WWF General Trivia: 1963-Present Quiz

Answer: Rogers was recovering from a mild heart attack

Bruno Sammartino, "The Living Legend" defeated Buddy Rogers for the WWWF Heavyweight Title in a reign that would last seven and a half years. The reason why the bout was kept so short was that immediately after winning the WWWF Title in February 1963 Rogers had suffered a mild heart attack. To protect his health and to push the reputation of Sammartino as a tough competitor, the bout was made a squash.

Answer: Killer Kowlaski and Big John Studd

The aging Killer Kowalski and a young Big John Studd comprised a tag team known as The Executioners. The duo held the belts until November 1976 when they were stripped of them for using an illegal third Executioner, Nikolai Volkoff, in matches. Kolwaski, Volkoff and Studd; Three WWF Hall of Famers on one team!

Answer: Moondog Spot

In May 1981, Moondog King (aka Ed White) was detained in Canada due to problems with his visa. Literally overnight Larry Booker became Moondog Spot and was paired with Moondog Rex aka Randy Cooley to carry on Tag Team Title defenses. The team of Spot and Rex lost the belts to Garea and Martel in July 1981 but would team off and on as The Moondogs until 1992. Spot (aka Larry Booker) died in 2003 at age 51 from a massive coronary and Ed White aka King died in 2005 at age 56 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.

Answer: Mr. Curtis Hughes

Curtis Hughes served as the bodyguard for then Intercontinental Champion Hunter Hearst Helmsley in January 1997. Hughes was actually part of the final round of prospects of the legendary Verne Gagne and competed in the AWA during the spring and summer of 1990.

The following year in WCW he served as bodyguard for WCW Heavyweight Champion Lex Luger. In 1993 he had his first run with the WWF serving as bodyguard for Dr. Harvey Whippleman and feuding with The Undertaker. His last run came in the fall of 1999 serving Chris Jericho who jokingly called him "Curtis Huge".

Answer: Bret 'Hitman" Hart

The immortal Hulk Hogan was very fittingly, the first wrestler to win back to back Royal Rumbles, accomplishing the feat in 1990 and 1991. In 1995 and 1996 Shawn Michaels went back to back and by then the stipulation was in place that the winner of The Royal Rumble got a WWF Heavyweight Title Match at "Wrestlemania".

Although he failed in 1995 against Diesel, he succeeded in 1996 against arch nemesis Bret Hart. In 1997 and 1998 Steve Austin became the last wrestler to accomplish the feat, ironically Austin won the WWF Heavyweight in 1998 by defeating Shawn Michaels.

Answer: Eddy Guerrero, Dean Malenko, Chris Benoit and Perry Saturn

Dean Malenko, Perry Saturn, Chris Benoit and Eddy Guerrero made their WWF debut when they showed up ringside on a segment of "Raw" in January 2000. This really was the nail in the coffin for the rival WCW as the loss of these four talents really hurt their roster. The powers that be were left grasping at straws for the final fourteen months of the company.

Answer: X Factor

X Factor was established when Justin Credible, a longtime "Clique" member and good friend of Sean Waltman returned to the WWF in February 2001. Shortly later the massive Prince Albert joined the group and they were dubbed "X Factor". This faction lasted until the "Invasion" angle started in the summer of 2001 and Justin Credible joined his ECW comrades while Albert and Waltman stuck with the WWF.

Answer: The Rougeau Brothers

Jacques and Raymond Rougeau defeated The Hart Foundation for the WWF Tag Team Titles in their native Canada on August 10, 1987. The match was controversial because Jacques had used manager Jimmy Hart's megaphone to knock out cold Bret Hart and score the pin fall.

The decision was reversed and the titles given back to The Harts the following day. There are some that maintain the real reason for the reversal of the decision was that literally overnight the powers that be had decided to pair Tito Santana with Rick Martel as "Strike Force". Sometimes decisions in pro wrestling are made that fast.

Answer: The Tank and The Technician

The late, great Gorilla Monsoon really had a way with words and he often referred to the pairing of Cowboy Bob Orton and The Magnificent Muraco as "The Tank and The Technician". Muraco was very bulky and utilized a hard hitting, high impact style to win his matches.

He demolished his foes, He was a bulldozer long before Umaga was. Orton on the other hand was just about as technically sound as they come. Although a heel, aside from his one year angle with a cast on his arm, Orton very rarely cheated to win. Bob Orton simply out wrestled the opposition like Bret Hart or Greg Valentine often did. Two Greats and great tag team which in another time or different company could have been champions.

Answer: Terry Gordy

The late Terry Gordy who achieved his greatest success as part of "The Fabulous Freebirds" with Buddy Roberts and Michael Hayes was "The Executioner" in the fall of 1996. Gordy made his debut by attacking The Undertaker at 'In Your House XI: Buried Alive" in October 1996.

In December of that year The Undertaker defeated him at "In Your House XII: It's Time", Gordy left immediately afterwards.

Answer: Mordecai

Before portraying the blood sucking vampire Kevin Thorn, Kevin Fertig was religious zealot Mordecai in the WWE in 2004. The character had blonde hair, wore only white and would beg God to forgive not only the fans but the opposition for their transgressions. Mordecai's lone highlight was defeating Hardcore Bob Holly at the 2004 "Great American Bash".

Answer: Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas

Charlie Haas and his younger brother Russ had been making a name for themselves as a tag team in the WWE's development territories. Unfortunately the untimely death of Russ in 2001 left Charlie without a partner just as they were to make their debut. The surviving Haas was paired with Shelton Benjamin and two originally served as the lackeys for Kurt Angle.

The two teamed off and on with their final appearance coming in May 2009 on an ECW telecast.

Answer: Snitsky

In 2007, "The New Breed" formed in ECW and it consisted of Elijah Burke, Matt Striker, Kevin Thorn, Marcus Cor Von and very briefly a newcomer called CM Punk. The faction feuded against the team of Tommy Dreamer, Sabu, The Sandman and Rob Van Dam who called themselves "The ECW Originals".

Answer: Adam Bomb

Bryan Clarke who wrestled briefly in WCW in late 1990 as "The Nightstalker", arrived in the WWF in May 1993 as the heel Adam Bomb. Managed initially by Johnny Polo he later fell under the guidance of the sneaky Harvey Whippleman. Bomb's relationship with Whippleman began to sour when he was squashed by The Earthquake at "Wrestlemania X".

They parted ways soon after and Adam Bomb became a face for the last year of his WWF stint which saw him challenge Jeff Jarrett for The Intercontinental Title. In 1997 he went to WCW as Wrath and was repackaged in 2000 with the late Brian Adams as the team "Kronik". Together they held the WCW Tag Team Titles twice before the company folded.

Answer: Ted Arcidi

The powerfully built Ted Arcidi became the first man ever to bench press over 700 pounds in March 1985. This immediately caught the eye of promoter Vince McMahon who signed Arcidi to a contract in the closing weeks of 1985. Arcidi was no wrestler and his lone highlight was competing in The 20 Man Battle Royal in Chicago at "Wrestlemania II".

After a failed heel turn in the summer of 1986 Arcidi went to Fritz Von Erich's WCCW where at least he managed a three month reign as WCCW Texas Heavyweight Champion in the fall of 1987.