Early Jobs of Wrestling Personalities Quiz

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.