Big Dave Meltzer Appreciation Thread

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Ospreay ain't shyt :hhh:

Ibushi/Okada/broken down Tanahashi/DragonLee/Zsj/SANADA/Naito all been better than him. Even flabby Omega>>>>>>>Ospreay

I don't dislike Ospreay as much as I used to (that shyt in the Ricochet match was the absolute worst :scusthov: Then he jobbed out to Vader which almost made it woth it :russ:), he works a bit stiffer, the brainless spots are more limited and he's bulked up a bit (that chest acne though :whoa:). But yeah everyone you mentioned would be ahead of him for me, apart from Sanada who I just can't get into. Also Ishii is at least 1000 times better.
 

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Ospreay ain't shyt :hhh:

Ibushi/Okada/broken down Tanahashi/DragonLee/Zsj/SANADA/Naito all been better than him. Even flabby Omega>>>>>>>Ospreay
Watched his match against Lance Archer in the G1....dude kicked out of his finisher like 3 times especially one from the top rope, nearly shut that shyt off :beli:
 

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Watched his match against Lance Archer in the G1....dude kicked out of his finisher like 3 times especially one from the top rope, nearly shut that shyt off :beli:

Archer is another guy who was better than him this year too.
Everyone sells the paradise lock even Tanahashi but of course Ospreay gotta do some flippy shyt and no sell the move :hhh: wasn't feeling him this g1 at all :hhh:
 

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The Ospreay slander :mjtf:

Dave been going way over the top with his stanning but Ospreay has been killing it this year. Too many great matches to deny his talent.
 

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Ospreay definitely seems to be in a groove of making sure he's too cool to fall for anyone else's regular spots and it makes him look like an a$$hole because he obviously thinks he's super cool doing it, which I would expect if he hadn't been in the game for 7 years and at such a high level and platform the last 2. I get that he's still a young dude, but he should be past that stage.
 

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During G1 he said Ishii was easily a top 5 worker in the world and you could argue thee best and that Daniel Bryan and AJ Styles aren't close :francis: :laugh:

In terms of match quality he's right. Obviously if Bryan and AJ were in New Japan they'd be killing it but all we really have to go on is the quality of matches and how many actualyl memorable matches have those two had in the last year?
 
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In terms of match quality he's right. Obviously if Bryan and AJ were in New Japan they'd be killing it but all we really have to go on is the quality of matches and how many actualyl memorable matches have those two had in the last year?
Breh..he always has to take it a step too far lol. The fact that he said Bryan and AJ, two of the greatest workers of an entire generation and arguably 1a &1b “aren’t close” to being the worker Ishii is, is laughable and ridiculous no matter what.
 

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In terms of match quality he's right. Obviously if Bryan and AJ were in New Japan they'd be killing it but all we really have to go on is the quality of matches and how many actualyl memorable matches have those two had in the last year?
Bryan vs Lesnar Survivor Series 18
Bryan vs Kofi Wrestlemania

AJ phoned it in
 

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You can't get this kind of completly useless info from anyone else :wow:
 

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:mjlol:

What's the context around it because that seems like such a random non sequitur


Bet he doesn't have info on how many people logged on to B/R Live :sas2:
 
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Riding so hard for his sons that he thought a ladder match spotfest for the AAA tag team titles should have went on last over the crowning of the companies first world champion :wow:




Dave was just giving out about that Cole vs Gargano match being to "self indulgent" not even a month ago :bryan:
 
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