Tossing Salt Presents:
Ultimate Wrestling Q&A
Ric Flair, Bianca Belair, WWE Hall of Fame & More
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Doug Maynard

It’s the Ultimate Wrestling Q&A. I’m Doug. Let’s do this. Let’s roll.

So far, the WWE has announced Paul Heyman, Bull Nakano, and the U.S. Express (Barry Windham & Mike Rotundo) for the WWE HOF Class of 2024. Who’s next?

I’m still hoping for Demolition, The Midnight Express w/ Jim Cornette, Lisa Marie Varon (Victoria), and posthumously, Bray Wyatt.

In honor of International Women’s Day, who’s your favorite Women’s wrestler & why are they your favorite?

Of all time, Lisa Moretti, aka Ivory. As for why, I watched her come up through GLOW and POWW as Tina Moretti, and then once she made it to WWE, I liked her energy and enthusiasm. She stood apart from the crowd and had that “It” to be a superstar. And she was/is.

Allegedly, scrapped plans for Sting’s retirement match would have had Ric Flair more involved and turn on Sting. Flair tried to convince Conrad Thompson to “talk to Tony” and that his turning on Sting would be “best for business”. Thoughts?

This comes from Ric’s son-in-law, Conrad Thompson, and it sounds right. Ric has to be in the spotlight and the center of attention or he’s not happy or satisfied. If this is true, and we have no reason to believe it’s not, Ric wanted to make Sting’s big moment about Ric Flair. He should be ashamed, but I doubt he cares. I’m just glad that cooler/more rational judgment occurred.

Do you think AEW is on a good track as a business?

Not really because they’re not making money, nor are they projected to make any money anytime soon. AEW is simply Tony Khan’s hobby and project and the second he decides to quit throwing money away and gets bored, AEW is out of business and through. It exists only because Tony Khan is a billionaire money mark and not because of any good business practices or decisions.

Dom Mysterio married his long-time girlfriend, Marie Juliette, on Thursday, March 7, and got booed at his wedding. Thoughts?

I saw the video and it was great. Rhea and Damian Priest were also in attendance at the wedding and they took some great pictures. Congratulations to Dom and his new bride.

Select two wrestlers from two different eras to compete in the biggest WM main event, all in their prime. Men or Women. For me, it’s Roman Reigns vs Hulk Hogan. What’s yours?

The biggest main event in Wrestlemania history? Since Mania is now two nights, I’ll select 4 wrestlers, two for each night. For the women, to headline Night One, Chyna versus Rhea Ripley. As for night two and the men, it’s Hulk Hogan versus Stone Cold Steve Austin.

Arn Anderson versus Bobby Roode. Who wins?

This would be a fun match to see as both men have similar builds and styles. No offense to the Enforcer, but Arn lost more singles matches than he usually won. This one goes to Bobby Roode and it would be, dare I say it, GLORIOUS!

If you could bring back any tag team from the past to challenge The Young Bucks on AEW Dynamite in a No DQ Street Fight, who would you bring out?

Brian Adams & Bryan Clark. It’s all about Kronik! ‘Nuff said!

For being featured on the WWE 2k24 cover, several fans attacked Bianca Beliar online with racial slurs and insults. Several other WWE superstars and fans quickly came to her defense. Thoughts?

That was messed up and wrong. I’m not a fan of Bianca either, but to attack and go after someone because of their race, religion, gender, or any other reason besides their character/activities, is wrong. It sucks and all of those idiots using the slur do as well… and not in a good way.

If WWE does induct Demolition into the WWE Hall of Fame, should Crush (Brian Adams) be inducted as part of the group?

He was part of the team for a while and helped defend the WWF Tag Team Championships with Smash when Ax was out of action for a while, so I would say yes. If Jimmy Garvin can be inducted as part of the Freebirds, then Crush should be added as part of Demolition. It is just that simple.

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

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