Cheap Wrestling for Cheap People 02.16.06: The Best of Heatlocity

Posted by Ryan Byers on 02.16.2006

The winner of last week's trivia plus reviews of matches featuring Colt Cabana, Greg Valentine, Paul Burchill, and Nick Berk. There's a group you don't see listed together every day, huh?

Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to Cheap Wrestling for Cheap People. This week we've got yet another source of Cheap Wrestling, as well as the results to last week's trivia challenge and the answers to the questions. Without any further adieu, let's get to it.

Cheap Wrestling Tip #30: The Best of Heatlocity

It's been roughly four and a half months since WWE moved its b-shows, Heat and Velocity, to WWE.com. If you believe WWE, this was an effort to provide a cutting edge service and better integrate their website in to the rest of the product. If you believe anybody with half a brain, the shows were moved because the company's new deal with the USA Network did not give the company enough TV time for its beloved clip and squash programs.

Though I would periodically watch the two shows when they were on television, they completely dropped off my radar when they moved online. I don't know why exactly that was, but I'm guessing that there are several wrestling fans who were in the same situation. However, over the last couple of weeks, I've gotten a gig filling in for 411's fine Velocity recapper Scott Fried. After digging around on the website as a part of my recapper duties, I realized that all of the webisodes of Heat and Velocity have been archived and are available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week to be streamed on your home computer.

Obviously, nobody wants to sit down and watch four solid months worth of b-shows. There's just way too much crap out there. However, if you're willing to dig around, there's a lot of good stuff in there – both in terms of quality matches and in terms of getting a look at indy wrestlers that you may not have been exposed to before. So, I came up with an interesting project with myself. If I dig through the best of Heat and the best of Velocity, can I come up with a group of matches that would make a decent wrestling DVD? This would serve two functions: A.) It could allow my fabulous readers to watch the same series of matches, keeping them entertained for an hour or two and B.) there is certain technology out there that allows for the capture of streaming video, so people can be aware of the matches worth recording.

So, you're getting two columns out of this whole thing. You're getting the Best of Heat this week, and you're getting the Best of Velocity next week. Which show will prevail? The answer should be obvious to anybody who's actually watched them, but I'll go through the rigamarole anyway.

Match Numero Uno: Lance Cade vs. Nick Berk
Show: Heat, 1/13/06

I had to take a look at this match just because of how inherently bizarre it looks on paper. Anybody who knows about Berk's background show understand what I'm talking about. This guy got his start in the ultra-violent world of CZW, where weed whacker and light tube matches were the order of the day. Now he's cleaned up his game a little bit and actually gets used on a regular basis when WWE is in New England and needs somebody to do a quick J-O-B on one of their b-shows. Given the physique that the guy has, I'm surprised that it hasn't at least lead to a developmental spot, as he could easily be the same size as one of the Dicks with a little bit of . . . ahem . . . "chemical assistance."

Berk actually gets the crowd in to things early by doing a lot of clapping. He also scores with a headlock on big Lance, which he appears very reluctant to let go of. Cade eventually escapes via a leg trip and slaps Nicky pretty hard. Punching and elbows abound from the HBK trainee, and a big dropkick follows. Cade then goes to work on the arm with some strategically placed shoulderblocks and an armbar. "Just ring the bell!" the cowboy says to the referee. Who does Cade think he is, Vince McMahon? Berk manages to punch out of the armabar eventually, but Cade fires back with NICE forearms in the corner. There's a slingshot suplex from the modern day Double J, and the three count is logged at 3:25.

Match Thoughts: This was far too quick to be anything of note. I was fairly impressed with the level of interaction Berk had with the crowd and how well he was able to get them to follow along given that he's had virtually no mainstream exposure. He also took Cade's offense fairly well, though unfortunately that offense was nothing to write home about. DUD

Match Numero Dos: Val Venis & Viscera vs. Brad Bradley & Jaymin Oliveris
Show: Heat, 12/2/05

I decided to check this one out solely based on the presence of Brad Bradley. He's a large, young wrestler who WWE signed to a developmental deal last year after he spent time training with both Ring of Honor and the New Japan USA dojo in Southern California. Though WWE has an unfortunate habit of "retraining" wrestlers and taking away what makes them special, I'm very interested in seeing the youngster's eventual WWE debut, as he once managed to put on a match that I rated at **3/4 despite only having been in the business for a year or so at the time. Meanwhile, I have zero clue who Oliveris is.

Oliveris and Venis hit the ring in the early going, and Val gets thumbed in the eye almost immediately. He fires back with a kneelift and tags in big Vis for a standing spinebuster. An elbowdrop follows from the former King of the Ring, and Venis tags back in. He tries to work Jaymin's arm but gets cheap shotted by Bradley, who tags in and snaps Val's neck over the top rope. The former porn star is choked after that, and Brad goes in to a front facelock, followed up by the Rude Awakening. That sets up choking by both of the heels, and Bradley goes back to his facelock. The former porn star tries to power back to his corner, but he eventually goads Bradley in to releasing the hold. That allows the hot tag, and Vis slams Bradley before press slamming Oliveris. A DDT is next from Mabel, and he signals that he's about to dry hump Bradley. Surprisingly, Oliveris is allowed to cut it off, but he doesn't cut off all of the good guys' momentum. Venis comes back in to the ring, and both he and Vis avalanche their opponents. Black Hole Slam by Viscera, Money Shot by Val, Viscera splash, and we're done in 5:04 . . . und now ist ze time on Heat ven ze faces gyrate.

Match Thoughts: Well, if that's Bradley in WWE, color me unimpressed. Everything was strictly vanilla, though who knows what he'd be able to do with a bit more time and fewer people in the ring. 1/4*

Match Numero Tres: Eugene vs. Colt Cabana
Show: Heat, 11/11/05

For the few of you reading this who may not be familiar with Colt Cabana, he's a wrestler out of the Chicago indy scene who got his big break with Ring of Honor during the first year of the company and has been with them ever since. He's also done several tours of the United Kingdom recently, and the general consensus among indy fans is that he's perhaps the funniest man on the circuit today. Thus, a matchup against Eugene would seem to be a natural, no?

Eugene does the old JYD juke to start, and the two men lock up. Colt goes to the armbar, and it's reversed a few times by both parties. Cabana eventually gets a leapfrog, and Eugene curls up in to a ball on the mat, similar to the Ricky Reyes "Lady of the Lake" spot. Cabana goes to drop an elbow, but Eugene rolls out of the way and delivers the kneeling headbutts. That's followed up by hiking a leg and pantomiming a bit of urination on Classic Colt, who SELLS IT! That's seventeen shades of awesome. Cabana comes back and gets a couple of two counts off of a vertical suplex, and he drops his butt on Cabana's back. He tries to send Eugene's head in to the buckle after that, but Eugene hulks up and delivers a big haymaker to set up the airplane spin. Both men wind up dazed, and Colt walks in to an inverted atomic drop and a Rock Bottom to end the match in 3:32.

Match Thoughts: I'm a fan of both wrestlers, but this was just a quick comedy match with not a whole hell of a lot going on. Cabana's selling was fairly entertaining and worth checking out if you're wondering how to wrestle a funny match without going so over the top that it becomes a parody of wrestling. 1/4*

Match Numero Cuatro: Rob Conway vs. Greg "The Hammer" Valentine
Show: Heat, 10/21/05

This was all part of Rob Conway's "Legend Killer 2K5" gimmick, in which he was regularly facing off against former WWE wrestlers, building up to an epic match between the Conman, Eugene, and Tyson Tomko at Taboo Tuesday.

Valentine is rockin' a great Flair-esque ring robe on his way out. This robe alone may be great enough to justify checking out the segment. Conway opens up with a kneelift and some decent punches, and the crowd actually opens up with a "Hammer" chant. Valentine responds with some loud open hand chops in the corner and a high hiptoss before tossing Conway out of the ring. Valentine drops the big hammer with the Conman on the apron, but Rob recovers and pulls him out of the ring. The Hall of Famer takes a big face-first bump in to the ringpost, and Conway drops a series of elbows back on the inside. Playing to the crowd costs Conway, as he's treated to some intense elbows from Gregory and a headbutt that winds up a bit south of the border. The Figure Four is attempted, but Orton lite kicks the Hammer off and sends him flying shoulder-first in to the ringpost. Conway lays in to the Hammer with some hard strikes, but Eugene runs in to go after the former French Canadian. The DQ is announced at 3:38, and Greg Valentine is PISSED! He shoves down Eugene and walks out on him . . . shame we didn't get an extended beatdown.

Match Thoughts: Well, the match wasn't that great and wasn't given a whole hell of a lot of time, but I'm a Hammer fan from way back, so I had to include it here. Quite frankly, Valentine didn't look that bad in terms of his performance, but he definitely hasn't aged well in terms of physical appearance. I don't know what the guy's schedule like or what his interest level would be, but WWE should definitely look in to hiring him as a trainer in one of their developmental promotions. His grasp of the little things like throwing punches/chops or how to make a bump looking brutal without it being killer in reality is excellent, and it shone through here even despite time and finish constraints. I enjoyed Conway's performance, too, as he wrestled very well in OVW but was never allowed to fully display his talents in WWE. Being in there with a vet like Valentine allowed him to open up a little bit more. This was a very solid three minute performance. 1/2*

Match Numero Cinco: Brian Kendrick & Paul London vs. William Regal & Paul Burchill
Show: Heat, 10/9/05

Yes, it's a Heat match featuring Smackdown wrestlers . . . that's the joy of pre-PPVshows. London and Regal kick things off, with Regal coming off on the right side of the headlock/shoulderblock sequence and tagging in Burchill. The bigger Paul goes for a back body drop, but the smaller one flips out of it and tags in Spanky for a double Japanese armdrag. A dropkick is next from Kendrick, and he tries to come off of the top rope but gets shoved off and in to the safety rail by Regal. His Lordship comes back in to the match when Kendrick returns to the ring, and the former Zero-One standout finds himself in a half nelson . . . and Regal suplexes him from that position! That sets up a backdrop suplex from Burchill, who tags back out of the match immediately thereafter. The Blackpool native works a headlock but gets caught in a rana. Burchill tries to run in but gets superkicked, and here comes the tag to London. He hits Burchill with the kicking portion of the dropsault and falls on Regal with the moonsault portion before taking William in to the corner for the ten punch spot. A double dropkick is next for the ROH alumni, but Burchill pulls Spanky out of the ring. London heads up to the top, and the Brits catch him. They screw up some sort of double team spot, as Regal falls over. In a pretty good show of strength, Burchill holds on to the smaller man despite the falter and scoops him up in to a shoulderbreaker. That sets up the Regal Stretch, and London taps at 5:07.

I got through this match without making any bad puns about British guys beating up a dude named London. Be amazed.

Match Thoughts: London and Kendrick are quickly becoming the masters of working quick, formula tag team matches that a crowd can still manage to get in to despite the fact that they've never really been pushed as a serious threat. In an odd way, even though they were top stars in ROH, they've become WWE's version of the Ring Crew Express. Anyway, this was no different than any of their basic matches, as one man took a beating and did a great job of fighting for a hot tag but never actually getting one until just the right moment in the match's progression. Flashy offense from the "Robert Gibson" of the team then allows the fans to cheer despite the fact that only about half of them know who London and Kendrick are. Regal and Burchill also looked rather solid together and had good chemistry, despite the fact that they blew the spot at the end. Aside from that one screw-up, this was about as good of a five minute tag team match as you're going to get. *

Final Thoughts

WWE Heat is a worthless program. Seriously. I could only find five matches that I even considered worthy of putting in to this listing of "best" matches. Of the five matches, the highest rated one clocked in at *, and it didn't even feature wrestlers normally on the program. Before anybody writes in: Yes, I understand that the point is not to show the best professional wrestling in the world. I understand that I'm never going to get something that rates at five snowflakes. However, there was literally nothing worth watching on this program. At all. If you want to kill five minutes here or five minutes there and have a favorite wrestler who appears on Heat on a regular basis, then you may want to tune in occasionally. However, with the show's most entertaining competitors (The Hurricane, Tajiri, Stevie Richards) all having left over the last several months, I can't imagine who that favorite would be.

Be sure to come back next week for my Best of Velocity column, though. I've already started checking out the matches, and I have to say that there's some excellent stuff hidden in that archive.

So that's it for the Cheap Stuff. However, we still have a the little issue of a trivia contest to deal with. Here are the answers to the thirty questions that I asked last week. Once those are over and done with, I will unveil the winner.

Ric Flair!

1.) One of the longest lasting nicknames in professional wrestling has been "Nature Boy." Ric Flair has obviously used it, as have guys like Buddy Landel and Scoot Andrews. However, the first Nature Boy was Buddy Rogers. Where did Rogers get the name from?

"Nature Boy" was the name of a jazz song popular during Rogers' career. Promoter Jack Pfeffer decided that Buddy should use it. For those curious, the lyrics of the song are as follows:

There was a boy
A very strange enchanted boy
They say he wandered very far, very far
Over land and sea
A little shy and sad of eye
But very wise was he

And then one day
A magic day he passed my way
And while we spoke of many things
Fools and kings
This he said to me
"The greatest thing you'll ever learn
Is just to love and be loved in return"

What that has to do with pro wrestling is beyond me.

2.) Speaking of Scoot Andrews, how did he decide to use the Nature Boy moniker?

Towards the end of his life, Buddy Rogers moved down to Florida and helped train some younger wrestlers. Andrews was one of them.

3.) Though he hasn't adopted the name, the latest in a long line of Flair lookalikes is currently making his rounds on the indy scene. The guy was trained by Steve Corino, does the Flair flip from time to time, has gotten a few tours in Zero-One, and is about as thin as a ball-point pen. Who is it?

Ricky Landell, though I understand that he's started to develop more of his own personality lately.

4.) One of the least popular periods of Ric Flair's career was when he was "President of WCW" and awarded the United States Title to his son David. The IWC got incredibly pissed off, not even realizing that the whole point of the angle was that David was a completely incompetent wrestler who shouldn't be featured on the show. This was all underscored by the fact that, in his six title defenses, the younger Flair had NINE different individuals interfere or otherwise cheat so that he could keep his belt. Who are those people?

Poppa Ric himself is an obvious choice. The other eight are, in no particular order: Arn Anderson, Charles "Little Naitch" Robinson, Torrie Wilson, Asya, Roddy Piper, Bam Bam Bigelow, Chris Kanyon, and Diamond Dallas Page.

5.) Speaking of David Flair, he was once part of a stable of second generation wrestlers, attempting to play off of his relationship with his father. Who were the other two members of this group?

This was in TNA during its weekly PPV period. The group consisted of Flair, Brian Christopher/Lawler, and Erik Watts. They didn't really have an official name but were occasionally called "NWA: The Next Generation."

6.) Okay, one more question referencing David Flair, and then I'll stop. Most wrestling fans hate him, but Ric's other son gained a bit of a cult following when he appeared on WCW Monday Nitro. Who did young Reid punk out to earn his props?

Eric Bischoff. The majority of people got this one with no problem.

7.) Of all the different things that Ric Flair has done in the wrestling industry, he's never been a prolific trainer. To this day, he has trained one wrestler and one wrestler alone. Who is it?

Sweet Stane Lane. Shame on those of you who didn't get this one, as it means you didn't read my blurb on the Fabulous Ones in 411's Top 50 Tag Teams of All Time.

8.) Flair is often credited with making guys like Sting and Lex Luger in to stars. There was another muscle man who Slick Ric wanted to put over for the World Title . . . but "family" obligations prevented the youngster from taking Flair's spot as the man. Who am I talking about?

That's Scott Steiner. Flair wanted to make him in to the guy that would carry the NWA in to the twenty-first century . . . but Scotty didn't want to leave brother Rick in the dust.

9.) A lot of people who read Ric Flair's autobiography accuse him of kissing severe amounts of ass, particularly Vince McMahon's. However, I never found it that hard to believe that Flair would actually respect Vinnie Mac, as the two have a lot in common. Of the following characteristics, which do Vince and Flair share?

This tricked more people than I thought it would. Here's a rundown:

- Choice A (they were born in the same year) is obviously false and can be discounted by a two second google search. You'd never know it from looking at them, but McMahon is actually four years older than Flair.

- Choice B (they both went to military school) is also false. McMahon did. Flair, according to his biography, went to a high profile prep school . . . but it was not a military institution.

- Choice C was also meant to be a bit tricky. Flair was adopted, as was also revealed in his biography. McMahon didn't meet his biological father until he was twelve years old, but seemed to have a normal relationship with his mother.

- Choice D is the only true one on the list. As we all know from the recent sexual harassment allegations levied against McMahon, he has a multi-million dollar condo in Boca Raton, Florida. Flair talks about dealing in real estate in his book, and Dave Meltzer recently reported on the Wrestling Observer website that the Nature Boy's primary residence alone is worth several million dollars.

10.) Despite the fact that he gained most of his fame as a singles wrestler, Flair actually started off as a tag team wrestler. Who was his first major partner?

Rip Hawk, a former Marine who I believe is still alive at the ripe old age of 84.

11.) One thing that really annoys me about Ric Flair matches is that announcers always feel the need to put over the fact that he's got a "bad back," despite the fact that Flair broke the thing thirty years ago. Call me crazy, but I think it's healed by now. Anyway, in the late 90's, a lot of wrestling fans noticed that Flair had an odd, baseball-shaped lump on his back. What was it?

It was a calcium deposit. He briefly took some time off to have it removed.

12.) We all love the Flair strut. Whose move was that originally?

Jackie Fargo was the individual generally credited with popularizing the strut, if not creating it outright.

13.) One of Flair's most prolific opponents later in his career was one of the biggest influences on his early career. Who is this man, and what ring name did Ric Flair use in order to leech off of this bigger star's heat?

Ric Flair was initially "Ramblin' Ricky Rhodes," an obvious take on the ring name of Dusty Rhodes.

14.) My favorite oft-forgotten Flair angle is the feud that he and Arn Anderson had against Doom. Ron Simmons and Butch Reed had a manager at the time, and that manager made a bet with Flair on one of the Horsemen vs. Doom matches. Who was the manager, and what was the bet?

Teddy Long was the manager. The match itself was actually a singles bout between Flair and Butch Reed. If Slick Ric won, Teddy Long would have to serve as his chauffeur. If Reed won, Flair had to give Long his yacht and his Rolls Royce. Most people remembered the chauffeur bit, since that's what actually happened . . . nobody seemed to recall Flair's end of the bargain, though.

15.) One of the things Flair is best known for is chopping the living hell out of his opponents. These chops played a big role in the singles feud that first put Ric on the map in Mid-Atlantic wrestling. Who was the other proficient chopper that made Naitch in to a big name?

Wahoo McDaniel

Wrestling's (Un)solved Mysteries

16.) A classic wrestling angle is the one in which a wrestler is fired or suspended and then a masked individual who looks suspiciously like him shows up in the company. Hulk Hogan playing the role of "Mr. America" is our most recent example. Here's a list of other wrestlers who have participated in similar angles. Name their masked personas.

Here goes nothing.

a.) Brian Pillman - The Yellow Dog

b.) Dusty Rhodes - The Midnight Rider

c.) Bruiser Brody - Red River Jack

d.) Barry Windham - The Yellow Dog (Pillman's stint at the Yellow Dog was done in a feud against Windham as a tip of the hat to Barry's previous run with the same gimmick.)

e.) Jimmy Valiant - Charlie Brown (from outta town)

f.) JC Ice & Wolfie D - The Cyberpunks

g.) Andre the Giant - Giant Machine

17.) A future WWF Champion would get his first big break in the wrestling business by playing one of the masked characters who is an answer to number sixteen. Who is this man?

There was a match in which Bruiser Brody and Red River Jack were required to be in the same place at the same time. Jack was portrayed by a young Mark Calloway, who went on to become the Undertaker.

18.) Wrestling's biggest "Whodunnit?" angle had to be when Steve Austin was attempting to determine who tried to run him over in an automobile. It turned out to be Rikishi, though 'Kish didn't do much with the role. Austin was given a series of clues about the physical appearance of the attempted murderer before it was finally revealed as being the big Samoan. Name two of these clues.

First of all, the driver was identified as a blond. Additionally, it was noted that the seat on the car was pushed back quite far, indicating that the driver was a big man. There were additional clues given, including that Rikishi was at SS '99 despite not being with the WWF at the time and that the Rock's sunglasses were found in the vehicle. Of course, those clues weren't exactly about the driver's appearance, were they?

19.) WCW had its own vehicular manslaughter angle, this one involving a white hummer. During the original angle, the hummer driver was never revealed. Despite the fact that the original angle did not take place when he was with the company, Vince Russo booked an angle in which someone finally took responsibility for the first hummer attack. Who was it?

The driver turned out to be Eric Bischoff, in one of those lovely Russo angles that makes no sense if you think about it for more than twenty seconds.

20.) Sometimes wrestling "mysteries" are the most fun when the viewers already know how the story will be resolved. This was the case when the tag team of Owen Hart and Jeff Jarrett were aided in their singles matches by the Blue Blazer. It was clear that the Blazer was played by Hart when Jarrett needed help and by Jarrett when Hart needed help. However, a third man also donned the Blazer's mask during the angle. Who was it?

It was Koko B Ware. For whatever reason, he didn't participate in the angle after the one appearance.

21.) In another Russo attempt to reference past WCW angles, he had a wrestler dress up like La Parka in order to get a drop on an opponent. Dallas Page had already done this during the height of Monday Nitro's popularity. Who donned the skull mask in the rehash of the spot?

It was Madusa. Fortunately, the announcers were allowed to point out that La Parka had apparently grown large breasts, which kept the angle from being completely ridiculous.

22.) This question could've gone in the Ric Flair section as well, but it makes a little more sense down here. At one point in the mid-90's, Flair was set to headline a pay per view against a mystery opponent who was billed as being blond and over 6' feet tall. The obvious implication was that Hulk Hogan was coming to WCW. He wasn't . . . at least not yet. Who was Flair's real opponent, and who was the manager responsible for hyping up the challenger before he arrived?

That was a past-his-prime Barry Windham, who was managed by Col. Rob Parker.

23.) TNA wrestling is still young, but it's had its share of mystery angles. One of these involved the debut of Mr. Wrestling III, a masked competitor who appeared to have it in for Jeff Jarrett. The character was originally played by one wrestling personality but ultimately revealed to be somebody completely different. Who were the two men?

Wrestling III was ultimately revealed to be Vince Russo but started out with Scott Armstrong under the hood.

24.) Wrestling has seen a lot of mysteries but, to the best of my knowledge, has only gotten a detective involved once. The WWF did this deed, and it was in the 90's. Who was the man, and what mystery was he attempting to solve?

Leslie Nielsen appeared in the buildup to Summerslam 1994, playing his Frank Drevin character from the Naked Gun movies and attempting to get to the bottom of the Undertaker's disappearance/apparent cloning.

25.) Most people on the internet know about Al Snow's past gimmick of "Shinobi," the mysterious masked ninja. Shinobi was just brought in to do jobs, but his first match actually had a storyline behind it. What was the story, and who was the manager that Snow had to hype him up?

Shinobi was brought in as the personal assassin of Jim Cornette, who wanted to take out Shawn Michaels.

26.) One of the most loved aspects of Royal Rumble match is "mystery entrant" – a guy who is not a part of the regular WWE roster but shows up unannounced and enters the bout anyway. Who is the only person to act as a mystery entrant on more than one occasion? (Note that this question is meant to be a bit tricky.)

The answer is Mick Foley. He first entered the 1998 Royal Rumble as Cactus Jack and came back as mystery entrants Mankind and Dude Love later in the same match.

27.) The Undertaker had to deal with an obnoxious mystery man once, and the mystery man in question was stalking his wife. When the stalker videos first aired, the man behind the mayhem electronically distorted his voice. Internet fans got audio from the show and slowed it down, revealing that Vince McMahon was the man on the mic. Of course, DDP was ultimately revealed as the stalker. Why is it that Vince did the voiceovers instead of Page?

There were many different ways that this answer could be phrased, and I accepted just about all of them. Diamond Dallas Page was actually not a part of the WWF when the original stalker angle was shot. The original idea is that the stalker would be Vince McMahon, which would continue the feud that Taker had going with Vince, Steve Austin, and Triple H.

28.) Before he WAS a mystery man, Page went through an angle in which he was assisted by a mystery benefactor who took him off of the streets while he was homeless. Who did the benefactor wind up being?

The angle was never resolved in any major way, but people swear that it was randomly revealed as being Kimberly on a random episode of Saturday Night during the commentary on a DDP match. I accepted both answers, though the Kimberly bit makes zero sense given that she was the whole reason that Page wound up on the streets in the first place.

29.) Though most of our questions have been about the United States, Japan has also seen its share of masked men with hidden identities. The most popular among these are Tiger Mask and Black Tiger, each of whom have been played by multiple wrestlers over the life of the characters. A similar but lesser known character is the Convict. What two men have donned the hood to play this character?

The two men I had in mind were Stan "Uncle Elmer" Frazier and Michinoku Pro's Super Boy. Good guess by those of you who guessed Jan Nortje, who wrestled as the Convict Nortje in New Japan last year. I don't believe he wore a mask, though.

30.) True or Flase: Glenn "Thrasher" Ruth of the Headbangers was revealed as being the man behind the G-TV segments that embarrassed numerous WWF wrestlers during the Attitude Era.

False. A lot of people mistakenly believe that Ruth revealed he was the guy taking the tapes because he showed up with one on an episode of Sunday Night Heat, using it to exonerate his old buddy Chaz, who had been accused of beating up his girlfriend Mariana. Further confusion is caused by the fact that this was one of the last times that G-TV was used in any meaningful way. However, during the segment, Thrasher said that he had received the tape, not that he had recorded it himself.

Well, that does it for the trivia. This time around, we actually had a tie, with two people getting twenty questions apiece correct. The first was Mark S. from the University of South Dakota. The second was an individual who only identified him/herself as "DrummerFromHOLE." (Hey, I liked "Celebrity Skin.") As mentioned in the rules laid out at the beginning of the competition, I broke the tie by pulling names out of my "WCW: Where the Big Boys Play" baseball cap. DrummerFromHOLE was the lucky individual selected, so please shoot me an e-mail containing your mailing address and which of our two fabulous prizes you wanted to receive.

That's a wrap for this week in Cheap Wrestling, folks. I'll be back on Friday night with the Smackdown recap and on Saturday morning with the Velocity recap. If you need something to do until then, go check out my contribution to 411's Wrestlemania Countdown.