Q 01/05

Which media mogul founded WCW in 1988 by buying a Charlotte-based NWA territory?

A) Ted Turner

B) Vince McMahon

C) Rupert Murdoch

D) Verne Gagne

Answer · why

A) Ted Turner

Ted Turner had built his cable superstation TBS partly on wrestling, and when the promotion that filled those slots hit financial trouble in 1988, he ...

Q 02/05

Which NWA territory, based in Charlotte, was bought in 1988 to create WCW?

A) Georgia Championship Wrestling

B) World Class Championship Wrestling

C) Jim Crockett Promotions

D) Championship Wrestling from Florida

Answer · why

C) Jim Crockett Promotions

Jim Crockett Promotions took a new name with its new owner, and a familiar one: 'World Championship Wrestling' had been the title of the Saturday wres...

Q 03/05

Who was the first ever WCW World Heavyweight Champion?

A) Sting

B) Lex Luger

C) Ric Flair

D) Vader

Answer · why

C) Ric Flair

WCW and the NWA split their world-title lineages in 1991 when Flair left for the WWF with the belt.

Q 04/05

Which WCW match, devised by Dusty Rhodes, locked two teams inside a roofed cage built over two rings?

A) Doomsday Cage

B) WarGames

C) Chamber of Horrors

D) Triple Cage

Answer · why

B) WarGames

WarGames came to Rhodes in 1987 after he watched Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. He built it as a showcase for the Four Horsemen, and WWE brought the matc...

Q 05/05

On which US holiday was Starrcade held each year from 1983 to 1987?

A) Christmas

B) New Year's Eve

C) Thanksgiving

D) Independence Day

Answer · why

C) Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was Starrcade's night until 1987, when the WWF put its first Survivor Series on the same evening and warned cable companies off its rival...