Tossing Salt Presents:
Ultimate Wrestling Q&A
Lex Luger, Mickie James, Shinsuke Nakamura & More
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Doug Maynard

It’s the Ultimate Wrestling Q&A. No time for love, Miss Jones. Let’s roll.

NWA Powerrr has been added to the CW App. Thoughts?

Well, it’s not quite the main network, but it’s better than YouTube alone. I guess the Cocaine Spot didn’t scare off everyone after all. Good for Billy Corgan and the NWA.

Why do you think Lex Luger didn’t ever win the WWF title back in Summerslam 1993 against Yokozuna? They were pushing him over the moon with the “Lex Express” all summer and even at Wrestlemania 10. Also, why do you think he isn’t in the Hall of Fame?

Lex didn’t win the WWF title because Vince McMahon decided against it and didn’t want him to. It is that simple. As for why he isn’t in the WWE Hall of Fame as of yet, people have long memories and hold grudges, and that whole walking out with no notice to appear on the first WCW Nitro episode made a lot of people mad.

Let’s say you could book a legends stable of people who could still go in the ring (at least once in a while, maybe only four PPVs and maybe some shows). Who would you pick – like maybe Rated RKO and DX form a group managed by Ric Flair?

A group of legends to act as a faction. How about The Hardy Boys, Edge & Christian, and Bubba Ray Dudley, all of whom are currently active wrestlers, along with Lita? We’ll just call them Extreme!

Would You Like To See Mickie James In AEW?

So far as AEW goes, not really. Mickie still has one good run left in her in the big time, but in AEW, she’d be wasted and lost in the shuffle because they don’t know how to book the women wrestlers. If Mickie gets that final run, it should be in the WWE, alongside her husband, Nick Aldis.

Bruiser Brody vs Brock Lesnar. Who wins?

Brody was a wrestling machine, but Brock Lesnar is so much more. This would be a very intense and awesome match for sure. Brock would win.

In honor of Thanksgiving and wrestling interviewer Chris Van Vliet, who ends every interview with this question, what are three things you’re thankful for?

My family and friends are essentially the same people. I may not tell them often enough, but I do love them and they are my reason to keep on keeping on. My bro and his family would fall under the first answer, but they’re so much more to me than just family. Their support and place in my life and heart are my reason for being. Without them, I am nothing. And my job. They have no reason to keep me around with my health issues and problems. I’m not the man I was or that they originally hired, but they give me a reason to get up, to get out of the house, and to be a part of the world with other people. I didn’t know I needed that until I nearly lost it all and they gave that back to me.

Who are the ten greatest tag teams of all time?

Of all time? That’s a loaded question and this list is purely subjective, but here goes. The Midnight Express, Ole & Gene Anderson, Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard, Steamboat & Youngblood, Masked Superstar & Paul Jones, FTR, The Usos, The Hollywood Blondes (Steve Austin & Brian Pillman), Edge & Christian and The Enforcers (Arn Anderson & Larry Zbyszko).

Brie Bella isn’t available, who is Stephanie McMahon’s greatest rival?

That’s a hard one because most of Stephanie’s rivals never got the chance to go after her due to her being a woman and a McMahon and she was more of an Authority Figure rather than a wrestler. I want to say Chris Jericho for all of the times he called her a filthy, nasty, disgusting ho’, among other things. Yeah, Jericho will work.

It’s been reported by Fightful that several talents have not been informed of the context of Shinsuke’s mysterious promos. So who is he calling out?

The obvious choice is CM Punk, but Punk debuted earlier tonight so that remains to be seen. I’d heard a few others suggest it could be Sheamus, who has been out with an injury and is due to return at any time. Sheamus versus Shinsuke could be fun so let’s go with that.

If you had to pick between John Cena & Randy Orton to have one final World Title run, Who would you pick?

Cena, as a full-time WWE performer, isn’t going to happen again so just by the fact that he’s back for a full-time run, as of last night, let’s go with The Viper Randy Orton.

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 foreign objects and I’ll see you at the matches.

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