On Monday, February 6, 2006 at 12:06 PM EST Welcome to this week's edition of the Armpit wrestling quiz. Rather than enjoying a fresh, highly-rated, exciting Edge vs. Cena feud this year, HHH has decided he's done making babies and it's time for him to reclaim his throne as WWE's headline attraction. In order to do this, he has set up a tournament on Raw that he will win to earn a title shot. In honor of HHH's ego, this quiz is based on "Tournaments."
Last week's winner:
Mike Iles, plugging www.oklafan.com.
Last week's answers: (Click here) for last week's questions.
-Ted Turner was loyal to WCW because wrestling was his highest rated program on the Atlanta superstation when Turner started to expand his network. Out of this loyalty, he kept WCW around no matter how much money they lost. Then the AOL merger happened, and with Ted's power diminished and Russo's booking out of control, WCW was history.
-TNT stood for Tuesday Night Titans.
-AWA, WCCW, and GWF aired on ESPN.
-The Urban Wrestling Alliance aired on BET (Black Entertainment Television)
-Impact aired on FSN on Fridays, though its time slot did change in many cities because of pre-emptions.
-When ECW was on Spike, Spike was called TNN (The Nashville Network).
-FNN stood for the Financial News Network.
-In 1992, SNME aired on Fox.
-Of the shows listed, the one that never existed was WWF Main Attraction. But that is the name of a White Lion album, and White Lion was one awesome band.
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
1. One of the most well known tournaments to those of us who grew up in the 80s was the WrestleMania 4 tournament to crown a new champion. Randy Savage won the title that night, capping off a horrible show that went head to head with a kick-ass Clash of the Champions on free television. On that PPV, whom did Hulk Hogan wrestle?
Question #2
The other major tournament of the 80s was the Crockett Cup in the NWA. The year was 1988; what two guys (and best friends later in life) won the tourney that year?
Question #3
Which of the following featured an international tag team tournament?
A. Starrcade '89
B. Starrcade '88
C. Starrcade '87
Question #4
In WCW's dark days in 1992, there was an NWA tag team tournament on a Clash of the Champions special. Some future stars were in that tourney, including Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko. Who won that tournament?
Question #5
In the tournament mentioned in #4, whom did the winners defeat in the finals?
Question #6
Here's a question very similar to something I asked a few weeks ago, just to see if you're paying attention. Who won the WCW King of Cable tournament in 1992?
Question #7
Another famous WWE tournament is the King of the Ring. KOTR debuted on PPV in 1993, and was won by whom?
Question #8
In the tournament mentioned in #7, whom did the winner defeat in the finals?
Question #9
Would you believe the Bushwhackers had a ****+ match at the 1986 Crockett Cup? But they weren't called the Bushwhackers back then, of course. What were they called?
Question #10
If you were in charge of WWE, whom would you book to wrestle John Cena for the title at WrestleMania this year?
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12. In case you win, please tell us how you'd like to list your name and plug. Due to time constraints, you will not be notified if you win, and instead will have to wait until next week when the winning name is posted. If you're playing just for fun and don't care about winning, you don't have to answer this question.
Please email your answers to Quiz@ArmpitWrestling.com. Results will be posted next week. Thanks to everyone for playing.
The Wrestling Professor
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