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Pro Wrestling Titles Trivia Quiz

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A multiple-choice quiz by DiScOrD. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
DiScOrD

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
18,362

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Very Difficult

Avg Score
6 / 15

Plays
4788

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Question 1 of 15

1. Harley Race was both the first and the last person to hold which of the following regional championships? Hint

Missouri State Heavyweight title

Georgia National Heavyweight title

World Class Heavyweight title

Mid-South North American Heavyweight title

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Question 2 of 15

2. Back when 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin was merely 'Stunning', which wrestler ended his second WCW United States Heavyweight title reign? Hint

Sting

Big Van Vader

Mike Rotundo

'Hacksaw' Jim Duggan

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Question 3 of 15

3. The recently deceased Shohei 'Giant' Baba traded the NWA World Heavyweight title twice with Harley Race in 1979-80. Who did he beat to win the title the first time? Hint

Dusty Rhodes

Dory Funk, Jr.

Jack Brisco

Pat Patterson

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Question 4 of 15

4. The Hollywood Blondes ('Stunning' Steve Austin and 'Flyin Brian' Pillman) defeated which team for their only WCW World Tag Team title? Hint

The Steiner Brothers

Arn Anderson and Paul Roma

2 Cold Scorpio and Marc Bagwell

Shane Douglas and Ricky Steamboat

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Question 5 of 15

5. How did 'Big Daddy Cool' Diesel (Kevin Nash) lose the WWF World Heavyweight title to 'Hitman' Bret Hart at the 1995 Survivor Series? Hint

sharpshooter leglock

piledriver

second rope elbow

small package rollup

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Question 6 of 15

6. Who held the Smoky Mountain Wrestling Heavyweight title the most times? Hint

Terry Gordy

Tracey Smothers

'Dirty White Boy' Tony Anthony

'Primetime' Brian Lee

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Question 7 of 15

7. Who was Tommy Dreamer's first ECW Tag Team championship partner? Hint

Mikey Whipwreck

Raven

Johnny Gunn

Shane Douglas

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Question 8 of 15

8. How many times did the WWF World heavyweight title change hands in the 1960s? Hint

5 times

2 times

1 time

3 times

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Question 9 of 15

9. Many fans know that Tony Atlas and Rocky Johnson defeated The Samoans to win the WWF World Tag Team titles. But who did they lose the belts to? Hint

Adrian Adonis and Dick Murdoch

Tony Garea and Rick Martel

Brutus Beefcake and Greg 'The Hammer' Valentine

Mr. Fuji and Mr. Saito

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Question 10 of 15

10. Who won the most NWA United States Heavyweight titles in the 1980s? Hint

'Nature Boy' Ric Flair

Wahoo McDaniel

Magnum T.A.

Lex Luger

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Question 11 of 15

11. Which Japanese wrestler teamed with Road Warrior Hawk (Michael Hegstrand) to win the New Japan (IWGP) International Tag Team titles? Hint

The Great Muta

Masahiro Chono

Kensuke Sasaki

Hiroshi Hase

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Question 12 of 15

12. Who were the first United States Wrestling Association (USWA) Tag Team champions? Hint

Cactus Jack and Sheik Braddock

Rex King and Steve Doll

Robet Fuller and Brian Lee

Matt Borne and Jeff Jarrett

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Question 13 of 15

13. Which WWF wrestler swapped the USWA Southern title with Jeff Jarrett in 1993? Hint

Gangrel

Brian Christopher

D'Lo Brown

'Road Dogg' Jesse James

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Question 14 of 15

14. Held on June 10, 1983, the Harley Race vs. Ric Flair match in Missouri was what type of match? Hint

scaffold match

steel cage match

best two out of three falls match

thunderdome match

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Question 15 of 15

15. Who was the last American Wrestling Association (AWA) World Heavyweight champion? Hint

Nick Bockwinkel

Curt Hennig

'The Living Legend' Larry Zbysko

Mr. Saito

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Harley Race was both the first and the last person to hold which of the following regional championships?

Answer: Missouri State Heavyweight title

Harley Race won the final round of a tournament begun in March 1972 over Pak-Sung to become the first Missouri State Heavyweight champion. He won the title six more times before beating Jerry 'Crusher' Blackwell for his seventh title on August 2, 1985. The belt was abandoned six months later.

2. Back when 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin was merely 'Stunning', which wrestler ended his second WCW United States Heavyweight title reign?

Answer: 'Hacksaw' Jim Duggan

'Stunning' Steve was awarded his second U.S. Heavyweight title on September 18, 1994, when the injured Ricky Steamboat couldn't compete. He lost it the same night to 'Hacksaw' Jim Duggan, who was in turn defeated by Big Van Vader a little over three months later.

3. The recently deceased Shohei 'Giant' Baba traded the NWA World Heavyweight title twice with Harley Race in 1979-80. Who did he beat to win the title the first time?

Answer: Jack Brisco

Giant Baba beat NWA World Champion Jack Brisco on December 2, 1974 in Kagoshimi, Japan. He lost the title back to Brisco a week later in Tokyo.

4. The Hollywood Blondes ('Stunning' Steve Austin and 'Flyin Brian' Pillman) defeated which team for their only WCW World Tag Team title?

Answer: Shane Douglas and Ricky Steamboat

Austin and Pillman beat the duo of Shane Douglas and Ricky Steamboat on March 2, 1993. When Pillman was injured that August, Austin chose Lord Steven Regal as a match partner, and they lost the belts to Anderson and Roma.

5. How did 'Big Daddy Cool' Diesel (Kevin Nash) lose the WWF World Heavyweight title to 'Hitman' Bret Hart at the 1995 Survivor Series?

Answer: small package rollup

In one of the most entertaining finishes of 1995, Nash jobbed to Bret not because of a signature finisher, but with a 'schoolboy' small package rollup. A 'livid', obviously cursing Nash then attacked Hart afterwards.

6. Who held the Smoky Mountain Wrestling Heavyweight title the most times?

Answer: 'Dirty White Boy' Tony Anthony

'Dirty White Boy' Tony Anthony held the SMW Heavyweight title three times from 1992 to 1995. He defeated Brian Lee twice, then beat Jake 'The Snake' Roberts for his third title reign.

7. Who was Tommy Dreamer's first ECW Tag Team championship partner?

Answer: Johnny Gunn

Dream won the ECW Tag titles with Johnny Gunn on November 13, 1993. He and Shane Douglas (substituting for an injured Gunn), lost the titles on December 4 of that year to Kevin Sullivan and Tasmaniac(Tazz).

8. How many times did the WWF World heavyweight title change hands in the 1960s?

Answer: 1 time

Not counting the tournament final incepting the title, the WWF World Heavyweight title was only lost once in the 60s, when Bruno Sammartino defeated 'Nature Boy' Buddy Rogers by submission after less than a minute. Sammartino held the title uninterrupted until 1971, when he was defeated by Ivan Koloff.

9. Many fans know that Tony Atlas and Rocky Johnson defeated The Samoans to win the WWF World Tag Team titles. But who did they lose the belts to?

Answer: Adrian Adonis and Dick Murdoch

Atlas and Johnson lost the titles after a five-month reign to the tandem of Adrian Adonis and Dick Murdoch.

10. Who won the most NWA United States Heavyweight titles in the 1980s?

Answer: Wahoo McDaniel

Flair held the belt once, Magnum twice, and three times was indeed the charm for Luger. But Wahoo McDaniel grabbed the title on five different occasions from 1981 to 1984.

11. Which Japanese wrestler teamed with Road Warrior Hawk (Michael Hegstrand) to win the New Japan (IWGP) International Tag Team titles?

Answer: Kensuke Sasaki

Hawk and Kensuke Sasaki defeated Scott Norton and Tony Halme for the titles on December 14, 1992 in Tokyo.

12. Who were the first United States Wrestling Association (USWA) Tag Team champions?

Answer: Matt Borne and Jeff Jarrett

Borne and Jarrett won the World Class Tag titles from Cactus Jack and Sheik Braddock on August 11, 1989. World Class Championship Wrestling officially became the USWA on August 18, 1989.

13. Which WWF wrestler swapped the USWA Southern title with Jeff Jarrett in 1993?

Answer: Gangrel

Gangrel (David Heath), in his Vampire Warrior incarnation, won and then lost the title to Jeff Jarrett.

14. Held on June 10, 1983, the Harley Race vs. Ric Flair match in Missouri was what type of match?

Answer: best two out of three falls match

Race won his seventh NWA World Heavyweight title in a best two out of three falls match. Special referee Gene Kiniski counted a Race pin of Flair, a Flair submission of Race with the figure-four, and a split-second shoulder raise by Race in a double pinning predicament.

15. Who was the last American Wrestling Association (AWA) World Heavyweight champion?

Answer: 'The Living Legend' Larry Zbysko

Larry Zbysko won the AWA World title on April 8, 1990 from Mr. Saito. He was stripped of the belt upon going to WCW on December 12, 1990, and the AWA suspended operations shortly thereafter.

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