odessasteps Posted May 31, 2014 Posted May 31, 2014 Probably folks attributing/projecting the anti-IWC attitude onto hunter.
rovert Posted May 31, 2014 Posted May 31, 2014 Referring to Dave as a dumb yokel is something I would expect to read on Wrestlezone or TNAsylum or something. I know the composition of posters has changed a lot on here the past few years but lads come on now. He's stupid. This is how I feel deep in my heart. The dirtsheet 'industry' is self important and misguided, and entertaining in a fun sad sort of way. These are my opinions, which inform why I think the idea that someone CHALLENGED KAYFABE by asking about Prince Devitt is hilarious and sad. For every 'scoop' the guy gets, he makes money on his own marks (and I use mark because it's applicable. He's a man selling snake oil at a fair in the 1800's.) by tossing out 800 number psychic level stories: 'Daniel Bryan being asked to shave his beard.' Beard doesn't get shaved. 'WWE decides beard is the way to go.' I'll restate: they are an entertainment company, and they choose what information to hand out and not hand out. Either way, they win. For every 'we're very excited to have signed Dick 'The Beanpole' Gulcher, star of the hit reality TV show Steamboat Bully Challenge series to a developmental contract' they're gonna give a few no comments to someone asking about KENTA. And the news sites will run with both of them: Triple H offers no details on KENTA! HAS THE JAPANESE STAR FAILED A WELLNESS TEST? Dick Gulcher reportedly Triple H's newest workout buddy! IS THERE A NEW KLIQ BACKSTAGE AT NXT? All of this is beside the point. A reporter asked about some guys being signed, Triple H sarcastically asked 'who?' and the guy explained who they were and it was pretty funny. How was the joke there on Triple H? in all serious what is this spurious wall of shite? Whatever Meltzer's relevance as far as news, he still serves a purpose as a historian, if nothing else. Aye Meltzer is irrelevant when it comes to news as this week's scoops laden issue of the Observer attests to..... Speechless here. No offence cool arrow but calling into question Dave's relevance as a news source even as an intellectual exercise after the issue is SO silly.
cool arrow Posted May 31, 2014 Posted May 31, 2014 Sweet Jesus, it's like arguing with EN090 about TNA.
piranesi Posted May 31, 2014 Posted May 31, 2014 "Scoops" Meltzer: Bringing you the rumors, rumblings, and words going 'round, all vetted through the most dependable carnies and drug addicts what can dial a phone! 2
Kropotkin's Beard Posted May 31, 2014 Posted May 31, 2014 Sweet Jesus, it's like arguing with EN090 about TNA. So stop doing it for the love of god
rovert Posted May 31, 2014 Posted May 31, 2014 Sweet Jesus, it's like arguing with EN090 about TNA. What are we arguing? I thought we writing a eulogy to dirtsheets. Dirtsheets? Dodosheets more like.
Matt D Posted May 31, 2014 Posted May 31, 2014 Did the rest of the internet kick you out or something? It has to be hugely thankless and unpleasant for you to post here. That's one thing you definitely do have with EN. Beast gets some sick joy out of it, but it feels more like a religious calling for you. A blood debt or something. To stand in front of the breach for Meltzer and your countrypeople. 1
odessasteps Posted May 31, 2014 Posted May 31, 2014 @davemeltzerWON: Every time I see Porky I'm just happy he's still alive.
JRGoldman Posted May 31, 2014 Posted May 31, 2014 Does anyone remember that Punk shoot interview he did for ROH where he talks about how him and Cabana would call up Meltzer's tip line at 3AM and say stuff like 'This just in: Nick Bockwinkel has old balls!'? The dude in that story with the voicemail service set up for hot tips in 2006 is the leader of pro wrestling journalism.
piranesi Posted May 31, 2014 Posted May 31, 2014 Does anyone remember that Punk shoot interview he did for ROH where he talks about how him and Cabana would call up Meltzer's tip line at 3AM and say stuff like 'This just in: Nick Bockwinkel has old balls!'? Jesus, it's like the Chess club nerds bullying the AV club nerds and then bragging about it to the computer club nerds. 2
offspring515 Posted May 31, 2014 Posted May 31, 2014 Does anyone remember that Punk shoot interview he did for ROH where he talks about how him and Cabana would call up Meltzer's tip line at 3AM and say stuff like 'This just in: Nick Bockwinkel has old balls!'? The dude in that story with the voicemail service set up for hot tips in 2006 is the leader of pro wrestling journalism. In fairness...that scoop checks out. 4
piranesi Posted May 31, 2014 Posted May 31, 2014 Fittingly, a scoop is the only way to check that scoop. 1
rovert Posted May 31, 2014 Posted May 31, 2014 Did the rest of the internet kick you out or something? It has to be hugely thankless and unpleasant for you to post here. That's one thing you definitely do have with EN. Beast gets some sick joy out of it, but it feels more like a religious calling for you. A blood debt or something. To stand in front of the breach for Meltzer and your countrypeople. Credit: 411Mania 1
Matt D Posted May 31, 2014 Posted May 31, 2014 Does anyone remember that Punk shoot interview he did for ROH where he talks about how him and Cabana would call up Meltzer's tip line at 3AM and say stuff like 'This just in: Nick Bockwinkel has old balls!'? Jesus, it's like the Chess club nerds bullying the AV club nerds and then bragging about it to the computer club nerds. That could actually be a movie.
cool arrow Posted May 31, 2014 Posted May 31, 2014 Sweet Jesus, it's like arguing with EN090 about TNA. So stop doing it for the love of god Consider it done.
Bustronaut Posted June 6, 2014 Posted June 6, 2014 From today's update: RFA tonight at 10 p.m. Eastern on AXS from Culver City, CAJohn Hackleman Jr. (John's son) vs. Justin Jones Thanks for the clarification, Dave! 2
rovert Posted June 7, 2014 Posted June 7, 2014 Bryan signing off from reviewing TNA: "Fare thee well for the time being, Impact by Bryan Alvarez I was thinking about this, and I don't believe that in the 19 years I've been writing this newsletter I have ever boycotted a television program because it sucked so goddamned bad. That changed this week. After all these years, TNA Impact finally broke me. The show on Thursday night was up there with the worst pro-wrestling programs I've ever seen in my life. It might have been the worst. Maybe, top-to-bottom, objectively there has a worse show historically. But no show ever caused me to command a one-month (at the moment) boycott before, so I think the evidence is in that this was the worst pro-wrestling show I've ever seen. I don't care if this is "my job," or if people want me to watch it and suffer through it so that they don't have to. I don't care. At the end of the day, while it is my job, it's also my company, so I can make my own decisions, and my decision is that I am not watching Impact for at least one full month. I had considered watching the PPV next Sunday since a PPV is more important than television, but come on now. No one is buying this PPV, and the idea that I'm going to have to pay $34.95 for it is reason enough to skip it. I'll be 39 years old when that show airs. I don't need this in my life. There is plenty of actual pro-wrestling to watch. The more I think about it, the less guilty I feel about not watching this product. Even if one were to argue that this is "my job," technically my job is to watch all the major pro-wrestling shows on US television, and you know what? At this point it is tough for me to classify Impact as a pro-wrestling television show. I don't know what the hell it even is. It's a variety show that features people fighting, only part of which actually takes place in a pro-wrestling ring, and none of which anyone could possibly care about because the majority of the characters are so completely unlikeable, and the **** they do makes no sense. I read an article on why it's tough for the people writing Impact. It was written by Vince Russo. Yeah. So, as one would expect, it was filled with 9 million bull**** excuses. I liked the one about how the building at Universal Studios is not a good building for wrestling because so many tourists show up. I was unaware that pro-wrestling fans were restricted from attending. That's like saying the crowd at Full Sail University for NXT sucks because only college kids go. Except it appears plenty of wrestling fans manage to attend at Full Sail, plus the NXT crowds almost never suck. It is ironic, because Russo claimed that the crowd sucked because sometimes Impact had to tape one and a half shows per taping. Last time I checked NXT taped four shows per taping. They seem to be doing all right. Come to think of it, they're doing great. Russo claimed it was tough because you had to balance everything out to make sure people weren't involved in too many segments on a particular show. I nearly pissed my pants reading that. I saw EIGHT STRAIGHT SEGMENTS involving talking on Thursday night. EIGHT. You can read Vinny's review, but I think I saw MVP in at least five different segments on one show. Maybe ten. I lost track. Russo had his usual litany of excuses. At the end of the day, it all boils down to this: the show sucks. Everything about it sucks, with the exception of some talented people who actually try to have good matches. There is zero understanding of what pro-wrestling is or why people—live or on television—would want to watch the show. They have no idea how to build interest in any of the matches or feuds, they have no idea how to pace a show, they have no idea how to make characters likeable or dislikeable. Russo ranted about fact vs. opinion. This is not opinion. This is fact. The quarter-hour ratings plunging throughout the show is an embarrassment. The buyrates are an embarrassment even compared to THEIR OWN BUYRATES several years ago, and they are ONE-TENTH what they were getting during their peak (60,000 for two Joe vs. Angle matches). Their house show attendance is an embarrassment. This is not fact vs. opinion. What they're presenting is not what people want to see. And don't even get me into the MVP vs. Dixie Carter storyline. I'm pretty sure this is the only storyline I've ever seen in my entire life where there is no way more than one single solitary person (Dixie Carter) could possible care about it. To think this worst Impact ever went off the air with the tease that the Dixie vs. MVP war was going to escalate. Who gives a ****? As a viewer, I hate them both. Two heel factions, two completely unlikeable groups of people, WHO LARGELY DO NOTHING BUT TALK TO EACH OTHER INCESSANTLY ABOUT **** NOBODY CARES ABOUT, are going to war, and I'm supposed to care. LOL. I have better things to do. You should too. It's summertime. Enjoy the cool Thursday night air. Read a good book. Chat with your loved ones, enjoy a light meal. But don't watch this show. " 2
AlfredoE Posted June 7, 2014 Posted June 7, 2014 I believe that's also the first thing Bryan's written in the F4W in weeks.
AlfredoE Posted June 7, 2014 Posted June 7, 2014 People read things Bryan writes? Pretty difficult to read what he writes in his newsletter, when I just wrote that he hasn't written in it until that Impact rant.
odessasteps Posted June 7, 2014 Posted June 7, 2014 People have been advising bryan to not watch impact since 2006 or there bouts.
Fat Spanish Waiter Posted June 7, 2014 Posted June 7, 2014 People read things Bryan writes? Pretty difficult to read what he writes in his newsletter, when I just wrote that he hasn't written in it until that Impact rant. I was just being a knob, sorry. 1
Matt D Posted June 7, 2014 Posted June 7, 2014 "I'm not going to watch impact anymore! I'm going to make Bix do it instead!!!!!!" The fiend! 2
odessasteps Posted June 7, 2014 Posted June 7, 2014 "I'm not going to watch impact anymore! I'm going to make Bix do it instead!!!!!!" The fiend! With friends like that, who needs enemies? 1
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