On Monday, March 27, 2006 at 11:59 PM EST Welcome to this week's edition of the Armpit wrestling quiz. Since I write these quizzes about a week in advance, the hot topic in my head is the Saturday Night's Main Event show and the shockingly low rating it did. Of course, SNME brings a smile to anyone's face who remembers the 80s glory days. The NBC announcer would first say Saturday Night Live would not be seen tonight. My friends and I would then be bummed out. Seconds later, we'd hear, "Instead, stay tuned for Saturday Night's Main Event!" Our jeers immediately turned to cheers.
You see, back then, Saturday Night Live was hilarious and irreverent. Everyone watched and loved it. The '80s were fun: fun music, fun hairstyles, fun movies, fun TV shows, and fun video games that we played because there was no internet to take up our time. The '90s was the decade of depression until the dot-coms exploded and twentysomethings raked in huge salaries. The '00s are the decade of overpriced houses and fear of terrorism. But the '80s were awesome, and a big part of that was WWF Saturday Night's Main Event. And that's what this week's quiz is about.
Last week's winner:
Sean Weber, plugging his myspace account at http://www.myspace.com/hollywoodweber
Last week's answers: (Click here) for last week's questions.
-The New Rockers were Marty Jannetty and Al Snow (or Leif Cassidy).
-Jake is/was billed from Stone Mountain, Georgia.
-The "accident" with Hawk was when he fell off the Titantron.
-The battle of the full nelsons was between Hercules and Billy Jack Haynes.
-Loddy Doddy, we like to "party."
-Art Barr was known as both the Juicer and Beetlejuice.
-2 Cold Scorpio currently wrestles for NOAH.
-Shawn turned on Marty by giving him a great superkick and then ramming his head into the Barber Shop glass window. Marty bled and it was a very realistic angle. My sister was shocked when it happened, asking me "How did they make that fake?"
-As Johnny Polo, Raven managed the Quebecers (Mountie Jacques Rougeau and Jean Pierre Lafitte).
-"Road Dogg" used to be the "Roadie," managing Jeff Jarrett.
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. SNME had marquee matches, but they never "gave anything away" because the matches were always reruns from house show feuds that were drawing to a close. And in the 1980s, house shows were far more important than they are now. In what year did SNME debut?
Question #2
2. One of the earliest SNME memories was of a very large man getting married. This goes way back. Name this famous fat man who tied the knot.
Question #3
3. Who could forget the infamous steel cage match between Paul Orndorff and Hulk Hogan? Orndorff was possibly Hogan's best drawing opponent on the road, and revitalized house show business in 1986 after WrestleMania 2 ended up being nowhere near the media success WrestleMania 1 was. This cage match happened had a unique finish that has been copied several times since. How did that cage match end?
Question #4
4. On the very first SNME, who wrestled Hulk Hogan?
Question #5
5. One very frequent SNME match in the '80s was Randy Savage vs. George Steele. The matches were terrible, but this was Randy's first time in the national spotlight after years of being one of the top talents on the regional circuit. Very briefly, what was the gist of what Steele and Savage were feuding over?
Question #6
6. In any other promotion, the idea of a Ted DiBiase vs. Owen Hart match was something '80s wrestlings would salivate over. In the WWF, it was the Million Dollar Man vs. the Blue Blazer (at SNME #20). As the Blazer, Owen Hart was an exciting aerial wrestler who was quickly jobbed out as soon as all of my friends started to really get into him and his hot moves. What was the Blazer's finishing maneuver in the '80s?
Question #7
7. "Oktoberfest" was the theme of SNME #28 in 1990. Kerry Von Erich was the IC champ at the time, and Kerry's buddy Ultimate Warrior teamed up with LOD in the opener to defeat the three members of Demolition. What the... THREE members of Demolition? Yes. It was Axe, Smash, and who /*?
Question #8
8. After NBC dumped WWF programming, SNME resurfaced on Fox at the start of a very depressing year for WWF: 1992. Aside from Sid turning on Hogan, the show was known for the Jake Roberts/Randy Savage angle. What did Jake's snake do to Savage that night?
Question #9
9. The final SNME (before the one last week) occurred in late '92, and was notable for the incredibly shrinking physiques that resulted from the steroid crackdown going on in the WWF at the time. Seriously, go back and watch that show and see what wrestlers look like when they aren't on the juice. On that show, Shawn Michaels and his pot belly won the IC title by beating whom?
Question #10
10. Also on that final SNME show, newly crowned WWF champ Bret Hart defended his title. Unfortunately for him, he had no real contenders lined up for him that were a serious threat. On this show, he wrestled whom?
Security Code
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 "SHOCKMASTER." Any emails we receive that do not contain this code will not be eligible to win.
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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