Jim Cornette Reviews Dave Meltzer & Bryan Alvarez Arguing Over Toni Storm

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  • čas přidán 20. 05. 2024
  • From Episode 343 of the Jim Cornette's Drive Thru
    Artwork by Travis Heckel!
    Send in your question for the Drive-Thru to: CornyDriveThru@gmail.com
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  • @hollowayquotes
    @hollowayquotes Před 25 dny +1275

    Don't you just love when you're about to leave CZcams, and a wild Jim Cornette suddenly appears?

    • @jaybarnacles4846
      @jaybarnacles4846 Před 25 dny +41

      Can I catch him with a master ball?

    • @allenlegacy305
      @allenlegacy305 Před 25 dny

      @@jaybarnacles4846he will throw it back and tell you piss up a rope 😂

    • @deepfamiliar3416
      @deepfamiliar3416 Před 25 dny +69

      *Dave Meltzer uses Wrestling Analysis.*
      It's not very effective.

    • @daleharris3809
      @daleharris3809 Před 25 dny +16

      They're so majestic in their natural habitat

    • @mozzknows
      @mozzknows Před 25 dny +1

      The best

  • @JohnRigby5011
    @JohnRigby5011 Před 25 dny +838

    If this argument was in the Tokyo Dome it would be rated 8 stars

    • @thereal2scummy636
      @thereal2scummy636 Před 25 dny +8

      No itl be start of new rating limits 15* ,so he can give SPEEDY Kahn 14.5* for his next appearance

    • @joshmulligan950
      @joshmulligan950 Před 25 dny +15

      9 stars if Kenny spat on them

    • @MichaelSmith-fq6hz
      @MichaelSmith-fq6hz Před 25 dny +24

      If the argument featured Kurt Angle, he would rate it 4.5 stars despite universal acclaim for being one of the best arguments of all time.

    • @ii9714
      @ii9714 Před 25 dny +1

      It would sell out

    • @AnneHathawayRules
      @AnneHathawayRules Před 25 dny +10

      18 stars if Ospray chimed in

  • @thewholefnshow
    @thewholefnshow Před 25 dny +499

    Somebody needs to tell Dave they changed the meltzer driver to the Tony driver. He can stop kissing their butts now.

    • @christian6455
      @christian6455 Před 25 dny +35

      That checks still coming

    • @layersofjade5197
      @layersofjade5197 Před 25 dny +79

      @@christian6455 Jim Cornette is the learning tree. Dave Meltzer is the learning disability.

    • @Parallelocam
      @Parallelocam Před 24 dny +30

      I'm convinced Tony and the Bucks go to Dave for booking advice and some of these ideas are his. It matches with his mental state being erratic

    • @christian6455
      @christian6455 Před 24 dny +2

      @@layersofjade5197 ah man

    • @Snakeman612
      @Snakeman612 Před 24 dny

      U can say asses....Ur a grown fucking adult!! Maybe not

  • @asurlybarber3620
    @asurlybarber3620 Před 25 dny +401

    Now waiting on the inevitable "Cornette reviews Meltzer vs. Alvarez" omnibus.

    • @justinyant1527
      @justinyant1527 Před 25 dny +20

      We can only hope...and by december we should have at least 8 hours worth...might be a two parter.

    • @pk_1
      @pk_1 Před 25 dny +7

      Has to come out🔥🔥🔥🤣🤣

    • @redwolfe7049
      @redwolfe7049 Před 25 dny +6

      Oh god yes please.

    • @gerrydodson7512
      @gerrydodson7512 Před 25 dny +6

      best idea I have ever heard

    • @jmfordaliza3139
      @jmfordaliza3139 Před 25 dny +1

      we gonna laugh all day with that Omnibus 😂😂😂😂

  • @sickboy703
    @sickboy703 Před 24 dny +82

    Dave is 100% helping book this stuff. To be this defensive, he has to be.

    • @lulsinki
      @lulsinki Před 24 dny +5

      When faced with so much unarguable truth, from someone close to him who he can't accuse of being bias towards the competition too and he is still so defensive rather than just agreeing. He's either booking or is in love with Tony Khan 🤡

    • @billybarnett9518
      @billybarnett9518 Před 20 dny +1

      @@lulsinki The thing is, Dave actually is right, he just doesn't know how to debate. AEW has done situational booking for years now, Moxley, Danielson, Claudio, PAC, and Lucha Bros all switch roles depending on their opponents. Why Bryan is just now noticing this, I have no clue.

    • @lulsinki
      @lulsinki Před 20 dny +1

      @@billybarnett9518 they don't even have to switch roles that's the thing. You have tweeners that will fight any heel or face, those tend to get massive support. And if you are actually good at booking you can book a heel v heel or face v face properly without having to switch one during or after, even double turns if done right can be amazing

    • @billybarnett9518
      @billybarnett9518 Před 20 dny +1

      @@lulsinki They do have tweeners, Jim just doesn't like them.

    • @johngorman7685
      @johngorman7685 Před 18 dny +4

      I'm sure he's giving input. More than anything, his entire reputation is on the line with the success or failure of AEW. For years he's been out in front yelling to thr mountains that this was the future of wrestling and guys like Cornette were "out of touch" with what modern wrestling was. If AEW fails it's him who was out of touch the entire time

  • @HothVeteran
    @HothVeteran Před 25 dny +385

    My boss walked in on me watching this and told me to get back to work. I then shouted at him.
    “IT’S NOT MY JOB!!!”

  • @actuallynotsteve
    @actuallynotsteve Před 25 dny +186

    A forty minute clip about a Dave and Brian argument ? That works for me, brother.

    • @OmegaRedFan
      @OmegaRedFan Před 24 dny +3

      🎶 we don't need no, Chris Jericho🎶
      🎶 we don't need no, AEW 🎶 ..
      HEY! CORNETTE, LEAVE THE MARKS ALONE! 🎶 🎵 all in all marks are just bricks in the wall 🎶🎵

    • @TimmyJamesDafunnyMan
      @TimmyJamesDafunnyMan Před 15 dny

      ​​@@OmegaRedFanI think you got a bit too excited there if you wanna make a catchy parody song listen to the song you're parodying and write lyrics that sound similar to it. Otherwise you get what you just spit out which was jumbled up nonsense. Not having a dig just giving some constructive criticism. The first two lines were great.

  • @oddishhonor
    @oddishhonor Před 25 dny +187

    I want Alvarez to question the booking so much to the point where Dave finally yells , “THIS IS GOOD AND MAKES SENSE BECAUSE I BOOKED IT”

    • @fernandomacias1469
      @fernandomacias1469 Před 24 dny +7

      😂😂😂

    • @UniversalSpork
      @UniversalSpork Před 24 dny +12

      Can't wait for Alvarez to write "The Death of AEW" and there is an entire chapter on how badly Meltzer's shadow booking was.

  • @MTMuppet
    @MTMuppet Před 25 dny +397

    First Kenny, and now Alvarez is turning babyface. They’re fleeing the ship…

    • @gullreefclub
      @gullreefclub Před 25 dny +36

      Like Rats deserting the sinking ship

    • @asurlybarber3620
      @asurlybarber3620 Před 25 dny +40

      Fools go down with the ship, smart people evacuate while there's still time. Bryan is looking smarter every week. Just hope Kenny's not working us.

    • @dogred431
      @dogred431 Před 25 dny +25

      ​@@asurlybarber3620Same, but I think Kenny wants that big blockbuster storyline against Ospreay about who is Meltzer's favourite.

    • @NathanBauman-zj6ip
      @NathanBauman-zj6ip Před 25 dny +22

      It just now occurs to me how much Meltzer talks like Dustin Hoffman's Rainman character.

    • @2010ChargerRT
      @2010ChargerRT Před 25 dny

      @@asurlybarber3620Kenny is a work

  • @daleharris3809
    @daleharris3809 Před 25 dny +158

    Watching Dave tie himself in verbal knots is simultaneously fascinating and infuriating.

  • @barrymccockiner773
    @barrymccockiner773 Před 25 dny +187

    Never go full Meltzer.

    • @YuriBobo
      @YuriBobo Před 24 dny +8

      Simple Dave

    • @arthurdaffos1490
      @arthurdaffos1490 Před 23 dny +9

      ​@@YuriBobo this m-m-m-match m-m-m-m-made me ha-happy

    • @MarquisFoxborough2736
      @MarquisFoxborough2736 Před 23 dny

      @@arthurdaffos1490😂😂😂😂😂

    • @dawa7267
      @dawa7267 Před 5 dny

      16:49
      Never take a sip of your drink while listening to Unca Dave is the REAL lesson here ...
      Got me good! 😂😂😂😂

  • @JGrath029
    @JGrath029 Před 25 dny +288

    40 mins??? YEAH

  • @SportPhilosophies
    @SportPhilosophies Před 25 dny +183

    Dave is so up his own arse in the meta analysis of wrestling. He doesn’t understand that in Kayfabe your best wrestling match would be a one minute squash of an opponent. The best wrestler would not go 20 minutes with anyone. His own rating system of wrestling in a vacuum is blocking out Kayfabe sense

    • @niranu78
      @niranu78 Před 25 dny +38

      I bet he's so confused about how Bron Breakker is booked on Raw.

    • @SportPhilosophies
      @SportPhilosophies Před 25 dny +46

      @@niranu78 “Bron didn’t show off 20 different flips and holds in a 30 minute classic, they are making him look weak” - Dave

    • @mattroxursoul
      @mattroxursoul Před 24 dny +21

      That is the thing I have seen a lot of in AEW. They put what are supposed to be main eventers out there with absolute nobodies. Then those supposed stars have to take 15-20 minutes and barely win. That is beyond silly. In any other era it would be a squash, where if you kinda liked the underneath guy he would get the start of a hope spot, then done.

    • @jackieparmz
      @jackieparmz Před 24 dny +29

      This is a great point and pretty similar to a thought I had while listening to this… Dave seems to be at the point where someone like Toni Storm, a world champion, having a heatless competitive 7 minute match with an inexperienced opponent is actually a great display of how good of a wrestler she is, because she can go that long with someone who’s green and make them look alright. Which is all good a fine, Toni is definitely a good hand, but the point is that it doesn’t make any booking sense when trying to build an angle for a championship match not even two weeks away with a different wrestler who’s known for being a technician and a badass.
      It’s a microcosm of Dave and the IWC’s mark mentality, which is that they’re watching not for the angles, the stories or the personalities; they’re watching to see how many moves each wrestler can do in their choreographed routine and how long they can do it for. And that’s precisely why Dave blathers out the word “match” as often as he does… to him, the professional wrestling experience is sitting at home by himself in front of a television or computer and watching matches after they’ve originally aired, often without commentary he understands, and being impressed by how long the match went on and how many flashy suplexes were done, with bonus points awarded if the wrestlers actually look like wrestlers and if the crowd is large and excited about the event.
      It’s such a soulless and pathetic way to enjoy wrestling, which is why it appeals so much to the type of people who don’t have a life outside of this shit… Dave and his followers have fully convinced themselves that their understanding of professional wrestling is superior to everyone else’s, and since they don’t have anything else, they can’t let it go.

    • @JumpinJackClash
      @JumpinJackClash Před 24 dny +6

      @@jackieparmzI’ve been echoing the same sentiment for a while now and you’ve articulated it brilliantly. Well put.

  • @Scouseredneck48
    @Scouseredneck48 Před 25 dny +208

    Meltzer is now "old man shouts at cloud"

    • @RichardRietdijk
      @RichardRietdijk Před 25 dny +15

      … Bryyyyaaaaaaan!

    • @josevillarreal5955
      @josevillarreal5955 Před 25 dny +7

      If literally everyone stopped watching the show, and literally no one came out to the events, and Tony Khan finally decided to just call it good and close up shop,
      Dave Meltzer would still consider it to be the most flawless wrestling TV of all time. He is set in his mind and no amount of evidence or logic will ever change it.

    • @gerardsanders3225
      @gerardsanders3225 Před 25 dny +15

      Closer to Principal Skinner. "Am I out of touch? No, it's the children that are wrong."

    • @Sky_Blaze
      @Sky_Blaze Před 25 dny +4

      The guy is cluless and I don't understand people still bringing him up.

    • @tysonjordanjackson5826
      @tysonjordanjackson5826 Před 25 dny +9

      Old man ummmmms at cloud.

  • @patshaf902
    @patshaf902 Před 25 dny +194

    The end is near. Omega turning face, Jim praising him, and now Alvarez is turning against Meltzer

    • @frod79
      @frod79 Před 25 dny +6

      Ive started investing in mre

    • @RolaAddict
      @RolaAddict Před 25 dny +32

      Next thing you know, Hulk Hogan will stop lying and start telling the truth. I think that's the 6th sign of the apocalypse

    • @brendandenamadrai5353
      @brendandenamadrai5353 Před 25 dny +22

      @@RolaAddict Ric Flair leaves a modest tip, sober as a judge.

    • @stuartjackson6855
      @stuartjackson6855 Před 25 dny +15

      @@brendandenamadrai5353 He still elbow drops a jacket that just appeared out of nowhere, right?

    • @MariuszMroczek-dd7ku
      @MariuszMroczek-dd7ku Před 25 dny

      The asteroid Apophis is coming in mid-April 2029.
      That's why politics doesn't care, that's why the Corona pandemic
      was a test run for crowd control, and that's why Bill Gates stole Dave Meltzer's mind.

  • @manwithamic2372
    @manwithamic2372 Před 25 dny +62

    Dave might be the first wrestling journalist with CTE

  • @NathanBauman-zj6ip
    @NathanBauman-zj6ip Před 25 dny +21

    'It's almost like he booked this himself', says Last, perfectly.

  • @MTMuppet
    @MTMuppet Před 25 dny +293

    Dave’s cognitive ability is somewhere between a CTE riddled NFL player, and a newborn baby.

    • @gavinalaniz5376
      @gavinalaniz5376 Před 25 dny +24

      Its wild that this use to be a joke and now it's actually like he has early onset SOMETHING

    • @dansokulski4039
      @dansokulski4039 Před 24 dny +10

      He’s always been a spaz

    • @thegoldenfool
      @thegoldenfool Před 24 dny

      That's common with most autistics, unfortunately.

    • @jackkottwitz5236
      @jackkottwitz5236 Před 24 dny +4

      Spaz is a nice word for it

    • @jadoc3767
      @jadoc3767 Před 24 dny +7

      He got CTE from watching neck bumps

  • @cipherpac
    @cipherpac Před 25 dny +30

    It really does sound like Dave is involved pretty heavily with the booking in AEW. He defends it like he's defending his own poorly thought-out work.

  • @Mr92094
    @Mr92094 Před 25 dny +37

    AEW is what Dave wants it to be so he can’t criticize it since it would be admitting his vision is wrong

  • @_FaceMelt_
    @_FaceMelt_ Před 25 dny +37

    "It doesn't matter as long as those 1500 ppl react" 😂

    • @andystegall7407
      @andystegall7407 Před 10 dny +2

      But if it was WWE Dave would say the match wasn't good even if it got a good reaction from the crowd. He says his star ratings are opinion, then cites how many 4-5 star matches a wrestler has as a bellwether of talent

  • @neilbiggs1353
    @neilbiggs1353 Před 25 dny +51

    I love how Travis depicts Jim's version of 3D as being the old coloured glasses! Though even that might be a bit modern for Jim...

    • @sylvesterstanton7488
      @sylvesterstanton7488 Před 25 dny +7

      Good grief you got Jim in the silent movie technology, lol

    • @romelmunoz7957
      @romelmunoz7957 Před 25 dny +4

      Didn't know the general audience from Jim Cornette's podcast were teenage kids who doesn't know about 3D bicolor glasses...

    • @bigjthejoker1306
      @bigjthejoker1306 Před 24 dny +1

      The anaglyph glasses are older than Jim

  • @thewrestlingoldhead
    @thewrestlingoldhead Před 25 dny +76

    Meltzer and Alvarez in a lover's quarrel with Cornette and Last on commentary is cant miss!

    • @heisensaul5538
      @heisensaul5538 Před 25 dny +9

      There was Must See tv back in the day. This is Must Listen youtube.

  • @isitoveryet9525
    @isitoveryet9525 Před 25 dny +47

    “Well if it’s 3D” 😂 Corny has the best one liners

    • @quentinkaasa47
      @quentinkaasa47 Před 24 dny

      Only thing that woulda made the artwork better is if Uncle Dave was dressed like Teddy Roosevelt charging San Juan Hill.

  • @greghughes6098
    @greghughes6098 Před 25 dny +32

    Just when you think Meltzer has lost all credibility, he manges to drain the cesspool just a little more.

    • @ChadVital
      @ChadVital Před 24 dny

      What? He isn't draining the cesspool lol.

  • @MrSpeed-lt8gr
    @MrSpeed-lt8gr Před 25 dny +137

    For the next Wembley show, they should book Alvarez vs. Meltzer for total control over the Wrestling Observer.

    • @robertnapier624
      @robertnapier624 Před 25 dny +20

      For maximum lazy booking it needs to be a no DQ match.

    • @mickeyd8768
      @mickeyd8768 Před 25 dny +8

      loser of the match cleans Daves office

    • @Jackaljkljkl
      @Jackaljkljkl Před 24 dny +3

      Custody of Lance Storm Ladder Match

    • @quentinkaasa47
      @quentinkaasa47 Před 24 dny +3

      That'd be like booking Heath Slater vs. Curtis Axel for total control of the Social Outcasts at WrestleMania 32. 😄

    • @Raven34643
      @Raven34643 Před 24 dny +1

      ​@@mickeyd8768Underrated comment.

  • @Eon2137
    @Eon2137 Před 25 dny +98

    They should review Bryan latest INSANE AEW rant, I never heard him shitting on it so much xD

    • @toniyakovlev4403
      @toniyakovlev4403 Před 25 dny +28

      Watch Bryan break the NDA and sue AEW next because the payments have stopped coming in.

    • @romegrey2600
      @romegrey2600 Před 25 dny +4

      I don't listen to the guy or follow him at all tbh but whenever i hear him talk about AEW it's more of him shìtting on them then not

    • @asurlybarber3620
      @asurlybarber3620 Před 25 dny +30

      The ship is sinking. Alvarez wants to make sure he's on a lifeboat, and I don't blame him.

    • @Irgendeinervonunten
      @Irgendeinervonunten Před 25 dny +19

      He dont need a lifeboat, he has a golden boat, a boat made out of pure gold

    • @al5306
      @al5306 Před 25 dny +3

      @@romegrey2600the product sucks

  • @bidgeon1423
    @bidgeon1423 Před 25 dny +23

    You have to genuinely start asking if Dave is in the booking Group Chat with Tony Khan.

  • @liamnguyen2819
    @liamnguyen2819 Před 25 dny +36

    Dave Meltzer in the title of a Jim Cornette video, oh boy loll 🍿🍿

  • @JoseJoseC626
    @JoseJoseC626 Před 25 dny +66

    Reed vs Gable was heel vs heel. Reed wasn't a face and that was the point to show why both of em are a threat to Sami

    • @grossoversight
      @grossoversight Před 25 dny +27

      Yep. Also, Sami blew up that match for a DQ and was clearly the babyface which helped set up the triple threat match at the PLE. It's like Dave doesn't even get the basics of pro wrestling anymore.

    • @rjuniverse7289
      @rjuniverse7289 Před 24 dny +1

      Yes, but here, Gable is a cheezy heel, Reed is an intimidating monster heel(who doesn't rely much on cheap tactics), they both had a match which ended in DQ after Babyface Sami Interfered the match because he has been the target for them for few weeks. The feud isn't a heel vs heel, the feud is a babybace Vs a Cheesy heel Vs a Monster heel. And the thing isn't just about being heel Vs heel, it's about how a babyface is acting like a heel while the heel is acting like a babyface which doesn't make sense and the constant switch between a heel and babyface without a reason. You know the way Tony Khan books, if some face gets booed this week in a match, he will book him as a heel in the next week match, but no explanation, no reason, he is now heel because he was getting booed. If some heel is getting cheered massively despite beating the shit out of another babyface. He will start to book him as babyface next week because crowd are rooting for him because of something. He doesn't bulid the face turn. He doesn't build most of the turns.

    • @MattyPeq
      @MattyPeq Před 24 dny

      lmao no. Watch Otis as well. Heels and faces don't exist anymore. It's a normal evolution. Dave is actually right.

    • @rjuniverse7289
      @rjuniverse7289 Před 24 dny +6

      @MattyPeq Otis is a face being forced to do heelish things by his mentor Gable. He is tied right now because it's his best friend. it's his mentor, who gave him his opportunity in wwe, so he has been left with no choice but to listen. He hasn't turned on him yet because he has a sense of loyalty towards him. That's how sympathetic babyface is built, this will get him even more over as a face. If you can't separate that, then I don't know how you keep up with stories. The day Otis finally hits Gable, he will get a huge reaction. A similar sort of story has been in wrestling since forever, where someone is compelled to do bad things because of his mentor, tutor, but finally, he has enough. There's a reason he is compelled to do heelish things even though he is face when he has to, not like Tony Storm where without a reason someday she becomes face, someday she is heel. Dave has the dumbest take. He can't even give valid reason on why he thinks it is good and why it's not, when he has. He is just a knowledgeable wrestling historian, but the more I listen him the more it becomes clear he is far away from the indepth knowledge of wrestling business psychology. How can people take someone opinions seriously who can't even back up his reason for something he says clearly.

    • @rjuniverse7289
      @rjuniverse7289 Před 24 dny +1

      @MattyPeq just look at Wardlow and MJF story, Wardlow was a heel. He was a monster heel under MJF. He then, somewhere on the journey, developed some positivity. He had already become face from his heart, but he couldn't because he was tied with MJF's contract, who is a master manipulator. His contract wasn't with AEW, but with MJF. MJF gave him his job. So, even though MJF kept insulting him and talking smack with him, he had no choice but to listen him. He felt a sense of loyalty towards him. But one day, the MJF crossed that one line, which kept Wardlow with him, and finally, Wardlow got courage and a reason to hit MJF, but at what cost?? He lost his job, but looking at the progress he had done over years, he got an opportunity for a job with a match in aew, if he would win, he would get a job in aew. He won that match and then got signed with AEW . So, he finally, after all the drama, he became free from MJF. That's how Wardlow was built. But then, AEW completely fumbled the booking of Warlow, and now his worth has completely derailed.

  • @joshuaDstarks
    @joshuaDstarks Před 25 dny +55

    Dave is a solid 1/2 star in 2024.

  • @jrstocker3
    @jrstocker3 Před 25 dny +50

    Oh man, I'm not familiar with this story, but I'm confident that the comedy stylings of Dave and Bryan just improved my commute exponentially 😅

  • @jamezmcc
    @jamezmcc Před 25 dny +23

    Bryan Alvarez's gobsmacked response of "Bronson Reed and Chad Gable??" made me spit out my drink 😂😂

  • @Capydachi
    @Capydachi Před 25 dny +30

    The Brian "IT'S NOT MY JOB" Alverez face turn has been delightful

  • @NerdieTurtle
    @NerdieTurtle Před 25 dny +22

    Bryan’s checks must’ve got lost in the mail due to his honesty for AEW

    • @phabiorules
      @phabiorules Před 25 dny +2

      Nah, he realized that as long as Dave praises them then he still gets paid.

  • @josevillarreal5955
    @josevillarreal5955 Před 25 dny +40

    If you had a show where 2 nameless guys in black trunks just did moves back and forth for an hour for absolutely no reason, Dave would say that's a "great show".
    He LOVES to watch people play fight, with no context or rhyme or reason.
    He has completely forgotten that the entire reason it's predetermined is to tell a story in order to keep people interested and paying to see the show.

    • @sylvesterstanton7488
      @sylvesterstanton7488 Před 25 dny +2

      Agreed and well said

    • @AnneHathawayRules
      @AnneHathawayRules Před 25 dny +2

      Well put

    • @meciocio
      @meciocio Před 25 dny

      Dude, you are watching wrestling and you are making fun of people liking to watch "play fight"? Seems like you have some internal shame in being a wrestling fan and you try to cope in some way

    • @AnneHathawayRules
      @AnneHathawayRules Před 25 dny +14

      @@meciocio I think the point he's making is that without the story and the investment in the characters you really are just watching two people play fight.

    • @meciocio
      @meciocio Před 25 dny

      @@AnneHathawayRules how would having a story change the fact that there are two people who "play fight"? lmao. It's like saying that if you remove the story elements from ballet then it's just "silly cringe dancing".
      It just funny to me all the mental gymnastics some people do to justify themselves on watching and enjoying wrestling.

  • @BeanMachineYT
    @BeanMachineYT Před 23 dny +3

    Whole time I’m waiting for “BRYANN!”

  • @starshipfame1
    @starshipfame1 Před 25 dny +17

    Meltzer keeps falling deeper into the hole….while digging deeper in it😂😂

  • @baueranthony54
    @baueranthony54 Před 25 dny +40

    Imagine your watching Avengers with Dave and all of a sudden, Thanos is switching between being the villain and the hero. Dave defends it with, "As long as the fight between the Avengers and Thanos is great, does it matter who is the hero or the villain?" tf kinda logic is that? lmfao

    • @markdawson7255
      @markdawson7255 Před 24 dny +7

      Uncle Dave would argue: "Well DC characters switch between heroes and villains all the time too."

    • @jordandennis6794
      @jordandennis6794 Před 24 dny

      ​@@markdawson7255 which is hilarious, considering in DC when people go from hero to villain, they usually stay villains

  • @Costas22
    @Costas22 Před 25 dny +76

    This drops 20 minutes into my birthday.
    Thank you, Corny. ☺

  • @CadChamberlain
    @CadChamberlain Před 24 dny +22

    Meltzer: "Kenny Omega is not portraying a face or a heel"
    Kenny Omega literally got jumped by the top heel group in his highly anticipated return promo

  • @andrebdd5818
    @andrebdd5818 Před 25 dny +15

    As soon as i saw this was 40 minutes i cleared my scheduled and told my kids to go away

  • @brianhopson2072
    @brianhopson2072 Před 25 dny +17

    Dave Meltzer. Aew mental gymnastics champion.

  • @ad206
    @ad206 Před 25 dny +18

    Welcome back to Earth, Mr. Alvarez!

  • @EvanSchatz
    @EvanSchatz Před 25 dny +19

    16:45 whatwhatwhatiswhatwhatiswhat 😂

    • @JoseFlores-xc7wu
      @JoseFlores-xc7wu Před 24 dny +3

      The Just For Men got into Dave's brain and rebooted his brain in mid sentence

    • @ts-rc9fj
      @ts-rc9fj Před 23 dny +3

      Okay, NO 😂

  • @loggerbomb
    @loggerbomb Před 25 dny +11

    She was presented as a deer caught in the headlights last week... 🤣🤣🤣🤣
    Glad Alvarez is taking Uncle Dave to task too.

  • @genghisslime
    @genghisslime Před 25 dny +76

    this is gonna be a BANGER.

  • @bipolarminddroppings
    @bipolarminddroppings Před 25 dny +17

    Apparently the viewership for all of wrestling is down right, including podcasts, but the Cult is still growing!
    40 mins? Yes, please!

  • @wildwine6400
    @wildwine6400 Před 25 dny +23

    Bronson Reed vs Gable was heel vs heel. One is just a bigger heel than the other. I must have missed the part where Bronson Reed was willing the fans on to get behind him and making comebacks and being the babyface in peril selling like Ricky Morton

    • @ebransc09
      @ebransc09 Před 25 dny

      Last night mega baby face, Reed did a promo basically saying I love to hurt people for moneyyyyyy, brrrrrother

    • @zemm9003
      @zemm9003 Před 25 dny +4

      Yeah. They are both heels. Gable is just a level above Reed and the crowd wanted him to lose.

    • @NathanBauman-zj6ip
      @NathanBauman-zj6ip Před 25 dny +3

      Both heels, showing they're both threats to face Sami.

    • @BBoy4040
      @BBoy4040 Před 24 dny +1

      It was also like 2 minutes long when Sami interfered. HORRIBLE example by Dave.

  • @paulm1405
    @paulm1405 Před 25 dny +12

    "The crowd is going to do what the crowd is going to do" ...well the crowd is not showing up or watching on TV so🤷‍♂️

  • @myyoutube62
    @myyoutube62 Před 24 dny +23

    Another thing that flies over Dave's head: why does Toni Storm need to 'show she can wrestle' before the PPV match?
    It's not like she just debuted for the company and no one knows who she is or what she can do. She's been in AEW for over 2 years, is a 3x Women's Champion there and before her current gimmick, her whole gimmick for over a year and a half was basically "hot girl who can wrestle good".
    Going 7 minutes with a nobody doesn't prove she can wrestle; if anything, it shows she's NOT good at wrestling, if it takes her that long to beat a nobody. Logically speaking, why would Deeb -- whose entire gimmick is that she's the best wrestler in the division -- even have to break a sweat to tie Toni into a pretzel and leave with the belt if Harley fucking Cameron was a competitive threat to Storm?

  • @ThaEntity69
    @ThaEntity69 Před 25 dny +41

    Dave meltzers stutter is 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

    • @swishbenoit4489
      @swishbenoit4489 Před 25 dny +3

      I think Bully ray gave him 3.5 😂😂

    • @AnneHathawayRules
      @AnneHathawayRules Před 25 dny +2

      Five st-st-st-st-stars

    • @ThaEntity69
      @ThaEntity69 Před 25 dny

      @@AnneHathawayRules 5 starts ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

    • @ThaEntity69
      @ThaEntity69 Před 25 dny

      @@swishbenoit4489 😂😂😂

    • @scatmandan548
      @scatmandan548 Před 25 dny +5

      Would of been a 6 and half star stutter had it been in the Tokyo dome 😂

  • @televiper11
    @televiper11 Před 25 dny +8

    Part of the reason fans turned on babyface Cena is that soon after he turned, they sanded all the edges off his character.

  • @SandMan1998
    @SandMan1998 Před 25 dny +18

    Both Bryans are good guys now

  • @jeremyhogel7727
    @jeremyhogel7727 Před 24 dny +10

    People love Hans Gruber in Die Hard, at no point does that make him a baby face though.

    • @Dale-jr7oj
      @Dale-jr7oj Před 24 dny

      I thought him falling off nakatomi plaza was a work

    • @Jackaljkljkl
      @Jackaljkljkl Před 24 dny +1

      @@Dale-jr7oj Actually, it was a shoot.
      They dropped Alan Rickman before the countdown was complete, so as to get a genuine fear reaction in his face.
      He was furious, apparently.

  • @Marcie-eat
    @Marcie-eat Před 25 dny +48

    Dave is a solid 1/2 star in 2024

  • @Am0ment0fB
    @Am0ment0fB Před 25 dny +59

    Ol' marble mouth Meltzer will never convince me, that Moxley wrestled in multiple 5 star matches, yet Angle never got one.
    But, Meltzer did convince me, of one thing. Cte is contagious.
    Ha.

    • @petebagwell6666
      @petebagwell6666 Před 25 dny +5

      Perc angle couldn't beat moxley in an amateur wrestling match, moxley is an Olympic level savant and a technical genius who's trained to perfection in every style of combat imaginable, he also does the best interviews and cuts the most badass promos

    • @Am0ment0fB
      @Am0ment0fB Před 25 dny +12

      @@petebagwell6666 he's also the world's best plumber.
      Ha.

    • @nickparsons1245
      @nickparsons1245 Před 24 dny +1

      That's statement has to be a joke

    • @Am0ment0fB
      @Am0ment0fB Před 24 dny

      @@nickparsons1245 no. I think ol marble mouth Meltzer proves cte is contagious.
      Ha.

    • @Am0ment0fB
      @Am0ment0fB Před 22 dny

      Did he do it with a broken freaking neck? Oh wait, no he did it drunk. Ha. ​@@petebagwell6666

  • @achromat666
    @achromat666 Před 24 dny +7

    The main takeaway: just because fans are smarter to the business doesn't mean you abandon what works,, and making excuses for what isn't working helps no one.

  • @NateLinehan666
    @NateLinehan666 Před 24 dny +12

    "Let's hear what Dave has to stutter" made me shoot LOL

  • @jewanon
    @jewanon Před 24 dny +6

    Cornette dropping a line from Rush Hour wasn't on the bingo card but damn... bravo!

  • @Courtneylynntucker
    @Courtneylynntucker Před 25 dny +24

    Bryan Alvarez has finally seen the light

  • @Saddler1944
    @Saddler1944 Před 24 dny +11

    "ShE's NoT a HeEl!"
    -Dave Meltzer (in the tone of a 5 year old who was told no when they asked for ice cream.)

  • @chrisr3788
    @chrisr3788 Před 25 dny +42

    Feet up, joint lit, ready to listen to Jim blast Dave Meltzer for 40 mins ☺️

    • @Am0ment0fB
      @Am0ment0fB Před 25 dny +4

      Hell yeah, I'm about to smoke a big fat Janice!
      Ha.

    • @isaactalton1504
      @isaactalton1504 Před 25 dny +1

      damn I'm doing the same thing

    • @TheBeatlesMan96
      @TheBeatlesMan96 Před 25 dny +3

      Smoking a bit fat bong toke myself, cheers

    • @chadhardwood5067
      @chadhardwood5067 Před 25 dny +2

      Just made a great guac, rolling my j as we speak. Cheers friends

    • @notoriousrjg9257
      @notoriousrjg9257 Před 25 dny +3

      Bout to drain this whole cartridge listening to Uncle Dave get shit on

  • @frank-bmtz
    @frank-bmtz Před 25 dny +8

    Can’t wait for this to become an omnibus later on this year.

  • @GodotOfficial
    @GodotOfficial Před 25 dny +38

    Kenny Omega, Bryan Alvarez, Cornette and Brian Last - the babyface stable that wrestling doesn't deserve but they're the babyface stable that wrestling needs

    • @Sky_Blaze
      @Sky_Blaze Před 25 dny +2

      Kenny is working he's not being serious

    • @maxxdahl6062
      @maxxdahl6062 Před 24 dny

      @@Sky_BlazeFor what? A match with Dave?

  • @mattypaul87
    @mattypaul87 Před 25 dny +6

    Brian Alvarez is finally talking about the things that others (including Jim and Brian) have been saying about AEW for a while. He mentioned how the storylines aren't making sense due to lack of clarity. More importantly, he's FINALLY acknowledging a lot of the AEW stars are in the same spot now as they were 5 years ago. His rant on AEW lately has been on the same level as his classic WCW 2000 and WWE 2019 rants.

  • @Suq3rst4r
    @Suq3rst4r Před 24 dny +11

    “I would rather book for success than worry about online criticism.” Alvarez face-turn confirmed.

    • @marvinleong5902
      @marvinleong5902 Před 23 dny +1

      Somewhere, Tony is crying and fearing for his life after this truth

  • @scottishdanny2432
    @scottishdanny2432 Před 25 dny +10

    My night just went from boring to HELL YES!!!!!

  • @JimCornetta
    @JimCornetta Před 25 dny +7

    Uk time 11pm and just got this perfect!!!

  • @chroniclesofnigeria1358
    @chroniclesofnigeria1358 Před 25 dny +9

    Statler and Waldorf are finally going on one on one? 😂😂

  • @d.carpenter7519
    @d.carpenter7519 Před 25 dny +22

    Drew is a TWEENER!
    Toni is a HEEL!
    Dave is on the AEW payroll!

    • @vb2806
      @vb2806 Před 24 dny

      Dave is also trying to prove he was right but people showed him no one cares about the Indy style he likes

    • @BBoy4040
      @BBoy4040 Před 24 dny

      Drew is a heel if I've ever seen one lol, he's just a heel who doesn't see himself as one

    • @d.carpenter7519
      @d.carpenter7519 Před 23 dny

      @BBoy4040 Drew is being portrayed as a tweeter. He recently had beef with Damian Priest too. But I'm not here to argue. Muting you, and have a nice day.

  • @mauriziorc6380
    @mauriziorc6380 Před 24 dny +3

    Sherlock Meltz and Alvarass arguing is always top notch entertainment 😂😂😂

  • @richardwilliams5387
    @richardwilliams5387 Před 25 dny +7

    Dave's programming is breaking down here. "Does not compute, does not compute!!!".

  • @elijahchesterthomas5334
    @elijahchesterthomas5334 Před 24 dny +5

    Dave's first argument started with "Well, WWE"... Completely deflecting. Lol. His bias knows no bounds and it's insane he just doesn't admit it. Holy shit, he's supposed to be a reporter. Hilarious to watch his madness and bullshittery progress.

  • @johndunne550
    @johndunne550 Před 25 dny +2

    I have a long drive for work tomorrow and I cannot wait to listen to this.

  • @crashxd1286
    @crashxd1286 Před 25 dny +12

    With the amount Dave is stuttering I would have thought he was mushmouth from Fat Albert😂😂😂

  • @ziweiyuan
    @ziweiyuan Před 24 dny +4

    Meltzer sounded for all the world like he was defending a payday. Like he knew Khan was going to hear this and either sign the check or not depending on what was said. And thus this full-throated defense of nonsense.

  • @LongLiveRockAnRoll
    @LongLiveRockAnRoll Před 24 dny +6

    Meltzer "I think about business"
    We're just gonna let that slide, are we? 😅 This from someone who prefers a 7 star "work rate" match in front of 150 people to Hogan vs Rock at Wrestlemania.

  • @abubakrwally805
    @abubakrwally805 Před 25 dny +6

    I’ll save this for my shift tomorrow

  • @brendanwilliams106
    @brendanwilliams106 Před 25 dny +5

    I just noticed f4w online has a video about how nothing has changed in 5 years of aew 😂.

  • @Lohanginfroot
    @Lohanginfroot Před 25 dny +11

    "The crotch lock leg strangle" 🤣🤣🤣 Cornette is pure gold.

  • @bcal8118
    @bcal8118 Před 24 dny +8

    Dave is to the point where he has to straight up lie to defend aew

  • @mrowley7300
    @mrowley7300 Před 25 dny +5

    Im waiting for Dave to say that storylines don't matter and its only the in ring that matters.

  • @markcafebrown2883
    @markcafebrown2883 Před 24 dny +3

    DEAR DAVE MELTZLER, RETIRE FROM COVERING PRO-WRESTLING. EVERYONE HAS TO RETIRE AT SONE POINT, YOUR TIME IS NOW YOUR TIME HAS PASSED SIR DAVE

  • @sbz88
    @sbz88 Před 24 dny +5

    Tony treats Dave Meltzer's word like it's Gospel, so Dave feels like he has a personal responsibility to always protect AEW and Tony's feelings. Cause WWE doesn't give a fuck about him or his star ratings 😂

  • @AlMoSiCe210
    @AlMoSiCe210 Před 24 dny +3

    Alvarez & Meltzer: arguing over the basic details of heel face dynamics for almost 30 minutes.
    Cornette & Last: arguing over whether a character was a ventriloquist dummy for about a minute or two
    I love this show 😂😂😂

  • @ilikepepsi3883
    @ilikepepsi3883 Před 24 dny +2

    I put this on to listen to without paying any attention to the thumbnail, and the moment Cornette made the comment about Meltzer being in 3D, I immediately looked to see because I was positive that would be the artwork. 😂

  • @billyn7757
    @billyn7757 Před 25 dny +5

    Ive been waiting for this!! Thank You Brian and Corny!!!
    *edit* Please also Review Brian Alvarez's review of Collision yesterday 5/20. He went OFF about aew. I think Alvarez is in a way seeing the light.

  • @skrilla88
    @skrilla88 Před 25 dny +5

    Geez, I feel like episode 343 is going to be a big one. There's at least 2 hours of material on CZcams.

  • @michaelmullins2991
    @michaelmullins2991 Před 25 dny +17

    Dave Meltzer is Sean Hannity.

    • @EwanCumia
      @EwanCumia Před 25 dny +4

      That's not fair to Hannity. Hannity doesn't slur his words, with his tongue hanging out of his mouth.

    • @DillyDilly13
      @DillyDilly13 Před 24 dny +5

      @@EwanCumiaHe only does that during Fox’s Trump Town Halls.

  • @Meh57
    @Meh57 Před 24 dny +2

    The Meltzer VS Alvarez angle is more interesting than anything going on in AEW right now

  • @Honk_Hogan
    @Honk_Hogan Před 25 dny +10

    A Bryan Alvarez face turn wasn’t on my 2024 bingo card

  • @Garibaldi1
    @Garibaldi1 Před 24 dny +8

    "Uncle Dave sinks further and further into the rutabaga of his brain"

  • @thisisevan1
    @thisisevan1 Před 25 dny +6

    Part of the problem, one of many, with Dave Meltzer's argument, is his premise that Toni Storm vs. Harley Cameron was a "very good" match. Except it wasn't.
    It wasn't a bad match, but it wasn't very good either.
    It was a fine match. It wasn't offensive to the eyes, it was enjoyable enough on its own merits, but you couldn't / wouldn't reasonably call it a good wrestling match either.

    • @michaelmfwayne
      @michaelmfwayne Před 24 dny +1

      It's not even supposed to be competitive. Toni is the champ. Let Harley Cameron have a competitive match with a Ruby SoHo, or a Kris Statlander. You make your champion look weak when underneath, underdeveloped talent have a "competitive match" with a champ.

  • @dillondruggz
    @dillondruggz Před 25 dny +4

    Dave's reaction is a combination of a few things:
    1. Having legions of smarky, indie-riffic dweebs praise every single thing he's ever said, so he can't handle the slightest bit of counterpoint.
    2. Meltzer is absolutely on the AEW payroll and we'll only find that out after either they stop paying him or the company folds.

  • @Am0ment0fB
    @Am0ment0fB Před 25 dny +24

    Don't forget. Even though Toni Storm did the character change, she didn't know enough to change up her in ring style. She literally changed nothing about it. Unfortunately, the women's division such trash that nobody can even point that out to her.
    Ha.

    • @BBoy4040
      @BBoy4040 Před 24 dny

      Right? I thought her moveset was gonna be old school or something, with arm drags and maybe a DDT as her finisher. You're supposed to be from the 1930's but your finisher is a snap piledriver? Or that super flippy DDT she did on Riho? Get tf out of here.

    • @Am0ment0fB
      @Am0ment0fB Před 12 dny

      ​@@BBoy4040even without the old timey stuff. Just be a heel or a face. It's wrestling 101.
      Ha.

  • @SunspotGallery
    @SunspotGallery Před 24 dny +2

    Dave Meltzer hurts my fkn brain. First time I ever heard him til now, it's like it's been one LONG, ETERNAL SPEECH.

  • @philliprivera4943
    @philliprivera4943 Před 24 dny +1

    I alway listen to you guys while working out !!!!
    GYM CORNETTE💪💪

  • @iamdb1990
    @iamdb1990 Před 25 dny +4

    I'm a simple man, I see "Jim Cornette Reviews Dave Meltzer & Bryan Alvarez Arguing" and the video being over 30 minutes, I click like lol

  • @heisensaul5538
    @heisensaul5538 Před 25 dny +9

    I love it when Meltzer and Alvarez argue about AEW booking. This is a chef's kiss Jim. Thank you for this :)