The WWF in 1984 Trivia Quiz

Answer: The Wild Samoans

Hogan returned as Backlund's muscle for his one on one match against Samoan Samu who was accompanied by Afa and Sika. Eventually Samu was disqualified and Hogan proceeded to clear the ring of all Samoans. Just days later when Backlund announced he wouldn't be able to compete in his return match for The W.W.F.

Heavyweight Title against The Iron Sheik, Hogan was made the replacement. The rest is history.

Answer: The Magnificent Muraco

In his final contest for JCP, Piper fought nemesis Greg "The Hammer" Valentine in a brutal Dog Collar Chain Match at "Starrcade'83". Piper suffered a severe ear injury and in order for it to heal properly The W.W.F. made him a manager and gave him his own television talk show. Paul Orndorff, David Schultz and even the late John Studd was briefly managed by Roddy, Muraco was not however.

Answer: The Invaders

The fiery Latino duo known as The Invaders arrived in The W.W.F. in the early summer of 1983. They immediately became very popular due to their high flying, high risk moves which had never been seen before. This duo truly was an early precursor to the acrobatic "Luchadores" which became popular in the mid 1990's.

Answer: "Bulldog" Buzz Sawyer

Known wherever he wrestled as "Mad Dog", Buzz Sawyer used the name "Bulldog" during his brief stint in The W.W.F. The reason for this was because the legendary "Mad Dog" Maurice Vachon who was in his twilight days had just signed with The W.W.F. Out of respect for the great Vachon, The W.W.F. insisted Sawyer use a different moniker.

Answer: Dick Murdock and Adrian Adonis

While Atlas and Johnson made history as the very first all African American duo to hold The W.W.F. Tag Team Title, they actually despised each other. Johnson was a notorious ribber who was constantly trying to upstage Atlas during their matches. They lost to the rather makeshift duo of Adrian Adonis and Dick Murdock who would become known as "The Wrecking Crew".

The reason why Murdock was included is because Adonis's longtime partner Jesse Ventura could not get out of his A.W.A. contract in time.

Answer: Demanded Slaughter move aside so he could walk past him

In a televised spot the Sheik and his manager Freddie Blassie had just finished a match and were walking up the isle. At the same time Slaughter was coming down the isle for his preliminary match. The Sheik demanded that Slaughter move out of the way but neither man would budge. The two got into a scuffle and the stage was set for one of the bloodiest wars of all time.

Answer: George "The Animal" Steele and Mr. Fuji

W.W.F. Champion Hulk Hogan shocked the world by asking his dear friend "Mean" Gene Okerlund to be his partner in a match against Mr. Fuji and George "The Animal" Steele. Week after week hilarious vignettes were shown of Hogan training the out of shape Okerlund for the match. Hogan and "Mean" Gene did emerge victorious with Okerlund spending as little time in the ring as he had to.

Answer: 27 Years

Mary Lillian Ellison aka The Fabulous Moolah and been the reigning Womens Champion for twenty seven years up to that point. Moolah had won the belt on September 18, 1956 which was actually almost five years before the challenger Richter was born!

Answer: S.D. Jones

Longtime W.W.F. jobber S.D. Jones was Andre's partner in what would become known as "The Haircut Match". Late in the bout the heels managed to knock Andre into a semi conscious state and clipped off most of his trademark afro. While Andre was being sheared his partner S.D. Jones was being held at bay by Bobby Heenan. I guess Andre liked a buzz cut because in his final years he never attempted to grow his hair back out.

Answer: Torn ligaments in his knee

In a match at Madison Square Garden in August 1984 Valentine had succeeded in injuring the ligaments in Tito Santana's knee. Many maintain the match should have never taken place but rather then forfeit his belt, Tito chose to compete. He lost and had to have extensive surgery on the knee but did return and regained his title from "The Hammer" on July 7, 1985 in a classic Steel Cage Match.

Answer: The Legend Killer

After breaking Snuka's neck in MSG Piper began to refer to himself as "The Legend Killer" in fact he had a Tee Shirt made that said this. For weeks Piper bragged on television that he had ended Jimmy Snuka's career. First, Snuka's younger cousin The Tonga Kid arrived to defend his honor and by November Jimmy was back himself.

Answer: Brutus Beefcake

In September 1984 the very eccentric Brutus Beefcake made his W.W.F. debut. Wearing outlandish outfits the muscular Beefcake definitely was in a world of his own as he would parade around ringside and play to the fans while others wrestled in the ring. Initially Beefcake spoke very little and within weeks had hired the obnoxious John Valiant to be his manager and mouthpiece.

Answer: Eat a live Chicken

In one of the most hilarious segments of "Tuesday Night Titans" Blassie had Kamala's trainer the mute Kimchee bring out a cage with a live chicken. After the chicken emptied its bowels, to the amusement of Vince McMahon and Blassie, Kamala was asked to consume it. The following scene simply showed the savage Kamala pulling chicken feathers out of his beard.

Answer: Terry Daniels

The very first graduate of Slaughter's intense training camp called "The Cobra Corps" was none other than Terry Daniels. Making his debut in May 1984 Daniels would stick around for several months while being mentored by Slaughter. In he fall the two entered into a feud with The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff.

In early 1985 after Slaughter made his departure, Daniels left for a brief stint in Bill Watts Mid South Promotion.

Answer: An Arm Wrestling Match

For a long time Ventura had mocked Ivan Putski by mispronouncing his name and making light of his Polish heritage. Ventura succeeded in raising the ire of The Pole when he began to make fun of his strength capabilities. The two met in a televised Arm Wrestling Contest where Jesse violently attacked Ivan who was on the verge of winning.