Wrestling Fact Or Fiction
January 23, 2014

And here we are again with the most anticipated, or is that constipated (?) weekly wrestling column in the free world, the place where truth and lies meet and make whoopee, the one and only (sort of), “Tossing Salt Presents: Wrestling Fact or Fiction”. As per the usual, I blatantly lifted the first eight questions of this piece from 411mania.com/wrestling. The last four, I made up on my own. And the answers? That’s all me. Whoo-hoo! Plus, I get to put on the fantasy booker uniform (it brings out the green in my eyes) and answer a question I found on Facebook from one of the wrestling groups I belong too. It’s a packed column, full of craziness, insight, pondering and small bursts of wisdom covered in chocolate. Let’s do this…

1. If Steve Austin does not wrestle at WrestleMania 30, he never will return to the ring.

FACT: I honestly doubt we will ever see another Steve Austin match again. Austin has said if he does another match, he wouldn’t want to stink up the ring. He’s seen what happened when Ric Flair, Hulk Hogan, Bret Hart, etc tried to work matches and come back. It wasn’t good. Austin is too proud of his legacy to screw it up by returning to the ring. Better to sit back, enjoy his success and let the fans keep wondering “What if… ?”.

2. At this time, you have no real interest in Randy Orton as the WWE Champion.

FACT: The only good thing I can think of about Orton being the champ is that it means Cena is not. Other than that, I could care less about having Orton in the top spot.

3. Booking the Big Show vs. Brock Lesnar is a waste of a Brock Lesnar appearance.

FICTION: They have a history. They have that Paul Heyman connection. And Big Show and Brock both need a strong program to tide them over until Wrestlemania. So what the hell. Why not each other. Works for me.

4. TNA {reportedly} hiring Tommy Dreamer as a new agent, replacing Jeff Jarrett in that role, was a good choice.

FACT: Dreamer knows the business better than most, he’s popular with the other wrestlers and he can do what TNA needs to do. He’s a great pick.

5. WWE should bring in Sting, not to wrestle, but to induct the Ultimate Warrior into the WWE Hall of Fame.

FACT: As much as I’d love to see a Sting / Undertaker match, I really don’t think it would work at Wrestlemania. Sting isn’t that good and Taker is too banged up. Let Taker beat someone else to keep the streak alive. Sting can induct Warrior into the HOF and they can lay the seeds for a future Sting / Taker match when both men would have plenty of time to prepare and when it really wouldn’t matter so much if they stink up the ring.

6. The WWE creating Divas Tag Team Titles would be a bad idea.

FACT: They barely have enough girls who can actually wrestle for the singles title. A tag title would be a waste of time and money.

7. You like the fact that the Wolves (Richards and Edwards) signed with TNA instead of WWE.

FICTION: WWE’s loss is TNA’s gain and it’s good for the Wolves, but I think I would rather have seen them with WWE instead.

8. Now that he is medically cleared, Daniel Bryan will win the Royal Rumble on Sunday.

FICTION: Last that I heard, he’s not even going to be wrestling in the Rumble, instead wrestling in a singles match against Bray Wyatt. If he’s not in the Rumble, he can’t win. Simple as that.

9. WWE should make a special induction and incorporate the WCW Hall of Fame into the WWE Hall of Fame, thus giving all the members of the WCW Hall of Fame WWE Hall of Fame status.

FACT: Every single member of the WCW Hall of Fame is worthy of that position and since the WWE owns WCW and everything that is / was WCW, they own the WCW HOF too. Make a special induction and give all the WCW guys their due. They deserve it and it’s the right thing to do.

10. Given their recent comments towards each other on Twitter, you’d be interested in seeing an Ultimate Warrior versus Jake Roberts match at Wrestlemania XXX.

FICTION: While I would like to see Jake get to appear at the Rumble and maybe do some work in commentary or in a managerial role, I do not want to see him try to work a singles match at this point. And I never want to see Warrior in the ring again. So let them argue on Twitter if they must, but no match… ever!

11. The much heralded return of Batista on RAW Monday night was a huge bust.

FACT: Batista got a nice pop and then… nothing. The segment died. And then he botched moves when going after Del Rio later in the program. And what the hell was he wearing anyhow? I don’t think it went quite how anyone may have hoped on Monday. It just bombed big time.

12. Jeff Jarrett will make a surprise appearance at the Royal Rumble on Sunday.

FICTION: He won’t be there, but damn if that wouldn’t be one helluva major surprise that I’d love to see… lol.

And now, it’s time for some booking magic. Let’s go for it…

It’s March 29,1987 you’re JCP (JIm Crockett Promotions) and decided you’re going to put together a card to go head to head with Wrestlemania 3. What would be the matches on your card?

This would be roughly a year before Crockett starting airing the “Clash Of The Champions”, so I guess we’d have to find a name for this event. We’ll go with NWA SuperShow. And the matches would be…

NWA World Champion Ric Flair versus “Total Package” Lex Luger
NWA World Tag Team Championship: Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard versus The Rock & Roll Express
Ole Anderson versus Dusty Rhodes – Greensboro Street Fight
Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane w/ Jim Cornette versus The New Breed (Chris Champion & Sean Royal)
Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez w/ Paul Jones versus Jimmy Valiant and Dick Murdoch
Nikita Koloff and Ivan Koloff versus The Road Warriors
Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner versus The Fabulous Freebirds
Kevin Sullivan versus Barry Windham

And there you go. And with that, I’m out of here for now. Catch you on the flip side. Thanks for reading.

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