Tossing Salt Presents:
Ultimate Wrestling Q&A
Sonya Deville, Curtis Axel, Ric Flair & More
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Doug Maynard

I’m Doug and this is the Ultimate Wrestling Q&A. Are you ready to rumble? Let’s roll.

Why did Vince McMahon always seem to dislike Christian Cage?

Only Vince McMahon can tell us for sure why, but his dislike of Captain Charisma was well known. Maybe it was just a Vince thing, and Christian rubbed him wrong one day. Maybe Vince just doesn’t like Canadians? I can’t figure it out. Someone needs to ask Vince.

Sonya Deville says winning a championship is her biggest goal for 2025. Thoughts?

If a person is a professional wrestler, winning titles and making money should be their primary goal or else they’re in the wrong profession. I think Deville gets it and is setting goals as she should. I think she’ll do it too.

Who would you like CM Punk to face at WrestleMania 41 next year?

I’d still like to see a Dream Match with CM Punk versus Steve Austin, but probably not at WrestleMania. I think Punk versus Roman Reigns has a nice ring to it.

Do you believe Mariah May is already a bigger star than Mercedes Mone in AEW?

Maybe not in terms of name recognition, but in terms of in-ring performance and match quality, she’s definitely surpassed Mone. Mariah is getting better every week, while Mone seems to be getting worse and worse.

Athena just passed 2 years as the ROH Women’s World Champion. How would you rank her title reign?

It’s easy to be a champion for two years when everyone forgets that you’re a champion and most fans have forgotten the promotion even exists. Athena is a good wrestler and makes a great ROH Women’s Champion, but it would be nice to see her wrestle more and maybe get some television time on AEW television.

Prime for prime, peak for peak, who’s better of all time? Hulk Hogan or Ric Flair?

Hogan made more money in his career, but Diamonds are forever and so is Ric Flair. Ric is and will always be The Man!

Do you want to see Penta debut on the WWE RAW to Netflix premiere or should they save it for a different time so it’s not overshadowed by other matches and segments planned?

I would save it until the Rumble or Saturday Night’s Main Event so he doesn’t, as you said, get overshadowed by everything else going on.

What’s your honest opinion on the Muhammad Hassan character?

I enjoyed Muhammad Hassan and Daivari and was a fan from almost day one. I think it was terrible the way they were removed from WWE after the incident with the Undertaker and I’ve always wanted to see Mark Copani make some kind of comeback and get a second chance.

Would you like to see WWE bring back Curtis Axel?

I would love to see Axel return to WWE. Most likely, if he does return, it will be as a Producer or a trainer down at the PC, but honestly, I’d like to see him come back to do an angle with Bo Dallas and the Wyatt Sicks and then transition into a managerial role. For some reason, I’ve always seen Axel as a manager and I think he would be excellent in that role. Be it as a talent, producer, agent, trainer, or manager, I’ll be glad to see him return if he does.

The Undertaker picked Ric Flair as his opponent for WrestleMania 18 over Rob Van Dam. Did Taker make the right choice or would a match against RVD have been better?

While Undertaker versus RVD would have been an interesting match, it wouldn’t have been nearly as memorable as the Undertaker versus Flair match was. We got to see Undertaker beat up Arn Anderson, attack David Flair, and then have a wild brawl with Ric. What would Taker have done with RVD? Beat up his weed man? Undertaker definitely made the right call in choosing Flair to be his opponent at Wrestlemania 18.

And there you go. My thanks for reading. Questions, comments, and thoughts are welcome and appreciated. Be sure to like, share, and subscribe. And with that, I’m out of here. Take care, and be well, my friends. I’ll see you at the matches.

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