Wrestling Personalities Mixture Trivia

91. Who was "The Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase's bodyguard Virgil named after?

From Quiz Secret Origins

Answer: The American Dream Dusty Rhodes

The character of Virgil was named after The American Dream Dusty Rhodes whose real name is Virgil Runnels, Jr. Bobby Heenan came up with the idea as a jab on Rhodes who was working for WCW at the time. Virgil Earp is the older brother of famous lawman Wyatt Earp and Gus Grissom is a famous astronaut.

From Quiz Name That WCW/WWE Champ!

Answer: The British Bulldog

The British Bulldog became the first holder of this title, beating Owen Hart.

From Quiz Deceased Wrestling Superstars

Answer: The Original Sheik

Farhat wrestled his last match in Japan in 1998. Farhat retired to his estate and he died on January 18, 2003 of heart failure at the age of 76.

From Quiz Monsters of The Wrestling Ring: Part 1

Answer: 13, Shawn Michaels

In Vader's debut, he eliminated four participants in the "Royal Rumble". After he was eliminated, Vader entered the ring and dismantled everyone. Vader semi-retired in 2002.

From Quiz Dead Wrestler's Tribute: Part 2

Answer: Two

Both Anthony Durante and his wife died from an overdose of homemade Oxycontin, and their bodies were found several days later. Their two young children were in the house at the time when their parents' corpses were found.

From Quiz Dead Wrestler's Tribute: Part 1

Answer: Father

The condition that caused André René Roussimoff's size, pituitary gigantism, also led to his premature death, as the congestive heart failure that killed him was a byproduct of the growth hormone secreting pituitary tumor.

From Quiz WWE Divalicious!

Answer: Chyna

Chyna's real name is Joanie Laurer and she made her WWE debut in 1997. She has won the WWE Womens' Championship and also the WWE Intercontinental Championship! She was considered a very dominant female wrestler - even taking on the male wrestlers in some notable matches!

From Quiz Women of WWE

Answer: Chyna

Chyna was also the first woman to win the Intercontinental Title. She has feuded with more male wrestlers than female wrestlers.

From Quiz W.W.E Superstars

Answer: Ric Flair

16-time World Champion Ric Flair lasted 1 hour 48 minutes to win the "Royal Rumble". He eliminated Superstars such as The British Bulldog, The Texas Tornado, Randy Savage and more to become W.W.F Champion.

From Quiz Whose Entrance Theme is That?

Answer: Lita

Lita is a two-time Women's Champion. "Lovefurypassionenergy" features on WWE album, "Forceable Entry".

From Quiz WWE Superstars Real Names!

Answer: Shawn Michaels

Shawn Michaels is one of the best known athletes in the WWE. He has won many titles including Intercontinental Champion and WWF Champion. He hails from San Antonio, Texas.

From Quiz Who Is This Person?

Answer: Rikishi

Rikishi is a cousin to the Rock, as well as the nephew of the Wild Samoans, Afa and Sika. He is part of the "Samoan Family" of professional wrestling.

From Quiz Ivan Koloff Was From Canada

Answer: Minnesota

Nelson Simpson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1959. Aspirations of becoming a football player were starting to fade for a 24 year old Simpson, when a meeting with Animal of the Road Warriors lead to an interview with wrestling promoter Jim Crockett. It was Crockett who decided to rename Simpson Nikita Koloff and bill the young wrestler as Ivan Koloff's nephew. Nikita quickly became one of the most hated wrestlers in the Georgia area, but as real life relations between the United States and the Soviet Union began to improve, Nikita became a good guy and was teamed with the popular Dusty Rhoades.

From Quiz Classic Wrestlers Finishing Moves

Answer: "Superstar" Billy Graham

Billy Graham was a former WWE World Champion defeating Bruno Sammartino in 1977. "The Bearhug" was his finisher throughout his career. Bob Backlund' s finisher was "The Crossface Chickenwing". He is a former two time WWE World Champion, defeating Billy Graham in 1978 and Bret Hart in 1994. "Hacksaw" Jim Duggen's finisher was "The Charging Clothesline" and he is a former WCW United States Champion, defeating "Stunning" Steve Austin in 1994. Tommy Rich's finisher was the "Lou Thez Press" and he is a former NWA World Heavyweight Champion defeating Harley Race in 1981.

From Quiz Recycling Wrestlers

Answer: The Headshrinkers & The Head Shrinkers & Head Shrinkers & Headshrinkers

The Headshrinkers, Fatu and Samu, used to be one of the premier tag teams in the WWF during the early to mid 90's. They were said to be from Samoa, and were always accompanied by their manager Afa. Fatu's signature move was a big splash from the top turnbuckle. Nowadays we know him as Rikishi (although Fatu is his real first name) and his new signature move is the Stinkface (where he uses his ample backside to smother his opponent).

From Quiz WWE Diva Search 2004

Answer: Julia Costello

The first event the divas had to compete in was seducing a surprise WWE legend. This "surprise legend" turned out to be Kamala. The voters were told to vote on who they thought seduced Kamala the best.

From Quiz Former Wrestling Gimmicks

Answer: John Cena

This was John Cena's persona during his very short stint with Ohio Valley Wrestling.

From Quiz Legends of the Squared Circle

Answer: Lex Luger

Elizabeth died in May 2003, from an apparent drug overdose. She was just 43. Elizabeth and Randy Savage divorced in 1992. After a second marriage ended, Elizabeth once again became involved in wrestling and became the manager, and real-life girlfrind, of Lex Luger. She was found collapsed in his home in Georgia.

From Quiz Wrestling Relations

Answer: Jimmy and Bret Hart

Rocky Johnson and The Rock (Dwayne Johnson), Bob Orton Junior and Randy Orton and Grizzly Smith (Aurelian Smith) and Jake Roberts (Aurelian Smith Junior) are all real life father and son. Jimmy Hart although the long time manager of The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart) is not related to Bret Hart . Bret's father Stu passed away in October 2003 at the age of 88.

From Quiz Legends of Wrestling 5: The Final Quiz

Answer: A Fork

He will use any object that he can, but his signature weapon is a simple fork. Abdullah has been wrestling since before even the Undertaker was even born. He has been in many bloody battles with everyone from Dusty Rhodes to Kevin Sullivan. His scars in his head are so deep that he can actually put pennies in them and they will not move. He mentioned that in an interview. He was said to be a very nice person outside the ring according to Mick Foley. Mick Foley stated in his first autobiography that Abdullah was traveling with Foley and his wife to a match. Abdullah was said to have held in a fart for over 2 hours as he did not want to offend Foley's wife. It may not be a big deal but that was nice.

From Quiz Legends of Wrestling

Answer: Polish Power

His finishing move was the Polish Hammer, which was a strong double axe handle to the chest. He teamed with WWE Hall of Famer, Tito Santana, back in the very early 1980s. His son, Scott Putski, had a small run in 1998. He had a feud with Brian Christopher. Ivan made his return to television and tagged with his son to take on Christopher and Jerry Lawler who are also father and son. Scott wasn't as successful as his father since he hurt his leg in the ring while wrestling Christopher.

From Quiz The Slammy Awards

Answer: Undertaker

Undertaker won the award for pulling Diesel from under the ring. Diesel and Bret Hart were wrestling in a Cage Match. Undertaker came from under the ring and pulled Diesel under. Bret Hart was nominated for going through a table. Jeff Jarrett hit Ahmed Johnson with a guitar from the top rope. Triple H was about to get hit with a garbage can, but put another wrestler in front of him to avoid it.

From Quiz Wrestling Gimmicks of the 1980s and 1990s

Answer: John Tatum

"Hollywood" John Tatum mentioned this throughout his stint in the Global Wrestling Federation (GWF), as well as how he could do 5,000 pushups and 10,000 situps a day.

From Quiz My Second Wrestling Party

Answer: Michael Foley

Mick Foley debuted June 24, 1985, and was an array of personalities such as Cactus Jack, Dude Love, and Mankind.

From Quiz Wrestling History

Answer: The Chi-Town Rumble

Ric Flair lost the NWA Championship to Steamboat on February 20, 1989, at the "Chi-Town Rumble" in a very good match.

From Quiz The Ultimate Wrestling Finishers Test

Answer: No laughing Matter

One of the biggest men to perform the Moonsault. Morris worked on the show "Tough Enough" for one season as well. The "450 Splash" is Juvi's finisher. "Rocker Drop" is Marty Janetty's finisher. "187" is Konnan's finisher.

From Quiz Deceased Wrestling Superstars

Answer: Lex Luger

She managed Randy Savage in WWF and shortly in WCW.

From Quiz Hindsight is Always 20/20

Answer: Sting

Sting finished behind Luger and Bam Bam Bigalow.

From Quiz Failed Gimmicks

Answer: Oz

This was the first of three appearances on Pay Per View as Oz for Nash.

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