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44 free WCW trivia questions with answers. World Championship Wrestling went from a struggling Southern promotion to beating the WWF for 83 straight weeks and then out of business inside a decade, and this WCW trivia quiz covers the whole ride. It starts with Ted Turner buying Jim Crockett Promotions in 1988, Ric Flair as the first WCW World Champion and Starrcade's Thanksgiving roots, then moves through Eric Bischoff, the debut of Monday Nitro at the Mall of America, Hall and Nash's invasion, Hulk Hogan's turn at Bash at the Beach 1996 and the black-and-white nWo. The late-90s rounds cover Sting's Crow makeover, Goldberg's 173-0 streak and the taser at Starrcade 1998, Diamond Dallas Page, the cruiserweights and Rey Mysterio's mask, the Fingerpoke of Doom, Vince Russo, David Arquette winning the world title, and the final Nitro from Panama City Beach in March 2001, when Vince McMahon bought the company. Easy questions for anyone who watched Nitro, hard ones for people who still argue about the Georgia Dome. Every answer has been checked against the Wikipedia articles on WCW, its wrestlers, its shows and its events, and each question shows its source once you have answered.
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Q 01Which media mogul founded WCW in 1988 by buying a Charlotte-based NWA territory?
Ted Turner
The subsidiary was called Universal Wrestling Corporation and only became legally defunct in 2017.
Q 02Which NWA territory, based in Charlotte, was bought in 1988 to create WCW?
Jim Crockett Promotions
The name World Championship Wrestling had been Georgia Championship Wrestling's TBS show since 1982.
Q 03Who was the first ever WCW World Heavyweight Champion?
Ric Flair
WCW and the NWA split their world-title lineages in 1991 when Flair left for the WWF with the belt.
Q 04How many world championship reigns does WWE officially credit Ric Flair with?
16
Eight NWA, six WCW and two WWF; other sources count as many as 25.
Q 05On which US holiday was Starrcade traditionally held in the 1980s?
Thanksgiving
The WWF scheduled Survivor Series against it in 1987 and demanded exclusivity from cable providers.
Q 06Who was appointed WCW's executive producer in 1993 and later ran the company?
Eric Bischoff
A former AWA announcer, he cut the Southern accents on commentary and started raiding WWF stars.
Q 07According to Hulk Hogan's famous 1996 heel promo, what would WCW's boss still be doing without him?
Selling meat from a truck in Minneapolis
Bischoff really had run a butcher shop with van delivery before the AWA.
Q 08On which network did WCW Monday Nitro air?
TNT
It went head to head with Raw on USA from September 4, 1995; Thunder later ran on TBS.
Q 09Where was the first episode of Nitro broadcast from?
The Mall of America
Lex Luger shocked viewers by walking in the night after his last WWF match.
Q 10Which former WWF star made a surprise return to WCW on the very first Nitro?
Lex Luger
He had wrestled for the WWF the night before and signed with WCW that morning.
Q 11For how many consecutive weeks did Nitro beat Raw in the ratings?
83
The streak ran from June 1996 to April 13, 1998, when Raw finally won again.
Q 12Which two ex-WWF stars invaded Nitro in May and June 1996 as The Outsiders?
Scott Hall and Kevin Nash
Nash powerbombed Bischoff through a table when he refused to name WCW's team.
Q 13At which 1996 pay-per-view was Hulk Hogan revealed as the nWo's "third man"?
Bash at the Beach
He dropped the leg on Randy Savage at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach and the crowd pelted the ring with trash.
Q 21How many WCW World Heavyweight Championship reigns did Sting have?
6
He held 15 titles in the company overall and made more WCW pay-per-view appearances than anyone.
Q 22What was Goldberg's promoted undefeated record when he finally lost at Starrcade 1998?
173-0
Kevin Nash beat him after Scott Hall, dressed as a security guard, hit Goldberg with a taser.
Q 23Whom did Goldberg beat on the September 22, 1997 Nitro in his televised debut?
Hugh Morrus
He had beaten Buddy Lee Parker in a dark match in Macon three months earlier.
Q 24In which building did Goldberg beat Hogan for the WCW title on July 6, 1998?
Q 14Whom did Hogan hit with the leg drop when he turned heel in July 1996?
Randy Savage
It was his first heel turn since his AWA days in 1981; the match was ruled a no contest.
Q 15What nickname did Hogan adopt as the nWo leader?
Hollywood
He won the WCW title from The Giant at Hog Wild in August 1996 by clobbering him with the belt.
Q 16Which "Million Dollar Man" became the nWo's financial backer, dubbed "Trillionaire Ted"?
Ted DiBiase
He debuted on August 26, 1996, as the group's fourth member.
Q 17What was the name of the nWo's red-and-black splinter faction that broke away in 1998?
nWo Wolfpac
Bischoff has since called the split rushed and directionless; the two halves reunited in the Fingerpoke of Doom.
Q 18Which 1994 film inspired Sting's dark, brooding makeover in 1996?
The Crow
He swapped the multicoloured "Surfer" paint for black and white and lurked in the rafters for over a year.
Q 19What is Sting's real name?
Steve Borden
He and Jim Hellwig, the future Ultimate Warrior, started out as the Blade Runners in 1986.
Q 20Sting vs Hogan headlined WCW's highest-grossing pay-per-view in December 1997. How long had the feud been building?
About a year and a half
Sting spent the build lurking in the rafters as the Crow; the show remains WCW's biggest-grossing event.
The Georgia Dome
WCW gave the match away free on Nitro rather than saving it for pay-per-view.
Q 25For which NFL team did Goldberg play before wrestling?
Atlanta Falcons
The Rams drafted him but cut him; he played nine games for the Falcons in 1992-93 wearing number 71.
Q 26What was Goldberg's catchphrase during his streak?
"Who's next?"
He won the US title from Raven in April 1998 and started using it around then.
Q 27How did Scott Hall help end the streak at Starrcade 1998?
He used a taser while dressed as a security guard
Bam Bam Bigelow and Disco Inferno also interfered.
Q 28What happened in the Fingerpoke of Doom on January 4, 1999?
Hogan poked Nash in the chest and Nash lay down to be pinned
It reunited the nWo factions and is blamed by many for starting WCW's decline.
Q 29Which WWF result did Tony Schiavone give away on air on the night of the Fingerpoke of Doom?
Mick Foley winning the WWF Championship
"That'll put butts in seats," he sneered; it did, on the other channel.
Q 30What was WCW's second live weekly show, launched on TBS in January 1998?
Thunder
Time Warner ordered it, along with a third hour of Nitro, stretching the roster thin.