evilclown Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 I'm sure Dave knows this, or will learn quickly—there is no reason to spend 15 seconds worrying about the comments on a MMA blog. If there is a group lower than the lowest common denominator, they exist in the comments of any big MMA site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjh Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 I'm sure hoping those Jul-Sep numbers are amazing, unless Dave was being sarcastic in that boom comment. The latter, one of Dave's peeves last year was that people were saying the Punk angle would lead to another boom period when the business evidence suggested it wasn't. And Jon, Dave learned that lesson many years ago from reading Sherdog forums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLIK Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 I'm sure hoping those Jul-Sep numbers are amazing, unless Dave was being sarcastic in that boom comment. The latter Yeah, that's what I thought too, course I had to re-read Dave's quotes a few times before it clicked for me but I eventually got thear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cm funk Posted September 23, 2012 Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 Dave trolling his own board Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boondocks Kernoodle Posted September 23, 2012 Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 That was definite sarcasm. Half of Dave's posts on the board are sarcastic these days. Flik, it's "there," not "thear." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Jackson Posted September 23, 2012 Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 I don't think FLIK cares. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerpride Posted September 23, 2012 Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 I don't think FLIK cares. But why does he do it? It is some inside joke that none of us our privy too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted September 23, 2012 Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 I lol'd at CM Punk asking on Twitter if "Belzer" has reviewed his DVD yet and if so how many stars it got. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffey Posted September 23, 2012 Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 What is the Rey Mysterio, Jr. story that Dave Meltzer is referring to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjh Posted September 23, 2012 Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 I think it would be this, Coffey: Rey Mysterio failed WWE drug test for amphetamines over 10 weeks ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricR Posted September 24, 2012 Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 Sorta related, but did he ever do a HOF bio for Mysterio? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Jackson Posted September 24, 2012 Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 I don't think he did. I can remember reading the one he did for Konnan, but not Mysterio. Didn't Meltzer fall way behind on a bunch of bios around that time? I also seem to remember a promised AWA history or Gagne bio that never materialized as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cox Posted September 24, 2012 Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 I don't think he did. I can remember reading the one he did for Konnan, but not Mysterio.Konnan actually co-wrote his own bio, probably because Dave was so behind on these, and it was as hilarious as you'd expect when a man writes his own Hall of Fame bio. The first paragraph: There’s a popular television commercial out these days for Dos Equis beer. It features, “the most interesting man in the world.” For the next few pages, you will find, if not the most interesting man in the world, a story about one of the most interesting lives in the world. This past fall, wrestler, booker, and announcer Charles Ashenoff (aka Carlos Espada) was elected into the 2009 class of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NintendoLogic Posted September 24, 2012 Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 Konnan actually co-wrote his own bio No, he didn't. All the writing was done by Steve Sims. Konnan's input consisted of correcting minor inaccuracies like his mother's name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cox Posted September 24, 2012 Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 Even though his induction was in September, we finally have our long- awaited Hall of Fame biography issue on Konnan. This biography was put together by Steve “Dr. Lucha” Sims and Konnan, both extensively looking back at their own records and memories in putting the piece, written by Sims, together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NintendoLogic Posted September 24, 2012 Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 Konnan and Sims were on F4D when the bio came out, and the process went like this: Sims wrote the thing up and submitted it to Konnan to get his thoughts. He corrected a few minor inaccuracies, but he took so long to get through it that Sims eventually said fuck it and submitted it to Dave. So not only did Konnan not co-write it, he hadn't even completely read it when it was published. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Schneider Posted September 24, 2012 Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 It was a true embarrassment either way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cm funk Posted September 24, 2012 Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 Odelay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted September 24, 2012 Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 That reminded me of a great moment on the MLW podcast where Court Bauer was going on about booking old guys like Terry Funk and Abdullah who were really too broken down to be still working, seemingly forgetting for a moment his co-host is Konnan. Court related a story of seeing Terry Funk work a match then barely be able to move in the locker room, saying it's hard to book guys who don't listen to their body telling them to stop, finishing up with "isn't that right, Konnan?" It was Tim & Eric level uncomfortable comedy. Also the bio was one of the most hilarious things ever written. Sims has been friends with him for what seems to be a long time now, yet he still comes off like a guy in awe he's pals with someone famous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjh Posted September 24, 2012 Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 Konnan didn't write the bio, but it was written after length discussions with him I imagine. It would be a bit like passing off a WWE book as an impartial piece of writing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted September 25, 2012 Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 So they're going to be riffing off of the replacement ref issue in the NFL now with the Brad Maddox deal. Over/under on how many times Bryan needs this explained for him considering he's the king of "HEY GUYS DID I EVER TELL YOU I DON'T WATCH ANYTHING ON TV EXCEPT WRESTLING AND MMA?" . I'm guessing at least two, since Dave seems to be a fan (or at least is aware of what goes on) and Vinny's day job is a football writer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjh Posted September 25, 2012 Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 I'm English and don't follow the NFL at all and even I have to shake my head at times. Like Bryan thinking that scab refs was a Paul Heyman reference to Dana saying that scabs love to stick it to UFC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goc Posted September 26, 2012 Report Share Posted September 26, 2012 I actually thought the Brian Maddox thing is one of the rare times that WWE has been able to play off something current and not have it be some kind of embarrassing spectacle like the Donald Trump vs Rosie O'Donnel debacle. Although "here in all her lesbionic fury" was an amusing line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Posted September 27, 2012 Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 I actually thought the Brian Maddox thing is one of the rare times that WWE has been able to play off something current and not have it be some kind of embarrassing spectacle like the Donald Trump vs Rosie O'Donnel debacle. Although "here in all her lesbionic fury" was an amusing line. Vickie Guerrero yelling at a chair a couple weeks ago before AJ showed up was a nice parody of Clint Eastwood doing the same at the RNC, IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cm funk Posted October 2, 2012 Report Share Posted October 2, 2012 Do you think there is a correlation on PPV with UFC going up or down and UFC doing the opposite at the same time? It's there, but huge, but it exits 49.7% Huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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