Jim Cornette on Dave Meltzer's Infinite Star Rating Scale

From Episode 183 of Jim Cornette's Drive Thru
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[@mackspowah3281]

"Years ago when my daughter was eight I explained this to her and she understood" No Dave she just nodded her head yes because she didn't want to hear about it anymore

[@thekidfromiowa]

He's reproduced!?

[@nooneinparticular5273]

God that gives me the funniest image in my head. Now I'm just picturing Dave lecturing hos 8 year old daughter for hours and hours on all this stuff he thinks is wrestling and she just nods and agrees with him cause she wants to get back to her cartoons and by the end he's just proud of himself like "What a genius daughter I have, understanding all my wrestling genius so easily."

[@nooneinparticular5273]

@Bi POC Rainbow Fascist Touch screens are not my friend hahaha

[@DarkLordofTheSith69]

Imagine Dave trying to say his vows or even ..I do...do u take Mrs meltzer to be your wife Well that's the thing, you know..and I mean ..uhhmm..I would of preferred the Tokyo dome ..and obviously Tony Khan is great too ..you know and I mean . Don't forget itoh too..what was the question again ?

[@rustydelata9398]

@@thekidfromiowa his wife has, doesn't mean it was with Dave

[@MichaelSmith-fq6hz]

Anyone who reads "The star system is infinite like the Richter scale!" should understand two things: Dave Meltzer has never taken geology, and no one should ever take his rating system seriously ever again.

[@Julian-xj6mh]

It's an opinion on fake wrestling ffs mikey

[@MichaelSmith-fq6hz]

@@Julian-xj6mh OK, Russo. I mean Jules

[@nooneinparticular5273]

What I really want is to see Dave Meltzer review earthquakes. "Well, it was okay, but there was no structural damage and only a couple false finishes. 3 Richter stars."

[@spsawyer22]

My first thought was "did he say it was infinite THEN compare it to Richter scale, which is not, in fact, infinite?"

[@kingrama2727]

Who took his opinions seriously anyway?

[@Ted_Bell]

Dave Meltzer has turned wrestling into a gymnastics exhibition of nerds who seek nothing but to appease him. He must be stopped.

[@Sh0tgunJust1ce]

Meltzer's just a case of an overblown ego that's unfortunately been massaged by the new kids on the block. So long as you ignore him, and enjoy the wrestling you want to enjoy, you should still be happy.

[@eddiew2325]

pro wrestlers used to be huge back in the day. now they're scrawnier than i am

[@yerushalaimnehereset]

@@eddiew2325 Yeah, I can't take fucking manlets like Darby Allin serious. Like seriously, that dude weighs what, 120lbs? He looks like a 10 year old who stole mommas make-up. A guy like Brock Lesnar would eat that dude as a pre-breakfast snack.

[@jpsweeney6833]

All we need is a Sonia deville situation to go right an bye bye Dave 😂 plz somebody heed these words

[@robertlazzara5149]

Wats a Sonya devile situation??

[@81ghale]

The earthquake system isn’t based on our opinion of how cool the earthquake was lol

[@bipolarminddroppings]

@Bi POC Rainbow Fascist you arent supposed to tell the plebeians things like this. Next they will find out that you dont really use special equipment to measure things, you just watch how much a fat persons belly jiggles...

[@jeredsteadman4160]

It's because the earthquake didn't name a finisher after the seismologist

[@Clay3613]

It should be.

[@CaptainMonotone448]

Automatic star if the earthquake happens in the Tokyo Dome!

[@freakystyley4000]

Richter Scale, and it doesn't end at 5.

[@davidburke7777]

By his own logic his 6 and 7 star matches now will be absolute crap when he’s handling out 27 stars.

[@bipolarminddroppings]

On an infinite scale, 27 and 0 are essentially the same. Thats why anyone with a passing understanding of mathematics would never be so dumb as to create such a scale, which explains why Dave would.

[@bipolarminddroppings]

@Bi POC Rainbow Fascist hang on, there are numbers bigger than 27? Dammit, that means Im older than I thought, I stopped counting 10 years ago, how many is that?

[@Jatycre]

P1 Styles He has buried his credibility with anything/everything to do with Harpo. He likes be part of the “in crowd” in AEW to the point that he absolutely obliterated his credibility with how hard he fanboys for his buddies.

[@eLiFILMSinc]

Um...Yes

[@philleclerc4283]

Totally agree with Jim. The reason why people loved Kofi vs. Bryan at WM was because there was emotion behind it. It meant something. If you're going to rate the match based on athletic merit, every 205 Live match would be a 5 star classic

[@jessegandy7361]

Dave let his star rating system get to his head amd now he's a mark for himself

[@jeffreyriley8742]

And the biggest mark there is for AEW.

[@tw475]

he let it get to his head because actual wrestlers started giving a fuck what he thought for some reason

[@hermonymusofsparta]

@@tw475 because the wrestlers are the marks now

[@ferox965]

@@hermonymusofsparta This.

[@vb2806]

Someone: takes a dump in Tokyo Dome Meltzer: 5 stars

[@jenisia3600]

😂😂😂😂

[@EldenKing18]

To be fair, it takes some serious bravery to take a dump in front of 500k watching live, give it 6 stars if they take a dump during a flip.

[@vb2806]

@@EldenKing18 fair enough and Meltzer already did that with Omega vs Okada which is kind of the same thing.

[@WortownRep87]

I'm into NJPW big time [catching up on New Japan Cup but life is getting in the way per usual haha] & even I had to LOL at this 💀

[@bennett420316]

Amusingly... Uneducated

[@spheremode3271]

Imagine if later on in his career Ebert started to give out 5 and 6 stars to movies, and they were mostly films directed by a guy he's friendly with.

[@MichaelSmith-fq6hz]

"Jack and Jill is an instant classic. 6.5 stars!"

[@titofantana4124]

Yugioh!!!

[@MrAdrenaline1982]

Ebert from alternate universe: "Film buffs from past generations just don't get it. Citizen Kane was the old style. Orson Welles was an old fashioned fool who would be knocked on his ass by the brilliant films of Michael Bay. Shia LeBouf is this generation's Tom Hanks, only so much more charismatic and capable of things onscreen that old guys like Hanks or De Niro only dreamed of."

[@spheremode3271]

@@titofantana4124 Yaaaaaaay!

[@user-li3fr8jl3b]

Ebert was a full on geek. The Melzer of film 😂 Check out the uk critic Barry Norman, he was the best, and didnt use a star system 😎

[@Mistertbones]

Meltzer gave Hogan vs. Andre at WrestleMania 3 a negative rating! It wasn't meant to be a technical masterpiece, it was a spectacle, and it told a good story. Meltzer knows nothing about storytelling.

[@TheSportsfan35]

@MisterBones, Meltzer's as CLUELESS as Wade Keller & PWI's Mike Johnson & the rest of the dirt sheet writers.

[@cmartin8093]

Exactly. I mean look at Bray. He made the Fiend built on the few years of being wrong by many stars but according to him Orange Cassidy is the best gimmick of the year (love that guy but he s just a comedy talent an one dimensional comedy guy) while the Fiend is the worst gimmick of the year (that s a 3 dimensional gimmick right there). Can anyone tell me what the flip is wrong with that?

[@paolopasaol9700]

Taker vs Kane WM 14 was also voted a mere 1.5 stars (am I right?) when it's at least 3 heavyweight stars for me

[@Kas58223]

@@paolopasaol9700 hold on that match was great the story behind it was Undertaker didn’t want to face his brother Kane and had no choice he had too and Kane was the only one to kick out of the tombstone if I’m not mistaken

[@paolopasaol9700]

@@Kas58223 I agree with you. It was great storytelling that warrants forgiveness of its flaws, so for him to rate it so low shows his bias against pure Heavyweight wrestling. His negative rating of the famous Hogan vs Andre is also another big example.

[@hoopyy782]

"Yeah, that Steamboat vs Flair might have been a great match, but this AEW teleport brawl got over 1000 stars"

[@nerdrage557]

"Kenny Omega faced a bucket of cheese on this weeks episode of Dynamite. I know the cheese is past it's prime but man it sold the hell out of that V-Trigger at the end. 3 1/2 stars just because Omega saved the match."

[@cashflowstaychiefin6534]

Please tell me your joking. Because I'll believe you if your not

[@madamefeast4824]

Well, if it was truly spoken by Meltzer it would be "Uh. Kenny Omega, he. Uh. He has. Faced a bucket of cheese on this. Uh. On this. Um. This week's episode of. Ya. Ya, uh"

[@bentobe4486]

4 1/2 if in Japan

[@Frankldinho]

@@madamefeast4824 lol 😂👌🏻

[@Ryw316]

@@madamefeast4824 Damn that what I was gonna say. Dude takes 5 minutes for 20 seconds of dialog.

[@kidneystonermusic]

Kenny and Okada only got 7 out of Infinite, lmao, nerds

[@birdmantd]

I'm a part time Uber Driver and still waiting for someone to give me a 7 star review...

[@Ticketman99]

Do four quadruple rotation Canadian Destroyers to your car...in either Tokyo or Jacksonville. Lol

[@constablekennedy7705]

Dave Meltzer is a Giant MARK at this Point and is Clearly on AEW PayRoll .. 💯

[@fnggaming89]

How u feel about Bryan Alvarez?

[@yerushalaimnehereset]

@@fnggaming89 Same thing. Bryan Alvarez is an absolute AEW Mark.

[@Xxrocknrollgod]

It’s over for DaveMeltzerCels

[@jenisia3600]

Straight facts

[@mclovin6039]

Sounds like some people need pile cream 🤦‍♂️🤣

[@JerichoMark]

Dave comparing his subjective critique of entertainment to a measurement of a physical phenomena is laughable.

[@henrygvidonas9573]

Especially when it's a method of measurement that has turned out to be insufficient, faulty, and has been largely abandoned. Also, earthquake intensities above a certain magnitude on the Richter scale simply cannot occur in reality. So much for "infinity", Dave.

[@angelyaluhhhh9130]

Things you need to do in order to get Meltzer’s 7 star match rating: -Be an Indy wrestler -wrestle in Japan or Tokyo Dome -No WWE -All Elite -Must have a stolen gimmick that’s over -have a grudge towards WWE -wrestle at a NJPW or ROH event

[@jb0609]

he doesnt like ROH anymore

[@markleopard8960]

Meltzer only gives WWE matches 5 stars if someone in the match is leaking inside stuff to him

[@paolopasaol9700]

That sounded wrong

[@cliffwaltz8223]

Dave is a prime example of a person desperately trying to remain noticed and not slip into obscurity. Sadly going to great lengths to be liked and fit in at the cost of ones credibility,morals,ethics,and overall personality. This applies to all people and professions... it's pretty pathetic and sad to watch folks do that shit...

[@alexfarrell3250]

Jim and Dave are in the same boat just on opposite ends

[@cliffwaltz8223]

@@alexfarrell3250 hardly. Jim has been pretty much the same dude for decades..

[@alexfarrell3250]

@@cliffwaltz8223 doesn't mean he's not grasping onto relevancy.

[@cliffwaltz8223]

@@alexfarrell3250 well considering his accolades and the fact people reach out to him for documentaries, interviews etc.. he hardly has to grasp to stay relevant....

[@user-li3fr8jl3b]

@@alexfarrell3250 BS! Thats such crap. Jim has actually achieved something in his profession.

[@Scottgunner89]

I don't understand why Meltzer has been given this pedestal in first place, he's literally just a guy with an opinion. Yet people argue over these ratings like they're gospel.

[@MrVante247]

Precisely

[@bennett420316]

Isn't cornette the polar opposite but yet HAS the same platforms? Different strokes for...ya know? Some people believe Meltzer others Jimbo. There's really no argument with an opinion based ratings system unfortunately.

[@thesupervisor3270]

@scott gunner I been trying to found this out myself for like 5 years now

[@bennett420316]

@Aaron Lassiter didn't he run wrestling magazines for years?

[@bennett420316]

@Aaron Lassiter oh thought he worked for pwi bk in the day

[@wj1358]

I refuse to believe that any of omega matches are higher than stone cold vs bret hart at wrestlemania 13.

[@jerry85g7]

That match to me us the greatest match of all time.

[@paolopasaol9700]

and Taker vs Michaels WM 25

[@vb2806]

@@paolopasaol9700 disagree, Michaels is overrated specially in his second run. All his matches just involved him grabbing his back and flipping over the turnbuckle and then getting a superkick. Either he would win by falling on his opponent or lose the match.

[@meciocio]

@@vb2806 Mhhhm What does that have to do with taker vs michaels wm25? Arguably the best wrestling match of all time?

[@1stylishdevil]

Dave Meltzer: "Unlimited.... POWERRR~!"

[@rosiegratz8377]

Dave Palpatine.😜 or is it Supreme Sith Lord Meltzer?

[@1stylishdevil]

@@rosiegratz8377 Supreme Sith Lord Meltzer. Yup, sounds like a winner

[@rosiegratz8377]

@@1stylishdevil Ha! YAY!!!!🤩👏

[@noiserocker]

I'd rather watch Savage v Warrior from WM VII 10 times in a row than whatever Sammy Guevara and friends do.

[@bipolarminddroppings]

Wow, if you offered me the choice between watching a Warrior match or being killed by having my testicles pulled out through my mouth, id pick the latter. And while watching AEW is painful, its still preferable to either of the above things, imo.

[@noiserocker]

@@bipolarminddroppings it was also a Savage match and a damn good one

[@Jayce_Alexander]

@@bipolarminddroppings lolwot? It was peak Randy Savage, who at the time was able to make anyone look good. Even Warrior.

[@Hakeem990]

@@bipolarminddroppings Your obviously a sadistic individual

[@iamdb1990]

if Jim doesn't rate Dave's death as 6 stars, that'll be a missed opportunity lol

[@fuscinula]

It's 6 stars only if it happens in the Tokyodome, at the hands of Kenny Omega.

[@DaftCowpunk]

So a minor earthquake could become infinitely more deadly if it did a backflip at the Tokyo Dome?

[@toxiciwctweets5191]

Wth😂

[@arthurmordred8108]

_"How's that Sonata treating you?"_ -Kevin Nash

[@RandalfElVikingo]

"Match of the Year: Abuzabo vs Napozeko at the Korokean Dome" Kevin Nash. "I did it, you wish you can" Ole Anderson.

[@wce05308]

Hyundai is a good car tbh

[@somedude2384]

Also. Twitter is probably the worst thing ever. Probably for Dave and for many others.

[@TheLuw1997]

I remember first getting into wrestling properly and everyone on the internet treated Dave's ratings as gospel. Its fun to look back and laugh at that era.

[@jenisia3600]

Also he never gave Kurt Angle in his prime a 5 🌟 match, what a freakin delusional mark 😂😂😂. And people that take him seriously need to get a new hobby.

[@markleopard8960]

he's also spent 30 yrs trying to tell everyone how awful Hogan was. All because Hogan didn't give him inside info.

[@Dubyahh]

Perc angle was fantastic

[@israelmartinez1152]

According to Jim cornettes wife more is better right right Jimmy 🤪

[@paolopasaol9700]

Angle vs HBK WM 21, vs Taker 06 and vs Lesnar Iron Man Match are easy 5-Star candidates

[@thomasb-o6j]

Mark Leopard What did he give Hogan vs The Rock? That’s easily a 5 star match.

[@Dr170]

Hmm... actually, much like Scarlett O'Hara, Meltzer selling out so as to never go hungry again is as plausible an explanation as any.

[@arnabmukhopadhyay7078]

@Bi POC Rainbow Fascist i thought it was a GI Joe character

[@aaronroyal9449]

Uncle Dave got his rating system from Spinal Tap

[@enviousskatedad3712]

Meltzer was giving all the awards to new Japan during the attitude era. That tells me all I need to know.

[@constablekennedy7705]

Twinkle Toes McFingerBang has Entered the Chat 💬

[@paulk6399]

Meltzer: Dear, let me explain my wrestling rating system His 8 year old daughter: AGAIN!?!??!?

[@jamieyaretz]

Travis killed it with this art work 😆 🤣

[@JonLa89]

Corny save yourself, drop Dave and get out of that burning building called Modern Wrestling before it's too late.

[@jamirimaj6880]

uhm he did already, that's why the nerds like Miro are going after him, because they still need him

[@LMLR187]

He honks when he drives by and he only uses that route cause we ask him to.

[@REVOisMYname]

Dave meltzer is what happens when a basement nerd becomes an old man

[@jamirimaj6880]

more like a basement nerd who got the attention of the much popular nerds

[@henrygvidonas9573]

He's also what happens when a basement nerd builds an entire cottage industry all by himself... ...then loses his mind.

[@vb2806]

Imagine if ever his compromising pics get revealed with Bucks and Omega, people wouldn't be surprised at all.

[@jessebowman161]

aew is so obsessed with pleasing it's number #1 fan that they have lost the rest of us. it's too bad

[@LemoncookieTV]

Dave Meltzer is doing more mental gymnastics to justify his brainfarts than his favorite playwrestlers do real gymnastics on television

[@bluntamainia444]

When NOAH, AJPW and NJPW down sized in the early 2010s Dave’s business also down sized with them, so he had to latch on to something and AEW came as life line to him. Now Meltzer and Kahn can start a rogues gallery of wrestling Marks.

[@psychobluesfxt]

The most shocking thing I got from this is that Dave is married.

[@manuelper]

Holy shit Travis, lmao!! That 'romance novel' cover is fantastic, ha ha.

[@Schmidtactular]

The star rating has become the dragon ball z power level scale.

[@itsthatguy7713]

Kenny and the bucks are the greatest workers of all time. Those 3 guys worked Dave's man crush into such a shoot that he's pushed the idea that they're great to such an extent, SOME people actually believe its true, despite what their own eyes will tell them. Genius really.

[@thomasleffler6721]

Alvarez gave Bushwackers vs Sheik and Volkoff negative infinity so at least he has prior examples if he wanted to pull the “scale is infinite” deal

[@Mandrahale]

Dave is using This is Spinal Tap “but this one goes to 11” logic.

[@joer-tard2821]

PLAN NINE FROM OUTER SPACE IS A GODDAMN CLASSIC!!!!!

[@662chillin]

At this point, fans will know a 5 star match better than Dave Meltzer

[@rl318]

The star system sounds like how teachers would give you stickers in elementary school when you did good work. Now grown adults fall all over themselves to get another guy to co-sign how good their performance was.

[@Pumpkin3.14pi]

I tried to get into Wrestling about a year ago. I remember an NXT event where the opening match had big guys doing these crazy slams off the top rope. They kicked out a bunch, and I was done 10 minutes in. I think it was Keith Lee vs. A guy I can't spell his name.

[@tsaicho]

Maybe Dominick Dijakovic?

[@Pumpkin3.14pi]

@@tsaicho That was the guy. Everyone said that match was awesome, but all I saw was a match that looked faker then it should and should've ended ten minutes sooner. I remember another fight on the card was a street fight between two female wrestlers.

[@jamirimaj6880]

@@Pumpkin3.14pi i think Corny liked that match tho

[@Pumpkin3.14pi]

@@jamirimaj6880 I don't care what he liked, I'm talking about how it became insufferable when they kicked out of a bunch of moves that should have finished the match. It was entertain for the first 10-15 minutes. Both men were clearly talented. More then one kick out each, and maybe two for the winner, was over the top and ridiculous. That's just my opinion. Everyone can like whatever they want.

[@bipolarminddroppings]

@@Pumpkin3.14pi the false finishes are indeed out of control. There also used to be 1 counts but those went the way of realism in wrestling... Back in the 80s if a guy kicked out of 3 big moves it was spectacular, now if a midget cant kick out of at least 12 superkicks by Superman, its a 1 star match.

[@MCAWESOME19]

What is he going to do, give people 3.14 stars because that’s an infinite number?

[@jasonknight8581]

Uncle Dave said that to cover his rear when he gives Twinkle Toes McFingerbang a 20 star match.

[@AbdulGabagool83]

Took me a minute to realize the thumbnail is a Gone With The Wind reference

[@fillgollinsdergroarticheme8442]

I miss the days when Meltzer gave Goldberg vs Steiner over 4 stars. Which means Meltzer's taste wasn't always like it is today.

[@smsv2806]

BuT iT WaS iN tHe ToKyO dOmE!!!!!!

[@noahhaonsmith6963]

Undertaker vs Shawn Michaels didn't even get a 5 at WrestleMania 25 or 26.

[@RedSoxFanatic4Life]

I wonder when we're going to see the first ever match that Dave Meltzer gives 10 stars, and who Kenny Omega's opponent will be in that match.

[@christopherclinton8631]

One Ric Flair vs Steamboat got 6 stars

[@aspetty]

Dave actually explained he saw a six star match a once in a generation or decade thing. There is another from All Japan as well that was treated six star. Truth both those were far better than Omega and Okata. Not saying I didn't think the match was bad for them but the golden standard for me will forever be Hart v Austin in 97

[@bipolarminddroppings]

@@aspetty the double turn didnt even get 5 stars, i think. Pretty sure it was a 4.25... lol

[@aspetty]

@@bipolarminddroppings it got five stars one of the WWE matches that ever did and two that year with Michaels Taker hell in a cell

[@actuallynotsteve]

It can't be a coincidence that this appeared in my feed the day before we get the first 7.5 star match that nobody watched

[@troystaunton254]

The star system should 5 stars. If it gets 5 stars that means it’s an all time great match. If someone else has a much better match than that also becomes an all time great match. I personally never bothered with getting around to watching Ricky steamboat vs Rick flair. But stone cold vs Bret hart is my all time favourite. Does me liking one better than the other make the other worse? Or does it simply mean that I prefer chocolate with peanuts and you prefer chocolate and caramel, but are quite happy with both and I’m sure I’d enjoy Ricky vs ric.

[@kenmiller9838]

Jim imitated Scooby Doo 😂😂😂

[@stevemash7505]

I love how all the thumbnails have Meltzer with his tongue out.

[@YaBoyBoNeY]

Meltzer is a mark and nothing that comes out of his mouth should be taken seriously when it comes to rating matches

[@stephenrogers4537]

Dave Meltzer, rating system is like inflation it always goes up and never gets better 🤔🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💣

[@hauweiguy9587]

Sort of reminds me about a place I almost worked for. They used a rating system where the employees had to all get 9/10. So I asked what the other numbers mean and I couldn't get a straight answer.. So the rating didn't mean a thing and were pointless apart from making all the employees thinking they were absolutely brilliant at their jobs.

[@jitinnair9689]

I thought it was 5 star system, Metzler is a joke, it's ratings for himself, its like style of wrestling he likes is given over the top ratings

[@jamirimaj6880]

I'm sure Dave has already set aside the infinite star rating for his dream match: Twinky vs Buck #1 vs Buck #2 in a Triple Threat Match

[@LukesYuGiOhChannel]

Jim didn't like the match, but I gave it Unlimited Stars!

[@troystaunton254]

Why does anyone listen to meltzer. It’d be the same as people taking me as the god of rugby league and what is good in it because I’m a fan.

[@TheMagnificentMongoSlade]

People listen to Meltzer because he's seeing as an authority on wrestling. Cornette helped legitimize him

[@vb2806]

At least in rugby the matches aren't predetermined. So it's more sports.

[@stinkypinkeee5085]

"Gone With The Wind"...Vivian Leigh was a damn smokeshow!

[@johngallagher72]

Just saw a tweet that Uncle Dave gave the Snyder cut 17 stars. 😉

[@MetalShadowX]

I honestly don't really have a personal rating system. I just think I like something, it sucks, or is just okay. It's good enough for me since I'm easy to please, so most stuff is good. And I honestly can't get into much old 80s wrestling but at the same time, I hate the AEW stuff, so something in the middle is fine as long as the characters and story are interesting. There's a reason why wrestling in the attitude era had more emphasis on personalities over actual "workrate". Also I'm sure fans had "star" ratings for wrestling long before Dave

[@SheevPalpatine]

The Richter scale comparison is asinine on many levels, but I'll touch on "no upper limit" part. While the Richter scale theoretically has no upper limit, there is no fault line on Earth long enough to produce a magnitude 10.0 or higher earthquake. There is also a "practical limit" as no fault line can be greater than the circumference of the Earth (and a fault line that big is practically impossible to form in itself).

[@bipolarminddroppings]

Any real scientist wouldnt refer to a scale no longer used either. And while a 10 isnt possible on Earth, Neutron Stars have quakes that would be into the thousands or millions on the Richter scale.

[@biarritz84]

Who's Dave Meltzer & why does his opinion even matter?🤷

[@jenisia3600]

He's a delusional mark that loves gymnastic that no one should take seriously.

[@biarritz84]

@@jenisia3600 I know who he is 😉& that he's been running his 🐓🍭 for years but I didn't know about the gymnastics though 😆😂🤣

[@biarritz84]

@Aaron9 my opinion is if they personally aren't signing your paycheck, paying your bills or sleeping in your bed with you then their opinion doesn't mean a damn thing no matter who they think they are lol

[@thesupervisor3270]

@bob g I just found out who this clown was 6-7 years ago and I been watching wrestling since 1992. I grew up on PWI, RAW/WWF, and WCW magazine

[@biarritz84]

@@thesupervisor3270 the first time I saw Meltzer was on the Phil Donahue show with Vince McMahon, Bruno Samartino & Barry O(Orton) talking about homosexual sexual harassment by old gay men to the young talent & ring boys & Meltzer of course was taking everyone's side except Vince's lol

[@jeffreyriley8742]

How the hell does the Richter Scale go to infinity? Every earthquake has a level.

[@EldenKing18]

He is waiting for the earthquake that will crack the entire planet i guess.

[@ekasm8000]

I never knew that Jim invented the stars rating in wrestling

[@welowee7610]

You need to watch his previous video about star ratings system

[@zyphos9444]

Previously I assumed that he was working off a ten star scale and had just really hated most of the matches he had ever seen.

[@iamdb1990]

"bunch of highlights now" this, this is the problem with wrestling

[@Run187]

Member when a superkick was a finish?..

[@kenpreston3898]

A F5 tornado is devastation and destruction but a sharknado is a because it's bigger and newer

[@elvinmartes2287]

I never understood how today's internet wrestling fans see Dave Meltzer as if wrestling begins and ends with his opinions and "credible" reporting.

[@chrisjamesr77]

5 stars being the top makes sense to me, because then it's like just another way of rating stuff from 1 to 10. Every half-star equals one number.

[@tibbs3165]

A wrestling match is like a guitar solo. You can just shred incredibly fast and it sounds cool but a truly great solo is in service of the song and has real emotion.

[@Jayce_Alexander]

Meltzer rated the garbage exploding barbed wire deathmatch at Revolution that ended in a botch as highly as he rated Savage vs Steamboat at WM3. That should tell you everything you need to know.

[@chadk890]

God only knows where that tongue has been.

[@rosiegratz8377]

It’s official Meltzer’s mind is now tapioca mush.🙄

[@noahintahlequahsmithh5303]

Undertaker vs Shawn Micheals at WrestleMania 25 and 26 didn't even get a 5 stars rating. Neither did Kurt And and Undertaker at No Way Out 2006 or HHH vs Shawn Micheals at Bad blood 2004. At least Undertaker vs Shawn Micheals hell in the Cell did.

[@noahintahlequahsmithh5303]

Or Stone Cold vs the Rock or Ric Flair vs. Steamboat. Or even HHH vs Stone Cold in 3 stages of hell or Armageddon 20oz HHH vd Shawn Micheals.

[@z2ei]

Meltzer was good because of his historical knowledge and (generally) accurate reporting, never because of his opinions. He's swung from opinion to opinion over the years and he rarely listens to criticism. His Japan fetish in the late 90s/early 2000s, his "MMA is pro wrestling really guys honest" phase after that. Now it's the PWG/AEW/etc indie style.

[@mr.shovels6492]

That foo Meltzer got low socks 🧦

[@evolvedcopper2205]

I feel sorry for people who still acknowledge the opinions of Uncle Dave 😐

[@apollojustice5338]

Meltzer's scale should never be even considered a valid scale in Wrestling to begin with

[@zanon__]

Meltzer's brain is so fucking fried. Must be all the second-hand concussions he's getting from AEW.

[@mitchellalexander9162]

Inflation. I don't have a Witty joke just. Inflation.

[@michaelwharton9490]

I can only think of Dancing with the Stars when i see this image. x'D

[@johndonald9239]

Remember when Dave Meltzer not gave 5 stars for years

[@tsaicho]

HBK vs Undertaker (both Wrestlemanias) could not get 5 Stars. HBK vs Kurt Angle could not get 5 Stars. Even HBK vs HHH vs Benoit could not get 5 Stars at Wrestlemania.

[@Gekibot]

Gawd, that star system is so convoluted. 😂😂 Infinity... I can't! Off topic: there is a guy named Damian Skyfire (yes skyfire) on YT that hates Jim so much he keeps attacking him and tags him for views. I wouldn't be mad if you went and gave him a piece of your mind my fellow Cult of Cornette family.

[@phabiorules]

Honestly, the fact that you have to tell us who he is is reason enough to why we don't need to.

[@Gekibot]

@@phabiorules good point. 😂😂😂 continue...

[@davidcyr5327]

Don't give him the views

[@michaelaldersley6503]

Is that secretly you? You're just trying to hustle some views?

[@Gekibot]

@@michaelaldersley6503 trust me. I hate that dude. But I like the suspense... 🤔

[@Drekal684]

So, the star rating system doesn't mean anything, and probably never did. Good to know.

[@cpwhite44]

Great artwork Travis!

[@ferox965]

Seems to me that Meltzer just likes a succession of stunt moves. That's the one thing about the old guard...they were so smooth that it didn't feel choreographed.

[@fabiooliveira7103]

The biggest stars of the past 30 years never cared for Meltzer. Hogan, Flair, Taker, Austin, Rock never praised Meltzer for how many stars he gave them, because they never cared for marks. Okada or Tanahashi in NJPW never cared for Meltzer, even tough he gave them alot of 5* matches. Only the Young Fucks, Olivier and Tony "the new Herb Abrams without cocaine and hookers " Khan care for Dave because without him they would be nothing. The Young Fucks were the opening match on NJPW and the moment they wanted to move to the heavyweight division, NJPW said no. For 3 years Oivier got the biggest pushed for a foreign in NJPW and the moment they gave him the title he decided to leave. Meltzer made Young Fucks and Olivier " famous" and they made him relevant.

[@Marcelg13]

Keep your five * matches give me a five * character to actually get behind