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Torch Trivia: How much do you know about wrestling's technical difficulties?
Apr 30, 2008 - 3:00:00 PM


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By Ian Hunter, PWTorch Trivia Specialist

Ian Hunter here, getting the life choked out of my by his royal retardedness. Using my one free hand to take the show off the air while gasping on the floor. As I pointed out in the Raw Roundtable in the VIP section, I laughed uncontrollably at the idea of taking the show off the air. Bordering between reality and script, it really looked like the USA Network didn’t see it coming and went straight into their cued up recording of Law & Order. So this week, even though it was fake, we’re doing trivia on technical difficulties in wrestling. But first, we need to answer last week’s questions.

1. D. Haku was crowned champion, leaving Race to be a lackluster character until he went back to WCW to be a manager.

2. Randy Savage and Bret Hart were the two. Savage won the tournament in 1987 before getting the on-air crown in 1989. Bret Hart won it once in 1991, but had to do it again in 1993 for the audience.

3. A. Neidhart came to the aid of brother-in-law Owen to help him ascend the throne.

4. E. Along with Yokozuna, the two “crushed” the face of the Undertaker. Which lead to his face-mask phase of 1995.

5. A & B. Yes, a trick question. Edge once won the I.C. title in 1999 before his 2001 win. And Angle had already one I.C. title win in 2000 before becoming king that year.

Well, it seems more knew about King Of The Ring than WrestleMania. Is that a good thing or a bad thing? I’m not quite sure. But what I am sure of is that we have FOUR winners this week. Robert Rich, Curtis Shanks, Justin Ballard, and Matt O’Rourke. A crown can’t really be split four ways, so I guess we’ll have to throw our own King Of The Ring tournament one day with you all. In the meantime, it’s a brand new week and we’ve got five new questions. 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. During the early days of the Monday Night Wars, the ratings were going back and forth and people were suspicious of what was going to happen next from the competition. For years Eric Bischoff blamed the WWF for a power outage during an episode of Nitro in early 1996, causing the building to go into darkness and their broadcasting setup (which at the time was hooked directly into the building instead of off their own remote power sources) to go off the air. It was later discovered to be caused by a blown transmitter down the road. What city was this power outage in?

A. Lakeland, FL
B. Atlanta, GA
C. Greensboro, NC
D. Austin, TX
E. Kansas City, Missouri

2. Next will be a write-in question. TNA suffered a problem with one of its PPV events when a fire broke out in the ceiling. After fireworks went off at the top of the show, one of them sent sparks that caught onto the side of a sandbag. The tiny spark soon bellowed into an actual fire above the ring, causing the fire alarms to go off while they were on the air (while a match between Eric Young & Johnny Devine was going on no less). The building was evacuated until the fire department could determine whether or not the building was safe to enter after, and in the process a tag match was cancelled to catch them up on time. What as the name of the PPV?

3. Next will be a write in too, because I can’t give you five choices. In 1993 on an episode of WCW Saturday Night, The Hollywood Blondes defended their Tag Team Championships against Ricky Steamboat and Tom Zenk. (Where did they get that combination from?) To make it more interesting, the match was held inside a steel cage, which if you can remember Saturday Night you know that not only was a title match a rarity, but cage matches were for a special event. During the match, a two count was called on someone and the time keeper accidentally rang the bell ahead of time. The audience was left confused for a while before it was made clear by the referee it was an accident, and the match continued. Who was being pinned?

4. Now blackouts happen frequently in pro wrestling, even with the WWE, especially during women’s matches. If you’ve been a fan of at least the past couple years, the building WWE is in usually suffers a power outage during the women’s matches. Usually forcing the crew to shine the spotlights down onto the mat just for fans to barely make out two bodies fighting in the ring. Not even the biggest event of them all was able to escape this trend as the “Bunny-Mania” match at WrestleMania 24 was cursed with a loss of lighting. For those of you who were paying attention, who was the last person to get hit before the lights went down in Orlando?

A. Maria
B. Melina
C. Santino
D. Beth Phoenix
E. Ashley

5. Pyro. Of all the things you’d think wrestling companies would get right the first time, pyro would be on top. What with all the chance of misfires and directional aim. And oh yeah, the chance of being severely burned and scarred with third degree wounds or even worse… death. I’m not even talking about the Wrestlemania 24 accident. Pyro problems happen all the time in wrestling. Goldberg has been scorched by his fire, Christian Cage had his wristband catch fire, Albert even once lost his hearing being too close to one. But one wrestler almost got his face torched off by Kane’s ring corner pyro once live on Raw in 1998. Who was this?

A. Jeff Jarrett
B. Owen Hart
C. Undertaker
D. Bradshaw
E. Ron Simmons


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