Tossing Salt Presents:
Ultimate Wrestling Q&A
Matt Cardona, Ricky Saints, Ryback & 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, guiding light, and the man with the best mullet since Billy Ray Cyrus. Are you ready? Let’s do this.

Which main WWE roster talent would you like to see face Ricky Saints in WWE NXT?

Cody Rhodes for sure, given their history. Grayson Waller would make for a very good match. And hell, how about Saints versus The Miz? That would be AWESOME!

Would you want to see Chelsea Green vs. Kelani Jordan for the Knockouts Title in WWE?

I’m up for any match where Chelsea Green is involved. Yes, I’d like to see it.

Describe MFT using just ONE WORD.

Confusing.

Matt Cardona won the JCW Heavyweight Championship at the Juggalo Championship Wrestling (JCW) Lunacy taping. He says he’s there to “save JCW!”. Thoughts?

Cardona is always ready, and the former NWA Champion is liable to show up anywhere. In the past month, he’s wrestled for TNA, NXT, GCW, and now the Juggalos. Matt is easily the King of the Indies. Good for him.

Dave Meltzer recently called FTR and The Young Bucks “the greatest tag teams of the last 20 years. Thoughts?

A year ago, I would have agreed about FTR, but AEW has broken them, and they’ve become a shadow of what they were. The Bucks? Really? I don’t agree, and I don’t think The Hardys, The Usos, The New Day, The Bar, The Dudleys, The B-Team, or even the Bellas would agree either.

Karrion Kross and Scarlett versus Aleister Black and Zelina Vega. Who wins?

A fantastic match for sure. I think Black and Vega would steal the win.

Is Chris Jericho leaving AEW to return to WWE?

It sure seems that way, but it’s wrestling, so until Jericho shows up on RAW or SmackDown, don’t take it as gospel. Let’s just say maybe, and leave it at that.

Dutch Mantell & Stevie Richards versus Shane Douglas & Don Muraco. Who wins?

What would this be? A WSI James Romero on a pole match? Shane and Muraco were former podcasting partners with James Romero, while Dutch and Stevie are his current partners-in-crime. This would be an epic battle with four certified legends. And the winners? Shane and Muraco were more often top stars, while Stevie and Dutch were considered mid-card, except maybe Duitch in Memphis. Shane and Muraco would win the match, but Dutch and Stevie would come back with a post-match attack, with associate Maven at their side, to win the war.

If you could create a Pantheon of wrestling, using stars both living and dead, based on the Greek Pantheon from Mythology, who would be the twelve members?

A gathering of twelve names to oversee and rule wrestling, much as Zeus and the Olympians did on Mt. Olympus. I’m not assigning titles or responsibilities for each member. But my twelve picks would be Harley Race, Verne Gagne, Dusty Rhodes, Giant Baba, Vince McMahon, Hulk Hogan, Jerry Jarrett, Fabulous Moolah, Gordon Solie, Bruno Sammartino, Ole Anderson, Paul Heyman, and Jim Cornette.

Do you think AEW wasted Rusev’s potential?

He was brought in as Kip Sabian’s sidekick, had a brief run as the TNT Champion, and then sat at home for a couple of years. That would be a yes. They had a star and didn’t even try to use him properly.

Would you want to see Ryback in one final run?

No, I would not. He wasn’t all that when he was an active wrestler, and now, he hasn’t wrestled a match since August 2018. Seven years of ring rust? He’d make Nikki Bella look like Jack Brisco by comparison. No, just stay away, please.

Would you like to see Scott Steiner return to WWE TV alongside Bron Breakker?

Maybe for a one-shot appearance, but Big Poppa Pump, even now, would overshadow his nephew. Let Bron continue his development as a rising star and be his own person. He doesn’t need Daddy or Uncle Pump there to build his character.

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; that is all people need to know. I’ll see you at the matches.

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