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    Dave Meltzer - Wikipedia

    • David Allen Meltzer (born October 24, 1959) is an American journalist who reports on professional wrestling and mixed martial arts. Since 1983, Meltzer has been the publisher and editor of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter (WON), a dirtsheet primarily addressing professional wrestling. He has also written for the Oakland Tribune, the Los Angeles … See more

    Early life

    Meltzer was born in upstate New York to a Jewish family. He later moved with his family to San Jose, California.
    Meltzer … See more

    Wrestling Observer

    The beginnings of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter date back to 1980, when Meltzer began an annual poll amongst those with whom he corresponded regarding professional wrestling. According to Meltzer, h… See more

    BornDavid Allen Meltzer · October 24, 1959 · New York City, U.S.
    Alma materSan Jose State
    Children2
    OccupationAuthor, journalist, historian
    Star rating system and impact

    Meltzer popularized the star rating system (devised by Jim Cornette and his childhood friend Norm M. "Weasel" Dooley), which rates matches on a scale of zero to five stars (sometimes going into negative stars in the case … See more

    Reputation

    Meltzer's reputation is divisive; his work is generally praised amongst journalists, scholars and historians. In the professional wrestling business, he is considered more controversial, particularly by those targeted by his repo… See more

    Bibliography

    • Tributes: Remembering Some of the World's Greatest Wrestlers (Winding Stair Press, 2001, Hardcover) ISBN 1-55366-085-4 ISBN 978-1553660859
    • Tributes II: Remembering More of the World's Greatest Wrestlers (… See more

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    Wrestling Observer
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    Star rating system and impact
    Reputation
    Awards and accomplishments
    Bibliography