Tossing Salt Presents:
Ultimate Wrestling Q&A
Kane, Fuego Del Sol, Johnny Valentine & More
July 28, 2023
DougMaynard.com

It’s the Ultimate Wrestling Q&A. Let’s do this.

Dance Off: MJF & Adam Cole versus Breezango versus Disco Inferno & Alex Wright versus Sammy Guevera & Daniel Garcia versus Too Cool. Who wins?

With a little assist from Tokyo Magnum, I’d give the Golden Disco Ball Trophy to these guys right here.

Kurt Angle recently said that Kane was “too nice” and WWE took advantage of him. Thoughts?

Kane may have been too nice at times, but he had a fantastic career and it all worked out pretty well for the Big Red Machine. He has nothing to complain about.

Chelsea Green said that she “filed a complaint” with WWE Management about Dom Mysterio getting a spot to celebrate his new NXT North American Championship win, while she and Sonya Deville didn’t get a spot to celebrate being the new Women’s Tag Team Champions. Thoughts?

So this is either a build for a possible match with Chelsea versus Rhea, or else Chelsea is just staying in the character of being a WWE Karen. Either way, it’s awesome. It’s the little things that matter and Chelsea has always been good about things like that. So is Rhea. I look forward to their upcoming match.

Fuego Del Sol said that AEW got a lot more difficult for him after Cody Rhodes left the company. Thoughts?

It got more difficult because when Cody left, he lost his major backer and support system in management. It sucks, but that’s the way the business works and if you’re not already over and a major name, you need that person in the back pulling for you and keeping your name in the mix. I feel for Fuego, but that’s just how the business goes sometimes.

Kevin Owens is legitimately hurt. What should WWE do about him and Sami Zayn being the Unified Tag Team Champions, especially with SummerSlam coming up in a few weeks?

I don’t want to see them strip Zayn & Owens of the titles because they’ve been good champions and I’d like to see them eventually lose the belts in the ring and not because of an injury to KO. Maybe KO will be able to wrestle for one match at SummerSlam and they can put over a new team by losing in an actual match. If not that, let Kevin & Sami pick a replacement partner to defend the titles and maybe turn their team into a three-man unit, muck like The New Day, for the duration of Kevin’s injury. I personally think that would be the best way to go.

According to Bruce Prichard, there was talk in WWE about bringing New Jack in to challenge John Cena. Would that have worked? Thoughts?

I just can’t see that working. It would bomb in WWE because New Jack would be a watered-down version of his character and everything that made him New Jack wouldn’t be allowed by the company. I think it would be a bad angle that would blow up and then be aborted quickly. Not a good idea at all.

Barry Windham versus Bad News Allen. Who wins?

My money would be on Barry Windham for this one. It’d be a good match and would, as the old saying goes, put butts in the seats for sure. I’d hope that Barry would be in his bad-guy character and Allen, he’s just tough as nails and means, regardless of what character he’s trying to be. It’d be a bombshell of a match and Windham would win.

If Solo Sikoa turns on Roman Reigns, what about bringing in Umaga’s former manager, Armando Alejandro Estrada, as his own personal “Council”? Thoughts?

That would be awesome, make plenty of sense, and be fun to see happen. Book it, Triple H.

What are your thoughts on the legendary Johnny Valentine?

Valentine, the father of The Hammer Greg Valentine, was almost before my time. I may have seen him wrestle when I was a small kid, but those memories are kind of blurry and run together. I mainly know him from the magazines and the stories I’ve heard. A tough man who was just a legit bad-ass and made his stuff hard and believable. I believe the old saying that Valentine lived by was that you might think wrestling is fake, but you’d still believe his stuff was real. A Hall of Fame-worthy wrestling legend.

The Fabulous Freebirds w/ Jimmy Garvin & Precious versus The Judgement Day w/ Rhea Ripley. Who wins?

It’d be a wild match and chaos would rule. As much as I’ve grown to become a fan of The Judgement Day, I think that The Freebirds would take this match. They have Jimmy and Precious on the outside, while Judgement Day only has Rhea. And while I believe Rhea could take out both of them, the numbers game would take its toll. And the Freebirds would capitalize to take that walk to the pay window.

And there you go. My thanks for reading. Comments, thoughts, and any questions are welcome and appreciated. Be sure to share, like, and subscribe. 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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