On Monday, January 30, 2006 at 6:07 PM EST Welcome to this week's edition of the Armpit wrestling quiz. Last week's big news was the merger of two networks nobody watches: UPN and WB. Seriously, how many of us even watch SmackDown? Don't answer that yet, because there's a quiz question on it.
This quiz is based on "Wrestling and Networks," since wrestling has a long history on local television, network television, pay-per-view, and cable television.
Last week's winner: No name was given, but this person wants to plug www.portiaperez.com.
Last week's answers: (Click here for last week's questions)
-At Rumble '92. Flair dumped over Sid Justice to win the match.
-True, Hogan did a job for Arn Anderson on live TV. Since some of you thought it was a trick question when I said “clean job,” I accepted both true and false answers.
-At Havoc '92, the winning team was Zenk, Gunn, & Shane Douglas (not Erik Watts, like I had listed last week). And the crowd hated it.
-The first WCW match on WWE TV was between Booker T and Buff Bagwell.
-Chris Jericho's last WWE PPV match was against John Cena.
-The most recent PPV that featured Flair vs. Steamboat was WCW Spring Stampede '94. It wasn't as good as their previous classics, but at the time it was awarded ****1/4.
-Sting surfer was played by Eric Young. Crow Sting was played by Chris Harris. Modern day Sting was played by Monty Brown.
-Tully Blanchard wrestled Shane Douglas in that ECW snoozefest.
-Yes, the nWo was still around when Rock wrestled Hogan.
-By and large, most of you prefer babyfaces who don't act like babyfaces. What a shock.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
Boy did WCW luck out. They were owned by a wealthy guy with unlimited financial backing, who was extremely loyal to WCW but never paid much attention to the idiots who ran it. In one sentence, explain why Ted Turner always felt a loyalty to WCW.
Question #2
TNT. That's the network that housed WCW Nitro for 6 years. TNT is also the initials for the WWF program that preceded Prime Time Wrestling on the USA network in the '80s. Regarding the WWF program TNT, what did the initials TNT stand for?
Question #3
What one cable network did the following 3 promotions air on?
AWA
World Class Championship Wrestling
Global Wrestling Federation
Question #4
Within the past few years, one short lived promotion aired on cable TV called the Urban Wrestling Alliance. What cable network did this air on?
Question #5
When TNA Impact debuted on the Fox Sports Network, what day of the week did it air on?
Question #6
When ECW ran on Spike TV, it wasn't called Spike TV. What was it called? (Give the entire name, not just the initials.)
Question #7
When I was a young kid and flipping channels, I came across this wild wrestling program on FNN. I was glued to it, and learned later on that it was the Memphis promotion. Unfortunately, it only ran for a few weeks, back in 1988. It was fun while it lasted. What did the initials FNN stand for? (Note: this network no longer exists on cable today)
Question #8
NBC is a huge reason why the WWF soared in the mid and late '80s that few people give enough credit to. Saturday Night's Main Event was something that everyone remembers from their youth, and NBC gave it huge exposure. But in the early 90s, the NBC era ended for wrestling. In 1992, Saturday Night's Main Event aired on which network instead?
Question #9
How about those obscure wrestling shows that were the "B" level shows? Few people ever watched them, except for the hardcore junkies like us. Of the following show titles, which one never existed?
A. WCW Main Event
B. WCW Power Hour
C. WWF Mania
D. WWF Livewire
E. WWF Wrestling Challenge
F. WWF Main Attraction
G. WWF All American Wrestling
H. WWF Sunday Night Heat
I. WWF Shotgun Saturday Night
J. WCW Pro
K. WCW WorldWide Wrestling
L. WCW Saturday Night
M. WWF Prime Time Wrestling
N. WCW Thunder
O. WWF Superstars of Wrestling
P. WWE Raw A.M.
Question #10
For this last question, please tell us which wrestling programs you currently watch on cable television. For fans outside the USA, please tell us which wrestling shows you watch on a regular basis on any network.
Question #11
Please write down this week’s security code in order to verify that you saw this quiz on WrestleView.com. This week’s code is "TONY SCHIAVONE." Any emails we receive that do not contain this code will not be eligible to win.
Question #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
www.ArmpitWrestling.com
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