Isn't he only a former Indy wrestler? What I'm asking is what exactly is it that seperate him from the guys at WhatCulture or even any of us? Everytime I see an Alvarez thread I can't help but also wonder what Ja Rule also thinks.
Posted Jan 12, 2019, 10:07 AM UTC
Long time journalist and former wrestler won't know more about wrestling than people who are only fans?
That's a weird opinion.
Technically literally everyone that has published anything (tweet, Facebook post etc) is a journalist.
Former wrestler doesn’t equate to qualified expert in wrestling. If I film myself mid coitus, this doesn’t make me a pornstar or a sex expert.
Knowing more about wrestling than only fans makes no sense. I wager there are many fans that know far more about wrestling than he does. Loud doesn’t equal all-knowing. ...it just equals loud.
Technically literally everyone that has published anything (tweet, Facebook post etc) is a journalist.
Well that's wrong for a start. Unless you have a qualification or have been paid to research and write articles, you are not a journalist.
Former wrestler doesn’t equate to qualified expert in wrestling.
It makes you more of an expert than someone who's never done it.
If I film myself mid coitus, this doesn’t make me a pornstar or a sex expert.
See point above.
Knowing more about wrestling than only fans makes no sense.
Of course it does. He is both a fan and someone who is a journalist on the subject and has also actually done it. He knows more about the business than anyone who is just a fan and neither of the other two.
Well that's wrong for a start. Unless you have a qualification or have been paid to research and write articles, you are not a journalist.
Alvarez doesn’t have a journalism degree. He has as much qualification to call himself a journalist as I do. Being paid for journalistic endeavours does not qualify Alvarez anymore than being unpaid. Selling miracle balms doesn’t make me a doctor. Alvarez, like Meltzer is a great salesman, with opinions on wrestling and nothing more.
It makes you more of an expert than someone who's never done it.
Being taller doesn’t make you tall. Being smarter doesn’t make you smart. Being more of an expert doesn’t make you an expert.
Of course it does. He is both a fan and someone who is a journalist on the subject and has also actually done it. He knows more about the business than anyone who is just a fan and neither of the other two.
“Done it” ...you mean wrestle? Well yer...he is probably more qualified than most as to how one applies an armbar. But I don’t imagine that comes up during the endless hours of him presenting himself as an expert on the business of wrestling, poo-pooing a company that has literally made billions of dollars IN the wrestling business.
Yes Alvarez makes an absolute insane and ridiculous fortune from his mark fans, but he’s not made a single penny from the business of wrestling.
Selling miracle balms doesn’t make me a doctor.
Well no, because doctors don't sell miracle balms. He is a professional journalist that covers wrestling. Whether you like it or not is neither here nor there.
Being taller doesn’t make you tall. Being smarter doesn’t make you smart. Being more of an expert doesn’t make you an expert.
You've jumped the shark here. This was exactly the argument. He is more qualified than someone who is just a fan.
He’s more than just some wrestler, he’s been broadcasting and releasing newsletters for years.
I’ve been “broadcasting” my podcast and releasing a newsletter for over a decade.
I can still be nothing more than a loud salesman.
I mean, because he has perspective of someone who actually wrestles, I feel he has more insight into how wrestling works than Joe Keyboard right here at r/SquaredCircle cheesy thumbs up
That said, I don't think he really tries to present his opinion as fact or anything, and he's fairly entertaining when something really pisses him off
I’m trying to think the last time my favourite tv shows (wrestling) actually pissed me off.
For the life of me I can’t think of an example...every week wrestling teases my emotions. Sad, happy...but angry? ...never. It’s just a tv show!
Because he's doing a show with Meltzer.
he vapes
Is it?
It is not.
He surrounds himself with the highest quality sources of wrestling knowledge such as his grandmother and a toy giraffe.
I mean, he's not just some smark. He's been working in the business for a long-ass time, as a wrestler and a journalist.
*in the business
Hehehe
He's a former Pacific Northwest Pro Wrestling Television Champion
This guy gets it!
His role with Meltzer is really as the host as opposed to an expert that said he has wrestled, has contacts inside the industry and has even written an (actually quite good) book on the subject.
He has therefore done a level of research, had access to insider information and personal experience which outweighs most people in something like whatculture.... Or ja rule.
He wrote a book full of lies.
Now that I think about it, I don't really know. He panders a lot though, that's why I don't care what he says.
Fuck knows mate
No one's opinion matters.
Alvarez is wildly entertaining however.
I don't particularly. He has some good points at times but will continually bleat on with the same agenda again and again which gets annoying
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You made my day!
Sure..
I mostly think he's funny but I mean he has covered wrestling for a really long time, co-wrote a wrestling book and wrestles himself. It's not like he's some rando like this post seems to imply...
He makes wrestling interesting when it completely sucks... Let me guide you how he does it he basically does like 15+ podcasts every week
3-4 podcast a week with Dave meltzer where they reveal/spoil future storylines and give backstage scoops it is what everybody listens to and posts on reddit..
3-4 with Mike sempervive where they talk with with their listeners live.. 1 with Filthy Tom Lawler to review SmackDown usually they rant a lot but it's somewhat funny.. 1 with Lance storm where they talk about WWE it is amazing to hear Lance
2 with Vinny to review NXT and NWA & he's 89yr old granny to review whatever wrestling she watched and it's the most funniest podcast to listen to.. you'll laugh through out when granny is talking she is the MVP of the show
Another 1 with Vinny and Craig to review Retro Raw and Nitro from 19years ago this podcast is usually 90min long but it makes u realise how stupid and ridiculous wrestling was in the 1999 specially nitro.. this is where Bryan Vinny and Craig shine when they make complete garbage boring show the most entertaining as possible...
He reviews pro wrestling as full time job with Dave meltzer of all people no wonder people like him... also Dave meltzer stutters/pauses a lot while talking and Bryan Alvarez talks much faster so people like listening him more...
Because he actually wrestled himself and in his prime was better than any of WWE's non-indy talent, and since then he's been learning about journalism from Meltzer and has access to Meltzer's sources and knowledege. The man knows more about pro wrestling than anyone other than Meltzer himself.
Found the Alvarez burner account.
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Bryan and Dave talk about things they’ve heard from industry insiders. Places like Whatculture and Cultaholic talk about the things they heard from Bryan and Dave. It’s a pretty huge difference.
1% things they’ve heard from people in the wrestling industry.
99% inane blathering, untested speculation, one-sided incomplete fantasy story arcs.