African American Stars of Pro Wrestling Quiz

Answer: Tony Atlas

Tony Atlas actually had a clean pinfall victory over Hulk Hogan. Hogan would not be cleanly pinned again for almost ten years, when he met the Ultimate Warrior at 'Wrestlemania VI'. Yes, Andre had a pinfall victory over Hogan in early 1988, but it was not exactly a clean victory.

Answer: Butch Reed

'Hacksaw' Butch Reed was given a goofy character when he arrived in the WWF. Reed's hair was dyed blonde, and he was dubbed 'The Natural'. Not long before going to the WWF, Reed defeated Ric Flair by pinfall. Reed was able to rebound from the WWF stint by returning to the NWA (soon to be WCW) to form Doom with Ron Simmons.

Answer: Ernie Ladd

Ernie Ladd was perhaps the first black superstar of pro wrestling. He and Bobo Brazil led the way for the likes of JYD, S.D. Jones (sorry, I had to make an S.D. Jones reference somewhere), and Ron Simmons.

Answer: Harlem Heat

When Harlem Heat debuted in WCW, Booker T and Stevie Ray were known as 'Kane' and 'Cole'. What if WCW had copyrighted the name 'Kane'?

Answer: 2 Cold Scorpio

2 Cold Scorpio carried Marcus Bagwell to a WCW Tag Team title reign. Scorpio was the first man in WCW to execute the '450 degree splash' and was one of the first wrestlers to execute the 'Tumbleweed' in North America. While in WCW, Scorpio had a (clean) pinfall victory over Chris Benoit.

Answer: Ron Simmons

On August 12, 1992, Ron Simmons defeated Big Van Vader to become the first African American heavweight champion. Ron's tag team, Doom (with Butch Reed), was the first team to be crowned the WCW Tag Team Champions.

Answer: Mabel

Mabel became 'King Mabel' by winning one of the first PPV versions of 'King of the Ring'. King Mabel would soon break away from his tag team partner, who he had knighted 'Sir Mo'. Mabel proved to have little drawing power during his (semi) main event push, which saw him wrestle Kevin 'Diesel' Nash for the WWF title at 'Summerslam' '95. Mabel made a couple of returns to the WWF in 1998 and 1999. Mabel's character soon transformed into the sinister and gothic Viscera.

Answer: Bad News Brown

Bad News Brown (or Bad News Allen as he prefers to be remembered) had a reputation of being a legit tough man. Many wrestlers admitted to being intimidated by him. Vince McMahon actually took the nickname 'the Ultimate Warrior' from Allen and gave it to 'the Dingo Warrior'. Bad News earned this nickname prior to joining the Federation.

Answer: D-Von Dudley

The first team to win all three of these tag titles was the Dudley Boys. Top tag teams the Dudley Boys defeated during their career were the Eliminators, New Age Outlaws, Edge and Christian, the Hardy Boys, Public Enemy, the Acolytes, Undertaker and Kane, the Gangstas', and the duo of Rob Van Dam and Sabu.

Answer: Booker T

On July 7, 2000, Booker T defeated Jeff Jarrett to become the WCW Heavyweight Champion in his first title shot.