Wrestling Personalities S-Z Trivia

1. What is Tazz' real name?

From Quiz Tazz

Answer: Peter Senerchia

Tazz' real name is Peter Senerchia. He was born on October 11, 1967. He is also fairly short for a professional wrestler billed as being 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) tall. Peter Senerchia was originally known as the Tazmaniac. The name was shortened to simply Taz during his tenure with ECW (Extreme Championship Wrestling). In the WWF/WWE (World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment), he added the second 'Z' to his name, most likely to avoid a lawsuit from Warner Bros. The other names belong to other former ECW superstars. Scott Levy was known as Raven, James Fullington was The Sandman and Mark LoMonaco was known as Bubba Ray Dudley.

From Quiz The All-American Ron Simmons

Answer: defensive tackle

Ron Simmons was a two time All-American defensive tackle for the Florida State University Seminoles football team from 1977 through 1980. Ron Simmons was named All-American during the 1979 and 1980 seasons. Ron Simmons was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2008. In 1988, Ron Simmons became the first defensive player in Florida State University history to have his jersey number retired.

From Quiz Jesse "the Body" Ventura

Answer: Eddie Sharkey

Eddie Sharkey has trained multiple professional wrestling stars including the Road Warriors, "Ravishing" Rick Rude, Tom Zenk, Bob Backlund, Jerry Lynn, Sean Waltman, John Nord, Barry Darsow, Rick and Scott Steiner, Madusa and Austin Aries. In 1975, Eddie Sharkey trained Jesse "The Body" Ventura.

From Quiz The Great Mae Young

Answer: The wrestling team

As a kid, Mae Young's brothers Fred, Eugen, Lawrence and Everett taught Mae how to be an amateur wrestler and encouraged her to join her high school's boys' wresting team. Mae Young also played on the national championship softball team from Tulsa, Oklahoma.

From Quiz "The Living Legend" Bruno Sammartino

Answer: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Bruno Sammartino was born in Pizzoferrato, Abruzzo, Italy on October 6, 1935. Bruno moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1950. He was billed as hailing from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania during his professional wrestling career.

From Quiz The Professional Wrestling Legend Lou Thesz

Answer: Saint Louis, Missouri

Lou Thesz was born Lajos Tiza on April 24, 1916 in Banat, Michigan. He moved with his family to Saint Louis, Missouri in 1919. He was billed as hailing from Saint Louis, Missouri during his career as a professional wrestler.

From Quiz John's Icons of Wrestling: The Von Erichs

Answer: Jewett

Jack's in ring persona, Fritz Von Erich was billed as being from Berlin, Germany. Jack however was born on August 16, 1929 in Jewett, Texas. Jack's family would later move to Dallas where the young Jack attended high school. Jack played football at Crozier Technical High School. Jack would excel at the discus throw as well. Jack attended Southern Methodist University where he would again play football. Jack would soon leave football behind and give professional wrestling a try. Jewett, Texas is located in Leon County. It was established in 1871 by the International Railroad Company. The area of Jewett is just over 2 square miles. Jack is the most famous person to hail from Jewett.

From Quiz John's Icons of Wrestling: Greg "The Hammer" Vale

Answer: Washington

Greg was born September 20th, 1951. He was born John Wisniski Jr. His father was a professional wrestler who went by the name Johnny Valentine. Greg had his debut match in 1970 in Canada. He was defeated by "King Kong" Mosca in five minutes.

From Quiz Sgt. Slaughter

Answer: Robert Remus

The man known as Sgt Slaughter who has entertained wrestling fans for many years was born in August 1948 and named Robert Remus. Immediately after graduating from High School Remus enlisted in The United States Marine Corps and eventually attained the rank of Sergeant. Remus also served as a drill instructor at the famous Parris Island, South Carolina boot camp.

From Quiz Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat

Answer: Richard Blood

The fantastic wrestler known as Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat was born in 1953 and named Richard Henry Blood. His father was an American man who made a career serving in the military. Shortly after World War II, his father married a Japanese woman and they had three sons. Ricky was the oldest and one of his younger brothers, Victor, also was a wrestler during the 1980s although he was not as well known as "The Dragon".

From Quiz Ultimate Warrior

Answer: Sting

In the summer of 1985 Jerry Lawler and promoter Jerry Jarrett paired Steve Borden aka Sting and Jim Helwig aka The Ultimate Warrior as the futuristic duo called "The Blade Runners". Green as hell and inexperienced they were quickly terminated due to sloppy ring style and purposely causing injuries. From their they went to Bill Watts's newly formed UWF where they served as the muscle for heel manager and wrestler Eddie Gilbert and his stable "Hotstuff & Hyatt International".

From Quiz "The Hammer": Greg Valentine

Answer: Johnny Valentine

Born John Wisniski Jr, Greg Valentine is the son of John Wisniski Sr. who wrestled from the 1950s to the 1970s as Johnny Valentine. Johnny Valentine was one of the most feared and successful stars of his era but was forced into a premature retirement when he became paralyzed in 1975. For the next twenty plus years his son would carry on the Valentine name with a tremendous career of his own.

From Quiz Test - Former WWF/E Wrestler

Answer: 6'6"

Whilst he would have been one of the taller stars in the WWE at the time, he would still have had to look up to the likes of Kane, The Undertaker and The Big Show and he is even billed as being one inch shorter than his old tag partner Albert.

From Quiz John's Icons of Wrestling: Barry Windham

Answer: NWA

Barry spent his career going back and forth between the WWF and NWA. It was in an NWA territory however that he made his debut. The match took place in Odessa Texas against J.J. Dillon. J.J. Dillon would later manage Barry as a member of "The Four Horseman". In the early days of Barry's career, he wrestled for Championship Wrestling from Florida. This territory was owned by Eddie Graham and was later deemed an WWE developmental territory.

From Quiz Zack Attack

Answer: Brett Major

He began on ECW as Zack Ryder. He and his partner, known then as Brian Major, defeated Marcus Cor Von and Matt Striker.

From Quiz WWE Superstar Sheamus

Answer: Squash Match

Sheamus made his debut in a squash match that night, defeating jobber Oliver John.

From Quiz Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat - WWE Hall of Famer

Answer: Matt Borne

Ricky Steamboat defeated Matt Borne by pinfall. This was the first of four consecutive "Wrestlemania" events that Steamboat wrestled at.

From Quiz Tito Santana - WWE's Matador

Answer: 1979

Tito Santana debuted in June 1979. He defeated Jose Estrada at Madison Square Garden.

From Quiz Test - Can You Pass The Test?

Answer: 1998

Test originally debuted as a bodyguard for the band, Motley Crew, who performed on an episode of "Sunday Night Heat" in October 1998. In December 1998 he aligned himself with the Rock and joined the Corporation.

From Quiz The Ultimate Warrior - Can You Feel The Power?

Answer: 1987

The Warrior made his WWE TV debut in June 1987. He defeated Terry Gibbs in under two minutes.

From Quiz Yokozuna - Banzai!

Answer: 1992

Yokozuna debuted in October 1992. He made his first Pay Per View appearance at "Survivor Series" 1992 where he defeated Virgil.

From Quiz Sting

Answer: March 20, 1959

Sting was born on March 20, 1959 in Omaha, Nebraska under the name Steven James Borden.

From Quiz Sgt. Slaughter The Real American

Answer: Robert Remus

His real name is Robert Remus and he was born on August 27, 1948.

From Quiz The career of... Al Snow

Answer: Midwest Championship Wrestling

Snow defeated Jim Lancaster for the MCW title on July 5, 1985, in St. Mary's, Ohio to be exact.

From Quiz Tatanka Part #2

Answer: Owen Hart

Tatanka took on Owen Hart, but lost via pinfall to the future "King of Harts."

From Quiz The Del Wilkes Quiz of Doom!

Answer: American Wrestling Association (AWA)

Del originally appeared in the AWA in 1989 as The Trooper. At the time, the AWA had a weekly spot on ESPN. The AWA folded in 1990.

From Quiz Tatanka Part #1

Answer: Christopher Chavis

Tatanka's true name is Christopher Chavis. He is of Native American decent, hailing from the Lumbee tribe.

From Quiz Let's Get A Bit Of Stratusfaction!

Answer: weekly fitness radio show

When she was young she was very good at certain sports. These included hockey, football and gymnastics.

From Quiz British Bulldog Tribute

Answer: Tom Billington

Known as 'The Dynamite Kid', Tom Billington's high flying ability complimented Smith's raw strength and power. The Bulldogs were multi-time WWF Tag Team Champions, until Dynamite's career was ended in the late 1980's with a crippling back injury.

From Quiz WWF Tajiri

Answer: Yoshihiro Tajiri

This great athlete's real name is Yoshihiro Tajiri. Apparently, WWF liked his last name so they billed him as Tajiri.

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