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The last 5* Match wasn't in the US probably wasn't in 1997 when Joe had two of them in Ring of Honor or did i miss something about those matches? (84.72.64.15 (talk) 02:50, 6 March 2009 (UTC)) This guy also wrestled for the AWA as a jobber and this is why he hates wrestling should it not be noted The Torch is better than the Observer. —Preceding unsigned comment added by BruceMitchellFan (talk • contribs) 10:10, 10 July 2009 (UTC) Dave didn't work as a jobber anywhere. Some promoters gave jobbers his name as an inside shot at him. It's ridiculous to say he hates wrestling. There might not be a man on the planet who has watched so much of it and devoted so much time to it.
Yesterday, there was an edit on this page which stated that Dave Meltzer died on July 20, 2010 in a car accident after returning from an MMA event. It was a pretty sick act by whoever did it, because it was done at a time which would be very early morning 20th July in the US, which means Meltzer would probably be sleeping at that time and not attending an MMA event. If he had to attend an MMA event on that night, then there was the whole day left for him to do so, and so he couldn't have died on that day after attending an MMA event unless the event occured at like 2 AM in the morning US time. Whoever did that edit, you really need to get a life. Mayankeagle (talk) 05:42, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
An editor is persistently changing the section name and adding text to say that Wrestling Observer is now named Mixed Martial Arts Observer, and no longer covers professional wrestling. I can find nothing to support this anywhere on the internet, but I suppose there's a very small chance it might be true? Does anyone know anything about it, or have any citations to support it? gnfnrf (talk) 17:09, 27 August 2011 (UTC)
What has happened to the Newsletter Awards article? It seems like someone finally got pissy enough to just try and erase it. Sherick (talk) 20:51, 26 September 2011 (UTC)
Will anybody be able to put a list of matches that were rated 5 star by Dave Meltzer (WorldSeriesOfPoker500 (talk) 19:03, 11 January 2012 (UTC))
He has earned a reputation as a tabloid journalist. Just last year, he claimed that a CM Punk was expected returning to Raw,http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2014/0302/571795/cm-punk-expected-to-return-at-monday-raw-in-chicago/ and then earned criticism from this sloppy reporting.[1] He also assumed Kelly Kelly was done with the WWE in the summer of 2003 (sorry 2012), only to find out that she would return shorty after making this claim.[2] Despite his allegation that it was just one special appearance, Kelly Kelly still wrestled in Asia and would not leave the WWE until September of that year.
Meltzer's frequent habit of trying to find Watergate-like scandals in the wrestling world is not exactly prudent either. You cannot prove that Zane Bresloff was telling the truth when he claimed that Wrestlemania III's actual attendance was 78,000. For all we know, he could have been made it up out of a grudge with the WWE or to pay for his medical expenses.174.20.103.154 (talk) 16:25, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
Even in 1995, Meltzer's magazine was publicly chastised by Hogan on the WCW ppv World War 3 for saying that Randy Savage had an arm injury when he in fact didn't.[3] I also meant to type in 2012 as well. 2003 was the year when Meltzer sensationalized the Wrestlemania 3 attendance and I got the dates mixed up. I have fixed the error174.20.103.154 (talk) 15:33, 8 February 2015 (UTC)
Shouldn't Dave Meltzer's page be split up for the Wrestling Observer Newsletter? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ncam (talk • contribs) 18:58, 14 April 2017 (UTC)
Shouldn't there be a paragraph or two on the abundant criticism of Meltzer and the Observer? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 197.88.26.6 (talk) 09:51, 11 June 2017 (UTC)
Totally agree that Criticism must be added, Dave Meltzer is not as universally praised as this article makes him. Can we take a Podcast as Resource ? Eric Bischoff and Bruce Prichard constantly call Meltzer a "liar that makes up shit" in their respective Podcasts.
I've tried adding information about the recent Bodyshaming incident but it keeps getting deleted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maruwe1985a (talk • contribs) 16:36, 17 August 2018 (UTC) If this is the incident discussed above I believe the BBC are a "usually reliable source" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-45214183 AndyCPrivate (talk) 18:16, 17 August 2018 (UTC)
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The page is biased because there are no slight criticisms of Meltzer's continuous system-breaking ratings in recent history. ImmortalWizard(chat) 00:15, 9 March 2020 (UTC)
This article has too much fan page bias and needs to have the voices of also people who have criticized Meltzer. For example, his claim that Barry Diller wanted to cancel Raw when he was head of the USA Network https://twitter.com/davemeltzerwon/status/945022095028654080 was clearly inaccurate, as Diller, who was even head of the Fox Broadcasting Corporation when Saturday Night's Main Event joined Fox, did in fact invest greatly in keeping Raw as a flagship show on the USA Network, with his staff even being more willing break with censorship.https://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/19980918/News/309189941 2601:447:4000:220:697D:7017:F310:7BD3 (talk) 16:14, 9 February 2022 (UTC)