The PWTorch All-Star Panel features an array of contributors answering your questions who have worked in various facets of the pro wrestling industry, plus PWTorch contributors join in. You get an unmatched mix of perspectives including first-hand insights from people who have worked in the ring and behind the curtain.

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PWTorch reader Sach C. asks: How do you think Total Divas would handle it if one of its cast members won the Divas Championship? Would it be featured like a real accomplishment or would it just be a background prop? Would they acknowledge it at all? Also, is there a particular reason why Summer Rae is the only one that is not billed under her real name? Thanks for the great work.

REALITY TV STAR & EX-TNA MANAGER Jonny Fairplay (@jonnyfairplay was also former personal assistant to Roddy Piper and a frequent PWTorch Livecast guest) answers: I think they would treat it as a big deal, at least some part of a storyline. The different names are already too confusing. I'm glad Summer Rae is Summer Rae. Maybe WWE wanted to prevent future Divas for getting famous under their real names to use against them as leverage in future negotiations. Or maybe, everyone just calls her Summer Rae.

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PWTorch reader Tom from Buford, Ga. asks: Great Job on the site. It's a daily visit for me. I am a long time Undertaker fan and think his time is about over. I have an idea for an angle and wanted your opinion. I think there can be a point where the WWE is celebrating the Undertaker's retirement. Maybe he comes out one last time with his entrance. Kane, his "brother," can speak for him to keep the mystique and tell everyone that the Undertaker is retiring. Then Cena's music interrupts and Cena tells Undertaker that he can't retire until he faces him. I think this would be a great angle to start right after Mania and can carry on through the year to the buildup. I don't think Cena would turn heel, but if he did, this would be a way to do that as well. Maybe the "obsession" with beating Undertaker turns Cena. He can always turn backface after he loses (kind of like what Shawn Michaels did years ago with Hogan).

EX-WWE CREATIVE TEAM MEMBER John Piermarini (ex-WWE Creative Team member 2009-2010, frequent PWTorch Livecast guest) answers: I don't really like the idea of the character, The Undertaker, saying I'm retiring. Or anyone saying it for that matter. I do understand there's money in his last match so I can see more of a scenario like 'Taker saying, "It's time I set my sights on what I want to conquer and that's being WWE Champion again. I'll enter the Royal Rumble, win it, and once again hold the Championship. I lose, I do what no other man in this company has been able to do. I put myself down and fade into the darkness for eternity."

REALITY TV STAR & EX-TNA MANAGER Jonny Fairplay (@jonnyfairplay was also former personal assistant to Roddy Piper and a frequent PWTorch Livecast guest) answers: I don't have a problem with that for 32.

EX-ECW CHAMPION AND LONGTIME WWE WRESTLER Justin Credible (also current IWE Champion, visit www.TheJustinCredible.com and on YouTube here including his ongoing Wrestling 101 Series) answers: I agree. If Taker has any matches left, Cena should definitely be one and another is Sting. It doesn't have to be at WrestleMania, either. Cena vs. Taker could headline SummerSlam. Then retire after he beats Sting at Mania 31.

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PWTorch reader Will S. asks: The Shield have barely won any gold, the Wyatts haven't won any at all. But with what they are, does it really matter? If they did, would it make them better? I personally don't think so as their objectives should be for destruction rather than winning. What are your thoughts?

MAINSTREAM WRESTLING MEDIA REPORTER Brian Fritz (host of Between the Ropes podcast, former AOL Fanhouse and Yahoo Sports reporter) answers: Will, I don't think belts mean that much to either group right now. It could enhance them each a little but it doesn't really hurt either at this point. The Shield were originally supposed to be heels inacting their style of justice and the Wyatt Family is a bunch of creeps beating people up and playing mind games. So the belts don't mean that much to either of them.

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PWTorch reader Vince B. asks: I was listening to Jason Powell's Raw Review where he compared John Cena to Ric Flair as a guy working with the younger guys. That got me thinking of how future generations will see Cena in relation to Flair and Hulk Hogan and Bruno Sammartino and all the other greats. And with his active career being in it's final chapter, he will soon (in the next 2-4 years) be viewed as a legacy guy. So here is my two-parter:

(1) Do you think Cena will be seen as the greatest of all time? I'm not asking if he is, or will be. Just wondering if WWE will present John Cena as the greatest superstar ever because he is a lifer, is younger than any of the other legends, does not get into trouble and so on and so on. With WWE being so brand conscious they will want a "face of the company" on the legends side. So after his in ring career, will John Cena be branded as the biggest champion ever to be in wrestling?

(2) Do you think Cena will surpass Ric Flair with the most championships ever? I think they will do it. Triple H didn't want to do it because of his respect/fandom of the Nature Boy. That also probably was the right thing to do as Triple H is not in general looked at as one of the absolute greats, even in WWE's own storytelling. But Cena, that story has been told for ten-plus years. I could easily see Cena getting at least two more runs with the title to tie Flair up. Now remember, Flair is not a Vince McMahon product - quite the opposite, and Vince loves to make his own everything.

INDY PROMOTER & ANNOUNCER Brad Stutts (Follow @cwfmidatlantic and @stuttsy and listen to his podcast at www.WrestlingWithOptimism) answers: 1. I think Cena will be seen by future generations as a bright spot in a down period, the guy who steered the ship during an era where even though the company was profitable, the shows weren't breaking records and the storylines weren't the most compelling.

2. Yeah I think its certainly plausible that Cena breaks the record.

REALITY TV STAR & EX-TNA MANAGER Jonny Fairplay (@jonnyfairplay was also former personal assistant to Roddy Piper and a frequent PWTorch Livecast guest) answers: 1. I think they should present Cena as the greatest of all time or at least equal to Hogan and Sammartino.

2. I think they already portray Hogan as a bigger deal than Flair and I think they will do the same with Cena. I think Cena definitely wins the belt more than Flair. If it were my company, he would.

EX-ECW CHAMPION AND LONGTIME WWE WRESTLER Justin Credible (also current IWE Champion, visit www.TheJustinCredible.com and on YouTube here including his ongoing Wrestling 101 Series) answers: I don't think Cena will become champion anytime soon. I think the WWE needs the title on a different wrestler. It can help a talent like Daniel Bryan. Where with Cena I believe he is bigger than any individual title. Much like how Undertaker doesn't need a belt.

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In case you are new to this feature, let me introduce you to our All-Star Panel…

EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION: By Wade Keller, PWTorch editor

Thanks to Pat McNeill and Anthony Jeselnik for the name of this feature. Just as "CSI" spawned "CSI: Miami," "Ask PWTorch" spawned "Ask PWTorch: All-Star Panel." Only without David Caruso. In any case, we are excited to present to you a new cast for the Ask PWTorch spinoff, which is available exclusively on the PWTorch App (or, for VIP members, on the VIP website too). You are reading this, so you are either a VIP member or have already downloaded the free PWTorch App on your phone or tablet. If you aren't a VIP member, why not? With VIP membership, you gain full access to both Ask PWTorch features on all devices you use to visit PWTorch - our App and our Website.

The "Ask PWTorch All-Star Panel" edition is scheduled to be published first thing in the morning (although not necessarily every single day, like the afternoon website-based Ask PWTorch is; we'll see about that as we move forward). It will feature an entirely different panel of experts and analysts than the afternoon Ask PWTorch does. We have assembled a wide range of contributors, which may expand or change over time, with the goal being to give PWTorch readers new perspectives from people who have particular areas of expertise. Along with our All-Stars from outside of PWTorch, several of our PWTorch contributors (but not the main staff who contribute to the website-based original Ask PWTorch!… you will be quizzed on all of this, so take notes) will also be regularly contributing, especially to current-events-related questions.

Let me introduce you to our panel…

Justin Credible: Current pro wrestler and former ECW Champion and longtime WWE wrestler in the 1990s and 2000s, Justin Credible (P.J. Polaco) currently is the IWE Champion. He travels as indy champion from Maine to Mexico with the title. He posts new Wrestling 101 YouTube videos at www.TheJustinCredible.com or on YouTube at his YouTube Channel.

John Piermarini: Ex-WWE Creative Team member who will provide a behind-the-scenes perspective from his years working for WWE including alongside Vince McMahon, Triple H, Stephanie McMahon, and John Cena. He has been a frequent PWTorch Livecast guest and was the subject of a comprehensive five-hour Torch Talk interview several years ago about his experience with WWE for most of 2009-2010.

Greg Oliver: SLAM! Wrestling reporter and wrestling book author (and hockey book author), Greg will provide a Canadian perspective on many wrestling topics. If you are a fan from Canada or have Canadian-related wrestling questions, Greg can help you. He is a wrestling historian who published a wrestling newsletter during the boom period of insider wrestling newsletters starting in the late 1980s. We were pen pals in the early 1990s and first met at a 1989 wrestling convention in Chicago run by Jon Gallagher of the Wrestling Forum (the first insider wrestling newsletter I ever received in the mail in early 1987).

George Schire: Author of "Minnesota's Golden Age of Wrestling," former Pro Wrestling Focus radio cohost with me in the early 1990s on KFAN, former contributor of history pieces to the PWTorch Newsletter, and multi-time guest on PWTorch Livecast "Interview Friday," he will be providing a historical perspective to Ask PWTorch.

Johnny Fairplay: Reality Star and Wrestling Manager, perhaps best known as Pat McNeill's Regis Philbin. He was an old neighbor of PWTorch senior columnist Bruce Mitchell who watched PPVs at his house long before he became a contestant on Survivor twice. He has been on many reality TV shows, the PWTorch Livecast numerous times, and follows wrestling very closely. You can read more about him on Wikipedia.

Brian Fritz: Host of the long-running "Between the Ropes" podcast, and now working for Yahoo! Sports radio, he also has been a guest on the PWTorch Livecast (and I've been a guest on his podcast), he brings years of reporting on wrestling including on-site interviews with wrestlers at major press events over the years. He follows today's wrestling and will provide his perspective and take on your questions.

Mick Karch: An early PWTorch Newsletter columnist over 20 years ago, Mick has been an announcer for virtually every national wrestling promotion other than the WWF, WCW, and TNA in the last 25 years. He currently works as an announcer on Minnesota indy wrestling shows. He got his start in wrestling running the Nick Bockwinkel Fan Club in the 1970s and is known for his sense of humor, strong opinions, and tremendous insight into wrestling's past dating back many decades, but he also watches today's wrestling regularly and can provide valuable perspective as a result of that span of time following and participating in the industry.

Brad Stutts: He has worked behind the scenes in wrestling in many roles, including taking jackets to the back, setting up and tearing down rings, running websites for indy promoters, running lights and music at live events, and performing as a manager, announcer, wrestler, and promoter. He currently is the lead announcer for CWF Mid-Atlantic Wrestling in North Carolina.

Jim Valley: Long time wrestling fan and Torch subscriber. He won a National Edward R. Murrow Award and several regional awards during his 20 year broadcast career. He has done TV announcing for several independent wrestling promotions, hosted his own wrestling radio show, interviewed many top stars and was flown our to Stamford to audition for WWE. He took second to Todd Grisham.

Current PWTorch Contributors: A mix of current PWTorch contributors will provide their opinion on today's wrestling scene and modern wrestling history questions, including Shawn Valentino, Michael Moore, Ben Tucker, Jon Mezzera, Brian Leahy, Jimmy Eaton, and Mike Roe.

You can send your questions for the All-Star Panel to the same address as always: askpwtorch@gmail.com. We will make sure they are directed to the appropriate panelist for potential inclusion in a published Ask PWTorch feature here on the PWTorch App or VIP Website. You may see your question asked in both versions of Ask PWTorch (the Afternoon original website-exclusive version and app-exclusive All-Stars version) so check both versions. Different groups of panelists may tackle your question on different days, so keep checking back. Because they all come from different backgrounds and have different experiences as both fans and working in some capacity in the business or covering it for the Torch, you're going to get some strong specific points of view from them.

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