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Thauros posted:Cool to see a complementary article on him in the NY Times and it's great that he's apparently doing very well.
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May 15, 2013 08:43
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Bryan still holds out hope for wrestling to be hot again so he can get his gold boat.
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May 15, 2013 08:58
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I'm frankly amazed that 30% of WO subscribers still get the print version.
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flashy_mcflash posted:I'm frankly amazed that 30% of WO subscribers still get the print version. A lot of workers prefer the print version as it's easier to pass around at work or use as memorabila. I know Foley has a bunch of his good early reviews collected on display in his house.
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Skinty McEdger posted:A lot of workers prefer the print version as it's easier to pass around at work or use as memorabila. I know Foley has a bunch of his good early reviews collected on display in his house. I'm guessing there's also just some old smarks out there who have subscribed for decades and just continue out of some combination of inertia, discomfort with computers, or record keeping.
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Which is probably how this happened: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1eOQyXbvJM
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That article is great. I love seeing Dave's office complete with lucha masks, papers all over the place, and a gigantic monitor. It is literally just like I imagined. Long live Big Dave.
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I enjoyed the last WO Radio when Dave Meltzer actually said "gently caress" and then immediately apologized for his bad language. I'm going to assume the NY Times took photos before the Beatles poster appeared.
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Bryan talking about the strongest men in the world is great. Bryan: "I deadlifted 400 pounds. This guy added 603 pounds to that and deadlifted that!" Vinny: "It's true, Bryan. You are not the strongest man in the world." Bryan: "I WASN'T EVEN CLOSE!!!!"
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Just resubscribed to F4W/WO. Dave and Bryan noticeably give far less of a poo poo about the WWE from the time I had to quit my subscription. Can't say I blame them.
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Just listened to Wai Ting's rant about Ariesdick. I take back my previous post, that was disgusting and I'm about ready to drop the LAW stuff myself. At least Pollock was rightly incredulous that Ting thinks that someone has to be physically groped to be intimidated or harassed.
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I still haven't heard it (hell I'm barely through the WM shows) but he is apparently changing his tune a bit on their message boards:Wai Ting posted:To be clear, I don't think this issue has anything to do with her announcing mistake. The idea that Hemme should be embarrassed this way for announcing the wrong name is ridiculous. My interpretation was that it was simply Aries making light of an awkward situation by making it even more awkward.
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That made me feel better until I read the other dimwit replies (from others) to that thread. I hate wrestling fans so much.
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Important news: quote:--Just a quick note regarding the computer in the office. I've actually got five different computers here, two laptops and two flat screens. The one in the picture is the oldest one, the relic from the 90s.
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I could tell he had a more modern computer/monitor in the photo, although I wonder why the hell he needs 5 computers in one room.
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Thauros posted:I could tell he had a more modern computer/monitor in the photo, although I wonder why the hell he needs 5 computers in one room. It's like you don't know anything about Dave Meltzer.
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Cactus Jack posted:I wonder if Dave has the older Observers on that computer in some odd file format and has to keep it around for compatibility issues. Or maybe he is like GRRM and uses Wordstar in DOS to write the Observer. How do people not know Dave? Just out of shot is the mountain of boxes containing hardcopy of every issue of the Observer, looming over him like a great monolith of wrestling knowledge.
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There's a 10 Minute Update by Alvarez up on F4W for non-subscribers.
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Haha, first thing he mentions is everyone making fun of Dave's office
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"DON'T SMOKE WEED BEFORE YOUR FIGHT!" 
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Perigryn posted:"DON'T SMOKE WEED BEFORE YOUR FIGHT!" 
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Gaz-L posted:How do people not know Dave? Just out of shot is the mountain of boxes containing hardcopy of every issue of the Observer, looming over him like a great monolith of wrestling knowledge. Those actually aren't out of the shot at all, there's about twenty stacks under the window in between the Carano and Ali posters. Looks like he keeps them in plastic bins.
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Do you think those are legit, match worn masks? Ie is that a legit La Parka mask you think?
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LordPants posted:Do you think those are legit, match worn masks? Ie is that a legit La Parka mask you think? I'd almost guarantee it, if Dave was just buying replica masks I'd expect there to be a lot more than 8 of them.
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Big Dave posted:Kaitlyn then said A.J. had the body of a 10-year-old boy. That would turn a lot of teenage boys gay I think. 
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jeffersonlives posted:Those actually aren't out of the shot at all, there's about twenty stacks under the window in between the Carano and Ali posters. Looks like he keeps them in plastic bins. I like my image better. 
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I thought I couldn't get Dave'd anymore, but his inability to understand why you would give belts to all members of The Shield almost gave me an aneurysm. It doesn't matter! They don't even wear them, they carry them!
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Tato posted:I thought I couldn't get Dave'd anymore, but his inability to understand why you would give belts to all members of The Shield almost gave me an aneurysm.
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Big Dave posted:Go do some more movies, dude! Great poo poo today.
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Tato posted:I thought I couldn't get Dave'd anymore, but his inability to understand why you would give belts to all members of The Shield almost gave me an aneurysm. I haven't listened yet, what was his reasoning? I assumed the two title matches were exactly that, to give all the guys a belt, to do the Horsemen/Evolution thing.
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Gaz-L posted:I haven't listened yet, what was his reasoning? I assumed the two title matches were exactly that, to give all the guys a belt, to do the Horsemen/Evolution thing. He thinks that even if he's not jobbed out, Ambrose shouldn't be facing US title caliber opponents since he's already feuding with main eventers.
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Given how WWE treats champions outside of the WWE title and occasionally the tag titles, Dave is absolutely a million percent right that putting a secondary title on Dean Ambrose is an abjectly horrible idea. I don't even know that it would be a good idea to put the world title him.
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MassRanTer posted:He thinks that even if he's not jobbed out, Ambrose shouldn't be facing US title caliber opponents since he's already feuding with main eventers. Ah, the original comment made it sound like he objected to them getting belts at all. I can see that. The real problem is WWE refusing to ditch 2-3 titles, probably out of concerns it'd hurt merch sales, but seriously, what kid wants a replica US title? You want the WWE belt, or if you're cool, the Big Gold Belt.
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I thought it would be pretty neat if they'd kept the undefeated as a team gimmick, had him win the U.S. and Tag Belts and then turned all three into a "Trios" belt. They could hold it for a while, bring in another member so that Ambrose could keep his push to the top going and let them ride on being this unstoppable group. The tag belts don't mean anything and having them hold the trios belt for a while as a gimmick could make it mean something when they lose it. After they lose it have your evil GM declare that the trios belt isn't official, strip the champs to get them some heat and then put them in a tournament to crown new tag champs and a new U.S. champ. You're basically the same place you would have been before but thing got shaken up for a while.
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Dave simply couldn't understand why anyone would want the visual of all Shield members holding titles. Even when Bryan said that Dean could just win the US title and never defend it (since it sucks) so that everyone had titles, Dave's brain simply wasn't having it and went into some weird territory about the Freebird rule and how no one wears the belts anymore.
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