Dave Meltzer stuff

[Petey]

Every interview I hear and article I read involving Russo, he never says sports entertainment or sports entertainers. Always wrestling and wrestlers. It's creeping me out.

[Robert S]

"Word of advice--If wrestling books are written by the WRESTLERS---don't believe a word in them!"

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[Matt D]

I was excited for the Stardust talk because I had no idea what pop reference they'd get. if any.

 

Bryan went for NES' Pro Wrestling Starman and then Dave said NO NO NO, it's Dusty Rhodes' nickname Stardust. Bryan made sure to point out that he had gloves like AJ Styles. No mention of Bowie. No mention of A Clockwork Orange. No thought that this will lead to a split.

[(BP)]

If we get one Stardust promo with Cody encouraging Goldust to indulge in some of the old ultraviolence, I'll never say a bad word about any other angle for years.

[Bierschwale]

His new theme definitely had some Aladdin Sane-style piano on it, regarding a Bowie reference.

[cheapshot]

"We haven't even talked about the kitty litter and milk segment". It's come to this.

[rovert]

I think poor Dave is overworked:

 

[evilclown]

Someone tell me about Meltzer's big 4th of July party and Lilian Garcia concert?

[Tim Evans]

July 4th is the big F4W convention at the UFC show. Liillian does some show in Vegas every Saturday night.

[artDDP]

I think poor Dave is overworked:

 

It only takes a second to proofread a tweet but it seems everyone is in a hurry to get it out there.

[Moonsault Marvin]

Meltzer:

--It was seven years ago today that Nancy Benoit was killed, likely by husband Chris. Nancy was known in wrestling as The Fallen Angel and later as Woman in Florida, WCW and ECW.

 

likely?

 

There's not any real doubt that he killed her.

[El-P]

Seven years already. Times flies. I can still remember the hours spent on my laptot following the developments in disbelief.

 

And yeah, the "likely" is sounds awkward to say the least.

[DMJ]

That's a palm-to-the-face slip from Meltz. "Likely"?

 

Did he follow-it up about the 20th anniversary of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman's deaths "likely" at the hands of OJ Simpson?

 

Or that the sky is "likely" blue?

 

That quote has me legit laughing.

[BillThompson]

To be fair, it could be that Meltzer is trying to avoid libel, if in fact no court of law ever actually said Benoit was the killer.

[Eduardo]

That sounded bad.

 

Maybe someone sent that in for Meltzer, and he just copied and pasted it?

[tigerpride]

The Benoits, who believe he did it, are going to sue Meltzer?

[BillThompson]

The Benoits, who believe he did it, are going to sue Meltzer?

 

Hey man, I'm just saying that in today's society it's always wise to cover all your bases, and maybe that's why he tossed the likely in there. It also may be a stupid mistake, or just him not using his words wisely.

[WingedEagle]

I read the likely as speaking to the date. Because everyone was AWOL all weekend I thought it was not conclusive on what particular date each crime was committed.

[C.S.]

To be fair, Meltzer has never been a great writer. Great reporter, yes. Great writer, no.

[PeteF3]

You cannot slander or libel the dead. There is absolutely no need for any "likely" or "allegedly" qualifier, at all.

[BillThompson]

You cannot slander or libel the dead. There is absolutely no need for any "likely" or "allegedly" qualifier, at all.

 

That depends on the state/nation, as some states and countries do allow lawsuits on behalf of the estate of the deceased in cases of libel/slander.

[Matt D]

Maybe he just didn't want the emails from the crazies if he didn't put it?

[Loss]

Not speaking the truth for fear of the reaction would be a poor reflection on Dave's integrity and I'm not willing to go that far.

 

He definitely deserves criticism, but I would suspect he said it without putting much thought into it. He has a tendency to do this lately, like when he said both sides had valid points and probably felt they were right when asked about Montreal on the Steve Austin Show, completely contradicting years of his own reporting on that topic.

[Bierschwale]

To be fair, Meltzer has never been a great writer. Great reporter, yes. Great writer, no.

 

Yeah, that genuinely could just be a pure syntax screw-up. I doubt that it is, but it wouldn't be a big surprise, You don't go to Dave for the prose.

[KrisZ]

The best way around that is not to even mention the circumstances of her death but just mention the tragedy itself.