Tossing Salt Presents:
Ultimate Wrestling Q&A
Orange Cassidy, Jade Cargill, Michael Cole & More
August 15, 2023
DougMaynard.com

Keeping it real all the time, it’s the Ultimate Wrestling Q&A. You have questions and I have answers. Let’s do this.

To get Solo back on his side, Roman teams up Solo with Jimmy. Solo and Jimmy win the tag titles. Roman declares them the new Samoan Swat Team. Thoughts?

I’m not crazy about this one because it puts the tag team titles back under the control of The Bloodline and I’d rather keep Sami and KO as the champions, defending the titles regularly, rather than back to where they were used more as props for the Bloodline rather than being held by fighting champions. And also, for me anyhow, using the SST name seems kind of been there/done that. It’s a nice thought, but I don’t want to see it.

At this point who do you see as the Final Four when we get to the men’s Rumble match?

I’ll go with LA Knight, Sheamus, Gunther, and Ricochet.

Do you think WWE will let Cody hold both major titles? Win against Seth to lose it at the Royal Rumble then beat Roman at Wrestlemania?

That’s too much flippy-floppy with the titles in my opinion. Let other people have the shots against Seth and hopefully, Damian Priest will capture the belt, while Cody should be focused on the story he’s already started, beating Roman Reigns and getting the WWE Championship.

Which feud would you look more forward to.. the Elite vs CMFTR or Punk vs MJF?

I’m looking forward to both, but of the two, I want to see The Elite and CMFTR more than Punk and MJF. We’ve already seen Punk and Maxwell not too long ago and we already know that it will be damn good. The story behind Punk and The Elite is too intriguing with too many questions not to be curious about and hoping to see, the sooner, the better.

Do you think AEW and WWE will ever do a forbidden door?

I don’t personally think so, but it’s professional wrestling, and with Endeavor taking over WWE next month, anything can happen. I don’t think so but never say never.

Do you think Orange Cassidy’s gimmick would succeed in WWE?

Not to the extent that it has in AEW, no. WWE would tweak and work to “improve” the character to make it more of their liking and when they finished, it would be nothing like the Orange Cassidy we are seeing now.

Should Hunter try and recruit Jade Cargill and put her in NXT to develop her into a true star? She’s a bit green but she’s not only beautiful but if trained properly can contend with Rhea Ripley and Bianca Belair!

Jade would need a lot of time in NXT and the Performance Center to get up to par and improve her skills before she’d be competitive on WWE television and honestly, I don’t think she’s worth the trouble. She has the look, but given her comments since taking her “hiatus” from AEW, her attitude needs a lot of work and no one needs that kind of poison in the locker room. WWE would never allow it.

How would you rank Michael Cole as a commentator?

Since Triple H removed the Vince McMahon restraints from him, Cole has gotten better as an announcer. He’s able now to be more himself and call the action rather than parrot Vince’s talking points and it’s made a big difference. He’s arguably the best commentator that WWE has on their roster right now, and possibly among the best in the business. He’s not quite at the JR in his prime level, but he’s pretty damn close.

Why hasn’t Enzo Amore followed Big Bill into AEW?

Because AEW doesn’t want the headaches that Enzo would bring, and Big Bill has, despite the stupid name he’s being forced to use, straightened his life up and seems to be doing well. He doesn’t need reminders of his old life and the baggage that Enzo would bring.

WWE needs to convince Brandi Rhodes to resume the on-air character that she had in AEW! She was so bad that it was good 😂. Who do you think she should feud with if she returned to television?

Brandi needs to stay home, raise her baby, and stay away from WWE and television. WWE doesn’t need her and her presence would hurt Cody more than help him at this point. But that being said, if she was to return, how about a feud with Rhea Ripley, just to watch Mami give her a good old-fashioned spanking?

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 it up. Stay well and watch out for that red mist. The green is dangerous, but that red is a killer. I’ll see you at the matches.

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