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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Jul 23, 2022 17:39:59 GMT -5
Meltzer is on CNN again, and he's very much sounding like Meltzer, but he's thankfully this time framed his shot a lot better to have books in the background and not look like an absolute buffoon. I have a tonne of respect for Meltzer, he’s the best in the business at what he’s doing, but mother of f***ing god that dude is not good with technology. There’s a reason WOR is the only show on F4WON that isn’t on video I hope Dave thanks Alvarez every day for his involvement and for the merger, because Bryan has been a big part of directing them into the modern era and in making up for a lot of Dave's technological deficiencies. The Observer would still be an online newsletter otherwise, and it wouldn't be like Meltzer would be compeltely marginalized, because his work still stands up enough to keep him on top easily, but his profile would be so much worse off if he was doing this on his own. Someone has to have told him his first CNN appearance was Very Not Good and told him to frame it better if he was called back.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Jul 23, 2022 17:45:27 GMT -5
I have a tonne of respect for Meltzer, he’s the best in the business at what he’s doing, but mother of f***ing god that dude is not good with technology. There’s a reason WOR is the only show on F4WON that isn’t on video I hope Dave thanks Alvarez every day for his involvement and for the merger, because Bryan has been a big part of directing them into the modern era and in making up for a lot of Dave's technological deficiencies. The Observer would still be an online newsletter otherwise, and it wouldn't be like Meltzer would be compeltely marginalized, because his work still stands up enough to keep him on top easily, but his profile would be so much worse off if he was doing this on his own. Someone has to have told him his first CNN appearance was Very Not Good and told him to frame it better if he was called back. Alvarez is the reason you can get an online copy of WON, Dave got f***ed by a company or a dude in the early 2000’s when he tried to go digital, but it was Bryan who convinced him to merge with the Figure 4 website and start offering the digital newsletter. And that was like 2009. And I’m more into the podcasts now then I am the newsletter. That merger absolutely makes both of them more money
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Jul 23, 2022 17:46:35 GMT -5
I hope Dave thanks Alvarez every day for his involvement and for the merger, because Bryan has been a big part of directing them into the modern era and in making up for a lot of Dave's technological deficiencies. The Observer would still be an online newsletter otherwise, and it wouldn't be like Meltzer would be compeltely marginalized, because his work still stands up enough to keep him on top easily, but his profile would be so much worse off if he was doing this on his own. Someone has to have told him his first CNN appearance was Very Not Good and told him to frame it better if he was called back. Alvarez is the reason you can get an online copy of WON, Dave got f***ed by a company or a dude in the early 2000’s when he tried to go digital, but it was Bryan who convinced him to merge with the Figure 4 website and start offering the digital newsletter. And that was like 2009. And I’m more into the podcasts now then I am the newsletter. That merger absolutely makes both of them more money God, right, I forgot about that. Correction: it'd still be a print newsletter.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Jul 23, 2022 17:49:29 GMT -5
Alvarez is the reason you can get an online copy of WON, Dave got f***ed by a company or a dude in the early 2000’s when he tried to go digital, but it was Bryan who convinced him to merge with the Figure 4 website and start offering the digital newsletter. And that was like 2009. And I’m more into the podcasts now then I am the newsletter. That merger absolutely makes both of them more money God, right, I forgot about that. Correction: it'd still be a print newsletter. F***ing insane it took until 2008/2009 before Dave got his newsletter distributed online. Like, I’m a pretty behind the times guy but holy f*** that’s outta touch keeping it physical copy only until then when you’re talking about a newsletter
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Jul 23, 2022 17:52:09 GMT -5
Alvarez is the reason you can get an online copy of WON, Dave got f***ed by a company or a dude in the early 2000’s when he tried to go digital, but it was Bryan who convinced him to merge with the Figure 4 website and start offering the digital newsletter. And that was like 2009. And I’m more into the podcasts now then I am the newsletter. That merger absolutely makes both of them more money God, right, I forgot about that. Correction: it'd still be a print newsletter. Much like Arn Anderson, Meltzer emerged from the womb 50 years old.
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Jul 23, 2022 18:14:40 GMT -5
An alternate 2022 where the bottom rung dirtsheets have to wait a week to read Meltzer's new scoops but also have way more unchallenged power to just totally make shit up because nobody is subscribing to a newsletter in 2022.
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Jul 23, 2022 18:16:13 GMT -5
So this should clear the way for some names that Vince simply wouldn't induct into the Hall of Fame.
Luger Elizabeth Demolition
To name a few.
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Post by XIII on Jul 23, 2022 18:21:18 GMT -5
So this should clear the way for some names that Vince simply wouldn't induct into the Hall of Fame. Luger Elizabeth Demolition To name a few. Pretty sure that Elizabeth’s family doesn’t want anything to do with wrestling is why she hasn’t been inducted.
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Jul 23, 2022 19:20:44 GMT -5
Hopefully now, NO MORE torn up scripts with 2 hours to go before show time.
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Jul 23, 2022 19:26:46 GMT -5
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Post by canceled4truth on Jul 23, 2022 19:29:50 GMT -5
You ever see someone yank grandpa's phone out of his hands in real time?
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Post by Citizen Snips on Jul 23, 2022 19:56:30 GMT -5
So this should clear the way for some names that Vince simply wouldn't induct into the Hall of Fame. Luger Elizabeth Demolition To name a few. Pretty sure that Elizabeth’s family doesn’t want anything to do with wrestling is why she hasn’t been inducted. Vince and Stephanie would have loved to have inducted Elizabeth years ago. They both gushed over her on the old World’s Greatest Managers DVD. I think Elizabeth is near the very top of the “never heard a bad word about them” list in wrestling but her parents were adamant after her death about having no involvement with wrestling.
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Post by Aceorton on Jul 23, 2022 19:56:34 GMT -5
My gut feeling is that anyone expecting significant change while Vince is still on the planet, retired or not, is getting ahead of themselves. He still owns the majority of shares with voting power. Stephanie and Triple H are still going to see him all the time at family dinners and playing with the grandkids around the pool. When he flips on the TV and hates what he's seeing or thinks they should be pushing this person and not that person, he's going to be in their ear constantly pulling the "What are you doing to my company?" card.
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Post by The Heartbreak TWERK on Jul 23, 2022 20:08:26 GMT -5
Bitch, we have firsthand accounts of him chasing you around with his shitty underpants on a stick until you threw up. Gerald Brisco joins the List of Bitches Who Need To Stop.
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Post by sfvega on Jul 23, 2022 20:31:13 GMT -5
I'm only a little torn. WWF was a gigantic part of my childhood. But also, Vince has long been almost exclusively a garbage human being. Having said that: eat shit old man.
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Post by jason1980s on Jul 23, 2022 20:51:39 GMT -5
You ever see someone yank grandpa's phone out of his hands in real time? Funnily enough Brisco retweeted a post made by someone who called him a dumb@$$ and asked "it took you an hour to come up with that reply" as he replied with the allegations tweet an hour after the marks tweet.
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Post by bob on Jul 23, 2022 20:59:06 GMT -5
Bitch, we have firsthand accounts of him chasing you around with his shitty underpants on a stick until you threw up. Gerald Brisco joins the List of Bitches Who Need To Stop.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Jul 23, 2022 21:13:25 GMT -5
God, right, I forgot about that. Correction: it'd still be a print newsletter. Much like Arn Anderson, Meltzer emerged from the womb 50 years old. "Dave, you were just born yesterday. How was the delivery?" "We have to talk about Lou Thesz first..."
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Jul 23, 2022 21:17:22 GMT -5
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Post by Celgress on Jul 23, 2022 21:21:09 GMT -5
Vince is like the mythological Lucifer aka Satan: sure his actions both directly and indirectly, caused a great deal of change bad and arguably good, but, he did everything for selfish reasons and is a garbage person behind the scenes by all reports. He used and abused his underlings more often than naught with impunity for nearly his entire career. So, my feelings about Vince's retirement are understandably mixed.
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