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WEDNESDAY TRIVIA: Can you answer five questions correctly about real injuries in pro wrestling?
Jan 2, 2008 - 11:42:40 AM


By Ian Hunter, PWTorch contributor

I spit in the face, of people who don't know the past. Ian Hunter here, walking on out to that Caribbean beat, apple in hand. Why oh why must Carlito wear his hair like that? I recently checked out some footage on YouTube of Carlito getting his head busted open against a camera during a match. That's right, real pain, not a scripted hit. So inspired by the image of gushing blood and frustration, this week's trivia is going to be about real injuries. But first, we need to answer last week's questions.

1: C. A lot of you guessed OMEGA, which was one of the last names the organization went under. But the first name they used was the Trampoline Wrestling Federation.

2: C. Yes, it was Terri. She ran the Terri Invitational Tournament. That's right, the T.I.T. You can imagine how much fun Lawler had announcing that one.

3: A. The two fought over the Intercontinental Championship, with Jeff winning it once for almost a week before Hunter took it back.

4: A. Hardy got a shot at it twice in 2004. Once on the September 8th PPV and again at the November 7th PPV.

5: D. A splash of yellow first, followed by a bit of blue. Supposedly to make Johnny green with envy. Too bad the color didn't come out that way.

We had four winners last week, but only three gave us their real names. And I'm sorry, but I'm not posting you 20+ character nicknames you assign yourselves in email. If you're not willing to have your name posted, I'm not giving your nickname the credit. So the three others that won were Don Joyner, Matt Allen, and Carole Linsky. Answer the questions and email your answers to TorchTrivia@gmail.com. We’ll post the names of those who got ALL FIVE correct. Good luck to you all.



1. Eric Kulas. Better know to wrestling fans as Mass Transit. A high school kid dressed as a Pennsylvania bus driver who passed himself off as a 19 year old with his father to back him up, went in and competed in a match for ECW in late 1996. He and his partner took on The Gangstas in what was to become a very bloody match. Before the match Kulas was told he would need to blade himself, but since he had no experience doing it he asked New Jack to do it for him. During the match New Jack cut him in the forehead too deep with an Exacto knife and the kid gushed all over the ring. With his dad screaming from outside, they stopped the match and New Jack went into character on camera about how extreme they were. Paul Heyman told a local reporter afterward that Kulas was give "an initiation" and it wasn't a big deal. The incident would keep ECW off PPV for another six months, while the family sued the company and lost due to submitting false information to the court. Our question to you, who was Mass Transit's partner?

A: Balls Mahoney
B: Lance Storm
C: Jerry Lynn
D: Axl Rotten
E: D-Von Dudley

2. Probably one of the more prolific injuries during the Attitude era was that of Darren Drozdov. On October 9th, 1999 Droz was set to take on D-Lo Brown for (and from some reports win) the European Championship on an episode of Smackdown. During the match D-Lo performed a move that would end up fracturing two disks in Droz's neck. He was rushed to surgery for 9 hours, but the damage was done and it left him a quadriplegic. Since Smackdown is taped, the footage was omitted and by many accounts was immediately destroyed except for one copy, which was apparently used by the WWF for a "Don't Try This At Home" ad. Droz later talked about it and admitted that he couldn't save himself and that it wasn't all D-Lo's fault. What was the move D-Lo did?

A: Frog Splash
B: Running Powerbomb
C: Sitdown Reverse Piledriver
D: Spun Reverse Powerbomb
E: Reverse DDT

3. Brock Lesnar. Pushed by the WWE faster than any star before him, you could see his championship win at Wrestlemania XIX from miles away. But many criticize he was given the push too soon and his short time in development made him a danger in the ring. He injured Jeff Hardy's arm, strained The Rock's leg, and broke Hardcore Holly's neck all before he was champion. But the big moment that fans still remember was his Shooting Star Press at Wrestlemania. A move he had done many times before in OVW, but botched and landed on his head the first time he'd ever done it on camera. It must have knocked some kind of sense into him, because this caused him to think differently about his wrestling after. What decision did Lesnar make after his injury at Wrestlemania XIX?

A: To train harder.
B: To never do high-flying moves.
C: To herearse matches.
D: To give up the championship.
E: To go to the NFL.

4. Jake Roberts and Ricky Steamboat had one of the first real gimmick matches of the early WWF years. Jake brought his snake to the ring, while Ricky brought a Komodo dragon with him. Of course, it took a while for the match to happen after a legit injury took place the first time around. Roberts took on Steamboat on Saturday Night's Main Event in May of 1986. The end of the match was to have Jake DDT Ricky on the outside, to which Jake was against at first, but Ricky said he could block the blow. Fast forward to the end, Jake hit the move and Ricky missed, hitting his head on the concrete. Steamboat suffered a concussion and was out for months. Our question, who was the main person backstage who pushed for the two to do the move?

A: Vince McMahon
B: George Scott
C: Pat Patterson
D: Gorilla Monsoon
E: Paul Orndorff

5. Brian Pillman had constant neck problems that nagged him for years until his tragic death. All of them stemmed from an incident in WCW at WrestleWar 91'. Pillman was in his Flyin' Brian stage and took part in the main event against the Four Horsemen. At the time, Sid Vicious was a part of the group, and there was a planned finish to have him powerbomb a man in the ring near the end. It was between two men as to who would end up being the one bombed, and it finally was decided that Pillman would take the bump since he was smaller and the impact would make Sid look more like the monster he was. Two problems... Sid was 6'7", and the match was inside a 7' cage. Doing the math, that left 5 inches between Sid's head and the cage roof. The result... Sid lifted Pillman, Pillman's legs hit the cage roof, and the lack of room forced Sid to drop Pillman on his head, knocking him out for almost 10 minutes. Our question to you, who was the other man in line to take the hit?

A: Sting
B: Scott Steiner
C: Barry Windham
D: Larry Zbyszko
E: Rick Steiner

Again, email your answers to TorchTrivia@gmail.com. We’ll post the names of those who got ALL FIVE correct. Good luck to you all.


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