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Oooohh, ooohh, oooohhh Ian! Ian Hunter here, knowing I'm sexy. Bouncing on out in my chaps like a kid who drank too many energy drinks on cloud nine. Don't get me wrong, when it comes time to perform, Michaels is second to none nowadays, and in some cases I view him as underused when there are far better opponents for him to have matches with than the stiff Kennedy. Sadly this week we didn't get to see any wrestling, and instead had to sit through the obvious induction of "Nature Boy" Ric Flair. I'm not insulting Flair for getting into the Hall, in fact it's long overdue. But seriously, couldn't the WWE have saved this induction for last to announce? It was already predictable anyway, so couldn't they have given us something else in the meantime? So for that complete waste of time stating the obvious, I'm doing trivia on some of Flair's worst moments. Yeah, I'm a vengeance man. But first we need to run down last week's answers.

1: C. Savio Vega replaced Shawn Michaels in an 8 man tag match. He didn't make all that great of an addition, and no one expected him to. He was just filler as one of the last great jobbers from the New Era.

2: The exact title was "St. Valentine's Day Massacre." Came complete with an ugly poster of McMahon holding roses and making his hands bleed. I remember when the original WWF website had the bad graphic of the bleeding hand... very annoying. Sadly, those of you who added the words "In Your House" to the event title were disqualified. There were posters made for the event that mentioned the title "In Your House", but were quickly removed as the title was officially shortened for marketing purposes, putting an end to the "In Your House" events. Plus, this shows how many of you cheated by using Wikipedia, since the listing for this PPV features one of the early posters. (Which also means the listing itself is in the wrong area as a IYH event, but that's what you get when Wikipedia is your source of info.) Shame on you cheating cheaters!!!

3: E. Trying to pay homage to the spray painting they once did on WCW's production trucks, WWF set up moving trucks inside the arena for them to paint on. Again, another example of a lot of hype and little showmanship.

4: A: Goldberg hit the ring to spear Lesnar. Probably one of the few matches Eddie didn't have to lie, cheat or steal in. Someone else did it for him.

5: C: Triple H was due to go to Smackdown to take on Rey and start what probably would have been one of the better feuds of 2006 as fans saw Rey go toe-to-toe with Hunter all through the Rumble, creating some of the best moments of the match itself. But the next night plans were changed as Hunter started to fight in the "Road To Wrestlemania Tournament" on Raw, and Rey was left with Orton.


While I know a lot of you will argue about being disqualified for answer #2, the majority of those who got that answer wrong also got a second answer wrong. In all, we had two winners this week. Rick Hesles and an unnamed person who chose to give a nick name rather than their real name, so they get no credit this week. Again people, real names, nicknames get no credit. 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. Let's start with my favorite bad moment for Flair... Slick Ric in a dress! Hogan was having a battle with Vader (because there wasn't really anyone else for him to battle at the time in WCW) and Flair had apparently gone insane during his time in reclusion from the sport. During a Pay-Per-View event, Flair jumped out of the audience in full drag (matching purse included) it interfere. But it came to no avail as Hogan won the match anyway, dragging Flair around the ring with him. Our question to you, what PPV event was this at?

A. Halloween Havok
B. Starrcade
C. Spring Stampede
D. Uncensored
E. The Great American Bash

2. Buried alive in the middle of the desert. Something you could only see in gangster movies you say? Think again because it was a Ric Flair angle. The Filthy Animals, which at the time consisted of Konnan, Eddie Guerrero and an unmasked Rey Mysterio, took the Nature Boy out into the middle of dead nature and decided to have a Mexican funeral. To this day it really makes no sense, but then again this was during the Vince Russo era, so a lot of things didn't make sense. Our question to you... around what city was Flair buried in?

A. Las Vegas
B. Salt Lake City
C. Tuscon
D. Phoenix
E. Albuquerque

3. Dusty's Ass. That should be all the explanation I need for this one, but for those not aware of the situation, let's go into detail. The Rhodes/Flair feud was brought to a whole new generation on Monday Nitro in the late 90's, showcasing their long history and continuing the fight. To make a long story short, the latest addition to the feud set up a PPV match where if Flair lost, he'd have to kiss Dusty's ass. Of course, he lost. The following night he came out to talk to Dusty, but instead him and son Dustin brought out a donkey painted white with the words "Dusty's Ass" written across the backside. And within minutes, Flair's face was shoved into it with one of his helpers at the time. Who was the other unfortunate soul who had to deal with this angle?

A. Reid Flair
B. Arn Anderson
C. Jeff Jarrett
D. Curt Henning
E. Eric Bischoff

4. Flair joining the nWo? It happened. During Flair's stint as a WWF co-owner and general manager of Raw, he decided it was time to finally join up with the group. Ironically after fighting it most of his career in another company, and raging war against it while in the WWF. In all, he became a watered down version of Eric Bischoff for the whole three weeks he did it. Booking himself into title matches and helping "bring in" Shawn Michaels to the group, Flair's joining was one of the elements that finally put an end to the NWO angle in the WWF. Before joining, Flair got flack from the fans for screwing Steve Austin out of a title shot. Who got the title shot instead?

A. Chris Jericho
B. Undertaker
C. Triple H
D. Hulk Hogan
E. Brock Lesnar

5. Described by many as Flair's "Week From Hell", Flair's wife sought divorce in late 2005, followed by a road rage incident along a South Carolina highway that got major publicity. To make matters worse, McMahon thought best to make it into an angle for television. The thing that makes it a bad moment for Flair... he agreed to let it happen later saying "It was better to laugh at the situation than let it hound me. Make fun of yourself before others can." And while the mocking process was put into the hands of Edge on screen, another person was doing the work off screen with help from Flair. Who was handling the storyline?

A. Ted DiBiase
B. Arn Anderson
C. Shane McMahon
D. Michael Hayes
E. Ricky Steamboat

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