Tossing Salt Presents:
Ultimate Wrestling Q&A
Right To Censor, Aubrey Edwards, Haku & More
June 14, 2023
DougMaynard.com

Are you ready for some Q&A about the world’s greatest sport? It’s not just any Q&A, but the Ultimate Wrestling Q&A. Now, hit my music. Let’s go.

The Judgement Day (Finn Balor, Damian Priest, Dominik Mysterio & Rhea Ripley) versus The Right To Censor (Stevie Richards, The Goodfather, Val Venis & Ivory). Who wins?

Imagine the promos. Imagine the build. Imagine these eight superstars all together in one ring, with Jim Ross & Paul Heyman at ringside to call the action. It would be off the charts and awesome in every way, shape, and form. TheJudgement Day would win the match, but the real winners would be the fans because this match would rock!

Could Right To Censor still work today in the WWE with the cancel culture that is so prominent in today’s world?

In today’s world, a group like RTC, pointing out the hypocrisy that is so commonplace and relevant would never be able to work. The fans are too fickle and butt-hurt over every little detail and thing and can’t handle being corrected or having anyone challenge their warped little thoughts. A group like RTC would offend too many people, hurt too many feelings, and probably end up resulting in lawsuits and boycotts. Yeah, that’s what our world has come to. WWE couldn’t do it.

What’s your honest opinion on Haku?

We’ve all heard the stories about how legit tough and badass Haku is. It comes across in the way he moves and wrestles and he’s as good as they come. While I could never see Haku as a World Champion, he’s a top guy who could easily be used as a threat for every title or championship. Just a good wrestler, a tough guy, and a wrestling legend.

Thoughts on AEW Referee Aubrey Edwards?

Where did AEW and Tony Khan find this woman? She loves the spotlight, often at the expense of the wrestlers she’s supposed to be managing, and her referee skills are lackluster at best. She’s just not good at all. And now, she’s going to be wrestling in mixed-tag matches against Karen Jarrett. Don’t the AEW fans suffer enough and now they have to watch this stuff? I’m sure Aubrey is a nice person and kind to animals, etc., but she doesn’t belong on national television in a wrestling ring, at least not in my opinion.

What is your favorite version of Sting?

There sure are plenty of versions of The Icon to choose from, but my personal favorite was the Joker-Sting from TNA/Impact Wrestling. He was edgy and far more entertaining in that role than most of the others I’ve seen him portray.

Haku & Scott “Flash” Norton versus Gunther & Sheamus. Who wins?

Talk about big man meat slapping more man meat and this is the match you would get. None of these guys are pushovers and all of them would be great choices to have your back in a bar fight. This match would have to be no disqualification, no count-outs, and anything goes. It would be a bloody brawl that went all over the arena and probably out in the street outside. And I think that Haku & Scott Norton would end up with a big, but brutal victory.

It looks as if AEW’s Forbidden Door PPV will have CM Punk versus KENTA as one of the matches. Thoughts?

If it happens, it should be a good match. I liked KENTA when he was part of WWE as Hideo Itami, although I think I was probably the only one who did. And Punk? He’s CM Punk and nothing more needs to be said. This match, if it happens, should be an instant classic for the ages.

No DQ and No Time Limit for the World Tag Team Championship: Nick Bockwinkle & Harley Race versus Ole & Gene Anderson. Who wins?

Harley & Nick are probably the two best singles wrestlers of their era and possibly all time, but the Andersons essentially wrote the book on tag team wrestling, and this match is listed as a tag team match. For old-school fans, it can’t get any better than this. And after a brutal brawl, with Ole most likely sacrificing Gene in the process, The Minnesota Wrecking Crew would walk out with the win.

Black Adam was a flop, DCEU got rid of him, Young Rock was canceled, and XFL lost $60 million this season. It seems to me that the Rock isn’t having a good year. Is there something wrong that’s happening?

I think, after nearly twenty years of being everywhere and doing everything, the Rock is suffering from overexposure and fatigue. Black Adam was a pretty good movie, but Young Rock was moved into a timeslot running against Smackdown on a Friday night. That immediately wiped out a majority of its core audience, the wrestling fans. The XFL was a gamble from the start so losses there were to be expected. But on a positive note, The Rock’s Tequila is doing very well with some great sales all across the country, and I believe he’s supposed to be part of the next Fast & Furious movie, so it’s not all bad. The Rock is one of those guys you can never count out or underestimate. Next year, he’ll probably end up with an Emmy or an Oscar. A few setbacks in life happen every so often, even if you are the Great One. He’ll be okay if you smell what the Rock, is cooking.

As of today, Gunther has been the Intercontinental Champion for one year. Would you like to see him break the Honky Tonk Man’s record as the longest-reigning IC Champion?

Nothing against Honky Tonk Man, but his place in wrestling history is cemented in and this is now Gunther’s time to shine. He’s done an amazing job in bringing back credibility to the Intercontinental Championship and has been a great, fighting champion. So beating Honky’s record and becoming the longest IC Champ of all time? I can go for that.

And there you go. My thanks for reading. Comments, thoughts, and any questions are welcome and appreciated. And with that, let’s wrap things up. Take care and be well, my friends. Watch out for foreign objects and I’ll see you at the matches.

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