El Canuck's Wrestling Trivia Quiz #1: Brawl in the Family
Pro wrestling has a history of families both running the ropes and running the shows. This multiple-choice quiz tests how well you know the blood (and marriage) that binds some of wrestling's most popular figures.
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1.Fill in the Blank: Randy Orton is a __ Generation wrestler.
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Fourth
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Randy is the son of "Cowboy" Bob Orton (Jr.) and the grandson of Bob Orton Sr.
2.At WWE Survivor Series 1993, then-WWE wrestlers Bret and Owen Hart teamed up with their non-WWE wrestler brothers to take on Shawn Michaels and a team of masked "knights". What combination of non-WWE Hart brothers teamed with Bret and Owen?
Smith and Bruce
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Ross and Keith
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Smith and Ross
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Bruce and Keith
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3.Select the correct order for the Guerrero brothers, starting from oldest to youngest.
Chavo Sr./Mando/Hector/Eddie
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Mando/Hector/Chavo Sr./Eddie
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Hector/Chavo Sr./Mando/Eddie
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Chavo Sr./Hector/Mando/Eddie
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Chavo Sr. was born in 1949 (d. 2017), Mando in 1950, Hector in 1954, and Eddie in 1967 (d. 2005). Chavo Jr., (born in 1970) who often teamed with Eddie in WCW and WWE is the son of Chavo Sr. and nephew of Eddie.
4.Which fellow CWA (Memphis wrestling territory) alumnus is the cousin of Jerry "The King" Lawler?
Dutch Mantell
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The Honky Tonk Man
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Jackie Fargo
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Bill Dundee
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5.Jerry Sags of the Nasty Boys and Fred Ottman, (better known as either Tugboat or Typhoon) are the uncles-by-marriage to which current-day (as of 2024) generational wrestler?
Cody Rhodes
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Charlotte Flair
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Natalya Neidhart
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Kerry Morton
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Further trivia: They are not the uncles-by-marriage of Cody's half brother Dustin (Goldust), meaning that they married sisters of Cody's mother.
6.What is the relationship between Rey Misterio Sr. and Rey Mysterio Jr.?
Father and Son
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Brothers with a substantial age gap
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Uncle and Nephew
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First cousins
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Rey Sr. allowed his nephew to use the "Jr." name starting in 1991, though his nephew has since dropped the "Jr." and is simply known as Rey Mysterio in WWE. Rey Sr's actual son (born in 1988) wrestles as El Hijo Del Rey Misterio.
7.Which of these Samoan wrestlers is NOT a part of the Anoa'i wrestling dynasty?
Yokozuna
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Jacob Fatu
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The Tonga Kid
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Samoa Joe
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The Anoa'i wrestling dynasty starts with Reverend Amituana'i Anoa'i, his most famous sons are Afa and Sika, the Wild Samoans. Yokozuna (Rodney Anoa'i) and The Tonga Kid (despite the 'Tonga' in his ring name) are both grandsons of the reverend via siblings of Afa and Sika. Jacob Fatu is the Tonga Kid's son. Samoa Joe is of no relation to any of them.
8.Which wrestler was linked to the Hart family tree by way of marrying the younger sister of Bret Hart's first wife?
Davey Boy Smith
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Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart
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"Flyin" Brian Pillman
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The Dynamite Kid
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Davey Boy Smith was married for several years to Bret's younger sister Diana; Neidhart was married to Bret's older sister Ellie until his death; and Pillman, while considered a family friend and member of the Hart Foundation stable, had no familial connection to the Harts. Dynamite Kid (real name Tom Billington) however, was once married to Michelle, the sister of Bret's first wife, Julie.
9.While many wrestlers bore children who followed them into the business, which Canadian wrestler is instead the son of an NHL hockey player?
Edge
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Chris Jericho
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Rick Martel
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Bobby Roode
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Chris Jericho's father is Ted Irvine, a forward who amassed 331 points between 1963 and 1977 for the Boston Bruins, Los Angeles Kings, St. Louis Blues, and the team he is most well known for having played with: the New York Rangers
10.How many sons of Fritz Von Erich wrestled professionally?
Three
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Four
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Five
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Six
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Fritz's sons Kevin, David, Kerry, Mike, and Chris, who all, at one point or another, wrestled for the Von Erich family's World Class promotion and beyond. A sixth son died as a child.
11.2019's Fighting with My Family is a dramedy biopic produced by The Rock about which famous women's wrestler and her wrestling family?
Paige
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Natalya Neidhart
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Bayley
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Nia Jax
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12.Though not born a Vachon, how was the late Luna brought into the family?
Luna was Vivian Vachon's daughter and was given her father's surname.
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Luna was the adopted daughter of Paul "The Butcher" Vachon.
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Luna's ex-husband Gangrel is the son of "Mad Dog" Vachon.
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Luna was a second cousin to the three wrestling Vachon siblings.
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13.Which of these members of the Anderson wrestling family are legitimately related to "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson?
C.W. Anderson
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Gene Anderson
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Brock Anderson
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Ole Anderson
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Gene, Ole, and Arn were at times referenced in storylines to all be brothers , but none of the three were actually related. C.W. Anderson, most notably of ECW fame, was regarded as an Anderson cousin, again in storyline. Brock however, is the actual son of Arn Anderson.
14.Which of these former members of the Nexus IS NOT the son of a wrestler?
Michael McGillicutty
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Justin Gabriel
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Husky Harris
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Skip Sheffield
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Justin Gabriel is the son of South African wrestler/promoter Paul Lloyd; Husky Harris, better known later as Bray Wyatt is the son of Mike Rotunda (and grandson of Blackjack Mulligan); and Michael McGillicutty, later known as Curtis Axel, is the son of "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig (and grandson of Larry "The Axe" Hennig). Skip Sheffield was the name used at the time by the man who would be later known as Ryback.
15.Sometimes, bookers and/or promoters will throw together two wrestlers with some physical similarities into a team and bill them as brothers or cousins, despite no family connections. Which team below actually ARE related?
Stevie Ray and Booker T
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Billy and Bart Gunn
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Beau and Blake Beverly
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Bob, Crash, and Molly Holly
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Despite not using a family oriented name, Booker T and Lash "Stevie Ray" Huffman are indeed brothers. The other three teams are completely unrelated.
16.80's undercard wrestler "Leaping" Lanny Poffo (also known as The Genius) was the brother of what 80's WWE main event wrestler?
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
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"Macho Man" Randy Savage
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"Ravishing" Rick Rude
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"The Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase
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Though it was rarely, if ever, acknowledged when both men were in their prime on WWE TV, the two were brothers and the sons of wrestler/promoter Angelo Poffo.