Tossing Salt Presents:
Wrestling Q&A
July 26, 2017
DougMaynard.com

Greetings, salutations and where is the blue food? I’m Doug and it’s time to get down and dirty and answer a few “Wrestling Q&A” questions that I found on my Facebook timeline, mostly from the KoK, but from a few other folks as well. The clothes in the dryer are taking forever tonight. Let’s get busy and talk this ‘rasslin stuff we all love so much. Let’s do this…

Is it smart for Baron Corbin cash in at Summer Slam for a Raw belt?

Baron Corbin is a Smackdown Live superstar so I don’t even know if cashing in on a Raw title is possible. But if Corbin wants to jump into the mix with Roman, Braun, Samoa Joe and Brock Lesnar, so be it. Go for it. I don’t think his odds would be all that great, but what the hell? It’d be fun to see. Corbin is much better watching the action with Jinder Mahal and either Cena or Kensuke and get involved at the end of (or during) that one. His odds would be much better.

What should be the stable name? (Jinder, Khali, Sighn Brothers)

It should be “प्रभुत्व”, pronounced “prabhutv” and is the Indian word for “Domination”.

So on a scale between 0-meh how excited were you for The Great Khalis return?

I had a feeling we would be getting a surprise, but I was for some reason, thinking Shawn Daivari rather than Khali. But whatever. So long as Khali doesn’t try to wrestle any single matches, it should be okay. I’m actually glad to see him back to add a little credibility to Jinder’s reign.

Should I be embarrassed that I just now realized PJ Black is Justin Gabriel?

Yes, you are an idiot and should have immediately recognized that Black and Gabriel are one and the same. And you know what happens to stupid idiots who can’t recognize that these two names were used by the same man? Do you know what happens? You just made the list! (I am so glad that Chris Jericho is back!)

On the lookout for some decent podcast to listen to at work, usually mix it up between Jericho’s, E&C’s pod of awesomeness, stone cold and Sam Roberts, any others recommended?

Eric Bischoff’s over at MLW and Jim Cornette’s are both excellent to listen to. Tony Schiavone’s is pretty good and even though they’re not technically podcasts, listen to the audio shows on PWInsiderelite.com (subscribe) and listen to Dave, Mike, Eps, Les Thatcher and the rest of the PWInsider crew. Great stuff all around.

I seriously hope that Braun wins at Summerslam. Who you guys want to win? Strowman, Joe, Roman, or Lesnar?

I don’t think that Braun is quite ready to be the Universal Champion at this point and I sure as hell don’t want to see Roman get it, so I’ll go with Samoa Joe. The man is a walking and talking wrestling machine and definitely deserves the opportunity to be the top dog on RAW for a while.

In just WWE, where do you rank New Day in all-time greatest stables?

I won’t discount their success and marketability, but for me personally, I probably wouldn’t even have them in the Top 10.

2 part Question: #1 Why is WWE still holding on to Paige and Her Contract. #2 By Now, is Paige even Marketable?

I think that the only reason that WWE has not fired Paige yet is because of the movie they’re filming about her career and her family. They have so much money and time already invested, plus The Rock is one of the executive producers, and they don’t want to lose on this project. And is she still marketable? If Paige was to start acting right, dump Del Rio and clean up her act, America loves a great comeback story and Paige would be a living, breathing example of hitting rock bottom (or extremely close) and then making that journey back to the top. I don’t think it will happen though because there are stories (not confirmed) that a warrant has been issued for her arrest due to the incident with Del Rio a few days ago in an airport and if she is arrested for Domestic Violence, it’ll be her third strike with the WWE and they’ll have no choice but to fire her. It’s going to be interesting to see how this all plays out.

Who in your opinion was the most underrated talent in Jim Crockett Promotions?

So far as talents in Crockett that were fantastic and could go, but never got their just due, I’ll go with Gary Royal, who had success in the Central States as a manager and was also a former NWA Junior Heavyweight Champion. And how about Dewey Robertson, who went on to later fame as the Missing Link in Texas and then the WWF. So many names to choose from. Wait, I know. Let’s go with Don Kernodle. The man was awesome as part of a tag team with Sgt. Slaughter, but aside from that, was rarely given the kudos he deserved so often.

And that’s enough of this. I have to go fold clothes now and then, I think an episode of “Once Upon A Time” is in my immediate future. Thanks for reading. Questions and comments are welcome. Take care and I’ll catch you on the flip side.

Ubuntu!