James you have a rare talent in that you seem to get the absolute best out of your guests without being a mark. Thank you for your efforts to help people understand this fascinating business that I've been following for 55 years.
I watch wrestling podcasts more than wrestling and I've heard so many bad things about Dave Meltzer but after sitting down and listening to him for an hour he seems like a decent person with a lot of good points. I wouldn't agree with everything he says but I don't understand the hate.
22 pages? That's Melter for you, one of the _worst_ writers I've encountered. Meltzer knows nothing about the art of omission. Probably why he never made it big as a sportswriter. He'd write a friggin' book about a football game.
@@markv1274 *What a clueless fool you are. Dave, as a writer, has been endorsed by the New York Times, Frank Deford and has been inducted into multiple Hall of Fames. You know nothing of writing, yet think you have the credibility/credentials to condemn Dave's work. What a babbling, delusional ignorant typical internet smark douche you are. Your jealously and envy is contemptible.*
I never will understand why people hate on AEW, WWE, or Meltzer. If you don’t like something about a certain part of wrestling then don’t pay attention to it. You have that option of just tuning in to something wrestling wise.
“The smartest people in the wrestling business always gravitated towards me”. Wow. This man has never booked, promoted or managed talent or a territory but has made very comfortable income in essentially talking to either stooges or talent smart enough to work him. Dave, you’re a mark and not in the complimentary sense. Still, thank you, James
Mindless, babbling nonsense- Dave has an unrivalled expert analysis. He's been endorsed by the every great mind in the business from Bill Watts to Jim Ross, Bret Hart to Chris Jericho, Bruiser Brody to Paul Boesch. The fact is, you're the typical anti-Meltzer internet smark that laughably thinks they have the credentials/credibility to attack Dave and his incredible work. Also, calling someone a "mark" as an insult is pathetic, childish and contemptible, but to label someone the calibre and magnitude of Dave as a "mark" is absurd. This coming from an irrelevant internet smark douche like you makes it all the more pathetic.
@@MattSingh1 You said nothing wrong, sir. However it doesn't disprove the fact that Dave Meltzer is also a proven liar who gets his information wrong more than he does right.
We all know Meltzer had a job to do, right? I get it....he is wrong on certain topics, but that's what happens when guys work the Dirt Sheets. Also, I'm not a Cornette fan, but I understand his argument against Kenny Omega. Fans in the Carolinas weren't cheering for a guy working with a 13yr old girl, it's not the same. Nor would the talent of the 80s ever even think of stepping into the ring with a girl like that ever, because it gives no respect to wrestling itself. I get it, any media coverage is good, even bad publicity, but still.....I think Omega is an amazing worker, but for what he does with it makes 0 sense to me.
Okay, this needs to be said, once and for all: if Meltzer is so ridiculously wealthy, like his Jonestown cult members claim, why can't be afford decent lighting in his home? Why does his audio set-up seem to be from the 1970s? Why does he appear to be in the same modest abode in which he dwelled in the 1980s? This is not the presentation that one would expect from a man with money. Look at James, he's not becoming a millionaire from his business, and his presentation is much better. Meltzer does not have enough subscribers to become filthy rich. How much money do you think he made selling newsletters for a few pennies to a niche within a niche? It's fun to note than James has 50,000 more subscribers than Meltzer and Alvarez, despite the fact that James hasn't been at this thing for as long as those two.
First I listen to the Shane Douglas pod,then I jump into the Dutch mantell pod,then someone recommended the warlord shoot and now here I am, I'm hooked. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐(⭐If I ever listen in Tokyo)
Why couldn't Vince have made Brett drop it the next night to the Undertaker? It would have solved everything. Throw in a surprise three way for a shot at brett, put taker over that night and have michaels job, so brett didnt have to lose in canada. Next night, taker goes over again on Raw. Done.
His ego didn't allow him to trust Brett in my opinion. I honestly I don't think that Vince thought he could carry the company, like he later proved he could.
The reality is all public companies concern themselves with the stock price. They live from quarter to quarter and earnings call to earnings call. In many cases, what the analysts think is more important than what the customers think. It's not that what the customer thinks isn't important, it's just slightly less of a priority than the analysts opinion because analyst opinion determine big institutional buyers and hedge fund investment choices which affect the stock price.
I haven't watched yet, but I honestly hope you called Meltzer out on a lot of his bullshit...or at least some of it. The man has become too blinded by his own ego and heavy bias (potentially some of it being bought off) that he's no longer impartial or gives a proper look at the business as a whole. Pre-AEW Meltzer was someone of integrity and was taken more seriously due to his knowledge and "correct" takes on things throughout the business/angles. Post-AEW Meltzer has basically become an AEW shill while continually glossing over or completely neglecting to call AEW out on so many bs things/angles/storylines or lackthereof (outside of indirectly calling out WWE due to AEW signing so many past WWE employees), or blasts people on Twitter as soon as one potential negative/realistic/understandable complaint/critique is stated by a person...even to the point where Meltzer hunts down these types of posts JUST to go off on them. He's become HEAVILY biased towards AEW and his "friends" there who are constantly kowtowing to him. Like Al Snow said, Meltzer is the greatest worker in the business. He's made many many people within the wrestling business take his opinions as gospel, yet has never booked, wrestled, managed, and or promoted any PPV/company ever in his life.
Mindless, babbling nonsense- Dave has an unrivalled expert analysis. He's been endorsed by the every great mind in the business from Bill Watts to Jim Ross, Bret Hart to Chris Jericho, Bruiser Brody to Paul Boesch. The fact is, you're the typical anti-Meltzer internet smark that laughably thinks they have the credentials/credibility to attack Dave and his incredible work. Also, calling someone a "mark" as an insult is pathetic, childish and contemptible, but to label someone the calibre and magnitude of Dave as a "mark" is absurd. This coming from an irrelevant internet smark douche like you makes it all the more pathetic. The fact is, you have zero evidence for the B.S claim Dave is biased towards AEW. All you're doing is regurgitating internet smark anti-Meltzer douche talk-points whilst failing to provide a single, solitary shred of evidence. Also, you've likely never read a single edition of WO yet think you have the ability to attack Dave and his incredible work. What a pathetic joke you are. *Provide three specific examples of Dave being bias towards AEW.*
@@MattSingh1 The people you listed that gave praise to Meltzer was back BEFORE AEW, and during the 80s and 90s when they made their endorsement. The man is one of the top historians and is extremely well versed wrestling overall, no doubt. If you actually read what I wrote, you would even see I give Meltzer his props there. You seem to have some massive blinders if you can't tell Meltzer is biased towards AEW. AEW is also the company that sucks up to Meltzer the most, and has EVPs that Meltzer considers personal friends. I'm sorry you can't tell when a friendship (and potential payoff) can blind a person of someone's/something's shortcomings. It's nice to know you need to resort to name calling and almost as if you take my comment personally. Thanks for showing your level of seriousness that I should take you. Hope you had a nice weekend. Enjoy your summer.
@@MattSingh1 By the way, I never mentioned the word Mark at all in my original statement. You're putting words in my mouth. Please next time read a comment in full and try to understand what it says first before replying and assuming so many things that aren't the case and or can be disproven simply by rereading what the person wrote prior.
I think Davey Boy was championship material. He and Dyno thrilled the entire world as tag champs. He held a belt in the WWE so Vince must have thought him worthy as well.
Speaking for myself, I refuse to support a company that has such a dreadful lack of commitment to the safety of its wrestlers. Additionally, I've no time for a company where a man gimmicks as a woman.
I mean its amazing what a clueless mark Meltzer is to not realize Wrestling is not Real. Hence the Montreal Work Job with Brett Hart is not Real. Simple WWF was on verge of going bankrupt realizing Hart was not a draw but a tag wrestler carried by The Anvil. He managed to create the Vince character while Brett clearly was not fit for WCW a lower jobber who quit claiming Goldberg who anybody that thinks MOntreal is real thinks is Santa Clause from SAnta's Slay. STeroids were legal nobody cared about that sham trial. All wrestlers should use steroids as D Low when he quit dropped DRoz who paralyzed in 1999. Injuries are real or Brett keeping sharpshooter on Jerry King Lawyer on purpose to injure him. Hart keeps kayfabe so can't admit truth :). That he brings up Bruno Samartino who is only alive because or Italians in Mountains saving him from Meltzers would not do a job when lost to Larry Zabysko in Shea Stadium :)? Real Performers or Wrestlers are Brock. The modern wrestling is trash just watch some heritage Lou Thesz or Gagne match if ever doubt that. Skinny backyard wrestlers who can't sell or do any moves are not better. Clash of Champions 24 The Shockmaster Debut is better than anything AEW will ever do. Even that card the matches hehe. Its comical to hear a person who has no clue ramble. Those who are lacking IQ tend to flock to somebody who lacks even more. Again its Wrestling instead they try to have fake MMA or Street Fights showing they got not a sliver of a clue. Pro Wrestlers like AThletes are like 6'5 300 pounds of muscle. Now Spike Dudley at 5'8 155 would be considered the Giant like Big D from Dudleys. Telling somebody to take roids or eat protein or get more fiber are not something you can win a settlement in court over ;). Nailz also didn't know what animosity or something meant which was really funniest part of Trial :). That AWA story about Hulk Hogan is bout only thing I can agree with him on. Guys like him who have never taken a bump are parasites not anything helping. Sabu Born to Be Wired compared to this guy making all this money for doing nothing heh. Things always used to be better even TV 4K or 1080p or so its all BS hehe. HDCP is laggy buggy substandard with stuff that conflicts even if you buy it legit. Analog is better tech you plug it in and plays. The sound is better too as even AEW on TBS or TNT often would have serious issues with that or botching. If not for Brett Hart WCW would still be around. He is main reason Wrestling is six feet under hehe. That contract along with the Work Job sunk the Titanic while raising Atlantas from Bottom of Ocean. The Championship is just a prop the Champ used to have to put down deposit for it. You don't win it as any match they can claim you did or didn't. Dusty Rhodes would take title off guy after winning for BS or even in AWA to Hulk Hogan. That was more real than anything in Montreal involving Brett Hart hehe. This is why many horror movies show the person is fine at the end of the credits or things like that haha. Jimmy Crownette is a major mark so his entire life is about wrestling that is not real trying to keep Kayfabe or it real. He ruined any company he booked for bankrupting them like Dusty Rhodes haha. ECW was Great while he had some outlaw mud show nobody liked using worst elements in Smoky not even Smokey Mountain Wrestling hehe. Guy mostly known for MIdnight Express with Tennis Racket. Hulk Hogan character FAce in general just didn't draw or work as time changed. So to blame Steroids is ignorant to reality showing this guy has no clue bout Wrestling Business. Why do fools continue to not see that. nWo or Chris Jericho all these Heels or TWeeners even STone Cold while even the FAce STing had to do that weird CRow thing. John Cena was more over than CM Punk but not really. Ratings show they are not hooking any of the people or would have eclipsed the 1.4M debut for Dynamite like 5 years ago. CRowds are coached to cheer at live events when I was at WCW Nitro they coach you to pretend you like what see its BS. Again voting to keep Benoit in or out of Hall of Fame is absurd when Ty Cobb is in it or others much worse. Its what you do on the field or so not if your good person or check this or that box hehe. Jimmy Snuka another guy who can't even remember what he did :)? There pro players who took a life from DUI or DWI that played even other NHL player in car with I think Dany Heatley? GCW Gage failed to rob a bank still gets booked even on TV for AEW so funny he don't mind that :)? MOst of the people who follow modern crap are SJWs so they would vote out anybody they could for Equity :). Why not Ban the Diving Headbutt if wanted to make a difference? Unless you have a situation like Chris its hard to say what would do or how would react esp if brain can't process from being damaged properly. I always thought he was a bit too intense or something was not right about him. I had many talking about him hurting himself doing that move off top rope so I think we all knew would not go well.
@@djpaul8705 Thanks I'm hardly a Goldberg fan except for Santa Sleigh movie he is amazingly great in that. Though I do think Brett caused his concussion doing that ill fated figure four move. Which I would not even allow to apply if i was Bill or anybody else personally :). I thought he was fine with Anvil in Hart Foundation. Was never big on his singles career or that move in particular. Though I thought it was cool he gave away the sunglasses. Also the hockey team he owned ;). Many movies have the ending changed or things edited or added that were never intended. People are free to believe what want. I just have a problem insulting people who don't think wrestling is real or so :). Pretty common for a performer to not know how things will finish or go until that moment. Many even thought they were losing. Wrestling Hogan or others would win a title at event only to have it taken away. There real stories perhaps of getting shafted in the NWA Territory days if wanted to be technical though :).
@@Daoloth I'm sorry to respond like this but I can't keep it inside anymore. This has been killing me for over a day. Scottie "baseball" Rolen should not be in the Hall of Fame. I'm sorry
@@djpaul8705 That is more than fine DJ Paul I had my Birthday the other day heh. I got a Smurf cake instead of Pistachio so heh :). I"m just glad were not irked at me like most Wrestling fans seem to be hehe :). The Hall of Fame thing is always kinda BS. There those in many sports like NHL who never get in while they put in Females or others for this reason or another :). Wrestling its tough who do you keep in or out. Does a Great Enhancement or Jobber that never carried a title or won or did anything deserve it? Its tough as you can only do what booked. How many wrestlers have got injured trying to have five star matches. Some rating system by a person who never was hehe. I don't get it especially in the backyards. Being a Historian perhaps. Though he has a clear bias does not know the inside workings of Wrestling or Carny hehe. I got a bit emotional when I didn't plan to seeing it. Just him insulting people or his attitude hehe. Thanks hope are feeling better after letting that out too :).
@@WSI You interviewed Meltzer for an hour, so right there you automatically forfeited any journalistic integrity that might have allowed you to accuse any type of wrestling of being shit.
One needs to apply certain standards across the board. Meltzer doesn't do that. Objectivity is not a part of his game. He clearly hated WCW. I'll never forget the time when a caller meekly stated that he still watched WCW. Meltzer then snidely remarked, "oh, so you're the one," suggesting that WCW only had one fan left. That's how Meltzer treats the (rather small) audience that listens to his crap. His sidekick Alvarez is no better. Alvarez actually _worked_ in the business, seems to make no mistakes according to himself, yet never rose above the level of anonymous indy journeyman. I would never pay money to see him wrestle, the definition of a man who neither looks nor sounds like a wrestler. No idea why James bothered interviewing Meltzer. Me? I'm just here for the comments.
James you have a rare talent in that you seem to get the absolute best out of your guests without being a mark. Thank you for your efforts to help people understand this fascinating business that I've been following for 55 years.
Greatest thumbnail of all time!
Youre a great interview man. Keep doing it. I’ll always listen. You got IT.
I watch wrestling podcasts more than wrestling and I've heard so many bad things about Dave Meltzer but after sitting down and listening to him for an hour he seems like a decent person with a lot of good points. I wouldn't agree with everything he says but I don't understand the hate.
James, you get the best guests. Congratulations on your excellent podcasts.
Say anything u want about Dave. He’s an entertaining interview
I'm currently reading the "97 Observer yearbook. One whole chapter in 22 pages cover the Montreal Screwjob.
22 pages? That's Melter for you, one of the _worst_ writers I've encountered.
Meltzer knows nothing about the art of omission.
Probably why he never made it big as a sportswriter. He'd write a friggin' book about a football game.
@@markv1274 *What a clueless fool you are. Dave, as a writer, has been endorsed by the New York Times, Frank Deford and has been inducted into multiple Hall of Fames. You know nothing of writing, yet think you have the credibility/credentials to condemn Dave's work. What a babbling, delusional ignorant typical internet smark douche you are. Your jealously and envy is contemptible.*
@@MattSingh1 We get it. Your a Meltzer simp and would give a year of your fast food salary to have one of Dave’s children. Move along now
I never will understand why people hate on AEW, WWE, or Meltzer. If you don’t like something about a certain part of wrestling then don’t pay attention to it. You have that option of just tuning in to something wrestling wise.
Cat mat hat
Anymore razor sharp takes?
Hi, I do not see the link to the Observer yearbooks in the description, as stated within the show...
This is a really entertaining interview regardless of people's opinions on Meltzer he comes across well here.
Uncle Dave, in his office living like a cross between a fucking hoarder and a caveman.
Good interview, but only someone that has never watched the product would compare AEW to TNA. And Brian Cage should be champion because he’s massive?!
Well done on getting great guests.
I GAVE THIS VIDEO 5 STARS, WOULD HAVE BEEN 6 BUT NO JAPANESE SUBTITLES
Bro, you gotta start watching AEW. Love your content!
I wish you’d followed up on the Bulldog question cuz Dave did say they’d considered it and I would’ve liked more details on that.
“The smartest people in the wrestling business always gravitated towards me”. Wow. This man has never booked, promoted or managed talent or a territory but has made very comfortable income in essentially talking to either stooges or talent smart enough to work him. Dave, you’re a mark and not in the complimentary sense. Still, thank you, James
FDM.
Mindless, babbling nonsense- Dave has an unrivalled expert analysis. He's been endorsed by the every great mind in the business from Bill Watts to Jim Ross, Bret Hart to Chris Jericho, Bruiser Brody to Paul Boesch. The fact is, you're the typical anti-Meltzer internet smark that laughably thinks they have the credentials/credibility to attack Dave and his incredible work. Also, calling someone a "mark" as an insult is pathetic, childish and contemptible, but to label someone the calibre and magnitude of Dave as a "mark" is absurd. This coming from an irrelevant internet smark douche like you makes it all the more pathetic.
@@scottishdanny2432 Stooge Prichard is a proven liar, fraud and conman. Dave has exposed and owned Stooge Prichard multiple times. -FDM- *FBP*
@@MattSingh1 You said nothing wrong, sir. However it doesn't disprove the fact that Dave Meltzer is also a proven liar who gets his information wrong more than he does right.
@@MattSingh1 please. An industry where the talent work or try to work everyone.....you don’t think Bill Watts worked Dave?
We all know Meltzer had a job to do, right? I get it....he is wrong on certain topics, but that's what happens when guys work the Dirt Sheets. Also, I'm not a Cornette fan, but I understand his argument against Kenny Omega. Fans in the Carolinas weren't cheering for a guy working with a 13yr old girl, it's not the same. Nor would the talent of the 80s ever even think of stepping into the ring with a girl like that ever, because it gives no respect to wrestling itself. I get it, any media coverage is good, even bad publicity, but still.....I think Omega is an amazing worker, but for what he does with it makes 0 sense to me.
the masks are awesome!
Uncle Dave looks demented in the thumbnail
Right!?
Okay, this needs to be said, once and for all: if Meltzer is so ridiculously wealthy, like his Jonestown cult members claim, why can't be afford decent lighting in his home? Why does his audio set-up seem to be from the 1970s? Why does he appear to be in the same modest abode in which he dwelled in the 1980s?
This is not the presentation that one would expect from a man with money.
Look at James, he's not becoming a millionaire from his business, and his presentation is much better.
Meltzer does not have enough subscribers to become filthy rich. How much money do you think he made selling newsletters for a few pennies to a niche within a niche?
It's fun to note than James has 50,000 more subscribers than Meltzer and Alvarez, despite the fact that James hasn't been at this thing for as long as those two.
i would've loved some questions about his trips to japan and japanese wrestling from the 80s
Nice thumbnail lmao
First I listen to the Shane Douglas pod,then I jump into the Dutch mantell pod,then someone recommended the warlord shoot and now here I am, I'm hooked. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐(⭐If I ever listen in Tokyo)
Why couldn't Vince have made Brett drop it the next night to the Undertaker? It would have solved everything. Throw in a surprise three way for a shot at brett, put taker over that night and have michaels job, so brett didnt have to lose in canada. Next night, taker goes over again on Raw. Done.
His ego didn't allow him to trust Brett in my opinion. I honestly I don't think that Vince thought he could carry the company, like he later proved he could.
26:15 Such an ironic thing to say coming from Captain AEW himself, Dave Meltzer
*Typical stupid anti-Meltzer internet smark.*
@@MattSingh1 Typical reply from someone who would pay cash money to be able to smell one of Meltzer’s farts
The reality is all public companies concern themselves with the stock price. They live from quarter to quarter and earnings call to earnings call. In many cases, what the analysts think is more important than what the customers think. It's not that what the customer thinks isn't important, it's just slightly less of a priority than the analysts opinion because analyst opinion determine big institutional buyers and hedge fund investment choices which affect the stock price.
Great Interview. I love Dave. Any update on that possible Nailz interview? :)
Nowt on the Nailz front so far but I live in hope. He's never done an interview with anyone I don't think, at least there's nothing of him on TH-cam.
@@WSI I thought it was a long shot. Worth a try tho. Thanks for the update :)
@@WSI he just did an interview with high spots. Coming out in a few weeks
C.B. should be in a "Hall of Fame" if strictly based on wrestling talent. We don't need to hear Meltzer blather on how it wasn't "his decision". Meh.
Clean your room, Dave!
I haven't watched yet, but I honestly hope you called Meltzer out on a lot of his bullshit...or at least some of it. The man has become too blinded by his own ego and heavy bias (potentially some of it being bought off) that he's no longer impartial or gives a proper look at the business as a whole. Pre-AEW Meltzer was someone of integrity and was taken more seriously due to his knowledge and "correct" takes on things throughout the business/angles. Post-AEW Meltzer has basically become an AEW shill while continually glossing over or completely neglecting to call AEW out on so many bs things/angles/storylines or lackthereof (outside of indirectly calling out WWE due to AEW signing so many past WWE employees), or blasts people on Twitter as soon as one potential negative/realistic/understandable complaint/critique is stated by a person...even to the point where Meltzer hunts down these types of posts JUST to go off on them.
He's become HEAVILY biased towards AEW and his "friends" there who are constantly kowtowing to him. Like Al Snow said, Meltzer is the greatest worker in the business. He's made many many people within the wrestling business take his opinions as gospel, yet has never booked, wrestled, managed, and or promoted any PPV/company ever in his life.
Mindless, babbling nonsense- Dave has an unrivalled expert analysis. He's been endorsed by the every great mind in the business from Bill Watts to Jim Ross, Bret Hart to Chris Jericho, Bruiser Brody to Paul Boesch. The fact is, you're the typical anti-Meltzer internet smark that laughably thinks they have the credentials/credibility to attack Dave and his incredible work. Also, calling someone a "mark" as an insult is pathetic, childish and contemptible, but to label someone the calibre and magnitude of Dave as a "mark" is absurd. This coming from an irrelevant internet smark douche like you makes it all the more pathetic.
The fact is, you have zero evidence for the B.S claim Dave is biased towards AEW. All you're doing is regurgitating internet smark anti-Meltzer douche talk-points whilst failing to provide a single, solitary shred of evidence. Also, you've likely never read a single edition of WO yet think you have the ability to attack Dave and his incredible work. What a pathetic joke you are. *Provide three specific examples of Dave being bias towards AEW.*
@@MattSingh1 The people you listed that gave praise to Meltzer was back BEFORE AEW, and during the 80s and 90s when they made their endorsement. The man is one of the top historians and is extremely well versed wrestling overall, no doubt. If you actually read what I wrote, you would even see I give Meltzer his props there.
You seem to have some massive blinders if you can't tell Meltzer is biased towards AEW. AEW is also the company that sucks up to Meltzer the most, and has EVPs that Meltzer considers personal friends. I'm sorry you can't tell when a friendship (and potential payoff) can blind a person of someone's/something's shortcomings. It's nice to know you need to resort to name calling and almost as if you take my comment personally. Thanks for showing your level of seriousness that I should take you.
Hope you had a nice weekend. Enjoy your summer.
@@MattSingh1 By the way, I never mentioned the word Mark at all in my original statement. You're putting words in my mouth. Please next time read a comment in full and try to understand what it says first before replying and assuming so many things that aren't the case and or can be disproven simply by rereading what the person wrote prior.
I just cant understand why lmao
I think Davey Boy was championship material. He and Dyno thrilled the entire world as tag champs. He held a belt in the WWE so Vince must have thought him worthy as well.
Ask him how much Tony Khan is paying him
Typical anti-Meltzer internet smark douche.
@@MattSingh1 typical meltzer cuck retort
Random question maybe one of you peeps in the chat can answer. Is Aew a public traded company like WWE is?
No it isn't - privately owned
Shame on anyone who does not watch AEW!
Speaking for myself, I refuse to support a company that has such a dreadful lack of commitment to the safety of its wrestlers. Additionally, I've no time for a company where a man gimmicks as a woman.
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Meltzer is a joke
I mean its amazing what a clueless mark Meltzer is to not realize Wrestling is not Real. Hence the Montreal Work Job with Brett Hart is not Real. Simple WWF was on verge of going bankrupt realizing Hart was not a draw but a tag wrestler carried by The Anvil. He managed to create the Vince character while Brett clearly was not fit for WCW a lower jobber who quit claiming Goldberg who anybody that thinks MOntreal is real thinks is Santa Clause from SAnta's Slay. STeroids were legal nobody cared about that sham trial. All wrestlers should use steroids as D Low when he quit dropped DRoz who paralyzed in 1999. Injuries are real or Brett keeping sharpshooter on Jerry King Lawyer on purpose to injure him. Hart keeps kayfabe so can't admit truth :). That he brings up Bruno Samartino who is only alive because or Italians in Mountains saving him from Meltzers would not do a job when lost to Larry Zabysko in Shea Stadium :)? Real Performers or Wrestlers are Brock. The modern wrestling is trash just watch some heritage Lou Thesz or Gagne match if ever doubt that. Skinny backyard wrestlers who can't sell or do any moves are not better. Clash of Champions 24 The Shockmaster Debut is better than anything AEW will ever do. Even that card the matches hehe. Its comical to hear a person who has no clue ramble. Those who are lacking IQ tend to flock to somebody who lacks even more. Again its Wrestling instead they try to have fake MMA or Street Fights showing they got not a sliver of a clue. Pro Wrestlers like AThletes are like 6'5 300 pounds of muscle. Now Spike Dudley at 5'8 155 would be considered the Giant like Big D from Dudleys. Telling somebody to take roids or eat protein or get more fiber are not something you can win a settlement in court over ;). Nailz also didn't know what animosity or something meant which was really funniest part of Trial :). That AWA story about Hulk Hogan is bout only thing I can agree with him on. Guys like him who have never taken a bump are parasites not anything helping. Sabu Born to Be Wired compared to this guy making all this money for doing nothing heh. Things always used to be better even TV 4K or 1080p or so its all BS hehe. HDCP is laggy buggy substandard with stuff that conflicts even if you buy it legit. Analog is better tech you plug it in and plays. The sound is better too as even AEW on TBS or TNT often would have serious issues with that or botching. If not for Brett Hart WCW would still be around. He is main reason Wrestling is six feet under hehe. That contract along with the Work Job sunk the Titanic while raising Atlantas from Bottom of Ocean.
The Championship is just a prop the Champ used to have to put down deposit for it. You don't win it as any match they can claim you did or didn't. Dusty Rhodes would take title off guy after winning for BS or even in AWA to Hulk Hogan. That was more real than anything in Montreal involving Brett Hart hehe. This is why many horror movies show the person is fine at the end of the credits or things like that haha. Jimmy Crownette is a major mark so his entire life is about wrestling that is not real trying to keep Kayfabe or it real. He ruined any company he booked for bankrupting them like Dusty Rhodes haha. ECW was Great while he had some outlaw mud show nobody liked using worst elements in Smoky not even Smokey Mountain Wrestling hehe. Guy mostly known for MIdnight Express with Tennis Racket. Hulk Hogan character FAce in general just didn't draw or work as time changed. So to blame Steroids is ignorant to reality showing this guy has no clue bout Wrestling Business. Why do fools continue to not see that. nWo or Chris Jericho all these Heels or TWeeners even STone Cold while even the FAce STing had to do that weird CRow thing. John Cena was more over than CM Punk but not really. Ratings show they are not hooking any of the people or would have eclipsed the 1.4M debut for Dynamite like 5 years ago. CRowds are coached to cheer at live events when I was at WCW Nitro they coach you to pretend you like what see its BS. Again voting to keep Benoit in or out of Hall of Fame is absurd when Ty Cobb is in it or others much worse. Its what you do on the field or so not if your good person or check this or that box hehe. Jimmy Snuka another guy who can't even remember what he did :)? There pro players who took a life from DUI or DWI that played even other NHL player in car with I think Dany Heatley? GCW Gage failed to rob a bank still gets booked even on TV for AEW so funny he don't mind that :)? MOst of the people who follow modern crap are SJWs so they would vote out anybody they could for Equity :). Why not Ban the Diving Headbutt if wanted to make a difference? Unless you have a situation like Chris its hard to say what would do or how would react esp if brain can't process from being damaged properly. I always thought he was a bit too intense or something was not right about him. I had many talking about him hurting himself doing that move off top rope so I think we all knew would not go well.
Beautiful prose. Everything you wrote is true. Very generous of you to share your expertise.
@@djpaul8705 Thanks I'm hardly a Goldberg fan except for Santa Sleigh movie he is amazingly great in that. Though I do think Brett caused his concussion doing that ill fated figure four move. Which I would not even allow to apply if i was Bill or anybody else personally :). I thought he was fine with Anvil in Hart Foundation. Was never big on his singles career or that move in particular. Though I thought it was cool he gave away the sunglasses. Also the hockey team he owned ;). Many movies have the ending changed or things edited or added that were never intended. People are free to believe what want. I just have a problem insulting people who don't think wrestling is real or so :). Pretty common for a performer to not know how things will finish or go until that moment. Many even thought they were losing. Wrestling Hogan or others would win a title at event only to have it taken away. There real stories perhaps of getting shafted in the NWA Territory days if wanted to be technical though :).
@@Daoloth I'm sorry to respond like this but I can't keep it inside anymore. This has been killing me for over a day. Scottie "baseball" Rolen should not be in the Hall of Fame. I'm sorry
@@djpaul8705 That is more than fine DJ Paul I had my Birthday the other day heh. I got a Smurf cake instead of Pistachio so heh :). I"m just glad were not irked at me like most Wrestling fans seem to be hehe :). The Hall of Fame thing is always kinda BS. There those in many sports like NHL who never get in while they put in Females or others for this reason or another :). Wrestling its tough who do you keep in or out. Does a Great Enhancement or Jobber that never carried a title or won or did anything deserve it? Its tough as you can only do what booked. How many wrestlers have got injured trying to have five star matches. Some rating system by a person who never was hehe. I don't get it especially in the backyards. Being a Historian perhaps. Though he has a clear bias does not know the inside workings of Wrestling or Carny hehe. I got a bit emotional when I didn't plan to seeing it. Just him insulting people or his attitude hehe. Thanks hope are feeling better after letting that out too :).
Host lost my respect when he said he hadn't watch an episode of AEW.
How can you seriously cover a business if you don't watch the no 2 show???
I don't watch WWE either. Or NXT. Or any modern wrestling whatsoever because it's shit. Hence why I talk to people from the 80s-90s for the most part.
@@WSI Lol exactly the same for me that's why so many people are more interested in interviews and podcasts with older wrestlers.
Because it's absolutely terrible
@@WSI You interviewed Meltzer for an hour, so right there you automatically forfeited any journalistic integrity that might have allowed you to accuse any type of wrestling of being shit.
THERE WAS MORE “SHIT” WRESTLING IN IN 90s & 80s FOR SURE…ROIDED OUT PUNCHES & KICKS???…KNOCK IT OFF
Meltzer is too biased to be an observer. and has never worked in the business
One needs to apply certain standards across the board. Meltzer doesn't do that. Objectivity is not a part of his game. He clearly hated WCW. I'll never forget the time when a caller meekly stated that he still watched WCW. Meltzer then snidely remarked, "oh, so you're the one," suggesting that WCW only had one fan left. That's how Meltzer treats the (rather small) audience that listens to his crap. His sidekick Alvarez is no better. Alvarez actually _worked_ in the business, seems to make no mistakes according to himself, yet never rose above the level of anonymous indy journeyman. I would never pay money to see him wrestle, the definition of a man who neither looks nor sounds like a wrestler. No idea why James bothered interviewing Meltzer. Me? I'm just here for the comments.
Hi, I don't see links to the Observer yearbooks in the description, as mentioned in the video....Thanks
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