Reported by Adam Martin of WrestleView.com
On Monday, August 11, 2008 at 4:02 AM EST

The Wrestling Professor sent this in:

Welcome to the Armpit wrestling quiz for the week of August 11, 2008. Before starting the quiz, I’m proud to announce that we were asked to write some wrestling quiz questions for the Howard Stern Show tomorrow. If all goes as planned, you’ll be hearing Howard read our questions to longtime wrestling fan and Stern Wack Packer Fred the Elephant Boy for a bit they have planned Tuesday morning. This is not the first time we’ve done this, as last year we wrote wrestling quiz questions for a bit with “Eric the Midget.” This is something I’m really excited about because I’ve been a hardcore Stern fan for 15 years now, and it’s a great feeling to be a part of the show. If you have Sirius radio (and this will also air on Howard TV), please check it out tomorrow morning and play along.

Summer is still here, so we now continue with “SummerSlam – Part 2.”

Answers from last time:

-The storyline at SS ’88 was that Ted DiBiase was trying to pay off ref Jesse Ventura to award the match in his favor. Ted would give Jesse cash, and Jesse would flash this greedy smile, leading viewers to question how unbiased Jesse would be. Simple, effective booking that worked.

-Just before the finish at SS ’88, Elizabeth stripped down to a bikini bottom, which distracted everyone and led to Savage and Hogan winning. Showing skin like that was extremely rare in those days, especially for someone usually covered up like Liz.

-After the match, Hogan did his posing routine and placed Liz on Randy’s shoulder. In doing so, the camera caught a glimpse of Hogan’s hand on Liz’s butt. It looked purely innocent, but Randy played the jealous husband in promos leading up to WrestleMania 5. It still remains the best work of Randy’s career outside the ring, and the match drew a ton of money.

-Honkytonk Man was supposed to face Brutus Beefcake, not the Ultimate Warrior. When Warrior won, the pop was huge because HTM had been champ for so long and people were really into Warrior.

-The WWF was invested in getting Zeus over because they had invested money in Hogan’s new movie, “No Holds Barred,” which starred Zeus as the lead heel.

-At the end of SS ’89, Brutus Beefcake cut Sherri Martel’s hair, but it was apparent Sherri was wearing a wig.

-Earthquake John Tenta debuted on WWF TV by being picked out as a “fan out of the audience.” He then splashed a jobber in the ring and became a top heel within a very short time.

-At SS ’91, Ted DiBiase and Virgil wrestled for the “Million Dollar” belt. This was the belt DiBiase created for himself and declared himself the champion of. It was never a “title” in the WWF, but in this match, it was up for grabs.

-At SS ’91, Sid Justice was a guest referee. He would be a top star in the company for the next several months, but people hated the name Sid Justice. He returned to WCW later under his old name of Sid Vicious.

-SS ’91 was held at Madison Square Garden in NYC.

Here are this week's questions. Remember, the new rules are that you no longer need to submit your questions, and no winners will be declared. We're just doing this for fun and to honor the forgotten world of wrestling history.

1. SummerSlam ’92 was the most memorable SummerSlam of all, even though it happened at a time when business was in the dumps. Because of the huge Wembley Stadium crowd and legendary main event, the Bret Hart vs. Davey Boy Smith match got all the attention. Indeed, the pop when Smith won was deafening and emotional, and truthfully, the money the WWF made in Europe that year saved them from further financial turmoil. Who was ringside for that match, with her facial expressions heavily focused on the whole time?

2. It’s a shame that the Randy Savage vs. Ultimate Warrior match gets overlooked, because they had an excellent match at SummerSlam ‘92. Savage also got an excellent match out of Warrior at WrestleMania VII, which shows just how talented Randy was when he wanted to be. What two wrestlers were ringside for this match, freely interfering toward the finish?

3. SummerSlam ’92 also featured an appearance by a future “Apprentice” TV show participant. Name the boxer I’m talking about.

4. SummerSlam ’93 has a famous back story to it: the Lex Express. That was the WWF’s ultimately unsuccessful attempt to turn Lex Luger into the next Hogan, and it just didn’t work out. Lex was a charismatic performer who at times drew some money, and at one time was even a pretty good worker. Still, he was no Hogan, and really, no one /* is either. Lex wrestled the late Yokozuna at this show. What two men managed Yokozuna at the time?

5. Ahh yes, SummerSlam ’94. The last PPV I got to see before leaving for college and not having cable TV access for an entire year. So of course it featured a ***** match, that being Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart in a steel cage. But that wasn’t the main event; Undertaker vs. Undertaker was. Who played the imposter Undertaker character?

6. What celebrity was brought in to “solve” the mystery of the imposter Undertaker at SS ’94?

7. SummerSlam ’95 featured a rematch of the classic Shawn Michaels vs. Razor Ramon ladder match from WrestleMania X. It was another great match, clearly overshadowing the forgettable main event of Diesel vs. Mabel. Don’t ask. SS ’95 was also notable as the final WWF TV appearance of Lex Luger. What did Luger do shortly afterwards that shocked the wrestling world?

8. There are two things I clearly remember from watching SummerSlam ’96. First was the Undertaker vs. Mankind match, which was unlike any match ‘Taker had ever been in before. What kind of match was it?

9. The other memorable thing from SS ’96 was Shawn Michael’s excellent match (Michaels had excellent matches the entire year of 1996) with Big Van Vader. Vader had been an awesome heel in WCW (perhaps the best, and only, positive creation from the Bill Watts era), so this was something of a “dream match.” What legend was in Michaels’ corner that night?

Answers will be posted next time.

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