On Monday, March 20, 2006 at 10:28 PM EST Welcome to this week's edition of the Armpit wrestling quiz.
First of all, here's a follow-up to my recap of the Hogans on the Howard Stern show. In the report, I noted that my satellite signal went out and I missed the last part of the interview. That's too bad, because I heard the replay and quite a bit happened after my recap ended. Hogan opened up about his childhood and upbringing, and talked about how poor he was. He said he almost got into football, and he's glad he didn't because he would've ended up broke, injured, and not famous. He also talked a lot about the Richard Belzer lawsuit from 1985, which was very compelling. This was the best part of the interview, and when this airs on Howard On Demand, I recommend you all watch it. Hulk had everyone in the studio hanging on his word, because the guy does have an interesting life and career, even without the lies and exaggerations. They had to cut the interview short because Simon Cowell was on the phone, and Howard and Robin were sad they had to wrap the segment up. This last part of the interview wasn't funny, but very interesting. Check it out if you can.
Second of all, please don't worry if you get an email from my host saying that my inbox is full. I'm getting all emails and quiz answers, so don't worry or re-send your answers. I have no idea why my host says the box is full, but since I make no money off my site, I have the world's cheapest hosting service. But we refuse to sell banner advertising or pop-ups, so it's a trade-off.
Thirdly, I want to point out Raven's appearance on Wrestling Observer Live last week. For all his vices, Raven is a smart guy who understands more about the wrestling business than most. His appearance on WOL was a thought-provoking, intelligent discussion about drugs, responsibility, and psychology. In honor of that conversation, this week's quiz is called, "Out of Control Partiers." This is a little easier than last week's quiz.
Last week's winner:
Joe, plugging www.angelfire.com/planet/fprwrestling.
Last week's answers: (Click here) for last week's questions.
-TNA debuted in 2002.
-The XWF star was the late Curt Hennig.
-UWA was the Urban Wrestling Alliance.
-It has been 4 years since ROH debuted.
-Paul Alperstein headed up the AWF: American Wrestling Federation.
-SMW folded in 1995.
-NWE runs shows mainly in Italy.
-Joe Pedicino headed up the GWF: Global Wrestling Federation.
-LPWA was the Ladies Professional Wrestling Association.
-The group I was talking about was MLW (Major League Wrestling).
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. Speaking of Marty Jannetty, he's a guy who was hired and fired multiple times by WWE. He was and still is very talented in the ring, which is partly why he was always given second chances. Back when the WWF was on fire at the box office during their first glory period, the wrestling matches were generally bad... except for the Rockers' matches. Marty and Shawn were a great team, and after they broke up, Marty came back years later as part of the New Rockers. Who was his tag team partner?
Question #2
2. Jake Roberts made an appearance on Raw last year, getting a huge pop despite looking haggard. If I were in charge, I'd do with Jake what VH1 did with Vince Neil: give him a makeover. Give him a nice looking weave. Throw him in the gym with a personal trainer. Assign him to a nutritionist or dietician. Put him in rehab to drop the nasty habits. Schedule him a facelift. Finally, give him back his cool, black leather biker clothes. After 3 or 4 months of teases, reveal the new Jake on PPV. Presto, an extra 50,000 buys. Anyway, Jake hails from what city in Georgia? (That is, he is always announced from this city, whether or not he really lives there or not.)
Question #3
3. Road Warrior Hawk could party with the best of them. Before Hawk passed away a few years ago, he "died" in WWE storyline. This was about 1999 or so. What major "accident" did Hawk have in that angle (which WWE never followed up on)?
Question #4
4. Hercules Hernandez was another big partier. We interviewed his daughter back in 2004, and for some reason she's mad at us and won't return our inquiries. We even posted his high school photos, proving that Herc was a regular guy like everyone /*, just much stronger. So strong, in fact, that much of the Chris Masters "masterlock" gimmick is based on Hercules' infamous full nelson. In the late 1980s, Hercules had a "battle of the full nelson" feud with what powerhouse wrestler?
Question #5
5. We recently lost Johnny Grunge, a very entertaining ECW wrestler who mutilated himself for us ECW fans many times over the years. Anyone who ever visited the ECW Arena back in the day remembers the Public Enemy and the wild brawls they gave us with guys like the Funks, Harris brothers, Pitbulls, Gangstas, and countless others. One of the Public Enemy's signature lines was "Loddy doddy, we like to _________." Fill in the blank.
Question #6
6. One thing I'll take to my grave is that I got to see the late Art Barr perform live at the height of AAA, back when he and Eddy Guerrero were the top tag team in the world. In AAA, Barr was the Love Machine. In Oregon, Barr used what ring name?
Question #7
7. While not as out of control as some guys on this list, one guy whose personal problems have limited his success is Too Cold Scorpio. For you newer fans, Scorpio made a Hell of a debut in 1992 when he debuted the 450 splash on a live Clash of the Champions special on TBS. He was one of the few bright spots of WCW TV during the Bill Watts era, as his roots go way back to the New Japan dojo with guys like Benoit. He has wrestled all over the world, and currently lives in Germany. Scorpio currently wrestles for what Japanese promotion?
Question #8
8. Brutus Beefcake has a checkered past, but due to having the right friends, has gotten many chances in the business. It also helps that he was one of the top babyfaces for the WWF in the late 80s, always getting a big pop despite disdain from newsletter fans (that's what "internet fans" were called before anyone knew what the internet was). Brutus suffered a horrible accident on the beach in 1990, but came back in 1991 as host of the Barber Shop. Without question, the most famous Barber Shop moment was when Shawn Michaels officially turned on Marty Jannetty in a very effective, hardcore angle (by 1991 standards). How did Shawn turn on Marty?
Question #9
9. Speaking of Raven, part of the reason for his deep wrestling knowledge is that for a short while, he was doing a little behind the scenes work with the WWF. When he was known as Johnny Polo, he managed what tag team?
Question #10
10. In the WWF, BG James was a huge star; by far the biggest of the Armstrong family. My favorite was always brother Brad, who gets my vote for most underrated wrestler ever. But Brian is the one who made it big as Road Dogg. Of the name "Road Dogg," the "Road" part stems from an earlier gimmick he had in the WWF. Explain that gimmick and name the person he was managed.
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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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This week's features: Nothing. That’s right, we had to take the week off because I was so busy at work and didn’t have time to write anything. But we do have a great guest column by Jimbo on how to be a WWE writer. Please stop by the site today.