On Monday, May 8, 2006 at 11:43 AM EST Welcome to this week's edition of the Armpit quiz. That great promo by Joey Styles on Raw reminded me of what that guy is capable of. People unjustly accused Styles of being a lousy announcer because of his work on Raw. In reality, Joey was just in the wrong role. His talents weren't being utilized properly. Joey is best as a smart-mouth solo announcer in the booth, taking jabs at WWE and WCW. Whether Heyman fed him those lines or not is irrelevant, because when Joey did it, it worked. So just go with it.
ECW has a history of unique announcers. So why not do a quiz on them? This could be very hard, but we'll try to make it so that you don't have to be a hardcore ECW fan to play the quiz.
Last week's winner:
Only one person got all the answers correct, and he did not leave his name and plug, so I guess there’s no winner this week.
Last week's answers: (Click here) for last week's questions.
-Heyman took over as ECW booker in 1993.
-Sandman was "blinded" when Tommy Dreamer smashed a cigarette in his eyes with a Singapore cane.
-Sandman's manager in that caning angle with Dreamer was Nancy "Woman" Benoit. I gave ECW too much credit by saying that quote was from Oliver Twist. It was instead from "Animal House."
-Sandman's wife was named "Peaches." The greatest fan sign in the history of signs was from ECW Sign Guy. After Peaches got a very obvious boob job, he held up a sign that said "ECW Fruit Salad: Peaches with Melons." He even got a pop for that one when he held it up. I was in attendance that day, and my entire section gave him a standing ovation. No fan sign will ever top that one.
-Sandman's son was involved in an angle when Sandman feuded with Raven.
-Public Enemy's "final" ECW house show in 1996 was dubbed House Party.
-Ron & Don Harris were called the Bruise Brothers. Picture two giant Bruiser Brody clones without the talent.
-When Arn Anderson came to ECW briefly in 1994, he teamed with Terry Funk. At the time, when they did promos together, it was orgasm material for hardcore wrestling fans. Two of the best talkers and characters ever, teaming together for what may have been the first time. Just a dream tag team.
-Fans chanted "F*ck Sabu" when Sabu chose a Japan gig instead of an ECW gig after supposedly promising Sabu he'd be there. Heyman explained this to the live audience and succeeded in turning the fans against Sabu. This promo never aired on ECW TV, but part of it did air in the Rise and Fall of ECW DVD.
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. We're not calling this the "Dr. Keith Rule" again until Keith subscribes to Sirius satellite radio, which is an inside joke that should be kept outside, but we're putting it inside anyway.
Question #1
1. This is very early ECW. Before Joey hosted the show with the giant ECW logo backdrop on the wall behind him, he hosted the show with a headset on in this white room. Supposedly it was high above the ECW Arena, but we know the truth. There was a nickname for this little room Joey called the matches from. What was it called? (Hint: think birds)
Question #2
2. When ECW started making some waves, Joey Styles was gone for a very brief period. He was replaced by someone named Willie "Scoop" Watts, showing Heyman's bad blood with Cowboy Bill still ran deep. Willie was no Joey, but thankfully Joey returned quickly. Why did Joey leave in the first place?
Question #3
3. Maybe these questions really do require longtime ECW knowledge. Well, if people are going to chant "ECW" and get all worked up over the return of ECW, then they better learn their history instead of pretending like they were ECW fans all along. In one memorable ECW episode, Joey was joined in the broadcast booth by "Peter Senercia," who went by his real name and tried to do a different type of commentary. In hindsight, it was foreshadowing the job he holds today. Peter was, and is, known as whom?
Question #4
4. One guy I miss from the early days was this long-haired rocker fellow with a deep, raspy voice. He had a beard and moustache, and talked with a very thick Northeastern accent. His catch phrase was, "I’m sorry, I'm sorry, I'm NOT sorry!!" His segment was called, "______ in the House." Fill in the blank.
Question #5
5. Ok, let's get more modern. Who was Cyrus, and what was his "role" in ECW storyline?
Question #6
6. He started out as ECW timekeeper. Then he did some ring introductions in Spanish. Then he paired up with the Dudleys. Then he was heel commentator for ECW on TNN. In actuality, he was a rich kid from Brooklyn who dropped out of Cornell University to do ECW gigs for $40 a pop. It was a risk, and it paid off for awhile, but then it went bust. Well, perhaps he'll join ECW again and live out his dream of working for WWE. Name this man.
Question #7
7. What was the first PPV event Joey Styles announced that was produced by WWE?
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9. 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.
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