On Monday, May 15, 2006 at 3:57 PM EST Welcome to this week's edition of the Armpit quiz. Will the heel turn by Mick Foley work? Too soon to say, but the answer will depend on whether or not Mick has control over his promos and angles. The current WWE writing team does not understand wrestling, but Mick does. It will be fun to see it unfold, but the truth is that Mick was stale. He had become an overweight, underdressed, left-wing, kid-loving pansy. He still could crank out hardcore matches, but it was never about that. Mick's career peak was also when his ring style was at its softest. It's all about the character, and that is Mick's domain. If he turned heel in ECW, he can turn heel in WWE.
So it seems the time is ripe for a quiz on "Heel Turns."
Last week's winner:
Jammie “Shaqdog” Ward.
Last week's answers: (Click here) for last week's questions.
-Joey Styles called matches from the "Eagle's Nest."
-Joey left ECW many years ago because the voiceovers were interfering with his day job. The hours and commute were killing him, but they eventually worked it out. Thank goodness.
-Peter Senercia is/was Taz/Tazz.
-Filling in the blank, we have "Matty in the House." Very few of you got this, which surprised me. I guess the thousands of people who watched ECW in 1993/1994 are no longer around.
-Cyrus was a network executive supposedly from TNN, who tried to censor everything ECW. Seems like every TV show open was Cyrus arguing with Joel Gertner. In TNA, Cyrus cut his hair and looked absolutely ridiculous.
-The man we spoke of was Joel Gertner. He's the perfect example of why you should all finish college, but if he makes it big with the new ECW, I'll eat my words.
-The first PPV event Joey Styles announced for WWE was ECW One Night Stand ‘05. Some of you thought it was a trick question because technically WWE was financially supporting several ECW PPVs when ECW was still alive. Because of that, I accepted those answers too.
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. One of the most successful heel turns of all-time was Hulk Hogan's in WCW in 1996. Name the PPV this happened on, and name the man Hogan leg-dropped to officially turn heel.
Question #2
2. Going back a bit in time, Ole Anderson did the definitive heel turn in Atlanta in a very famous cage match. The turn was incredibly heated and the promos in the following weeks were vintage Ole. Ole has a lot of negative qualities, but promo ability is not one of them. In this awesome angle, Ole turned heel on whom?
Question #3
3. More Ole. In another great promo, he turned his group heel again in 1990 when he kicked what wrestler out of the 4 Horsemen?
Question #4
4. Austin is perhaps the most successful babyface ever, depending on how you measure success. But as a heel, business collapsed. Austin turned heel in 2001 at what PPV event?
Question #5
5. We can't do a quiz on heel turns without mentioning Terry Funk. After Ric Flair and Rick Steamboat had perhaps the greatest match I've ever seen at WrestleWar '89, Terry Funk attacked Flair and "broke his neck." What was Funk's role during the Flair-Steamboat match?
Question #6
6. Yet another ultra-successful heel turn was Randy Savage's break-up with Hulk Hogan on the NBC Main Event show in 1989. In one funny promo, Savage accused Hogan of having lust for Elizabeth and then showed a clip of Hogan "grabbing" Elizabeth's butt when he hoisted her on Randy's shoulders several months prior. It's amazing what long-term planning can do. At what PPV event in 1988 did Hogan allegedly place his hand on Liz's rump? (Hint: It was during a post-match celebration)
Question #7
7. In the late 1990s, longtime babyface Dusty Rhodes turned heel and joined what heel group?
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Please email your answers to Quiz@ArmpitWrestling.com. Results will be posted next week. Thanks to everyone for playing.
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This week's features: We’re going on hiatus for several weeks, thanks to a new job I’m starting this week. Because of that, there are no new updates, but we will continue doing this quiz. We do have part 3 of Jimbo’s experience as a backyard wrestler, so please do stop by the site today.