Know what’s funny? All of these talking heads that have bashed AEW lately (which I don’t disagree with btw. They suck right now), where were they when Tony was actually using people and booking them on Dynamite? It’s kinda easy to bash someone when they’re down and don’t have any value left in your life, knowing bookings ain’t coming….🤔
@@JohnKobaRuddy It's just so weird to me. Maybe it's because it's the holidays and we're all spending so much money on our kids but man, I just don't get the wasting money on Meltzer at all.
Years ago, if you were a huge wrestling fan it was the best newsletter in terms of the pure info in it. If there was a promotion in Estonia with three fans he had all the info in it. Actually kinda impressive. He was the rain man of pro rasslin. When media just became all opinions and talking points though I agree, don’t see the point in any of it.
@@philwalsh8975 oh they do now with their new deal. Good news for you. They will be around for a lot longer and you can give out about them more. Meltzer also makes a good living from what he does so win win for you. Plenty to give out about.
@@tonyclifton2230they have never made profit ..lol seriously the worst run wrestling company ever and would of been out of business by how if khan was a trillionaire
historically Meltzer was a muscled guy who loves and wanted to be in wrestling, but he looked like a temu scott steiner with bad toad skin so he never made it... probably wanted to be a WWF superstar.... hes had it in for wwf/wwe for years.. hates their matches and stars, shamelessly pretends lesser things are better... anyone sensing a motive?
What confuses me most about Meltzer is that, especially in 2024, when he gets caught out reporting a fake story (or at least has been given false info), he refuses to admit to it.
@@KeepinIt100OFFICIAL he worked out the political brainwash grift... just lie and theyll still support him as long as hes on their team... same types allowed kamala harris to speak her BS without laughing
It's not confusing at all. The man has zero integrity. None. Multiple decades of "plans change" and wrestling fans only start catching on in great numbers in 2024!?
07:35 Meltzer got exposed when he did that interview with Chris Van Vliet and Chris called him out on the star ratings and especially about Kurt Angle never getting a 5star match which is laughable
Unless Dave Meltzer was literally in the room whenever WBD and AEW worked out their new deal, there's no way that he knows the real numbers for the TV rights.
Meltzer has always been a joke and i have a problem with anyone who's ever defended him. Daves opinion has always meant absolutely nothing. Shame on anybody who's ever bought his bs. You're responsible for this. You're responsible for his ego. Youre responsible for his relevancy.
I will give Dave Meltzer credit for this: he was the first person who said that Rampage had been cancelled. Tony Khan only finally admitted to that today, Meltzer said it months ago.
It’s really annoying to listen or to read a tweet of his defending AEW. How can he defend AEW and tell people that they can’t read or they don’t comprehend well , and later turn around and write all this?!
It’s the opposite. Meltzer is the worst thing to happen to AEW. He’s also one of the worst things to happen to pro wrestling. He’s the equivalent of a movie critic, except with LESS credentials. And a few people within the business have given this idiot a platform, paving the way for any and everyone thinking they know something about wrestling. Without ever working a day in the business.
@ ….what does that have to do with anything? He has a direct line to Tony Khan and has had a direct line to company stooges for years. He’s had a newsletter for smarks to read for years and with the growth of social media, it’s only gotten worse. Who gives a shit about his newsletter. It goes far beyond that
the growth has WWE has been so incredible that it has finally confirmed, once and for all, that the AEW indy marks have been exposed once and for all as total jokes.
People are gonna know Kyle Fletcher very soon. This guy is the hottest talent I’ve seen in a while. His mic skills are off the chart. Ring skills aren’t lacking either. He is believable. Truly great. I’m excited man. He’s the first person who has me excited about a star in wrestling in a long time. I could be a little critical, but that’s not what this post is about. Nobody’s perfect.
10:38 - Konnan just read that whole diatribe about his AEW has killed their own business by over exposing everything and his solution is to just book more names? wtf?
I wonder if it bothers Dave that he's basically gotten his dream promotion, but it doesn't draw in casual fans, and eventually pushes away devout fans?
I've never liked Meltzer because he was always pushing the anti-WCW narrative back in the day. Don't get me wrong WCW wasn't always good, but Dave would relentlessly trash them regardless. He's always had his favorite and pushed his opinions as facts.
In a weird way, AEW getting the big deal despite declining ratings and attendance actually works in Dave's favour. His angle has always been elitist. He and his fans have had open disdain for successful mainstream wrestlers for decades. AEW being an increasingly niche product while at the same time garnering a big price tag proves his point, at least in his own mind. Only true connoisseurs "get" wrestling.
Meltzer is in full on panic mode. WWE has officially moved on into their biggest era ever while AEW is now competing with GCW is order to try to sell out venues that hold less than 2K people. Meltzer dedicated too much time to a flop.
WWE is in its biggest era ever? Modern people are very odd you all seem to think that less people watching something you like makes it the most popular thing in the universe. Very very odd. WWE struggles to get 2 million.
@@FM1-p8t-c9iI don’t know how to adjust for inflation but I would bet money they’re making more money now then they were back then and that’s the only point being made right?
Tony Khan is the BIGGEST money mark in the history of the business. Meltzer doesn't need to write the Observer anymore LET ALONE SELL IT TO ANYONE!!! He's on Tony's payroll so he's good. I watched dynamite for the 1st time in 3 or 4 years tonight and it was horrible! Nobody is over. Kenny had that great match with Gabe Kidd in Japan and goodbye momentum....because he comes back to AEW and immediately becomes irrelevant. Tony needs bookers. I mean at least Dixie Carter wasnt so brash to think SHE could book TNA!!! It's a JOOOOKE!!!
The initial report by Forbes and an an online sports financial magazine that I can’t recall the name of stated they didn’t know the exact details but believed it was around $150 million per year.
Konnan next time say this to him directly yall corny for this one bro stop saying you support or are a friend of DAVE if you can’t tell him the truth to his face bruh Stand for something
Collision comes on late on a Saturday night. Idk why aew doesn't lean into that. Like wwe did with shotgun Saturday night. Make it risqué. Get some really hot models as ring girls, have renee dress sexy for backstage interviews, maybe make a version of the nitro girls too. Bring back beautiful women managers like debra mcmichael, miss Elizabeth, etc and put Anna Jay, sky blue, Britt baker & Penelope ford up there as features. And how about having guys playing poker backstage, beer drinking contests that turn to bar fights for backstage segments, which turn to matches? Hire Matt riddle and have him doing weed segments and maybe fued revolving around soneone stealing his drugs.. Have a drugs on a pole match. Blow up the stage and ring with fireworks constantly. Just do some mature party like angles and make the show cool and sexy. Aew is lacking imagination. I wish they'd do something crazy that appeals to the manosphere... Do things that men wanna see.. Violence, sexy women, explosions, potty humor, etc and don't worry about cancel culture
I can’t believe you BOOK AAA😂 but talk about how bad ANY OTHER PROMOTIONS ARE 🤔 I think you have a lot to worry about with those raitings and how all your real young stars all want out or are in ALL THE OTHER PROMOTIONS
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What a shame Konnan didn't have the guts to say any of this when he interviewed Meltzer.
He can't be 2 faced because if he was he'd definitely be wearing the other one
Yup, he was cucked big time with Boomer Dave.
I skipped it for this very reason. Disco didn’t deserve to be pushed aside for trashy Meltzer.
Know what’s funny? All of these talking heads that have bashed AEW lately (which I don’t disagree with btw. They suck right now), where were they when Tony was actually using people and booking them on Dynamite? It’s kinda easy to bash someone when they’re down and don’t have any value left in your life, knowing bookings ain’t coming….🤔
@@Thurmanatr16if you're a grown man that typed this sentence, get off the Internet.
I cannot believe that Meltzer still has paying fans. I mean the stuff comes out online FOR FREE. What are you paying for?
Most news sites and YT channels tend to use him as a source. 😂😂😂
Carnies man...they don't know better.
Wrestling has a tonne of weirdo fans
@@JohnKobaRuddy It's just so weird to me. Maybe it's because it's the holidays and we're all spending so much money on our kids but man, I just don't get the wasting money on Meltzer at all.
Years ago, if you were a huge wrestling fan it was the best newsletter in terms of the pure info in it. If there was a promotion in Estonia with three fans he had all the info in it. Actually kinda impressive. He was the rain man of pro rasslin. When media just became all opinions and talking points though I agree, don’t see the point in any of it.
AEW exposed that Dave knows literally nothing about the business/sport he has been covering for almost 40 years.
Dave Meltzer's idea of a wrestling company has failed.
LOVE TO SEE IT
Aew makes a profit.
@tonyclifton2230 They don't
@@philwalsh8975 oh they do now with their new deal. Good news for you. They will be around for a lot longer and you can give out about them more. Meltzer also makes a good living from what he does so win win for you. Plenty to give out about.
@@tonyclifton2230😂
@@tonyclifton2230they have never made profit ..lol seriously the worst run wrestling company ever and would of been out of business by how if khan was a trillionaire
historically Meltzer was a muscled guy who loves and wanted to be in wrestling, but he looked like a temu scott steiner with bad toad skin so he never made it... probably wanted to be a WWF superstar....
hes had it in for wwf/wwe for years.. hates their matches and stars, shamelessly pretends lesser things are better...
anyone sensing a motive?
He went from Wish Barry Orton to Temu Kenneth Copeland
A muscled guy huh😂
Best thing for his check book , worst thing for every other aspect of his wrestling perspective.
What confuses me most about Meltzer is that, especially in 2024, when he gets caught out reporting a fake story (or at least has been given false info), he refuses to admit to it.
@@KeepinIt100OFFICIAL he worked out the political brainwash grift... just lie and theyll still support him as long as hes on their team...
same types allowed kamala harris to speak her BS without laughing
This is part of what being on the spectrum includes.
Ha.
@@KeepinIt100OFFICIAL
It's not confusing at all. The man has zero integrity. None. Multiple decades of "plans change" and wrestling fans only start catching on in great numbers in 2024!?
@@KeepinIt100OFFICIALDave Meltzer acts like my ex.
07:35 Meltzer got exposed when he did that interview with Chris Van Vliet and Chris called him out on the star ratings and especially about Kurt Angle never getting a 5star match which is laughable
Plus Will Ospreay and Kenny Omega themselves said they don't agree with his star ratings 😅
Unless Dave Meltzer was literally in the room whenever WBD and AEW worked out their new deal, there's no way that he knows the real numbers for the TV rights.
Tiny Khan't probably told him anyway.
@@JohnKobaRuddy GEEEEE, YA THINK?!
Go back to school.
I don’t know, I’m thinking Cokie told Dave while they partook in a ski trip
@@nickhughes8179 that doesn't mean it's the real number though.
Meltzer has always been a joke and i have a problem with anyone who's ever defended him. Daves opinion has always meant absolutely nothing. Shame on anybody who's ever bought his bs. You're responsible for this. You're responsible for his ego. Youre responsible for his relevancy.
I’m disabled and 34 and Dave meltzer seems like he’s a re re in the definition!!!
Him and Tony definitely have similar conditions. Both are re res.
I wish I had something in my life that I was THAT blinded by love and admiration as Dave is by AEW.
Getting frozen out of WWE is probably the worst thing to happen to him.
Meltzer plays naked leap frog with T.Khan.
wtf omg omg 😂😂😂😮😮😅
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I will give Dave Meltzer credit for this: he was the first person who said that Rampage had been cancelled.
Tony Khan only finally admitted to that today, Meltzer said it months ago.
Well it was pretty obvious when it was announced the deal was for two shows.
It’s really annoying to listen or to read a tweet of his defending AEW. How can he defend AEW and tell people that they can’t read or they don’t comprehend well , and later turn around and write all this?!
He's a due. Offended by everything ashamed of nothing.
Dave was said that the AEW fans are smarter and he was right they are smarter they stopped watching aew
Dave said the numbers for SNME were disappointed.. Reminder that it drew nearly 3x what a normal Dynamite does
Due to people like Meltzer & Sapp etc, I've stopped reading the dirt sheets and I've enjoyed wrestling so much more because of it.
He still hasn’t apologized for saying Afa was dead while still being alive at the time.
I mean honestly who cares. He was gonna die anyway
@@BrendanFinnaginare you serious? Maybe you didn’t care, but I’m sure his family did.
@@JO-gk4mf yea maybe. But still he died like a couple hours later so who cares
The AEW RUclips clips are so annoying because they're never the full match, they always start their clips with the match already underway.
For the last God damn time!! The stadium holds "40,300". AEW has 24,000 tickets available! They have only sold 6,000 tickets!!! AEW IS AN INDIE!!
I have come to learn from Dave that whenever he reports something as fact, the opposite is the truth.
Remember all the work he done on bret hart and montreal. Was that all lies?
@@tonyclifton2230 when you have to go back 20 years, it kinda proves the OPs point..
@@tonyclifton2230 The stuff that was already publicly reported and Meltzer claimed to have the inside scoop AFTER everyone already knew?
That story?
@@jackiejones3296 what? Did you just make that up. Where was it publicly reported.
It’s the opposite. Meltzer is the worst thing to happen to AEW. He’s also one of the worst things to happen to pro wrestling. He’s the equivalent of a movie critic, except with LESS credentials. And a few people within the business have given this idiot a platform, paving the way for any and everyone thinking they know something about wrestling. Without ever working a day in the business.
Giving him to much credit. Does he have 10 000 subscribers?
@ ….what does that have to do with anything? He has a direct line to Tony Khan and has had a direct line to company stooges for years. He’s had a newsletter for smarks to read for years and with the growth of social media, it’s only gotten worse. Who gives a shit about his newsletter. It goes far beyond that
Meltzer's influence is the worst thing to happen to AEW
There will be highlights of Raw on social media as the show is on.
the growth has WWE has been so incredible that it has finally confirmed, once and for all, that the AEW indy marks have been exposed once and for all as total jokes.
Cornette and Brian Last were First
Dave will not be happy of this picture
Waiting for the final episode of rampage announcement opinion 😂 TK sinks another ship.
No. Dave Melzer is the WORST thing to happen to AEW.
This is the classic textbook case of "be careful what you wish for".
People are gonna know Kyle Fletcher very soon. This guy is the hottest talent I’ve seen in a while. His mic skills are off the chart. Ring skills aren’t lacking either. He is believable. Truly great. I’m excited man. He’s the first person who has me excited about a star in wrestling in a long time. I could be a little critical, but that’s not what this post is about. Nobody’s perfect.
I think that for years Dave and Brian sold these guys as the best in the world and once in AEW, Okada the Elite and other are just one trick wonders
We know that Meltzer is the worst thing to happen to AEW.
The title is for engagement.
Dave's the worst thing to happen to Aew ...well apart from Tony's awful booking and lack of actual real talent
Is Konnan the worst thing ever to happen to RUclips?
Na that would be you
10:38 - Konnan just read that whole diatribe about his AEW has killed their own business by over exposing everything and his solution is to just book more names? wtf?
Yeah I'm sure it probably helped his numbers. But if it fails he has nowhere else to go in wrestling.
If it fails? It has failed.
If anything I would think it’s hurt his numbers as he diminishes every other promotion and straight up lies and voices ridiculous opinions.
Dave Meltzer's support is a negative. The stuff he likes is what normal people don't. If Meltzer thinks you're good then it means you suck.
I wonder if it bothers Dave that he's basically gotten his dream promotion, but it doesn't draw in casual fans, and eventually pushes away devout fans?
@@coryshannon3815 Dave's idea of how a wrestling company should be has been one of the biggest failures in wrestling history.
So gunter sucks? Good to know.
Meltzer being a dishonest shill for AEW was the worst thing.
its got a lot of competition with being born but aew really has done a number on dave’s life.
I've never liked Meltzer because he was always pushing the anti-WCW narrative back in the day. Don't get me wrong WCW wasn't always good, but Dave would relentlessly trash them regardless. He's always had his favorite and pushed his opinions as facts.
In a weird way, AEW getting the big deal despite declining ratings and attendance actually works in Dave's favour. His angle has always been elitist. He and his fans have had open disdain for successful mainstream wrestlers for decades. AEW being an increasingly niche product while at the same time garnering a big price tag proves his point, at least in his own mind. Only true connoisseurs "get" wrestling.
I never knew about Melzer until i started listening to wrestling podcasts. I'm surprised how much people care about what he has to say.
It would be funny if Dave is working the workers on Twitter. 😂
Meltzer is in full on panic mode. WWE has officially moved on into their biggest era ever while AEW is now competing with GCW is order to try to sell out venues that hold less than 2K people.
Meltzer dedicated too much time to a flop.
WWE is in its biggest era ever? Modern people are very odd you all seem to think that less people watching something you like makes it the most popular thing in the universe. Very very odd. WWE struggles to get 2 million.
@@JohnKobaRuddy WWE aren't selling out almost every single show and making more money than ever?
@@FM1-p8t-c9iI don’t know how to adjust for inflation but I would bet money they’re making more money now then they were back then and that’s the only point being made right?
@@FM1-p8t-c9i Weird that you avoided the ticket sales part, why?
@@mansion1719weird that you avoided the ratings part,why?
Tony Khan is the BIGGEST money mark in the history of the business. Meltzer doesn't need to write the Observer anymore LET ALONE SELL IT TO ANYONE!!! He's on Tony's payroll so he's good. I watched dynamite for the 1st time in 3 or 4 years tonight and it was horrible! Nobody is over. Kenny had that great match with Gabe Kidd in Japan and goodbye momentum....because he comes back to AEW and immediately becomes irrelevant. Tony needs bookers. I mean at least Dixie Carter wasnt so brash to think SHE could book TNA!!! It's a JOOOOKE!!!
Dave has completely bastardized the term “profit”
No. Dave Meltzer is the worst thing to ever happen to AEW
Forget All Elite Wrestling, I'd rather watch All Ine Wrigltwing
Konnan is correct on this subject
Why yall kept talking about this guy every damn show? Every wrestling podcast is 90% about him
SNME did 1.6 million. Cornette had it.
do we actually know this "AEW DEAL" or is this just a number Meltzer reported?
The initial report by Forbes and an an online sports financial magazine that I can’t recall the name of stated they didn’t know the exact details but believed it was around $150 million per year.
AEW fans- that was the best show this year all those bangers and great matches your just out of touch and a hater😂
Konnan next time say this to him directly yall corny for this one bro stop saying you support or are a friend of DAVE if you can’t tell him the truth to his face bruh
Stand for something
Keep making garbage music kiddo
Did he say mortis?
Collision comes on late on a Saturday night. Idk why aew doesn't lean into that. Like wwe did with shotgun Saturday night. Make it risqué. Get some really hot models as ring girls, have renee dress sexy for backstage interviews, maybe make a version of the nitro girls too. Bring back beautiful women managers like debra mcmichael, miss Elizabeth, etc and put Anna Jay, sky blue, Britt baker & Penelope ford up there as features. And how about having guys playing poker backstage, beer drinking contests that turn to bar fights for backstage segments, which turn to matches? Hire Matt riddle and have him doing weed segments and maybe fued revolving around soneone stealing his drugs.. Have a drugs on a pole match. Blow up the stage and ring with fireworks constantly. Just do some mature party like angles and make the show cool and sexy. Aew is lacking imagination. I wish they'd do something crazy that appeals to the manosphere... Do things that men wanna see.. Violence, sexy women, explosions, potty humor, etc and don't worry about cancel culture
FACTS ON TOP OF FACTS!!
Dave meltzer is the worst thing to ever happen to Dave meltzer
How you have Samoa Joe and Bobby lashley and you're ratings suck they do not know how to book
No. Dave is the worst thing to happen to pro wrestling.
No aew has not yet got any profit
Dave is the worst thing to happen to AEW
Yes because now everyone can see him for the *hak* that he is.
I can’t believe you BOOK AAA😂 but talk about how bad ANY OTHER PROMOTIONS ARE 🤔 I think you have a lot to worry about with those raitings and how all your real young stars all want out or are in ALL THE OTHER PROMOTIONS
The wrsot thing to ever happen to wrestling is YOU. Dave Meltzer has helpef people and report ed storeis while all you do is iied to eveyone.