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Quiz about Great Super Heavyweights in Pro Wrestling

Great Super Heavyweights in Pro Wrestling Quiz

A pro wrestler weighing over three hundred fifty pounds is considered a "super heavyweight." This is a quiz about some of the greatest super heavyweight wrestlers in pro wrestling history.

A multiple-choice quiz by workisboring. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
workisboring

Time
4 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
347,093

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Question 1 of 10

1. This first wrestler is considered the iconic super heavyweight in pro wrestling history. He is a former WWF Heavyweight and Tag Team champion. He won a battle royal at Wrestlemania II and wrestled in the main event of Wrestlemania III. Who is this super heavyweight? Hint

King Kong Bundy

Haystacks Calhoun

Big John Studd

Andre the Giant

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Question 2 of 10

2. This super heavyweight was a wrestler for the WWWF during the 1960s and 1970s. He had a famous in ring incident with boxer Muhammad Ali in 1976. He was best known for being a play-by-play announcer for the WWF. Who is this super heavyweight? Hint

One Man Gang

Haystacks Calhoun

Gorilla Monsoon

Big John Studd

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Question 3 of 10

3. Another super heavyweight comes from the Samoan Anoaʻi pro wrestling family. He won the 1993 Royal Rumble wrestled in the main events of Wrestlemania IX and X. He held the WWF Heavyweight championship and the WWF Tag Team championship. Who is this super heavyweight? Hint

Yokozuna

Umaga

Rikishi

Afa

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Question 4 of 10

4. This next super heavyweight enjoyed much global success in professional wrestling. He held championships in Europe, Japan, Mexico and in the United States. This amazingly agile super heavyweight had a violent feud with Cactus Jack in World Championship Wrestling. Who is this super heavyweight? Hint

Andre the Giant.

Bam Bam Bigelow

Big Van Vader

King Kong Bundy

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Question 5 of 10

5. John Tenta was a another super heavyweight finding success in pro wrestling. He was in the main event of Summerslam 1990 and held the tag team titles as a member of the Natural Disasters. What name did John Tenta NOT use? Hint

Earthquake

Typhoon

The Shark

Golga

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Question 6 of 10

6. The Big Show is was the first wrestler to win the World Championship Wrestling Heavyweight title, World Wrestling Federation Heavyweight title and Extreme Championship Wrestling Heavyweight title. Which movie did this super heavyweight wrestler play a character named "Captain Insano"? Hint

"The Waterboy"

"MacGruber"

"Knucklehead"

"Jingle All the Way"

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Question 7 of 10

7. The Great Khali is another super heavyweight wrestler who has starred in several movies. In which movie does The Great Khali not appear? Hint

"Zoolander"

"Get Smart"

"The Longest Yard"

"MacGruber"

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Question 8 of 10

8. Bam Bam Bigelow was a super heavyweight wrestler with success both in American and Japanese professional wrestling. Bigelow wrestled in the main event of Wrestlemania XI. Which football star did he face? Hint

Jimbo Covert

William "The Refrigerator" Perry

Lawrence Taylor

Bill Fralic

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which manager led the careers of such super heavyweights as Andre the Giant, Big John Studd and King Kong Bundy? Hint

Bobby Heenan

Mister Fuji

The Grand Wizard

Freddie Blassie

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Question 10 of 10

10. Before becoming a super heavyweight wrestler, Mark Henry participated in the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. In which Olympic sport did he participate? Hint

Wrestling

Weightlifting

Synchronized Swimming

Boxing

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Andre the Giant

Andre the Giant was billed as "the Eight Wonder of the World." He played Fezzik in the movie "The Princess Bride".

Answer: Gorilla Monsoon

Gorilla Monsoon was inducted into the WWF Hall of Fame in 1994. He won the WWWF United States Tag Team Championship once with Killer Kowalski and once with Bill Watts. He announced Wrestlemania I with Jesse "the Body" Ventura. His announcing partnership with Bobby "the Brain" Heenan is considered one of the best of their generation.

Answer: Yokozuna

Yokozuna had many successful relatives in pro wrestling including Afa, Sika, The Rock, Rikishi, Samu, Rosey and Umaga. Sadly he battled weight problems towards the end of his career and died in October of 2000.

Answer: Big Van Vader

Before joining professional wrestling, Big Van Vader, under his real name Leon White, had a successful football career playing for the Colorado Buffaloes in college and for the Los Angeles Rams in the National Football League.

Answer: Typhoon

Fred Ottman wrestled as Typhoon and while part of the Natural Disasters tag team. John Tenta used the names Earthquake and Golga in the World Wrestling Federation and The Shark in World Championship Wrestling. John Tenta also participated in sumo wrestling and played college football for the Louisiana State Tigers.

Answer: "The Waterboy"

The Big Show played a professional wrestler in the movie "Captain Insano" in the Adam Sandler movie "The Waterboy".

7. The Great Khali is another super heavyweight wrestler who has starred in several movies. In which movie does The Great Khali not appear?

Answer: "Zoolander"

The Great Khali does not appear in the movie "Zoolander"; he plays Turley in "The Longest Yard", Dalip in "Get Smart" and Tug Phelps in "MacGruber".

Answer: Lawrence Taylor

Bam Bam Bigelow faced Lawrence Taylor at Wrestlemania IX. The other three football players participated in the Battle Royal at Wrestlemania II.

9. Which manager led the careers of such super heavyweights as Andre the Giant, Big John Studd and King Kong Bundy?

Answer: Bobby Heenan

Bobby Heenan led both Bundy and Andre to main event matches at a Wrestlemania. Studd and Bundy formed a successful tag team while being managed by Heenan. Heenan also shared announcing duties with another legendary super heavyweight wrestler, Gorilla Monsoon.

10. Before becoming a super heavyweight wrestler, Mark Henry participated in the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. In which Olympic sport did he participate?

Answer: Weightlifting

Mark Henry participated in the Summer Olympics as a weightlifter in the super heavyweight division. He finished tenth in 1992 and fourteenth in 1996.

Source: Author workisboring

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