Dave recently tried to take a shot at the Drew/Punk storyline because of the bracelet. That bracelet is drawing more ratings and contributing to full buildings while the 5 star chasers can’t even put 2000 people in a 16,000 arena in Champaign, IL.
Dave Meltzer is the type of guy that tries to rescue a sinking ship by tossing the excess water using a shot-glass out of the ship, Tony Khan tells everyone to grab water from the ocean into the ship because he believes doing that will neutralize buoyancy, and Bryan Alvarez will be the only one smart enough to get into a rescue boat, but will leave a positive review over his experience.
With an IQ over 100. Dave really hurts my brain trying to listen to that garbel. Garbel - to confuse unintentionally or ignorantly; jumble. to garble instructions. 2. to make unfair or misleading selections from or arrangement of (fact, statements, writings, etc. ); distort. Garbel sums up Dave perfectly.
yea alvarez is biased but hes based in reality with what hes talking about and hes accepted his favorite has lost. can atleast respect the dignity in that
Meltzer was really disrespectful towards Sid, saying he wasn't a draw and criticizing him yet he will tell you that Jack Perry is a legend and a massive draw. Dave has severe dementia, obviously. No need for a doctor, just listen to the garbage that comes out of his mouth. Blatant aggressive dementia.
he doesn't have dementia, he's just becoming cranky in his old age. He's much more of a mean-spirited pr*ck than he used to be because AEW is, in a way, his vision and it's dying on the vine which proves Dave's opinion of what a good wrestling promotion is and has always been wrong. Finding out you've been wrong your whole life must be a bitter pill to swallow so he's lashing out. That and his business model for the Observer is dying and his wife left him and took the kids...likely for good reason.
Whatever Dave likes or liked in the past never drew a nickel in the USA. Dave is just delusional. He’s an Uber mark. There aren’t as many Uber marks as Dave thinks. If anything he is autistic
Where does Dave get off on saying this? Sid was totally a big deal and looks like a guy who could eat Jungle JackOff for breakfast and floss his teeth with the Buckaroos before softball.
The ongoing Meltzer and AEW storyline is some kind of Shakespearean mashup between Macbeth, King Lear, and Othello where ambition, hubris, madness, blind loyalty, and an element of subterfuge play the supporting roles in an epic downfall.
Giving melzer too much credit. Imagine him trying to do Hamlet. "too uh. Be. Or not to uh b. See that's the question that iv been uh asking the various insiders I uh. Talk to. And they say it could b a work but uh. According to my sources it will b 6 months before that is the question
Reason number 1 why i can't back AEW and it's fans. They can never say something is bad. If their dog limped into the ring after Perry hit it with a car and then it burst into flames it would be , as Tony always says, "great".
Just wanted to let everyone know I had just clicked on the Buddy Landel clip and upon seeing this absolutely insane thumbnail I immediately switched videos. Fantastic work as always Travis, thank you for your hard work!
"I'm... ya know. I'm too sexy for this... I mean, some people might say I'm too sexy for this shirt, but... ya know... People have been too sexy for this shirt before, it's... I mean, there was a time when WWE would consistently put out, ya know, shirts and stuff... and I guess I was too sexy, ya know, because the key demo has always stayed... yeah, I suppose overall it might not be the best shirt, but then you see how the key demo has... I mean... anyway, people say I'm too sexy for this shirt, but it's like whatever.
Someone tweeted Dave that NXT’s overrun hasn’t gone down in 14 weeks in response to lying idiot claiming NXT loses viewership on the overrun all the time
I’m never going to do this again but I wanted to take a moment to thank Jim, Brian, and the cult of cornette for keeping me entertained for years now. Some awful things were said about by someone I trusted. I take comfort in watching them roast themselves and others and also reading this blessed comment section. Thank you (even the ones who will rip on me for being sentimental).
Dave also said a lot of people hate the Drew/Punk storyline over the bracelet angle, yet every segment those two have is pushing 2 mil and the biggest quarter of the show, so once again what does Dave know
@@alo4912 why would aew fans be counted in liking or disliking this storyline lol, Dave is just a Cm Punk hater, has been since Punk got to AEW basically
Actually if you studied the business more you would know the ratings, crowd reaction, subscriptions and merch sales aren’t as important as some partisan AEW fanatic on Twitter who watches 40 hour plus wrestling a week
It’s different though. Conrad is a fanboy people pleaser who doesn’t talk bad about ANYTHING. Dave is just a propagandist masquerading as a journalist.
Yeah and there was a cooking show on BBC 3 from 1971. There is always something else to watch. There were conventions 5 years ago. There were conventions when RAW was getting 10 million viewers a week. In the mid to late 2010s NCIS was getting 75 million viewers,they have other things on against them. If you make a good enough program,those other things won't stop people from watching your show.
@@XombieLejon66 I'm a journo, if you know what I mean, and I "Um" and "Ah" on the podcast. On the podcast, yeah, On the podcast, yeah, I Um and I Ah on the Podcast
I believe Dave has a mint or a cough drop in his mouth when he's teaching his listeners about all of his studying and learning. Maybe some cocktail peanuts? Im not sure, but I enjoy guessing
Apparently Mick Foley was supposed to wrestle MJF for his retirement match, but declined due to “health issues”. Judging from the last couple of AEW shows I’m guessing he was looking out for his mental health.
I hope to live to see the day when Uncle Dave FINALLY admits that HIS type of wrestling doesn't "click" with the national TV audience. Dave and Conrad would make good attorneys.
Didn't he kind of already do that when he blamed AEW's.bad rating on the "fact" that AEW attracts only rich highly educated fans so there just isn't as many as the low brow WWE fan
What over runs on wrestling shows tells me you don't respect my time and schedule!!! If I have something to do at 10pm and can't stay past 9:59pm, well, you don't respect my time! When you have a job that starts at 11pm I'm not sticking around for the over run! If I get ready at 10pm sharp to get up at 4am in the morning I'm not staying past 10pm. Do ppl understand where I'm going
I never knew him and our interactions were sparse but I feel badly for Bryan. He has all the data on front of him and you can hear how deflating it is to present it to the old man and get back gibberish. He moves on once he realizes there's no point, which is frequent, but you can actively hear him mumble and sigh in the background. We had the merger years ago, I think it's time for a split
This is pure toxic positivity. Sometimes saying "Ok that was bad" is the best thing you can do, the first step to solving a problem is admitting that there is one.
He could even say "I liked it but clearly it didn't do well in the ratings so they should probably try something else". Dude just has to try and justify his subjective tastes (which like, hey, if he really DOES like this crap, that's his God-given right) by pretending its objectively good and he's unwittingly dooming AEW as a result.
@@xxrocketshark216xx4 And the AEW die hards are the same way, if you bring up any criticism or say that you thought a certain match or spot or angle was bad they dismiss you as a hater or a WWE fanboy. (Yeah, I hate AEW so much I watched it every week for about 3 and a half years and bought all the ppvs.). Say what you like about WWE but when their product was in the toilet back in 2018/19 they corrected course and slowly built a show that their audience would have some fun watching.
There's no probably about it lol. Good thing those awards dont mean diddly squat and nobody takes em seriously except for the message board basement dwellers and the people who give them out. Tbh if *I* was a wrestler and I got a WON award I'd take it as an insult
Osprey should watch tapes on Dean Malenko. Not only will he learn how to wrestle, but he'll see how a tiger driver is properly done. Hell, Ahmed Johnson's "Pearl River Plunge" looks a 1000x better than Ospreys.
Saying “I study this” as an argument in a debate is a sh**ty enough thing to say on its own (because it implies that the other person doesn’t know anything about it), but to say that multiple times? Pretty douchey. Made it obvious that he truly didn’t have anything substantial to say in defence of it. He spent a lot of words saying absolutely nothing. I also find it funny that he had the audacity to say “There’s your answer” after not actually giving anything remotely close to qualifying as an “answer”.
I watch the fight feed, because I work over night/ don’t pay for cable( cause you can watch anything you want for free) I saw Jack”off” Perry pop up on the j-tron I apparently yelled “there’s no F N way, wtf”, which woke up my old lady, which caused her to ask what I was yelling about and remind me there’s only one reason I’m “allowed” to wake her up and it’s not because I’m watching wrestling. Which I’ve always questioned that one reason. I mean what if the house is on fire, or there’s a home invasion? I mean if she wants me to let her burn or let the home invaders wake her up for the same reason then that’s her prerogative I guess .
Oh, my goodness, Brian the idea of Jim Vicious in a room full of young ppl, instructifying them on the ways of professional wrestling history is hilarious!
The sad part is if they stop playing TBBT before Dynamite the ratings would be worst. There’s no idea coming from Tony, Dave or Alvarez to make the show better and those who do like Jim, Konan and Eric get called shills for WWE. This is why their best guys are just waiting for WWE to call them.
Swerve just re-signed. Doubt he's waiting on a call. Hangman, ricochet, ospreay, mjf, Danielson who just had his favorite career moment. Could keep going but not interested. Again, who is waiting on the call??
@09hicktown sorry, I forgot going to the internet to defend your precious wwe 20 hrs a day doesn't make you a mark, but pointing out obvious bias and false claims makes you a mark
It's not unusual for AEW to be loved by anyone It's not unusual to have backstage fun with anyone But when I see AEW pals hanging about with anyone It's not unusual to see me cry, Darby wanna die
@@TheEvolver311here's a good game find any transcript of a Dave melzter interview a d find the answer to a question he's been asked. He has an amazing ability to not answer any question by answering to stuff he wasn't asked multiple times within that one question. It's truly impressive.
We need to stop this 'Meltzer's on the payroll' narrative. Even if it's true, it's easy to explain why Meltzer is 'all in' on AEW.@@Cruising_On_Lake_Havasoma
There's been long-standing rumors that Dave is booking the show and Tony just goes along with it. I brushed it off for ages, but now I wonder... Is Dave doing it for free? Or is he being paid? I suspect the latter, WON is dying as a publication and his smark fans won't pay his subscription fees forever.
Jim has me confused... I thought the point of the overrun was to make it seem like a sport... "We don't know when this will end..." kinda thing. So it's stupid to do an overrun every week. I'd like to see a show under-run and have to listen to five minutes of commentary about how quick the match was.
Booking aside. AEW has 2 massive problems with dynamite. 1. “Stars” that people like will show up on the show, and then disappear for weeks on end and you have no idea when they’re coming back, so even if you like that person or their story, that person probably won’t be on the show, or they’re on rampage or collision and those shows suck, so why watch? 2. Their main events don’t have STARS in them. They format the shows where their biggest names are in these weird spots throughout the show, and they never build up a story or a problem throughout the show to keep people tuned in, and then all the sudden Jungle Boy is in the main event, so why stay and watch? If MJF is your biggest ratings draw. Why is he in 1 fucking segment? You need him throughout the show, and you NEED him in the main event. Plain and simple. Showcase your stars and don’t let people forget about them, and make sure they’re in the biggest spots of your show
Dave is hilarious man. The line "It declines on NXT all the time. I study this!" becomes much more funny when you learn their overrun hasn't declined for 3 months straight
I think Dave was about a few seconds away from asking what is that over there, then sneaking off when looking away. 😉😂🤣 Damn, it felt like he was running through about as much excuses as he could for that drop off.
16:56 I wonder if he's talking about Senatobia, MS. My friend was just in Como and saw a blacked out truck just gunning down the highway with a Chucky doll affixed to the grill.
The fact that even Dave's lackey Bryan Alvarez can see what is going on, and will on occasion point it out, but Dave can't do it is just astounding. He digs in his heels at every turn. Dies on the hill for AEW regardless of what that hill is. If there is an AEW hill, you can but your bottom dollar that Uncle Dave will strap on his suit of armor, draw his sword and fight to the death on it for the honor of All Friends Wrestling. He seems to be phyically incapable of offering anything but the most limp wristed criticism at best, and even that he makes sure to sandwich between two compliments. Even objective facts like that the overruns are now hurting AEW's numbers, he will just shout "Nuh uh!" And his logic is "No, I "studied this", so when I say nuh uh, just agree with me because I'm very very smart." It's just absurd. He either really is just *that* obsessed and is emotionally incapable of letting it go, or he has to be on the take. It's the only two possibilities, and either way, he has no credibility or any right to call himself a journalist anymore. He's completely partial and has lost his ever loving mind.
Can I just ask, why do people care about Dave Meltzer’s opinion? I honestly didn’t even know his name until about a year ago, when I started listening to this channel. Even Googling Meltzer, I see that he’s a wrestling journalist. But what makes his opinion, good or bad, any more noteworthy than any other wrestling journalist? basically, why does anyone care about his star ratings or opinion on anything?
From what I can tell, meltzer is probably the first mainstream wrestling journalist. He had credibility back in the day even though he tended to be wrong then. His star rating system is arbitrary but it caught on as wrestling became mainstream.
@@NotAdultingToday Thank you, genuinely. So he was the first big wrestling journalist... I really didn't know anything about him. I even looked up if he was a former wrestler, or manager, or something lol.
Il try sum this up. Jim agrees with Brian. With a tremendous analogy that will likely be banned in the UK. Basically if wrestling was sex. DVRing AEW leaves you with Blue Balls.
Dave recently tried to take a shot at the Drew/Punk storyline because of the bracelet. That bracelet is drawing more ratings and contributing to full buildings while the 5 star chasers can’t even put 2000 people in a 16,000 arena in Champaign, IL.
🎤💥
Or break 700k ratings 😂
@@Kev33943 Trash.
@@Cruising_On_Lake_Havasomamark! Good day, I say good day
Proof that wat dave calls 5 star matches at aew are in reality minus star school dinner hall worth indie crap matches....aka 5 star crap
Customer: "Excuse me waiter there is a hair in my food"
Dave: " Yeah but that's normal and there is only one"
@@zeokin2522 "and uhh sometimes its normal uh and sometimes it isn't. It goes umm up and down sometimes "
@@XombieLejon66"Plans change."(tm)
“sometimes there’s hair in drinks too”
The restaurant across the street puts even more hair in theirs and their soup doest surprise you or turn you
Meltzer Magoo: Sometimes there's hair in a food, sometimes is not. This week it was but it can go both ways. I study this.
6:00 "I study this stuff..." Uncle Dave has a PhD on being a Mark"
“I study this” proceeds to completely lie about NXT’s overrun
Dave Meltzer is the type of guy that tries to rescue a sinking ship by tossing the excess water using a shot-glass out of the ship, Tony Khan tells everyone to grab water from the ocean into the ship because he believes doing that will neutralize buoyancy, and Bryan Alvarez will be the only one smart enough to get into a rescue boat, but will leave a positive review over his experience.
This is brilliantly put 😂😂😂
Perfect 😂😂😂😂😂
This was a strained analogy
That last part just fits in so nicely.
@@TheEvolver311strained? Yes. True? Also yes.
Nobody:
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Dave Meltzer: BRYYYAANNN!
Alvarez screeching: "It's not my JOB!!!" to delusional Dave still cracks me up to this day.
"I, I, I,..."
With Jim and Brian laughing @@CopenorMcbrokeleg
Meltzer eats the Elmer's glue and says thank you for the ice cream
His tantrums do remind me of a kindergartner 😂
It's not glue ... 🍆💦
Meltzer eats corn the long way.
With an IQ over 100. Dave really hurts my brain trying to listen to that garbel.
Garbel - to confuse unintentionally or ignorantly; jumble. to garble instructions. 2. to make unfair or misleading selections from or arrangement of (fact, statements, writings, etc. ); distort.
Garbel sums up Dave perfectly.
@fingersTitan you come across like Dennis Miller comparing an NFL play to the death of Prince Octavious of Great Britain.
Alvarez is seeing the bleak truth, while Dave has gone full delusional
yea alvarez is biased but hes based in reality with what hes talking about and hes accepted his favorite has lost. can atleast respect the dignity in that
Meltzer was really disrespectful towards Sid, saying he wasn't a draw and criticizing him yet he will tell you that Jack Perry is a legend and a massive draw. Dave has severe dementia, obviously. No need for a doctor, just listen to the garbage that comes out of his mouth. Blatant aggressive dementia.
he doesn't have dementia, he's just becoming cranky in his old age. He's much more of a mean-spirited pr*ck than he used to be because AEW is, in a way, his vision and it's dying on the vine which proves Dave's opinion of what a good wrestling promotion is and has always been wrong.
Finding out you've been wrong your whole life must be a bitter pill to swallow so he's lashing out.
That and his business model for the Observer is dying and his wife left him and took the kids...likely for good reason.
Aggressive dementia and narcissism .
Whatever Dave likes or liked in the past never drew a nickel in the USA. Dave is just delusional. He’s an Uber mark. There aren’t as many Uber marks as Dave thinks. If anything he is autistic
@lracseroom8286 what does any of his opinions have to do with his relationship and his wife? That's a hideously ugly thing to say.
Where does Dave get off on saying this? Sid was totally a big deal and looks like a guy who could eat Jungle JackOff for breakfast and floss his teeth with the Buckaroos before softball.
Dave and Bryan arguments are some of my favourite wrestling related contents
ITS NOT MY JOB
SHE ALMOST DIED!
The only way Dave can stay relevant.
LOL I can’t stand them anymore…. 😂
They argue like a married couple
The ongoing Meltzer and AEW storyline is some kind of Shakespearean mashup between Macbeth, King Lear, and Othello where ambition, hubris, madness, blind loyalty, and an element of subterfuge play the supporting roles in an epic downfall.
Careful, Meltzer would have to understand storylines for that to make sense to him.
His, is indeed a tale told by an idiot. Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
Giving melzer too much credit. Imagine him trying to do Hamlet. "too uh. Be. Or not to uh b. See that's the question that iv been uh asking the various insiders I uh. Talk to. And they say it could b a work but uh. According to my sources it will b 6 months before that is the question
@@gregweisal5542 "and like, ummmm..... whatever. You know?"
Maybe it's some kind of psychological operation on his end and he's writing a thesis.
*Dave: “I study this”*
*Bryan: “I look at em every week!”😂😂😂😂*
Dave basically telling Bryan to his face he has no respect for his opinion
Bryyyyaaaannnn
😂😂😂
Reason number 1 why i can't back AEW and it's fans. They can never say something is bad. If their dog limped into the ring after Perry hit it with a car and then it burst into flames it would be , as Tony always says, "great".
well, when we see that happen in a few weeks, we'll know who to blame...lol
🔔
That’s the insane difference between the fanbases. AEW fans insist everything is the best. WWE fans hate on WWE more than AEW does.
I'll be right there to say WWE has problems booking mid card and below talent, but to ignore the slew of issues of AEW is living in a dream.
Great Paws of Fire.....
Just wanted to let everyone know I had just clicked on the Buddy Landel clip and upon seeing this absolutely insane thumbnail I immediately switched videos. Fantastic work as always Travis, thank you for your hard work!
I literally did the exact same thing 😂
A buddy Landell clip! Goes to TH-cam page
Who tf cares...
The Budro clip was were it's at
@@davey3884hey man, I was doing my laundry when I saw this clip! Care about me please...
Alverez to Dave-"This place is a fucking joke man, you're a clown, I quit."
He honestly should, because I’m almost completely confident that he’d be MUCH more successful than Dave, at this point.
You forgot the superkick or stunner
Meltzer:
"I'm...y'know...too sexy...y'know...
for my shirt....
(several minutes of uninterupted 'y'know's)."
I'm a y'know if y'know what I mean and I do my little y'know on the y'know yeah on the y'know
"I'm... ya know. I'm too sexy for this... I mean, some people might say I'm too sexy for this shirt, but... ya know... People have been too sexy for this shirt before, it's... I mean, there was a time when WWE would consistently put out, ya know, shirts and stuff... and I guess I was too sexy, ya know, because the key demo has always stayed... yeah, I suppose overall it might not be the best shirt, but then you see how the key demo has... I mean... anyway, people say I'm too sexy for this shirt, but it's like whatever.
"I'm too sexy for this Khan
Too sexy for this Khan
From New York to Milan"
-Wrong Said Meltz
I wish we could get a Meltzer/Alvarez omnibus. I don't think we have enough material yet.
We need an Omnibus of Jim singing.
Give it a few years - or even just a few months
I wish we could get a Meltzer/Alvarez strap match.
Why that's just gay porn? @@YellowJeep
I'm sure in a year or two they'll have enough arguments betweem em to make one
Someone tweeted Dave that NXT’s overrun hasn’t gone down in 14 weeks in response to lying idiot claiming NXT loses viewership on the overrun all the time
But what about 18-35 lol😅
I’m never going to do this again but I wanted to take a moment to thank Jim, Brian, and the cult of cornette for keeping me entertained for years now. Some awful things were said about by someone I trusted. I take comfort in watching them roast themselves and others and also reading this blessed comment section. Thank you (even the ones who will rip on me for being sentimental).
I'm a meltzer, you know what I mean.. I throw my little stars on the catwalk, on the catwalk yeah I suck my little bucks on the catwalk 🎵 😂
this is the best parody, including mine which was deleted for rude language, on this thread. Cheers. 6 1/4 stars.
Dave also said a lot of people hate the Drew/Punk storyline over the bracelet angle, yet every segment those two have is pushing 2 mil and the biggest quarter of the show, so once again what does Dave know
I'm sure he means the aew diehards hate it right? Like who else who just hate that storyline for what it is?
@@alo4912 why would aew fans be counted in liking or disliking this storyline lol, Dave is just a Cm Punk hater, has been since Punk got to AEW basically
Actually if you studied the business more you would know the ratings, crowd reaction, subscriptions and merch sales aren’t as important as some partisan AEW fanatic on Twitter who watches 40 hour plus wrestling a week
Well duh! If a lot of people didn’t watch it then a lot of people couldn’t hate it… common sense…
@@Deans-jm3uf lmaoo
Why don’t Dave and Conrad Thompson start their own show together for this crap 💀
It’s different though. Conrad is a fanboy people pleaser who doesn’t talk bad about ANYTHING. Dave is just a propagandist masquerading as a journalist.
@@Stonehorn what a good pair they would be 😜
@@Stonehorn yeah Dave is the cnn or Fox News of the wrestling world
Because Conrad won't be like Brian, taking all of Dave bs and disrespect
Dave's too sexy for Milan, New York and the Tokyo Dome.
Shouldn't it be milan new york and kourikan.
I'm ashamed to admit I understood the cultural reference of the thumbnail before hearing the podcast.
Yeah and there was a cooking show on BBC 3 from 1971. There is always something else to watch. There were conventions 5 years ago. There were conventions when RAW was getting 10 million viewers a week. In the mid to late 2010s NCIS was getting 75 million viewers,they have other things on against them. If you make a good enough program,those other things won't stop people from watching your show.
BBC 3 cooking show 1971? Are you sure? Because a show called BBC 3 that was about cooking was on from 65-66 not 1971. Can you elaborate a bit more?
Wrong Said Dave performing "I'm Too All Elite."
"Too All Elite on his shirt
So Elite the ratings hurt "
@@XombieLejon66 I'm a journo, if you know what I mean, and I "Um" and "Ah" on the podcast. On the podcast, yeah, On the podcast, yeah, I Um and I Ah on the Podcast
@@bipolarminddroppings😂😂😂
I wonder how much of Meltzer's spit landed on Alvarez.
None. They don't record in the same room - or even in the same state.
@@henrygvidonas9573Can still happen with that high definition audio!
The left over spit that wasn’t used on Tony’s knob from Dave’s daily “favors”.
I believe Dave has a mint or a cough drop in his mouth when he's teaching his listeners about all of his studying and learning. Maybe some cocktail peanuts? Im not sure, but I enjoy guessing
Oh his knob or the rest of the body?
Whoever does these thumbnails deserves some sort of award. They r tremendous
😂 agreed
dave drowning in the aew kool aid
After so many decades trying to forget that f*cking earworm...Damn you, Travis!!
Apparently Mick Foley was supposed to wrestle MJF for his retirement match, but declined due to “health issues”. Judging from the last couple of AEW shows I’m guessing he was looking out for his mental health.
Wise decision on Mick’s part. What would the match have been?
@robertnapier624 A match like the one he did with Edge from what I heard.
“BriiiiiAaaNnN!! BRIIIIANN!!” Part 3….
I hope to live to see the day when Uncle Dave FINALLY admits that HIS type of wrestling doesn't "click" with the national TV audience. Dave and Conrad would make good attorneys.
Didn't he kind of already do that when he blamed AEW's.bad rating on the "fact" that AEW attracts only rich highly educated fans so there just isn't as many as the low brow WWE fan
They could never beat Stephen P. New in a court of law
The Meltzer/Alvarez arguments are always hilarious! 🤣
What over runs on wrestling shows tells me you don't respect my time and schedule!!! If I have something to do at 10pm and can't stay past 9:59pm, well, you don't respect my time! When you have a job that starts at 11pm I'm not sticking around for the over run! If I get ready at 10pm sharp to get up at 4am in the morning I'm not staying past 10pm. Do ppl understand where I'm going
Yes.
How much is Tony Khan paying Dave Meltzer to say these things? I mean MY...GOD!!!
Dave studies ratings like Tony studies powders.
Evidently not: Dave was wrong. 😆
😂😂😂😂
Jim’s comment “people wearing shorts didn’t tune out” 😂😂😂😂
did I hear Bryan Alvarez say I can't at 8:11
I heard it as soon as I saw this comment 😂
It's like when arguing with an addict at some point you have to say I can't and just walk away.
The viewership drops noticeably.
Dave: "That's a normal-ass quarter!"
😂
Oh, wow, I see the problem now. He’s hyphenating it wrong: “That’s a normal ass-quarter!”
Did Tony cut alvarez's pay?
Keep in mind this is the guy that tweeted a fake troll WBD memo. Enough said
😂 and tried to put Afa in the grave too soon because he wanted to feel important
@@gi79304 that too
I never knew him and our interactions were sparse but I feel badly for Bryan. He has all the data on front of him and you can hear how deflating it is to present it to the old man and get back gibberish. He moves on once he realizes there's no point, which is frequent, but you can actively hear him mumble and sigh in the background. We had the merger years ago, I think it's time for a split
This is pure toxic positivity. Sometimes saying "Ok that was bad" is the best thing you can do, the first step to solving a problem is admitting that there is one.
He could even say "I liked it but clearly it didn't do well in the ratings so they should probably try something else".
Dude just has to try and justify his subjective tastes (which like, hey, if he really DOES like this crap, that's his God-given right) by pretending its objectively good and he's unwittingly dooming AEW as a result.
@@xxrocketshark216xx4 And the AEW die hards are the same way, if you bring up any criticism or say that you thought a certain match or spot or angle was bad they dismiss you as a hater or a WWE fanboy. (Yeah, I hate AEW so much I watched it every week for about 3 and a half years and bought all the ppvs.).
Say what you like about WWE but when their product was in the toilet back in 2018/19 they corrected course and slowly built a show that their audience would have some fun watching.
Again? "It's not my job!!!!!!" 😂
Did Brian pull out the Uzi yet
The less said about that the better, lest we encourage the teenage edgelord who clearly never grew up
Punk/Drew will probably not get feud of the year. It will probably be The Elite / AEW
There's no probably about it lol.
Good thing those awards dont mean diddly squat and nobody takes em seriously except for the message board basement dwellers and the people who give them out. Tbh if *I* was a wrestler and I got a WON award I'd take it as an insult
Uncle Dave is going down with the ship.
Osprey should watch tapes on Dean Malenko. Not only will he learn how to wrestle, but he'll see how a tiger driver is properly done. Hell, Ahmed Johnson's "Pearl River Plunge" looks a 1000x better than Ospreys.
I hated Osprey calling the move out before he did it
Meltzer after anything Alvarez says to criticize: it was a good match
Saying “I study this” as an argument in a debate is a sh**ty enough thing to say on its own (because it implies that the other person doesn’t know anything about it), but to say that multiple times? Pretty douchey. Made it obvious that he truly didn’t have anything substantial to say in defence of it. He spent a lot of words saying absolutely nothing. I also find it funny that he had the audacity to say “There’s your answer” after not actually giving anything remotely close to qualifying as an “answer”.
But like uh you see this is uh studying is uhh mandatory to like appreciate you know wrestling and uhhh like fuck you know cm I guess punk; you know.
Right Said Meltzer!
Or is it right said Corny!? 🤔😂
Truly looking forward to the review of Jungle Jack standing tall(?) over Bryan Danielson 😂
That’s going to be the thumbnail for one of the “Fall Of AEW” episodes on the WWE network.
@@wilcee238not even on Vice going straight to Netflix for a documentary 😂
I watch the fight feed, because I work over night/ don’t pay for cable( cause you can watch anything you want for free) I saw Jack”off” Perry pop up on the j-tron I apparently yelled “there’s no F N way, wtf”, which woke up my old lady, which caused her to ask what I was yelling about and remind me there’s only one reason I’m “allowed” to wake her up and it’s not because I’m watching wrestling. Which I’ve always questioned that one reason. I mean what if the house is on fire, or there’s a home invasion? I mean if she wants me to let her burn or let the home invaders wake her up for the same reason then that’s her prerogative I guess .
And don't forget they're gonna be in the main event of All Out in Chicago...
They can't stop bringing out CM Punk every week 😅
Oh, my goodness, Brian the idea of Jim Vicious in a room full of young ppl, instructifying them on the ways of professional wrestling history is hilarious!
is the artwork Baron Corbin's next two gimmicks?
Dave can “study” all he wants. If he’s not equipped to understand what he’s looking at, he never will.
In 20 years I'm gonna have a podcast channel reacting to this exact episode.
It's gonna be terrible but I'm gonna have a great time.
The sad part is if they stop playing TBBT before Dynamite the ratings would be worst. There’s no idea coming from Tony, Dave or Alvarez to make the show better and those who do like Jim, Konan and Eric get called shills for WWE. This is why their best guys are just waiting for WWE to call them.
If Sheldon finds a new home for his reruns. AEW will start off with 300k
Who from aew is waiting on the wwe call, besides ricky starks? He isn't a needle mover for aew so they're not gonna hurt from missing out on him.
Swerve just re-signed. Doubt he's waiting on a call. Hangman, ricochet, ospreay, mjf, Danielson who just had his favorite career moment. Could keep going but not interested. Again, who is waiting on the call??
You seem lost mark
@09hicktown sorry, I forgot going to the internet to defend your precious wwe 20 hrs a day doesn't make you a mark, but pointing out obvious bias and false claims makes you a mark
It's not unusual for AEW to be loved by anyone
It's not unusual to have backstage fun with anyone
But when I see AEW pals hanging about with anyone
It's not unusual to see me cry, Darby wanna die
😂😅
love them thumbnails, peak travis work... dopamine off the roof
"He doesn't spend time on periods, this Dave" - Jim Cornette
He has run on sentences that have completed marathons.
@@TheEvolver311here's a good game find any transcript of a Dave melzter interview a d find the answer to a question he's been asked. He has an amazing ability to not answer any question by answering to stuff he wasn't asked multiple times within that one question. It's truly impressive.
Idk, Dave definitely seemed to be PMSing that one time he blew up at Alvarez over Toni Storm
That initial ‘NOO’ from Meltzer was pure panic and insecurity x
Dave has to be a secret employee for AEW for constantly defending it
No, it's just AEW marks are the only subs the Observer has left.
Observe *this*, brother!
Not true, Meltzer and friends just think they're one of the boys
We need to stop this 'Meltzer's on the payroll' narrative. Even if it's true, it's easy to explain why Meltzer is 'all in' on AEW.@@Cruising_On_Lake_Havasoma
@@OmaSwagif you are the woman in your profile picture you need to be licked from head to toe and back.
There's been long-standing rumors that Dave is booking the show and Tony just goes along with it. I brushed it off for ages, but now I wonder...
Is Dave doing it for free? Or is he being paid? I suspect the latter, WON is dying as a publication and his smark fans won't pay his subscription fees forever.
Bryan:We're done dude
Meltzer: Nah what do you mean
This has to be the greatest thumbnail in the history of thumbnails 😂🤣
I love how Jim mentions Mayim Bialik before the audio, bringing it back round to The Big Bang Theory yet again, AEW needs them so much lol
AEW is the one who needs Mayim Bialik's help. She's in the show that gives them their opening bump. She's over.
Is this thumbnail supposed to be them as Right Said Fred? Hilarious
Meltzer is too sexy for his shirt and it hurts.
Hopefully there’s a Dave and Bryan argument omnibus in the near future 😂
Jim has me confused... I thought the point of the overrun was to make it seem like a sport... "We don't know when this will end..." kinda thing. So it's stupid to do an overrun every week.
I'd like to see a show under-run and have to listen to five minutes of commentary about how quick the match was.
Being a wrestling fan can be very embarrassing at times. Listening to Dave speak makes me want to completely disassociate myself from it completely.
Bald Cornette looks like Simon miller
Booking aside.
AEW has 2 massive problems with dynamite.
1. “Stars” that people like will show up on the show, and then disappear for weeks on end and you have no idea when they’re coming back, so even if you like that person or their story, that person probably won’t be on the show, or they’re on rampage or collision and those shows suck, so why watch?
2. Their main events don’t have STARS in them. They format the shows where their biggest names are in these weird spots throughout the show, and they never build up a story or a problem throughout the show to keep people tuned in, and then all the sudden Jungle Boy is in the main event, so why stay and watch? If MJF is your biggest ratings draw. Why is he in 1 fucking segment? You need him throughout the show, and you NEED him in the main event. Plain and simple. Showcase your stars and don’t let people forget about them, and make sure they’re in the biggest spots of your show
lol. Has Travis turned Dave & Corny into Right Said Fred here (The "I'm Too Sexy for this song" guys)????
Yes.
What do you think?
@@TL2354 I think he may have...which is why I asked.
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Dave is hilarious man. The line "It declines on NXT all the time. I study this!" becomes much more funny when you learn their overrun hasn't declined for 3 months straight
Travis should’ve taken a step back and thought about this one
I know what you mean lol but it makes it better lol
You mean step back and appreciate a job well done
Lol
The tongue will always be so funny
This shit hilarious lmao
He blamed this week's dynamite ratings on the tennis😂
DDP would be the best at a college professor of a pro wrestling course
Dave Meltzer will be 65 one day before my birthday. Has time passed him by?
6:56 is just peak comedy. Dave being so sure that the 18-49 would save him some face, but that number went down, too. 😂
The overrun is BS weekly. I actively try to give them ratings but cant watch live, and they NEVER end on time EVER. Its f'ing stupid
I think Dave was about a few seconds away from asking what is that over there, then sneaking off when looking away. 😉😂🤣 Damn, it felt like he was running through about as much excuses as he could for that drop off.
Uh you know, there’s like something uhhhh over like there.
Dave Meltzer is AEW best employee and they don't even pay him.
Is Dave still blaming the fans for not DVRing everything on that day to make sure they get all of AEW?
Dave "I'm TOO sexy for my podcast" Meltzer is so determined to defend his creation that is AEW that he's likely concussed himself so many times.
Bryan Alvarez is trying to be honest however he still like most of AEW! Ever since AEW Bryan has lost so much credibility for liking AEW!
16:56 I wonder if he's talking about Senatobia, MS. My friend was just in Como and saw a blacked out truck just gunning down the highway with a Chucky doll affixed to the grill.
Legit thought that was Goldberg in the thumbnail lmao
Why?
Don't get Brian mad! He might get out his uzi 😂
The fact that even Dave's lackey Bryan Alvarez can see what is going on, and will on occasion point it out, but Dave can't do it is just astounding. He digs in his heels at every turn. Dies on the hill for AEW regardless of what that hill is. If there is an AEW hill, you can but your bottom dollar that Uncle Dave will strap on his suit of armor, draw his sword and fight to the death on it for the honor of All Friends Wrestling. He seems to be phyically incapable of offering anything but the most limp wristed criticism at best, and even that he makes sure to sandwich between two compliments. Even objective facts like that the overruns are now hurting AEW's numbers, he will just shout "Nuh uh!" And his logic is "No, I "studied this", so when I say nuh uh, just agree with me because I'm very very smart."
It's just absurd. He either really is just *that* obsessed and is emotionally incapable of letting it go, or he has to be on the take. It's the only two possibilities, and either way, he has no credibility or any right to call himself a journalist anymore. He's completely partial and has lost his ever loving mind.
Jon “Plumber” Moxley will bring these rating through the roof along with Ricochet and the new invasion angle
More like they went right to the toilet.
Tell me again that Meltzer isn't on Tony's payroll.
It’s even funnier the second time
Dave's still living in 1998, and as a result the cope is legendary.
Usually for things I DVR, I add a 2 minute pad at the end. For all AEW shows, I had to move it to 15 minutes!
I do exactly the same as you, on both counts!
Can I just ask, why do people care about Dave Meltzer’s opinion? I honestly didn’t even know his name until about a year ago, when I started listening to this channel.
Even Googling Meltzer, I see that he’s a wrestling journalist. But what makes his opinion, good or bad, any more noteworthy than any other wrestling journalist? basically, why does anyone care about his star ratings or opinion on anything?
From what I can tell, meltzer is probably the first mainstream wrestling journalist. He had credibility back in the day even though he tended to be wrong then. His star rating system is arbitrary but it caught on as wrestling became mainstream.
@@NotAdultingToday Thank you, genuinely. So he was the first big wrestling journalist... I really didn't know anything about him. I even looked up if he was a former wrestler, or manager, or something lol.
Dave is such a AEW shill 🤣, 6:28 🐷🐽
"I study this stuff.." What are you, Fing, studying? All this clown is doing is reading numbers any Joe can read.
He studies the Observer, every issue
3:17 oh boy they're gonna lose their minds if they find out what Mayim Bialik is known for lmao
Il try sum this up.
Jim agrees with Brian. With a tremendous analogy that will likely be banned in the UK.
Basically if wrestling was sex. DVRing AEW leaves you with Blue Balls.