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1. Richard Fliehr was a shy and humble three-hundred pound athlete with brown hair when he trained under Vern Gagne to become a professional wrestler in 1972. After surviving an airplane crash in 1975, Fliehr returned to the wrestling scene with bleach blond hair and a new flamboyant "Nature Boy" gimmick. He wrestled for four decades and was a founding member of the Four Horsemen stable. Who was he?
2. The Minnesota Wrecking Crew was a tag team comprised of a combination of two members of the Anderson wrestling "family". Which Anderson "family member" from the Minnesota Wrecking Crew was not trained by Vern Gagne?
3. Richard Blood was trained by Verne Gagne and made his professional wrestling debut on February 15, 1976. Known as "the Dragon", Blood would have classic matches with Ric Flair in 1989 and with Randy Savage in 1987. Richard Blood was better known as what wrestler?
4. Vern Gagne trained Larry "the Axe" Hennig in 1956. Larry won the American Wrestling Association World Tag Team Championship four times between 1962 and 1967. Larry's son Curt made his professional wrestling debut on on January 30, 1980 after training under Vern Gagne. Curt Hennig would have success in World Wrestling Entertainment under what moniker?
5. This Texan trained under Vern Gagne in 1967 after playing football at football at Texas Western College. He competed in World Wrestling Entertainment in the tag team the Blackjacks in 1975 and in the tag team the Machines in 1986. His sons, Barry and Kendall, were also professional wrestlers. Who was this wrestler?
6. This Tehran, Iran native served as a bodyguard for the last Shah of Iran. He competed for the Iranian Olympic Greco Roman wrestling team for the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico. In 1972, he trained under Vern Gagne to become a professional wrestler. On December 26, 1983, he defeated Bob Backlund for the World Wrestling Entertainment World Heavyweight Championship. Who was he?
7. He competed as a weightlifter in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany and in the inaugural "World's Strongest Man" contest in 1977. In 1972, he also trained under Vern Gagne to become a professional wrestler. In April of 1980, he won both the World Wrestling Entertainment Intercontinental Championship and the National Wrestling Alliance Missouri Heavyweight Championship. Who was he?
8. In 1980, Verne Gagne trained a young man to be a professional wrestler after this young man finished his career as a Greco-Roman wrestler. This young man won the NCAA championship in Greco-Roman wrestling in the 100 kilogram weight class in 1975 for North Dakota State University. He also placed fourth in Greco-Roman wrestling in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada. Who was he?
9. Robert Remus trained under Vern Gagne to be a professional wrestler in 1972. Remus defeated the Ultimate Warrior for the World Wrestling Entertainment World Heavyweight Championship at the World Wrestling Entertainment's 1991 "Royal Rumble" event. A "G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero" toy based on Remus's wrestling character was introduced in 1985. Who was he?
10. After wrestling at the University of Nebraska and serving a stint in the United States Army, this athlete trained under Verne Gagne to become a professional wrestler in 1966. Once his career started, this wrestler adopted a "German" moniker and used the "Iron Claw" as his finisher. He would end every interview with the "Dat Is All Da People Need To Know" catchphrase. Who was this wrestler?
11. This professional arm wrestler had a small role as an arm wrestler in the 1987 film "Over the Top". He then trained to be a wrestler under Vern Gagne in 1989. He wrestled in the American Wrestling Association as a member of the tag team the Yukon Lumberjacks and in New Japan Pro Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling as a member of the of the stable the New World Order. Who was he?
12. Jerry Sags and Brian Knobs trained under Vern Gagne in the mid-1980s. They began competing as a tag team in 1986. The tag team defeated the Hart Foundation for the World Wrestling Entertainment World Tag Team Championship World Tag Team Championship on March 24, 1991 and held the World Championship Wrestling World Tag Team Championship three times from 1993 through 1995. Who was this tag team?
13. James Fanning, known as professional wrestler Jimmy Valiant, was trained by Vern Gagne in 1964. Valiant had a forty-one year professional wrestling career in various wrestling promotions in North America under several different monikers. Which moniker was not used by James Fanning during his wrestling career?
14. This former weightlifter trained to be a professional wrestler under Vern Gagne in the mid 1970's. After injuring his knee in a match in Georgia, he became a manager for the tag team the Road Warriors from 1983 until 1997. Who was he?
15. Two wrestlers trained by Verne Gagne formed a tag team called the High Flyers. The High Flyers defeated a tag team named the East-West Connection consisting of Adrian Adonis and Jesse Ventura for the American Wrestling Association World Tag Team Championship on June 14, 1981. What two wrestlers were the High Flyers?
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