Tossing Salt Presents:
Ultimate Wrestling Q&A
Cash Wheeler, Goofy Wrestlers, Edge & More
August 24, 2023
DougMaynard.com

It’s the only Wrestling Q&A that matters. It’s the Ultimate Wrestling Q&A. Happy Birthday to my old friend and brothers since those teenage years, Jim Manship. Love ya, bro. Now, let’s talk pro wrestling.

AEW’s The Outcasts (Saraya, Toni Storm, Ruby Soho) versus Damage CTRL (Bayley, Iyo Sky, and Dakota Kai). Who wins?

While Ruby and Storm are relatively decent in the ring, Saraya is only a shell of what she once was. Bayley, Sky, and Kai are at the top of their game right now. Damage CTRL wins.

Being that recently WWE and AEW have been hitting the mark with comedy skits and goofy gimmicks, if you had to make a Mount Rushmore for goofy superstars/gimmicks, which 4 would make the cut?

For sheer goofiness, I’d go with Danhausen, R-Truth, The Hurricane, and Santino Marella.

With all the news about FTR more specifically Cash Wheeler.. Do you think the Young Bucks will win the Titles at All In so that Cash can be written off TV to deal with his legal issues?

I think that FTR will drop the AEW Tag Team Titles to the Young Bucks, but it has nothing to do with Wheeler’s legal issues. The biggest live show in Wrestling history, allegedly, and do you think that the EVPs, the Bucks, will lose here? Their egos could never let that happen.

What kind of angle are we thinking? We are heading in for the Survivor Series? The brand split is deader than it’s ever been. The Bloodline stuff is getting weird. My guess has to be something to do with the Judgment Day, but knowing WWE, they’ll split them up before the PLE.

Is that actually a question? For Survivor Series, I’m hoping we’ll get a big match with The Judgement Day to the main event. I’d go for The Judgement Day versus The LWO in War Games myself. Either that or a coalition put together by KO and Zayn, with maybe Matt Riddle, and Drew McIntyre as their partners versus The Judgement Day and JD McDonagh. I have faith in Triple H that he’ll keep the Judgement Day together for at least that long.

Is it possible for AEW to bring in a big name at All In to get a once-in-a-lifetime pop? Maybe a Mercedes Mone?

I expect to see AEW bring in a few surprises for All In, but I’m not sure if Mercedes is medically cleared following her broken ankle a few months ago. I do expect to see the former Lacey Evans show up, and I keep hearing Goldberg being mentioned as well. so either of those names wouldn’t surprise me.

If MJF and Adam Cole are making a lot of merch sales as a team, how likely is that to keep them together as a team rather than splitting them up to further their story?

Where Cole and KJF are concerned, I have no idea how this will all play out. MJF is a high merchandise seller on his own, but I don’t know how Cole’s numbers are working out. I expect to see a swerve and one or the other turn heel to try and capture the Triple B. If they can stay together as a team, maybe as the ROH Tag Team Champions, that would be cool to see as well, but honestly, I haven’t given it too much thought as of yet. I expect we’ll see a split of the two BFFs before it’s all said and done though.

If this was Edge’s last match, are you okay with it? Or should his retirement match happen at Wrestlemania or in AEW?

I would prefer to see Edge have a Ric Flair-like sendoff for his last match, including a big final win at Wrestlemania. I don’t want to see him tarnish his legacy by trying to be a part of AEW. He deserves the full WWE treatment. If the match with Sheamus was his last match, so be it, but for someone like the Rated R Superstar, he deserves better.

Luchasaurus is a legend and a great gimmick – what’s the next dinosaur-themed gimmick you’d like to see for a wrestler?

I like Luchasaurus, but the gimmick works because it’s unique and he’s the only dinosaur currently active in professional wrestling. Let’s keep it that way. No more dinosaurs.

With all the divisiveness of CM Punk at the moment and his backstage performances, do you think he is getting towards Hulk Hogan in levels of politics?

No wrestler, past or present, was at the level of Hulk Hogan in backstage manipulation and politics, especially during his WCW years. Punk, unlike Hogan, is still trying to put the company first and do what he feels is best in the big picture of things, unlike certain other members of the roster, who shall remain nameless. Punk is looking after his interests for sure, but that’s just common sense. He’s been willing to put aside personal issues to move on, for the sake of the company, but why should he be the only one? Until the other side starts acting as adults and is willing to be professional, why should he? It’s simple. He shouldn’t.

Since there are three empty slots on BCC’s team at ALL IN, who would you like to see fill them?

I would have gone with Disco Inferno, Alex Wright, and Tokyo Magnum, but as of last night, the spots have been filled. It’s Santana and Ortiz taking the open spots as part of Team BCC.

And there you go. My thanks for reading. Comments, thoughts, and any questions are welcome and appreciated. Be sure to like, share, and subscribe. And with that, let’s wrap things up. Take care and be well, my friends. Watch out for Don Callis and his evil paintings. I’ll see you at the matches.

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