Paid Members Lorne Malvo Posted May 14, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted May 14, 2021 55 minutes ago, WyattSheepMask said: According to Cagematch, WON gave it 4 & 3/4 Stars, so near perfect 36 minutes ago, tiger_rick said: That's 2 1/4 stars short of perfection. The numbers don't lie, and they spell disaster for you at Sacrifice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RancidPunx Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 Here is a question: How different would the wrestling industry be if Dave Meltzer didn't exist ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaitoRyo Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 25 minutes ago, RancidPunx said: Here is a question: How different would the wrestling industry be if Dave Meltzer didn't exist ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsurutagun Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 58 minutes ago, RancidPunx said: Here is a question: How different would the wrestling industry be if Dave Meltzer didn't exist ? Not at all different. It would have been Wade Keller or someone else in the slot Meltzer is in. There is an argument to say Keller was at a point in time better at the newsletter thing than Dave. His reporting on the steroid trial was arguably better than Dave's and the same could definitely be said for Wade's reporting on the end of WCW. Wade saw the end coming which was pretty obvious while Dave was blind to it. Dave Meltzer just became more relevant. Why? Good question. People care about his star ratings than they do Wade's. People care more about the Observer Awards than they do the PWI awards now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmyjokerz Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 11 hours ago, SaitoRyo said: He's got aspergers, right? OCD, overly literal, trouble making eye contact etc. It's that or something else. Whatever the case, he is an incredibly strange man and his newsletter can be a total chore at times. He has a true gift for saying saying little of consequences but taking tens of thousands of words to say it. I’m a mental health clinician and he is definitely on the autism spectrum, it’s text book. Like you said, compulsive behaviour, lack of eye contact, trouble relating to other peoples opinions - it’s all textbook definitions his will osprey obsession is getting a bit much too - he’s getting to the omega point. when he moved up to heavyweight and was posting pics of himself on twitter after he beefed up, Dave claimed he has possibly the best body in the business - what the actual fuck?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted May 15, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted May 15, 2021 I notice the dosey cunt has been playing the victim with his pal Bruce Mitchell today. These two think they are way more important than they actually are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perry Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 When people disagree with him, they don't know anything about wrestling. Never known anyone to bite as much as him, he's too easy to wind up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Supremo Posted May 22, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted May 22, 2021 For fuck’s sake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB6937 Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 He quoted a tweet from 3 years ago?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollthedice Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 One of the earlier BTE episodes shows Dave meeting Omega for, I think, the first time at a PWG show. Absolute lust in Daves eyes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merzbow Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 This can't be true.. just heard Brian Last saying that the Observer had adverts for Traci Lords videos way after it was found out she was underaged. Is this just some joke I'm not getting or did they have some kind of ads page where this may have happened? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted May 23, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted May 23, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Merzbow said: This can't be true.. just heard Brian Last saying that the Observer had adverts for Traci Lords videos way after it was found out she was underaged. Is this just some joke I'm not getting or did they have some kind of ads page where this may have happened? Well he certainly knows his audience. "John Carella of 36 Tardy Ln., Wantagh, NY 11793 is looking for a regular supplier of FMW, NewJapan, All Japan and WWC tapes and has Smoky Mountain tapes for trade. He's also looking to hear from fans of Traci Lords, Kiss and horror movies." - Feb 22, 93 Observer "John Brooks of 5947 Terrace Dr., House Springs, MO 63051 is looking to buy pre-8/91 Observers and yearbooks and Traci Lords videos." - Apr 26, 93 Observer "Louis Wolfson of 2727 Ocean Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY 11235 is looking for current Japan tapes and 70s U.S. tapes and has custom tapes to trade as well has hockey fight tapes and Traci Lords videos" - June 21, 93 Observer "Eric Rivard of 52302 Washington, New Baltimore, MI 48047 is looking for Traci Lords videos and the 5/3 Fukuoka Dome." - July 5, 93 Observer Edited May 23, 2021 by IANdrewDiceClay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 Courtesy of Twitter: Does Dave’s writing always read like it’s been written by a 5 year old? Hope that Ogogo gets his “Schillinger! Godamn it! Schillinger!” moment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnum Milano Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 Dave's play-by-play match reviews on the whole are pretty terrible with the constant over reliance on "so and so did a..." and "so and so used a...". It's hardly anything new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pier Six Brawler Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 Dave Meltzer should not be doing move by move recaps of current TV shows, he has any number of underlings that are perfectly capable of doing that. He should be writing long-form articles about the history of wrestling, he is almost uniquely qualified to do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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