The Ultimate World Wrestling Entertainment Trivia Book

by Aaron Feigenbaum

Are you a real fan of World Wrestling Entertainment ®? Do you have ruthless aggression? Do you have to know it all -- and beyond? Now you can step up and prove it! Here for the first time, test just how much you really know in The Ultimate World Wrestling Entertainment Trivia Book. Not for the fan who just knows it all, but for the fan who lives it all!
1. Vince McMahon™'s first role in the WWE™was as a TV announcer. What Hall of Famer was his first broadcast partner?
a) Pat Patterson
b) Jesse "the Body" Ventura
c) Antonino Rocca
2. What was the outcome of the Andre the Giant vs. Hulk Hogan™ match at WrestleMania™ IV?
a) Andre won by pinfall
b) Double disqualification
c) Time-limit draw
d) Hogan won by pinfall
3. After losing his Hardcore Championship -- on February 7, 2002 -- Undertaker™ took out his frustration on The Rock®, giving him a Tombstone™ on top of what type of vehicle?
a) Corvette
b) Truck
c) Zamboni
d) Limousine
4. Match the superstar with his/her hometown:
a) Maven
b) Brock Lesnar
c) Trish Stratus
d) Hardcore Holly
e) Eddie Guerrero
f) William Regal
1) El Paso, Texas
2) Charlottesville, Virginia
3) Minneapolis, Minnesota
4) Toronto, Ontario
5) Mobile, Alabama
6) Blackpool, England

Answers
1. c) Antonino Rocca
2. b) Double disqualification
3. d) Limousine
4. Match the superstar with his/her hometown:
a-2) Maven­Charlottesville, Virginia
b-3) Brock Lesnar­Minneapolis, Minnesota
c-4) Trish Stratus­Toronto, Ontario
d-5) Hardcore Holly­Mobile, Alabama
e-1) Eddie Guerrero­El Paso, Texas
f-6) William Regal­Blackpool, England

320 pages, Paperback

First published November 5, 2002

Reviews

[Sophie Crane · Rating 5 out of 5]

For years WWF/WWE fans have waited for the definitive way to test their knowledge and now that time has come. This book features hundreds which will even test the most hardcore wrestling fans. The questions are split into different catagories so fans can train hard to be the undisputed champion of thier chosen subject. One bonus is that the catagories are spilt into year groups so those who havent watched for long can still test thier knowledge with recent events.
One bad point about the book is that some questions repeat themselves throughout the different catagories.
A great book and a must for all WWF/WWE fans.

[Evan · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Ultimate World Wrestling Entertainment Trivia Book was selected for this week’s Literary Squared Circle book review due to the current happenings on the quiz show Jeopardy! No, not the controversial, never-ending search for a permanent host to replace the late, great Alex Trebek. This book was chosen as a celebration of trivia, in honor of contestant Matt Amodio’s current 34-game win streak, during which time he has won over $1.3 million dollars. I do not know if Amodio is a wrestling fan, as is his fellow Jeopardy! champion James Holzhauer (the man Amodio recently passed for second place on the all-time Jeopardy! wins list), but his on-going, amazing win streak inspired this week’s selection.

The Ultimate World Wrestling Entertainment Trivia Book by Aaron Feigenbaum, Kevin Kelly, Seth Mates, Brian Solomon, and Phil Speer (Gallery Books, 2002), is a fun collection of WWE-related trivia spanning from the World Wide Wrestling Federation in 1963 to the “Attitude Era” and the transition from WWF to WWE in 2002. The first 40 years of the company are featured with chapters that include: WrestleMania, Raw, SummerSlam, Royal Rumble, SmackDown!, Survivor Series, Pay-Per-View, Old School, Titles, and Outside The Ring.

There are thousands of questions in a variety of formats including: traditional response, true/false, multiple choice, fill in the blank, matching, and identifying Superstars by their photos. Answers to all the questions are provided in the back of the book.

Sample questions include (these are the samples given on the back cover of the book):

1. Vince McMahon’s first role in the WWE was as a TV announcer. What Hall of Famer was his first broadcast partner?
a. Pat Patterson
b. Jesse “The Body” Ventura
c. Antonino Rocca

2. What was the outcome of the André the Giant vs. Hulk Hogan match at WrestleMania IV?
a. André won by pinfall
b. Double disqualification
c. Time-limit draw
d. Hogan won by pinfall

3. After losing the Hardcore Championship – on February 7, 2002 – Undertaker took out his frustration on The Rock, giving him a Tombstone on top of what vehicle?
a. Corvette
b. Truck
c. Zamboni
d. Limousine

Cue the Jeopardy! “think” music: da-dah-du-da da dah da…

Times up! The correct answers are: c. Antonino Rocca, b. Double disqualification, and d. Limousine. How’d you do?

Being a trivia buff and a wrestling fan, I loved The Ultimate World Wrestling Entertainment Trivia Book. My favorite sections were the Old School questions and the chapter regarding Titles. The only issue I had with the book was that it was written nearly 20 years ago, and I had a much easier time remembering who wrestled on the November 22, 2001 episode of SmackDown! back in 2002 when the book was published. In 2021, I have no chance of remembering the details of that show unless I go back and watch it again on Peacock.

Still I would recommend the book to any wrestling fan who enjoys trivia. It’s a lot of fun and a great resource to stump your fellow wrestling fans. I hope the WWE is considering putting out a revised version covering all that has occurred over the past 19 years.

5 Stars out of 5

[Brittany · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a good challenge for any WWE watcher who thinks they know it all! There were 3 error answers in the book which made it confusing. There was even an answer error where it was a question about which military branch one of the superstars enrolled in and the answer it gave me was the wrestler Christian. So now I don't know if that answer was correct or not. But that aside the book is challenging. There's fill in the blank and multiple choice so don't think this book will be easy. It can stump you from time to time and leave you thinking. This book also brought back memories from when I watched these wrestler as a kid. I miss them all and I'm happy this book brought back some good memories for me to look back on some more.

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

A lot of great stuff in this book.