummerSlam.
Question #9
Believe it or not, there was a minor uproar umpteen years ago when Money Inc (Ted DiBiase & Mike “IRS” Rotunda) placed magnets on Brutus Beefcake’s face. Yes, there is a back story to all this. Why did many people think this was so tasteless?
Question #10
Last question is a freebie. Tell us the most disgusting, tasteless, offensive promotional tactic you have ever seen or heard about. Everything is eligible, from the babyface push of Jose Gonzales in Puerto Rico to the Persian Gulf war exploitation.
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The Wrestling Professor
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