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Your mistake is in thinking Dave is this controller of what wrestling looks like.
Dave underrated every peak Ring of Honor match, refusing to give any of it 5 stars. Now all the Ring of Honor alumni are beloved and he gives five stars to them all.
I could see him having been a tipping point in New Japan being a hot topic for a few years in America, for example. But past that? Young Bucks being successful and beloved by all the smarks? Meltzer is just looking at the crowd losing their shit and rating accordingly.
It's not about two dueling figures jockeying for position on what wrestling looks like. The wave was gonna come regardless. You have one old man in Vince that refused to accept it and fought against it, and one old man in Dave who resigned himself to it.
