Tossing Salt Presents:
Ultimate Wrestling Q&A
The Death Riders, Trish Stratus, Tossing Salt & More
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Doug Maynard

Welcome to the show. It’s the only pro wrestling Q&A that matters. You have questions, and I have answers. It’s the Ultimate Wrestling Q&A. I’m Doug, your party host and Guiding Light. Are you ready? Let’s do this.

The Wyatt Sicks (Dexter Lumis & Joe Gacy) are the new WWE Tag Team Champions. Thoughts?

The story with the Wyatt Sicks has finally begun to move, and they already have gold. It was a good match, and Lumis & Gacy are a good team. It’ll be interesting to see how this plays out.

Disco Inferno and Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com are seemingly having a Twitter War. Thoughts?

SRS is a crybaby loser and thin-skinned, and Disco is just having fun and poking the bear. It makes for entertaining Twitter posts, especially when JDfromNYis added to the mix. It’s nothing serious or major, but it is entertaining to watch.

Do you think the Bucks are better off as onscreen EVPs, or should they step back from the power-play gimmick?

The EVP gimmick is all that makes the Young Bucks interesting. Their in-ring antics make me want to change the channel. If they lose the EVP status at All In: Texas, they should just go away for a while.

Would you like to see Trish wrestle more matches after Evolution?

I will never say no to seeing more of Trish Stratus in the ring. So long as she’s comfortable with it and the stories are good, just bring it.

According to Charlotte Flair, Alexa Bliss is now the “Fifth Horsewoman” of WWE. Thoughts?

Why does this remind me of the disagreements between Ric Flair and Arn Anderson over whether Jeff Jarrett was actually a Horseman? Ric says yes, while Arn says no. Charlotte might say Alexa is a Horsewoman, but what do Becky, Bayley, and Sasha say? In my opinion, I would not consider Alexa as one of the Horsewomen.

Logan Paul says he’s disgusted by celebrities and influencers coming into “our industry leaching off of our success on a platform that we have built.” Thoughts?

Quotes like this are why Logan Paul is such a good heel. Yes, he’s being a hypocrite, but that’s what heels do. Good for Logan Paul.

Nick Jackson recently said that AEW ratings and crowds are up because of The Death Riders. Thoughts?

Attendance at the shows, except for this weekend in Dallas, has been regularly decreasing. TV ratings have been in decline and the segments that take the biggest dip usually feature the Young Bucks or the Death Riders. I don’t know where Jackson is getting his information, but he’s 100% wrong.

What is your ideal length of time for a wrestling match?

For a television match, usually between eight and twelve minutes for the regular matches, and fifteen to twenty-five minutes for the main events. This would be subject to change depending on the wrestlers involved and their stories, but those would be my numbers for a basic outline.

Bully Ray is not a fan of how Deonna Purrazzo has been booked in AEW and thinks it’s time that she walks away. Thoughts?

Bully Ray is right. AEW has not used Purrazzo well and seems to forget that she’s even there more often than not. Purrazzo would be better off in my opinion back in TNA or working in the Indies.

I remember a few years ago that you used to work for another website and wrote a column, Tossing Salt. And you did recaps of RAW and Heat! Now, all you do is answer questions. Will you ever start writing the columns again or recapping shows?

The sites that I worked for were TheWrestlingInformer.net, Wrestle-Zone.co.UK, and PWBTS.com. My columns were called Tossing Salt: Worldwide News, Six Minutes, and Tiger Tales. And I recapped PPVs, RAW, and Sunday Night Heat. Good times working with some good people, going back to 2002. And yeah, I’ve gotten lazy with just the Q&As. Should I start back with the columns and the recaps? If you, the readers, want it, just let me know. I’m down. Just give me a reason.

And there you go. Thanks for reading. Comments, thoughts, and questions are welcome and appreciated. Reach me by e-mail at Doug28352@yahoo.com or on X at @Doug28352. Be sure to like, share, and subscribe. And with that, let’s wrap it 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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