Early Jobs of Wrestling Personalities Quiz

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1. This wrestling manager was a vocalist in the band the Gentrys in the 1960's. A few years later this vocalist was asked by a former friend from high school turned pro wrestler named Jerry Lawler to serve as his manager. Who was this vocalist from the Gentrys turned pro wrestling manager?

Answer: Jimmy Hart

Jimmy Hart was a vocalist in the band the Gentrys. The Gentrys had a #4 hit in 1965 with the song "Keep on Dancing". Years later, a friend named Jerry Lawler who attended Memphis Treadwell High School with Jimmy approached him to manage his wrestling career. Jimmy Hart was inducted into the World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Fame in 2005.

2. This Tehran, Iran native served as a bodyguard for the last Shah of Iran. He also competed for the Iranian Olympic Greco Roman team for the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City. In 1972, he was trained by Vern Gagne to become a professional wrestler. Who was this wrestler?

Answer: The Iron Sheik

Khosrow Ali Vaziri, known as the Iron Sheik, was a bodyguard for the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran and competed as an Olympic wrestler for Iran before he became a pro wrestler. He was trained by Vern Gagne to be a pro wrestler in the class as Ric Flair and Ken Patera. On December 26, 1983, the Iron Sheik defeated Bob Backlund for the World Wrestling Entertainment Heavyweight Championship.

The Iron Sheik was inducted into the World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Fame in 2005.

3. This awesome person from Ohio dropped out of college to become a reality television star. He starred on the tenth season of MTV's reality television program "The Real World" in 2001 and multiple seasons of the MTV series "Real World/Road Rules Challenge". He then began training to become a professional wrestler. Who was the reality star turned wrestler?

Answer: The Miz

Mike Mizanin, known as the Miz, dropped out of Miami of Ohio University to join the cast of the tenth season of MTV's reality television program "The Real World" in 2001. After appearing on reality television for a few years, he trained to become a professional wrestler.

In 2011, he defended the World Wrestling Entertainment Heavyweight Championship against John Cena at WrestleMania XXVII.

4. He served as a Navy Underwater Demolition Team member during the Vietnam War. After leaving the Navy, he had an eleven year professional wrestling career and served as the color commentator for the first six "Wrestlemania" events. Who was this wrestler?

Answer: Jesse Ventura

Jesse Ventura served as a Navy Underwater Demolition Team member during the Vietnam War. He had an eleven year professional wrestling career in the National Wrestling Alliance, American Wrestling Association and World Wrestling Entertainment. He also served as a color commentator in World Wrestling Entertainment.

After leaving professional wrestling, he served as Governor of Minnesota from 1999 to 2003. Jesse Ventura was inducted into the World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Fame in 2004.

5. Before becoming a heavyweight champion in both World Wrestling Entertainment and World Championship Wrestling, this athlete played minor league baseball as catcher and outfielder. Who was this macho athlete?

Answer: Randy Savage

"Macho Man" Randy Savage signed with the St. Louis Cardinals organization as a catcher out of high school. Savage played from 1971 through 1974 as a catcher and outfielder in the St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, and Chicago White Sox minor league farm systems. Savage quit baseball to become a pro wrestler full time. Savage won the Heavyweight Championships in both World Wrestling Entertainment and World Championship Wrestling.

6. Before injuring Hulk Hogan in the spring of 1990, this former World Wrestling Entertainment tag team champion competed as a sumo wrestler. Who was this super heavyweight wrestler?

Answer: Earthquake

Earthquake, known as John Tenta, competed as a sumo wrestler before becoming a pro wrestler. Tenta competed under the name Kototenzan during his sumo career as won his first seventeen sumo matches. In May of 1990, Tenta, going by the name Earthquake, injured Hulk Hogan on an episode of the "Brother Love" show.

7. Before becoming a pro wrestler, former World Wrestling Entertainment superstar Bad News Brown competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics on the United States judo team in the heavyweight division. What medal did Bad News Brown win in judo in the 1976 Summer Olympics?

Answer: bronze

Allen Coage, also known as the pro wrestler Bad News Brown, won the bronze medal in judo in the heavyweight division at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Coage was the first American to win a medal in the sport of judo.

8. This World Wrestling Entertainment superstar was once a bodyguard for rap superstar Snoop Dogg. In 2011, he appeared on World Wrestling Entertainment television as Alberto Del Rio's bodyguard. Who was this wrestler?

Answer: Brodus Clay

George Murdoch, known as Brodus Clay, once served as Snoop Dogg's bodyguard. He signed with World Wrestling Entertainment in 2006 and trained to be a pro wrestler. In In 2011, Brodus Clay played the part of Alberto Del Rio's personal bodyguard.

9. Before becoming a pro wrestler, this member of D-Generation X served in the United States Marine Corps as a a platoon Sergeant and fought in Operation Desert Storm in 1991. Who was he?

Answer: Road Dogg

The Road Dogg served in the United States Marine Corps from 1987 to 1993 as a a platoon Sergeant and fought in Operation Desert Storm in 1991. He wrestled in both World Wrestling Entertainment and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling from 1994 to 2011.

10. He was an artist and disc jockey at a radio station in Memphis, Tennessee. A local wrestling promoter offered this young disc jockey some wrestling training in exchange for some free radio publicity for the promoter's wrestling shows. This disc jockey excelled in his wrestling training and blossomed into an iconic wrestling attraction of the Memphis wrestling scene. Who was this disc jockey turned wrestler?

Answer: Jerry Lawler

Jerry "the King" Lawler artist and disc jockey at a radio station in Memphis, Tennessee where he was discovered by local wrestling promoter Aubrey Griffith. Griffith offered Lawler some free wrestling training by Jackie Fargo in exchange for some free radio promotion for local wrestling shows promoted by Griffith. Jerry Lawler became a full time pro wrestler and became the top star of the Memphis wrestling promotions in the 1970's and 1980's. Lawler joined World Wrestling Federation Entertainment as a wrestler and commentator in December of 1992. Jerry Lawler was inducted into the World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Fame in 2007.

Source: Author workisboring

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