The Lapsed Fan: Dave Meltzer on WrestleMania 20

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  • čas přidán 25. 03. 2015
  • As part of The Lapsed Fan's 30-week WrestleMania journey, the Wrestling Observer's Dave Meltzer weighed in with his recollections of each event. Here, Meltzer discusses WrestleMania 20 in 2004.
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Komentáře • 57

  • @hezekiahramirez6965
    @hezekiahramirez6965 Před 8 lety +33

    I don't think Dave is remembering right. I remember when Cena was The Prototype and Meltzer used to talk about him like he was the second coming. He once said there was more money in Cena than Brock and everyone thought he was nuts. He used to talk Cena up like nobody's business. I think he did say he was a future franchise player. I just remember Meltzer being very big on John Cena and I don't think he's giving himself enough credit here.

    • @StonyHeatbag
      @StonyHeatbag Před 6 lety +3

      AWESOME COMMENT. Always love hearing stuff I didn't know. What did dave think about batista in like 01 and 02?

  • @StonyHeatbag
    @StonyHeatbag Před 6 lety +12

    First PPV I ever watched. 10 years old. Got my dad to order it for me because I thought my hometown hero Chris Benoit was going to win the championship. Not to long after, right before backlash 04 I believe Chris got a key to the city in Edmonton Alberta. I was there, it was awesome, got a picture with my hero that day. 3 years later, my hero killed his fucking family.

    • @danielescalera6638
      @danielescalera6638 Před 5 lety

      True sting after 94 wasn't really main event. Then after starrcade 97 he wasn't the same. Cena from 04 to 07 pushed merchandise like crazy. Sting never brought Vader and cactus to the main event. Cena helped edge, Orton, punk, and styles all get that main event status at a WWE level. Since punk was main event in roh and styles was in njpw

    • @daedaethomas47
      @daedaethomas47 Před 2 lety

      Benoit was a jobber.

    • @MattSingh1
      @MattSingh1 Před 7 dny

      @@daedaethomas47 *You're a clueless prick.*

  • @theecharmingbilly
    @theecharmingbilly Před 2 lety +2

    Thank gawd Dave survived!

  • @BrianIngham
    @BrianIngham Před 8 lety +23

    Shane McMahon chanting "You Sold Out!" at Lesnar/Goldberg is amazing.

  • @BishopM1
    @BishopM1 Před 5 lety +2

    Favorite Wrestlemania of all time

  • @nikbates8268
    @nikbates8268 Před 9 lety +15

    Lol the event of Wrestlemania 20 was discussed for maybe 8 minutes

  • @litodat233
    @litodat233 Před 6 lety +3

    When Eddie died i think it caught everyone by surprise

  • @davidhadley1391
    @davidhadley1391 Před 9 lety +12

    I still to this day believe the Benoit tragedy was brought on by severe depression, not concussions and dementia. Like Dave says on this video he lost like three of his best friends not just from wrestling but in life around that time, plus a piece of evidence found on his property during the investigation that people just seem to forget about the diary to Eddie Guerrero. It really took you into the mind of a man depressed. What happened to make him want to kill his wife ans son though I wish we could know. There are still a lot of questions about those events but unfortunately there is no question he's the one who committed those acts.

    • @anthony10antoniou
      @anthony10antoniou Před 7 lety +4

      David Hadley dementia patients get violent even if they have never been violent in their lives. Difference is most dementia patients r frail n not 230 pounds.

    • @justanaverageperson544
      @justanaverageperson544 Před 7 lety +1

      I think the answer is all of the above. There have been tons of suicides and even some murders from NFL and NHL players (people forget javon belcher) . I also know his marriage wasn't doing great either. I don't believe something like this has one cause and severe dementia and concussions worsen depression.

  • @MrDanieloneill
    @MrDanieloneill Před 8 lety +13

    Meltzer: "I..."

  • @borednow5838
    @borednow5838 Před 7 lety

    Some of the things he says about Cena is fair enough, but to say that things like him not selling big moves is the character not Cena as a person I don't think is true. Pretty sure the bookers don't tell him to make a come-back two seconds after a move that would have kept anyone else down for a good 20-30 seconds. Its either that Cena at times didn't sell or that his selling was just poor. In which case he could have taken steps to improve that. Towards the end he probably did.

  • @natedoggcata
    @natedoggcata Před 5 lety

    "I dont think we will ever see that again"
    I dont think anyone thought Benoit would do what he did. You just never know. Obviously I would never want it to happen but you cant say that we will never see this again

  • @SlickMoneyXL
    @SlickMoneyXL Před 4 lety

    2:14 They kinda edited out JP's laugh at deaths 🙄

  • @markmenning1804
    @markmenning1804 Před 4 lety

    You can find Benoit matches on the Wwe network

  • @Paco90305
    @Paco90305 Před 3 lety +2

    Holy christ 36:30 I've heard people stutter before, but my God either edit it or say what was really on your mind. That was so painful and distracting I don't know how the other guy didn't laugh or at least step in to let him gather himself. Sheesh

  • @wecoolwecoolbounce5191
    @wecoolwecoolbounce5191 Před 5 lety +4

    Dave says "you know" 36,781 times in this video. Viewer beware.

  • @spaceghostp6672
    @spaceghostp6672 Před 7 lety +1

    Was Eddie really going to win the World title tho? They built Batista up like that for him to randomly lose it to Eddie? I don't really believe that

    • @joseaguilera6355
      @joseaguilera6355 Před 6 lety

      SpaceGhost P it was supposed to happen on the home show of survivor series 2005 batista ended up wrestling randy orton for the title

    • @bdot187um
      @bdot187um Před 6 lety

      John Doe wow I never knew that

    • @redfield1007
      @redfield1007 Před 6 lety

      +بدر that's because your not white

    • @litodat233
      @litodat233 Před 6 lety

      SpaceGhost P why wouldn’t he ? He already had won it by that time

  • @borednow5838
    @borednow5838 Před 7 lety +1

    Not sure what the host is on about saying that the Cena-Show match was great? It was a fine opener, nicely booked and it did the job, but there wasn't anything great about it.
    It was hard to listen to the Eddie-Benoit comments. Think he went on a bit much about that and I don't think he should have speculated as much as he did. Think it was a bit in poor taste.

  • @shane-irish
    @shane-irish Před 6 lety

    I dont you know

  • @markmenning1804
    @markmenning1804 Před 5 lety

    Brock lives in Minnesota

  • @1981CrueHead
    @1981CrueHead Před 5 lety

    Eddie Guerrero was better in wcw. I didn't like Eddie as a worker once he bulked up. I liked Eddie when he was pudgy then skinny in wcw and when he was Latino heat in the wwf. And neither one of those guys ever had to win a world title to be remembered. Some of the greatest stars of all time Mr. Perfect and a bunch of other guys never held the wwf title.

  • @joeygana8864
    @joeygana8864 Před 6 lety

    And Austin stuns them both.

  • @troyelich9307
    @troyelich9307 Před 9 lety +38

    Thank God Meltzer can write....he sure struggles to talk.

    • @rrh1980
      @rrh1980 Před 5 lety +1

      I think he is really having trouble walking a line between saying he is great publically and shitty privately.

  • @M4RC0SM0
    @M4RC0SM0 Před 8 lety +2

    It's hard to listen Meltzer.
    He should learn to talk fluently.

    • @notmyname1289
      @notmyname1289 Před 8 lety +4

      It's hard to like you know, listen to um Dave Meltzer, He should no.... he should I dunno listen no learn to uh uh you know talk more uh fluently.

    • @wesleyplimmer9163
      @wesleyplimmer9163 Před 6 lety +1

      So he has a speach problem ... but after all your perfect ...

    • @redfield1007
      @redfield1007 Před 6 lety

      Haha your picture.

    • @redfield1007
      @redfield1007 Před 6 lety +1

      +wesley plimmer come on man how can you expect nobody to point that out haha. CZcams doesn't need a white knight today thanks x