Konnan on: is AEW the worst thing to ever happen to Dave Meltzer?

[@KeepinIt100OFFICIAL]

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[@nbaldwin45]

What a shame Konnan didn't have the guts to say any of this when he interviewed Meltzer.

[@coolhand3917]

He can't be 2 faced because if he was he'd definitely be wearing the other one

[@Thurmanatr16]

Yup, he was cucked big time with Boomer Dave.

[@Jatshariff]

I skipped it for this very reason. Disco didn’t deserve to be pushed aside for trashy Meltzer.

[@gregthegroove]

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….🤔

[@natebaxter9551]

​@@Thurmanatr16if you're a grown man that typed this sentence, get off the Internet.

[@gimmiebackmybike1831]

I cannot believe that Meltzer still has paying fans. I mean the stuff comes out online FOR FREE. What are you paying for?

[@saint-g7449]

Most news sites and YT channels tend to use him as a source. 😂😂😂

[@joshx022]

Carnies man...they don't know better.

[@JohnKobaRuddy]

Wrestling has a tonne of weirdo fans

[@gimmiebackmybike1831]

@@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.

[@HkFinn83]

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]

Dave Meltzer's idea of a wrestling company has failed. LOVE TO SEE IT

[@tonyclifton2230]

Aew makes a profit.

[@philwalsh8975]

@tonyclifton2230 They don't

[@tonyclifton2230]

@@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.

[@breno7950]

​@@tonyclifton2230😂

[@MacStoker]

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?

[@nickhughes8179]

He went from Wish Barry Orton to Temu Kenneth Copeland

[@michaelspringer4532]

Best thing for his check book , worst thing for every other aspect of his wrestling perspective.

[@KeepinIt100OFFICIAL]

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.

[@MacStoker]

@@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

[@Am0ment0fB]

This is part of what being on the spectrum includes. Ha. ​@@KeepinIt100OFFICIAL

[@JohnKobaRuddy]

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!?

[@Jrm883]

@@KeepinIt100OFFICIAL​​⁠Dave Meltzer acts like my ex.

[@AcornSmokes420]

I’m disabled and 34 and Dave meltzer seems like he’s a re re in the definition!!!

[@JohnKobaRuddy]

Him and Tony definitely have similar conditions. Both are re res.

[@romans3-22]

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

[@drobinson-uo7ic]

Plus Will Ospreay and Kenny Omega themselves said they don't agree with his star ratings 😅

[@Robby_C]

AEW exposed that Dave knows literally nothing about the business/sport he has been covering for almost 40 years.

[@loooooooongstanding2141]

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.

[@JohnKobaRuddy]

Tiny Khan't probably told him anyway.

[@loooooooongstanding2141]

@@JohnKobaRuddy GEEEEE, YA THINK?! Go back to school.

[@nickhughes8179]

I don’t know, I’m thinking Cokie told Dave while they partook in a ski trip

[@loooooooongstanding2141]

@@nickhughes8179 that doesn't mean it's the real number though.

[@bigkrutherford]

I wish I had something in my life that I was THAT blinded by love and admiration as Dave is by AEW.

[@HorrorcoreArtists]

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.

[@markmann5539]

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.

[@grammysworld5449]

Dave said the numbers for SNME were disappointed.. Reminder that it drew nearly 3x what a normal Dynamite does

[@costasspartan1894]

Meltzer plays naked leap frog with T.Khan.

[@UnsilencedOutspokenTikTok]

Waiting for the final episode of rampage announcement opinion 😂 TK sinks another ship.

[@jackiejones3296]

I have come to learn from Dave that whenever he reports something as fact, the opposite is the truth.

[@tonyclifton2230]

Remember all the work he done on bret hart and montreal. Was that all lies?

[@grammysworld5449]

​@@tonyclifton2230 when you have to go back 20 years, it kinda proves the OPs point..

[@ninthlife1745]

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.

[@CockyBalboa]

Well it was pretty obvious when it was announced the deal was for two shows.

[@sacred_realm_gamer7007]

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?!

[@JohnKobaRuddy]

He's a due. Offended by everything ashamed of nothing.

[@bash8387]

Dave was said that the AEW fans are smarter and he was right they are smarter they stopped watching aew

[@jwconglomerate332]

The AEW KZbin clips are so annoying because they're never the full match, they always start their clips with the match already underway.

[@joetroller514]

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.

[@JL10196]

He still hasn’t apologized for saying Afa was dead while still being alive at the time.

[@imfreviews]

This is the classic textbook case of "be careful what you wish for".

[@liamstewart4472]

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.

[@coryshannon3815]

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?

[@liamstewart4472]

@@coryshannon3815 Dave's idea of how a wrestling company should be has been one of the biggest failures in wrestling history.

[@tonyclifton2230]

So gunter sucks? Good to know.

[@user-rx2hw8up2j]

Dave's the worst thing to happen to Aew ...well apart from Tony's awful booking and lack of actual real talent

[@TheNanoman79]

There will be highlights of Raw on social media as the show is on.

[@Robby_C]

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?

[@SwagAli]

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.

[@drillosophy1012]

Getting frozen out of WWE is probably the worst thing to happen to him.

[@Orlando-h7v]

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

[@mherndez3740]

It would be funny if Dave is working the workers on Twitter. 😂

[@big2033]

Yeah I'm sure it probably helped his numbers. But if it fails he has nowhere else to go in wrestling.

[@JohnKobaRuddy]

If it fails? It has failed.

[@CockyBalboa]

If anything I would think it’s hurt his numbers as he diminishes every other promotion and straight up lies and voices ridiculous opinions.

[@danehockam-dunn8193]

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.

[@DavidDexterGaming]

Meltzer being a dishonest shill for AEW was the worst thing.

[@jande040]

We know that Meltzer is the worst thing to happen to AEW. The title is for engagement.

[@whosregis]

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.

[@hgriff14]

its got a lot of competition with being born but aew really has done a number on dave’s life.

[@RahenGroup]

No. Dave Meltzer is the worst thing to ever happen to AEW

[@pk_1]

No. Dave Melzer is the WORST thing to happen to AEW.

[@albatrostimimi1147]

Dave will not be happy of this picture

[@rishyrish]

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

[@TheRoyalHour]

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.

[@jj204]

Giving him to much credit. Does he have 10 000 subscribers?

[@TheRoyalHour]

@ ….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

[@STICKNPICK]

Konnan is correct on this subject

[@mansion1719]

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.

[@TFM-p8t]

Your entire comment is less accurate than Meltzer

[@JohnKobaRuddy]

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.

[@mansion1719]

@@JohnKobaRuddy WWE aren't selling out almost every single show and making more money than ever?

[@TFM-p8t]

​@@mansion1719 you obviously have no concept of the global economy and how the world has changed in 25 years. They weren't going to do Saudi shows and stream PPVs back in 2001

[@BrendanFinnagin]

@@TFM-p8tI 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?

[@fmdof]

do we actually know this "AEW DEAL" or is this just a number Meltzer reported?

[@CockyBalboa]

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.

[@xyseal7298]

Forget All Elite Wrestling, I'd rather watch All Ine Wrigltwing

[@Robby_C]

Dave has completely bastardized the term “profit”

[@Ratmann8436]

No. Dave is the worst thing to happen to pro wrestling.

[@coolhand3917]

Is Konnan the worst thing ever to happen to KZbin?

[@kevinnash2444]

FACTS ON TOP OF FACTS!!

[@christigas8609]

Dave is the worst thing to happen to AEW

[@brenthenshaw3585]

SNME did 1.6 million. Cornette had it.

[@blackka25]

How you have Samoa Joe and Bobby lashley and you're ratings suck they do not know how to book

[@gi79304]

AEW fans- that was the best show this year all those bangers and great matches your just out of touch and a hater😂

[@dskinner8757]

Cornette and Brian Last were First

[@mikefegan2324]

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.

[@BrendanFinnagin]

Dave meltzer is the worst thing to ever happen to Dave meltzer

[@Thecultofwrestling]

No aew has not yet got any profit