The Road Warriors Trivia Quiz

Answer: Eddie Sharkey

Mike Hegstrand and Joe Laurinaitis were childhood friends who after graduating from high school decided to work as bouncers in a local biker bar. It was there they met "The Trainer of Champions" the famous Eddie Sharkey. Sharkey who after a successful wrestling career of his own where he competed mainly in The AWA began training aspiring talents for the business.

In addition to Hawk and Animal the list of Sharkey's other students include the likes of Rick Rude, Nikita Koloff, Barry Darsow, The Warlord and The Steiner Brothers.

Not a bad resume, huh!

Answer: Crusher Lisowski and Baron Von Raschke

In the summer of 1984 Paul Ellering brought his red hot duo of The Road Warriors to the AWA where they promptly won the promotions Tag Team Championship. The Warriors took the AWA and the wrestling world by storm and it wasn't before long that they were considered the measuring stick of tag teams. Hawk and Animal would hold the belts for thirteen months until they lost a controversial match against Jimmy Garvin and "Mr. Electricity" Steve Regal.

Answer: Larry and Curt Hennig

The feud between The Road Warriors and The Hennigs stemmed from a televised incident where Hawk and Animal defeated Curt and his partner Steve Olosonoski. After winning the match they continued to attack their foes to prove their dominance. Not wanting his son to be used as a stepping stone Larry Hennig, now in his late forties, returned to the ring and became Curt's partner. Together father and son pursued the AWA Tag Team Titles but ultimately failed to win them.

Answer: Ivan Koloff and Krusher Khruschev

Now in the midst of a face turn, it only took Verne Gagne a whole year to realize the fans were gaga over this team, The Warriors fought at the 1985 "Great American Bash". Their opposition that night were the reigning NWA Tag Team Champions of Ivan Koloff and Krusher Khruschev and the bout ended in a wild double disqualification. Actually Ivan and nephew Nikita had won the belts but Ivan received permission from the NWA to have any combination of he, Nikita and Khruschev defend the belts.

Answer: Steve Williams and Terry Taylor

After receiving a bye in the opening round, the heavily favored Warriors defeated Mark Youngblood and the legendary Chief Wahoo McDaniel. In the next round they scored a disqualification win over the reigning NWA Tag Team Champions, The Midnight Express. Finally in the grueling tournament final they defeated the equally popular duo of Magnum TA and Ron Garvin to win the cup and the one million dollar prize money.

Answer: The Midnight Express

The feud between The Warriors and The Midnight Express, Dennis Condrey and Bobby Eaton, began as a war of words between managers Paul Ellering and Jim Cornette. Although no love was lost between the two teams things really heated up when Ellering slapped Cornette on television. Shortly afterward The Midnights attacked Ellering and The Road Warriors on television, leaving them battered and beaten. Hawk and Animal were out for revenge and got it at "Starrcade '86" by besting their foes in a "Scaffold Match".

Interesting note Hawk wrestled that match while nursing a broken leg and Jim Cornette fell off the structure and blew out both his knees.

Answer: Norman the Lunatic

On May 19, 1990, The Road Warriors wrestled in a six man tag team match at "Capital Combat '90" and their partner was the late Mike Shaw aka Norman the Lunatic. Their opposition on this night was Kevin Sullivan, Cactus Jack and the late Bam Bam Bigelow.

The Warriors and their buffoon of a partner were victorious and they immediately left for the WWF. Mike Shaw is best remembered for his 1993-1994 stint in the WWF as Bastion Booger; he died in 2010 at age 53.

Answer: Kerry Von Erich

On November 22, 1990 The Legion of Doom, as they were called in the WWF, joined then WWF Heavyweight Champion The Ultimate Warrior and then WWF Intercontinental Champion Kerry Von Erich aka The Texas Tornado. Together this formidable team faced Mr Perfect and Ax, Smash and Crush aka Demolition.

This event marked the final appearance of Demolition as a threesome, Ax left the promotion shortly after this match.

Answer: Sunny

After spending several years apart, Hawk and Animal reunited in WCW in 1996 where they feuded with Harlem Heat and The Steiner Bros. After failing to come to terms with Eric Bischoff on a contract they left and arrived in the WWF in early 1997. After losing the WWF Tag Team Titles to The New Age Outlaws, the duo were repackaged as "LOD 2000".

They added a third member in the ill fated Droz and were managed by the sensuous Sunny. Their angle which paralleled Hawk's real life struggles was that he was battling a substance abuse problem.

This was not well received with the fans and by early 1999, Hawk and Animal were gone.

Answer: Kane and Rob Van Dam

On May 12, 2003 Hawk and Animal appeared for one last time together as a team on "Raw" where they battled then WWE Tag Team Champions Kane and Rob Van Dam. Many were expecting the duo to make a big comeback and win the belts for a third time that night but it did not come to pass. Hawk and Animal were hoping to erase the bad blood and bad memories of their 1997-1999 stint where Hawk was frequently "unfit" to wrestle.

Not wanting to take a chance the usually forgiving Vince McMahon did not offer them a contract. Sadly Hawk died of a heart attack just six months later at the age of 46. Animal would return for one last run with the WWE in 2005 and dedicated that stint to his late partner.