Reported by Adam Martin of WrestleView.com
On Monday, December 8, 2008 at 2:28 AM EST

The Wrestling Professor sent this in:

Welcome to the Armpit wrestling quiz for Monday, December 8, 2008. This week we continue with Part 5 of our quiz on “Clash of the Champions.”

Answers from last time:

-Battling Sid Vicious in possibly the worst match of 1990 at Thanksgiving Thunder was Bryan Clark. Like Sid, he had the ultimate look but never achieved megastar status.

-Wrestling Flair at Thanksgiving Thunder was Butch Reed. He and Ron Simmons comprised a great tag team in WCW called Doom (managed by Nancy “Woman” Daus/Sullivan/Benoit).

-Flair’s opponent at Clash #14 was a young Scott Steiner. He was considered extremely muscular back then, but was tiny compared to how he looks now.

-At Clash #14, Missy and Paul E. had an arm wrestling match. Paul’s WCW feuds with Cornette, Missy, and Madusa were just great.

-Clash #15 featured Flair squaring off against one of the all-time best: Bobby Eaton.

-Arn Anderson and Larry Zbyszko were called The Enforcers. I speak for millions of wrestling fans when I say that I miss seeing Arn on television. He’s there, so why not use him?

-At Clash #17, Steamboat replaced Barry Windham. Windham, in storyline, had his hand broken by the Dangerous Alliance.

-At Clash #17, Rick Rude wrestled Sting and beat him for his US title. Remember when that belt meant something?

-On the question about Cactus vs. Hammer and the barrel of water, I was incorrect in stating it happened at Clash #17 (it was #18). In that match, getting the water treatment was WCW announcer Missy Hyatt. Cactus and Hammer did have a match at Clash #17, though.

-WCW’s rapping wrestler was PN News.

Here are this week's questions. No winners will be declared. We're just doing this for fun and to honor the forgotten world of wrestling history.

1. This quiz starts off 1992 with a bang. In WCW, it was a year of heavy changes. The first was Jim Herd’s dismissal and Kip Frye’s promotion. Frye was a Turner attorney who didn’t know a thing about wrestling, but the one thing he did know how to do was bid for high priced talent. WCW took a big step in looking major league at Clash #18 when this man made his non-wrestling debut.

2. I remember every match at Clash #18 like yesterday. This period featured a lot of great wrestling, with Paul E’s awesome Dangerous Alliance in great match after great match with good working babyfaces like Windham, Rhodes, Steamboat, Simmons, and Sting. This show was a setup for SuperBrawl ’92, in which Lex Luger would defend his WCW title. What was notable about Luger behind the scenes in the days leading up to the SuperBrawl match?

3. I told you it was the year of changes. By the time Clash #19 hit, WCW was an entirely different promotion. Frye was gone (he spent too much money and WCW was looking to cut costs) and Bill Watts was in. Even though Watts knew more about wrestling than Frye could ever learn in a lifetime, the product sucked far more under Watts. He downgraded production and the ring had this ugly blue mat. He slashed contracts and brought in cheap, passé talent like Barbarian and Danny Spivey. Top rope moves were banned. Still, Clash #19 was good. What was the theme of this show?

4. Clash #19 is famous for featuring the WCW debut of Chris Benoit. He teamed with Beef Wellington, one of his best friends. In a sad irony, Wellington died just days before Benoit did what he did, and it’s believed he didn’t even know about Wellington’s death before he took his own life. What dream team did Benoit and Wellington lose to that night?

5. Clash #19 may have featured the greatest number of top 10 workers of any show in history. Where /* can you find Liger, Pillman, Benoit, Malenko, Hase, Arn, Eaton, Austin, Windham, Rhodes, Steamboat, Rude, Gordy, Williams, and the Steiners? The latter four men finished off the night in a **** dream match that pitted four of the toughest, stiffest guys in wrestling against each other. Who won?

6. Clash #20 was very special, as it celebrated the 20th anniversary of pro wrestling on TBS. Legends showed up in limos all night, but wrestling was so in the dumps that this show has been lost in history. For nostalgia purposes, this show was held in what venue?

7. Just Brad Armstrong’s luck, his knee injury forced him to vacate the Light Heavyweight title at Clash #20, becoming the impetus for Brian Pillman’s first heel turn. What did WCW do that night regarding the famous ban of moves off the top rope?

8. The mighty main event of Clash #20 was an 8-man tag: Jake Roberts, Vader, Hercules, and Rick Rude against Sting, Nikita Koloff, and the Steiners. It was a good match, except one of the guys looked ridiculous. What gimmick was the late Hercules using during his brief stint with WCW at this time?

9. Clash #20 also featured the last U.S. televised appearance of what large wrestling legend?

10. We finish off 1992 with Clash #21 in Macon, GA. It wasn’t the greatest show, as the only memorable moment was Windham’s long awaited heel turn on Dustin Rhodes. Well, there was one other memorable moment. Very memorable, actually. What future star made his U.S. debut on this show, shocking the world with his incredibly awesome finishing maneuver? Seriously, I popped out of my chair when I saw that move for the first time, as did many of you.

Answers will be posted next time.

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