Answer: The match was a time-limit draw
At "Clash of the Champions I", Sting and Ric Flair wrestled for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Flair's manager, J.J. Dillon, was suspended above the ring in a cage. Sting and Flair wrestled the entire forty-five time-limit without either wrestler gaining a decision. The five ringside judges declared this match to be a draw. Ric Flair retained the the NWA World Heavyweight Championship because of the draw.
From Quiz: Great Moments from WCW's "Clash of Champions"
Answer: Big Van Vader
In the fall of 1993 WCW Heavyweight Champion Big Van Vader was to start an angle with Sid Vicious. In October 1993 Sid was terminated when he stabbed Arn Anderson with a pair of scissors multiple times. The old reliable Ric Flair, now aged 44, was thrust into the angle and defeated Vader for The WCW Heavyweight Title at 'Starrcade'93". The late Ray Traylor aka The Boss served as the special referee for the "Superbrawl IV" match which Flair again won.
From Quiz: WCW The Climb & Close: 1994-2001
Answer: Eddie Gilbert
In the spring of 1988 Steamboat left the WWF after a successful three and half year run. In January 1989 he went to WCW where he was the surprise tag team partner for the late Eddie Gilbert against WCW Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair and U.S. Champion Barry Windham. The legendary Steamboat/Flair rivalry was instantly reignited on this evening.
From Quiz: WCW: The Early Years 1989-1993 Pt. II
Answer: Doom
Doom were Ron Simmons and Butch Reed. They were the reigning NWA Tag Team Champions when the titles were renamed the WCW World Tag team Titles.
From Quiz: The History of the WCW World Tag Team Titles
Answer: Arn Anderson
Arn Anderson was the NWA World T.V. Champion when WCW left the NWA, in 1991, so he was named the first ever WCW T.V. Champion.
From Quiz: History of the WCW Television Title
Answer: Lex Luger
Lex Luger was the NWA U.S. Champion, when WCW broke away from the NWA on January 1, 1991. He was then named the WCW U.S. Champion.
From Quiz: History of The WCW U.S. Title
Answer: Ric Flair
Ric Flair defeated Sting on January 11, 1991 for the NWA Heavyweight Title, but was recognized as the first WCW World Champion.
From Quiz: WCW World Title A Quiz
Answer: Jim Crockett Promotions
Ted Turner bought Jim Crockett Promotions, after Jim Crockett started having money problems, and turned it into World Championship Wrestling. Eastern Championship Wrestling would become Extreme Championship Wrestling and Capitol Wrestling Corporation would be the World Wide Wrestling Federation, which would become World Wrestling Federation and finally World Wrestling Entertainment.
From Quiz: WCW History Lesson
Answer: Arn Anderson and Larry Zbysko
Anderson held the tag titles with Ole Anderson and Tully Blanchard before becoming a member of the Dangerous Alliance.
From Quiz: WCW Tag Teams
Answer: Raven's Flock
Raven's Flock was formed in 1997 and played a minor part in the WCW. Raven was the leader and they could often be seen sitting at ringside on "Nitro". They then separated after Saturn, a former member, defeated Raven in a match for The Flock's freedom.
From Quiz: World Championship Wrestling
Answer: Lone Wolf
When Scott Hall had no allies, he was known as the lone wolf.
From Quiz: The World of WCW
Answer: 13 Times
Three more wins and he will beat Ric Flair at 15 time WCW Champion.
From Quiz: WCW Wrestling
Answer: Ricky Steamboat
Ricky Steamboat and Ric Flair both won a fall in this match. Ricky Steamboat put Ric Flair in a "Chicken Wing" during the third fall. Both wrestlers then fell backwards and Flair's shoulders were pinned for the three count. Steamboat won the third fall and the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.
From Quiz: Great Moments from WCW's "Clash of Champions"
Answer: Lord Steven Regal
"Lord" Steven Regal, then The WCW Television Champion, began to badger Larry Zbyszko week after week on WCW telecasts. Eventually Larry had enough and faced Regal in match where he scored an upset and defeated him for The WCW Television Title on May 2, 1994. Larry's reign was brief as Regal regained the title the following month, however Zbyszko proved he could still get it done when he had to.
From Quiz: WCW The Climb & Close: 1994-2001
Answer: "Rockit" by Def Leppard
When former NFL star Brian Pillman arrived in WCW his first entrance theme was "Rockit" by Def Leppard. Pillman was given a big singles push and by the fall was feuding with Lex Luger for the U.S. Heavyweight Title.
From Quiz: WCW: The Early Years 1989-1993 Pt. II
Answer: Michael Hayes
Michael "P.S." Hayes turned on Lex Luger during a tag team match and then subsequently defeated him at "Wrestle War'89'. Hayes' title reign was very short as Luger regained the title on May 22, 1989 and then immediately turned heel himself.
From Quiz: WCW: The Early Years 1989-1993
Answer: Barry Windham
Steve Austin defeated Bobby Eaton for his first title, lost it to Barry Windham, won it back from Barry Windham and lost it to Ricky Steamboat. He didn't hold it again.
From Quiz: History of the WCW Television Title
Answer: Dustin Rhodes
Dustin Rhodes became the champion on January 11, 1993, after winning a tournament to crown a new champion.
From Quiz: History of The WCW U.S. Title
Answer: Barry Windham
Lex Luger defeated Barry Windham for the vacant WCW World Title, at 'The Great American Bash' 1991, after Ric Flair left WCW for the WWE. Flair had left with the original 'Big Gold Belt', so Lex Luger was presented the new belt, with the words, WCW World Heavyweight Champion.
From Quiz: WCW World Title A Quiz
Answer: Starrcade
StarrCade was first broadcast on November 24, 1983 in Greensboro, NC and was under the Jim Crockett Promotions banner. StarrCade would later go on to become the biggest Pay Per View for the National Wrestling Alliance and then World Championship Wrestling.
From Quiz: WCW History Lesson
Answer: Shane Douglas
Douglas would later become the first Extreme Championship Wrestling heavyweight champion. Steamboat held the NWA World Tag titles with the late Jay Youngblood in the early 1980s.
From Quiz: WCW Tag Teams
Answer: Eric Bischoff
Eric Bischoff was put in charge of WCW after not being hired by WWF.
From Quiz: The fall of WCW
Answer: Scott Hall
Scott Hall, dressed in blue, come down from the stands and into the ring. He then proceeded to say that him and a mystery man were about to start a war on WCW. The following week, that mystery man turned out to be Kevin Nash.
From Quiz: World Championship Wrestling
Answer: American Nightmare
When Dustin Rhodes was a heel, he got a nickname like his father, except it was the opposite of the American Dream, the American Nightmare.
From Quiz: The World of WCW
Answer: Green
He is the green leprechaun of WCWO.
From Quiz: WCW Wrestling
Answer: I Quit Match
Ric Flair defeated Terry Funk in an I Quit Match at the "Clash of the Champions IX" event. Flair put Funk in a "Figure Four Leglock". The match received a five star rating from wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer.
From Quiz: Great Moments from WCW's "Clash of Champions"
Answer: Tully Blanchard
Founding member of the original "Four Horsemen" Tully Blanchard fought the cagey veteran Terry Funk to a double disqualification at "Slamboree '94". This would be Tully's last high profile match as he became a minister and began preaching to inmates in jails round the country. Funk, however, still had plenty of gas left in the tank.
From Quiz: WCW The Climb & Close: 1994-2001
Answer: Norman the Lunatic
Norman the Lunatic aka the late Mike Shaw was Teddy Long's very first managerial prospect in May 1989. Norman's gimmick was that of a mental patient who was basically good-hearted and meek. Long would constantly force Norman to do his bidding by taunting him with a key; a reminder that Long could have him recommitted. Thank goodness "The Skyscrapers" of Sid Vicious and Dan Spivey came along right after this as this was a bad gimmick for both men.
From Quiz: WCW: The Early Years 1989-1993 Pt. II
Answer: "Captain" Mike Rotunda
For years announcers had been singing the praises of Mike Rotunda and his amateur wrestling prowess. If I had a dime for every time Jim Ross said he was a Varsity Letterman from Syracuse University, I'd be rich. Well, in addition to that, Rotunda may have been on the rowing team because in the spring of 1990 he donned a Seaman Captain's hat in a lame face gimmick that could have destroyed his career.
From Quiz: WCW: The Early Years 1989-1993
Answer: Paul Orndorff
Paul Orndorff was 45 years old when he won the WCW World Tag Team Titles with Paul Roma.
From Quiz: The History of the WCW World Tag Team Titles
Answer: Paul Orndorff
Paul Orndorff defeated Erik Watts to become the new WCW T.V. Champion.
From Quiz: History of the WCW Television Title
Answer: 'Hacksaw' Jim Duggen
Jim Duggen substituted for an injured Ricky Steamboat. Steve Austin would try, unsuccessfully, to defeat Duggen for the belt on two occasions.
From Quiz: History of The WCW U.S. Title
Answer: Big Van Vader
Ron Simmons defeated Big Van Vader on August 2, 1992. He lost the belt back to Vader on December 30, 1992.
From Quiz: WCW World Title A Quiz
Answer: Lex Luger
Lex Luger was working without a contract for the World Wrestling Federation at the time. Sting and Lex Luger were really good friends and Sting asked Eric Bischoff to bring Luger into the WCW. Eric Bischoff offered Lex Luger a huge pay reduction from what he had been making, but Luger still signed to a contract with WCW and appeared on the very first Monday Nitro. Hulk Hogan had crossed over to World Championship Wrestling and Kevin Nash and Scott Hall would cross over in the following months.
From Quiz: WCW History Lesson
Answer: Scott Hall and Kevin Nash
In the WWF Scott Hall and Kevin Nash were known as Razor Ramon and Diesel.
From Quiz: The fall of WCW
Answer: The Warrior
The Warrior came back in August 1998 to fued against Hollywood Hogan. This was reminiscent of their 1980s WWF battles.
From Quiz: World Championship Wrestling
Answer: Bay City, Michigan
Dan Severn won the match by using the Dragon Sleeper.
From Quiz: WCW Wrestling
Answer: Doom
At the "Clash of the Champions X" event, the Steiner Brothers defeated Doom to retain the NWA World Tag Team Championship. As a stipulation of losing the match, the masked team of Doom had to remove their masks. Doom was revealed to be Ron Simmons and Butch Reed.
From Quiz: Great Moments from WCW's "Clash of Champions"
Answer: Terry Funk
Funk entered the ring and immediately offered his congrats to Flair and then attacked him viciously. The violent beating ended with Funk piledriving Flair on a ringside table. This attack not only made Flair an instant face, not only gave Funk instant heat but also immediately left Steamboat out in the cold. Steamboat felt this was management's subtle way of letting him know his main event run was over.
From Quiz: WCW: The Early Years 1989-1993 Pt. II
Answer: Butch Reed and Ron Simmons
Initially managed by the late Nancy Benoit aka "Woman" Reed and Simmons, despite good reputations were put under masks by the management. Upon losing a bout against The Steiner Brothers they were forced to unmask themselves. Within weeks of the unmasking Reed and Simmons had advanced significantly going from glorified jobbers to winning The WCW Tag Team Titles at "Capital Combat'90".
From Quiz: WCW: The Early Years 1989-1993
