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El Canuck's Wrestling Trivia Quiz #3: Wrestlers Doing Other Stuff
Given its blend of athleticism and theatrics, it would be no stretch to say that pro wrestling is the natural crossroads where both endeavors meet. It's no surprise then, that wrestlers might not only have backgrounds in either, but during and after their time between the ropes, have crossed into other pop culture mediums. Let's see how much you know about wrestlers doing other stuff with these multiple choice questions.
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1. The Marine is a franchise of WWE's film production arm, WWE Studios, having produced six movies from 2006 to 2018. The starring role always goes to a WWE superstar, but which of these wrestlers DID NOT receive a starring role?
John Cena starred in the first movie, Ted Dibiase Jr. starred in the second, and The Miz has helmed the franchise in the remaining four movies.
Jack Swagger
John Cena
Ted Dibiase Jr.
The Miz
2. Which of these wrestlers, prior to their wrestling career, not only managed to compete on the athletic competition show American Gladiators, but managed to win their way into the finals of a Grand Champion tournament?
Crash Holly
Orlando Jordan
Rico Constantino
Mark Jindrak
3. Which pro wrestler, following the end of his WWE career (but not his career as a whole) has opened up shop as a custom builder and mechanic of motorcycles?
Palumbo owns and operates CP Customs, as well as having hosted the similary themed, Lords of the Car Hoards on Discovery.
The Undertaker
Chuck Palumbo
Scotty Too Hotty
Spike Dudley
4. One of the earliest wrestlers to cross over into movies was the imposing-looking, bald-headed Tor Johnson, which included movies directed by cult-movie-director Ed Wood. In 1994 Tim Burton directed his own movie about Ed Wood and Burton went with a wrestling legend bearing similar features to portray Tor. Which wrestler got the role?
George Steele
Mad Dog Vachon
Ivan Koloff
Baron Von Raschke
5. What sport was Brian Pillman playing professionally in Canada that led to a career ending injury and the suggestion, upon healing, that he should seek the Hart family and a new career in pro wrestling?
Pillman was playing for the Calgary Stampeders of the CFL at the time, putting him in the same city as Stu Hart and his infamous Dungeon school.
Ice hockey
Baseball
Lacrosse
Football
6. Outside of wrestling, Chris Jericho's biggest endeavor has been music via his heavy metal band Fozzy. What was the first single released from their second album, Happenstance?
With the Fire
Crucify Yourself
Happenstance
To Kill a Stranger
7. Since Mick Foley's Have a Nice Day hit shelves, many wrestlers have followed suit and published their own stories of life in the ring. Which of these wrestling autobiographies was released first?
Flair's was released in '04. Regal's released in '05, and both Hart and Jericho's in '07.
Hitman: My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling - Bret Hart
To Be the Man - Ric Flair
A Lion's Tale - Chris Jericho
Walking a Golden Mile - William Regal
8. Which of these former Tough Enough winners was also a contest on season 37 of CBS' long-running reality game show Survivor?
Hennigan, also known as John Morrison, Johnny Nitro, Johnny Impact, Johnny Mundo, and other 'Johnny' names, was the seventh person voted out and was the second member of the jury that would eventually vote for the winner of the show.
Jackie Gayda
John Hennigan
Maven Huffman
Nidia Guenard
9. Which of these pro wrestlers played regular season games in the NFL prior to becoming a pro wrestler?
Goldberg played 14 games for the Atlanta Falcons between 1992 and 1994. Luger, Neidhart, and Simmons all pursued pro football careers, but were not able to make the regular rosters of any NFL team.
Jim Neidhart
Bill Goldberg
Ron Simmons
Lex Luger
10. In the mid-90s, Big Van Vader had a guest role as himself on an ABC show in their TGIF programming block and was established in the show's lore as the father of a reformed-high-school-bully. Which show was that?
Boy Meets World
Sabrina the Teenage Witch
Step by Step
Full House
11. Hunting and fishing are popular pastimes for people of all walks of life and wrestlers are no different. During one a hunting trip, what WWE hall of fame inductee saved the life of Baseball hall of fame's Wade Boggs when the latter tripped over a barbwire fence and deeply lacerated his leg, needing to be carried by his wrestler friend to medical aid?
Harley Race
Rick Rude
Curt Hennig
Ted Dibiase
12. In which of these 80's action movies did Jesse Ventura receive a role?
Over the Top
Predator
Delta Force
Bloodsport
13. Prior to following his father and two elder brothers into pro wrestling, Kerry Von Erich qualified to attend the 1980 Olympics in Track & Field in Moscow, but was prevented due to the U.S. boycott of the U.S.S.R. What event did he specialize in within Track & Field?
His own nod to his Track & Field days was seen in his signature/finishing move: the discus punch.
Hammer throw
Shot put
Discus throw
Javelin toss
14. Tyler Mane, a former pro wrestler who retired in the mid-90s, has since gone on to a notable film career. He was cast in the 2004 historical epic Troy, about the ancient war taking place at the aforementioned city. Which character did he play?
Agamemnon
Ajax
Odysseus
Menelaus
15. Who was the first pro wrestler to voice themselves on The Simpsons?
Hart appears in Episide 21, Season 8: "The Old Man and the Lisa"
Roddy Piper
Bret Hart
Randy Savage
Hulk Hogan
16. With his in-ring career largely (though not entirely) over in the early 2000's, what occupation did Tito Santana branch into until retiring in 2023?
He was a teacher of both physical education and Spanish.
Security guard
Car salesman
School teacher
Travel agent
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