Dave Meltzer

[FLips]

I don't mind Alvarez at all but I think Dave is clearly suffering from some sort of cognitive decline lately. Every sentence he starts has another five sentences in it before he finishes the first one, if he ever does. Donald Trump levels of inane rambling. This clip of them discussing WWE numbers that showed up in my feed yesterday turned my brain into mush and I had to turn it off before he even finished his thought.

 

[RedTwoster]

37 minutes ago, FLips said:

I don't mind Alvarez at all but I think Dave is clearly suffering from some sort of cognitive decline lately. 

Overall, I think Meltzer’s haphazard approach to reporting has been bad for wrestling and probably to individuals in it too, but I hope that’s not the case. I can see why you think that though and I don’t necessarily think you’re wrong, but it’s an awful thing to happen to anyone so I really do hope you are.

[Browser Brady]

https://x.com/thisisnasty/status/1963789670485303753?s=46&t=5KS8MzbxvNvr4eygdBSDyA

[Lorne Malvo]

How do people listen to hours upon hours of that a week? Absolutely brutal.

[The King Of Swing]

Alvarez can make good points. But is usually an absolute bellend about it, just an insufferable prick.

Meltzer is a rambling mess. 

Could barely tolerate five minutes of either of them. Fuck knows how anyone can handle an hour plus.

[Chili]

Alvarez was only ever tolerable when he used to review Russo era TNA. Meltzer I'll read his brilliant obits and pieces on things, but not a chance I'm listening to that rammel in audio form.

[tiger_rick]

On 9/6/2025 at 12:48 PM, Browser Brady said:

https://x.com/thisisnasty/status/1963789670485303753?s=46&t=5KS8MzbxvNvr4eygdBSDyA

Accidentally given that cunt a click now. Between this and the Raw thread, a good day for being reminded that wrestling media is abysmal.

[Supremo]

I’ve got more time for Dave than most. None of us would consume or discuss pro-wrestling the way we do without him and the majority of criticism he gets online is from morons just parroting whoppers like Bischoff and Pritchard. But yeah. Torturous audio. I unsubscribed years ago.

Can’t imagine how anyone could listen to Observer Radio regularly in the year of Hangman Page, 2025. Especially when there are saints who’ll oftentimes transcribe the relevant stuff into bitesize chunks online. All his scoops land on the socials instantaneously, as well. No need whatsoever to listen to him endlessly, ‘you know’-ing or shouting over Alvarez.

Edited September 8, 2025 by Supremo

[Cannibal Man]

I really wish he'd do more of those Highspots shoots. I don't know if they even happen any more or the format exists any more now everyone's doing podcasts and stuff but those two videos he made with Rob Naylor and Chris Hero just droning on about weird old wrestling they liked was really good. 

[RedTwoster]

5 hours ago, Supremo said:

I’ve got more time for Dave than most. None of us would consume or discuss pro-wrestling the way we do without him and the majority of criticism he gets online is from morons just parroting whoppers like Bischoff and Pritchard. But yeah. Torturous audio. I unsubscribed years ago.

There’s definitely an element of that, but if Meltzer hadn’t existed, you still had people like Wade Keller kicking about at roughly the same time. I think he’s replaceable, and on the whole I think he’s done more harm than good, parroting lines from his favourite wrestlers to discredit accusers and treating fiction as fact. He seems unable to recognise when he’s being lied to. 

Then there’s the fact he’s run genuine scoops from other journalists without giving them credit, which is pretty shitty. Bischoff and Prichard are unreliable narrators for sure, but the specific gripe about him not getting in touch for right-of-replies seems valid enough to me.

[TheBurningRed]

I’d still rather Meltzer than that dickhead Sean Ross Sapp at Fightful. 

[CTXRussomark]

2 hours ago, RedTwoster said:

There’s definitely an element of that, but if Meltzer hadn’t existed, you still had people like Wade Keller kicking about at roughly the same time.

All is forgiven Dave.

[RedTwoster]

15 minutes ago, CTXRussomark said:

All is forgiven Dave.

Keller has a solid enough track record, particularly in recent years. Plus he’s not a Republican, which wins him extra points in my book. 

2 hours ago, TheBurningRed said:

I’d still rather Meltzer than that dickhead Sean Ross Sapp at Fightful. 

Sapp doesn’t come across particularly well, but his reporting is pretty much always bang on, even if he’s not really my cup of tea as a personality. 

[TheBurningRed]

Dave’s so funny. A reference hardly anyone will get.