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Wrestling News & Rumours Thread ***NO CHAT***

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    #1112
    bot43
    Registered Users Posts: 779 ✭✭✭bot43


    Ah Rovert.

    What a guy.


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    #1113
    B.A._Baracus
    Registered Users Posts: 11,192 ✭✭✭✭B.A._Baracus


    bot43 wrote: »
    Ah Rovert.

    What a guy.

    Personally I think he is the very definition of a mark. Highly opinionated and know it all. But start talking about the inner workings of a match such as things like take a ****can, powder or international he'd be scratching his head then claim to know such things.

    I hate guys like that. Talk like they are such experts but have never actually done anything pertaining to said sport / industry.


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    #1114
    Bounty Hunter
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 22,730 Mod ✭✭✭✭Bounty Hunter


    I believe I was involved in Rovert being invited back after an initial ban and subsequently being banned again after numerous warnings during my time as a mod here and would usually ask people to avoid talking about posters who are not hear to respond / defend themselves... but I suppose this is slightly different as he is being quoted as a source and a supposedly very reliable one here and therefore is in some form part of the news being discussed.

    I will say this for the guy, he is very knowledgeable with regards PW and although you get the impression he is just regurgitating others stories instead of having the inside track / sources of his own or anything i'd have been happy for him to have stayed as part of our community if he wasn't constantly breaking the boards-wide don't be a d!ck rule, but alas he was.


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    #1115
    HanFiredFirst
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88 ✭✭HanFiredFirst


    I think it is fair now to discuss that Rovert Twitter account in the same way wrestling sources. Meltzer, Cornette etc get pillared for their reporting/random thoughts. So that Rovert twitter account can now be pillared as well as it is now being used as a trusted wrestling source by a media company and should be open to criticism, blacklass, scorn & ridicule like Meltzer, Cornette etc.


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    #1116
    grames_bond
    Registered Users Posts: 9,820 ✭✭✭grames_bond


    He claims to have some very good friends in AEW - but constantly sh!ts on the product and is delighted at the mere mention of it not doing well.

    He also claims he put in a good word with someone in WWE for Tim Thatcher and that's why he got called up!

    He ALSO claimed that AEW was going to lose in the ratings the week that NXT did the clip show (AEW blitzed that week as you would imagine)

    so yeah....I am leaning on the side of full of absolute ****!

    Also....
    HanFiredFirst wrote: »
    He admitted here before that he has never been to a live wrestling event ever and has never been outside Ireland.

    Seriously?!


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    #1117
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users Posts: 60,640 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    I asked him once how many NXT shows he has been at because he was talking like he was at all the NXT houses doing the Florida circuit.

    I actually think it was on the observer site that he said he had never been outside of Ireland to a show now that a few years ago before he was banned from there as well.
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Agent Coulson View Post
    Out of curiosity how many of these shows have you been to yourself?
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by rovert View Post
    I know a lot of people who have attended and wrestled on them. Was shocked to hear about the chants at Full Sail. The only town so far that there wasn't chants at Itami was Orlando.

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=92579206&postcount=973


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    #1118
    ThePott
    Registered Users Posts: 3,132 ✭✭✭ThePott


    Who exactly is this guy?
    What's he done wrong?


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    #1119
    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,892 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    ThePott wrote: »
    Who exactly is this guy?
    What's he done wrong?

    He was a regular poster here for years. Very knowledgeable, and very opinionated. Often posted genuine breaking news, but unfortunately never put the same effort into getting on well with others. Eventually got himself banned from Boards because of some nasty exchanges on Twitter.


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    #1120
    Monokne
    Registered Users Posts: 3,952 ✭✭✭Monokne


    Insect Overlord wrote: »
    He was a regular poster here for years. Very knowledgeable, and very opinionated. Often posted genuine breaking news, but unfortunately never put the same effort into getting on well with others. Eventually got himself banned from Boards because of some nasty exchanges on Twitter.

    Very fair synopsis.

    I never saw him on here but he was banned from The Observer board, which takes some doing, and he blocked me on Twitter because I said I thought he was harsh on Mauro Ranallo :confused:

    But he does break legit news.


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    #1121
    OneEightSeven
    Registered Users Posts: 1,340 ✭✭✭OneEightSeven


    The Rock's daughter is joining NXT:

    https://twitter.com/DanyGarciaCo/status/1226931368640167936


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    #1122
    ThePott
    Registered Users Posts: 3,132 ✭✭✭ThePott


    I do follow his twitter heard some rumours about him but who knows what's true or not.


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    #1123
    DM_7
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 18,314 Mod ✭✭✭✭DM_7


    OneEightSeven wrote: »
    The Rock's daughter is joining NXT:

    https://twitter.com/DanyGarciaCo/status/1226931368640167936

    That could be a big thing for them if she has half the talking ability of Rock.


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    #1124
    Monokne
    Registered Users Posts: 3,952 ✭✭✭Monokne


    DM_7 wrote: »
    That could be a big thing for them if she has half the talking ability of Rock.

    Curious to see if she picks it up. Couldn't be more bred into her really.


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    #1125
    sky88
    Registered Users Posts: 8,689 ✭✭✭sky88


    If she has an ounce of his charisma she’ll be great

    4th generation as well can’t think of any in wwe


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    #1126
    Officer999
    Registered Users Posts: 977 ✭✭✭Officer999


    Cody follows Rovert’s Twitter account I notice


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    #1127
    Monokne
    Registered Users Posts: 3,952 ✭✭✭Monokne


    Officer999 wrote: »
    Cody follows Rovert’s Twitter account I notice

    Hmm. Gonna check who else follows him now!


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    #1128
    Monokne
    Registered Users Posts: 3,952 ✭✭✭Monokne


    Monokne wrote: »
    Hmm. Gonna check who else follows him now!

    Lots of wrestling media types:
    John Pollock, Wai Ting, Conrad Thompson, The Lapsed Fan, Ryan Satin, Mookieghana (AEW's numbers guy), Jeremy Lambert (Fightful), Mo Chatra (Powerslam), Alex McCarthy (Talksport) etc. I got bored looking then but you get the point.

    Oh and the Hurricane which amused me :D


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    #1129
    gerrybbadd
    Registered Users Posts: 10,301 ✭✭✭✭gerrybbadd


    If you want the real "inside scoop" on Big Trev, pop his name into r/SquaredCircle over on reddit and search.

    A genuinely nasty piece of work, and this place is so much better now he's gone.


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    #1130
    Monokne
    Registered Users Posts: 3,952 ✭✭✭Monokne


    gerrybbadd wrote: »
    If you want the real "inside scoop" on Big Trev, pop his name into r/SquaredCircle over on reddit and search.

    A genuinely nasty piece of work, and this place is so much better now he's gone.

    He can be both a nasty piece of work and a viable source of information.

    You could say similar about Meltzer, to be honest.


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    #1131
    thebostoncrab
    Registered Users Posts: 3,491 ✭✭✭thebostoncrab


    Haven found myself on the other side of “debates” with him, it makes me even happier that I don’t pay attention to wrestling Twitter. I prefer getting my scoops from verified sources with real connections, not a sad, angry man behind a keyboard


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    #1132
    Monokne
    Registered Users Posts: 3,952 ✭✭✭Monokne


    thebostoncrab wrote: »
    Haven found myself on the other side of “debates” with him, it makes me even happier that I don’t pay attention to wrestling Twitter. I prefer getting my scoops from verified sources with real connections, not a sad, angry man behind a keyboard

    Wow, coming in hot at the Observer here. :eek:


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    #1133
    cian68
    Registered Users Posts: 894 ✭✭✭cian68


    More of a Drayme guy myself


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    #1134
    thebostoncrab
    Registered Users Posts: 3,491 ✭✭✭thebostoncrab


    Monokne wrote: »
    Wow, coming in hot at the Observer here. :eek:

    I’ll defend Uncle Dave until my dying day :P


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    #1135
    J. Marston
    Registered Users Posts: 23,174 ✭✭✭✭J. Marston


    She is the absolute bulb off her Dad...

    https://twitter.com/SimoneGJohnson/status/1226974898129600513?s=19


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    #1136
    Martin Tyler AgueroooOO
    Closed Accounts Posts: 333 ✭✭Martin Tyler AgueroooOO


    rovert is the classic throw as much ****e against the wall and see what sticks then claim he was right on everything. rovert tweets on average 125 tweets a day that is a tweet every 10 minutes for nearly a decade so he is bound to get somethings right.


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    #1137
    B.A._Baracus
    Registered Users Posts: 11,192 ✭✭✭✭B.A._Baracus


    Monokne wrote: »
    He can be both a nasty piece of work and a viable source of information.

    You could say similar about Meltzer, to be honest.

    I have said negative things about Meltzer before :p
    But credit where credit is due the man has earned a living through pro wrestling doing what he does.

    Having a Twitter account is nothing tho :pac:


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    #1138
    chopperbyrne
    Registered Users Posts: 11,005 ✭✭✭✭chopperbyrne


    I was an active poster (and viewer) when Rovert was on this board. This place sucked when he was here as every thread just descended into arguments with him.

    Good riddance.


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    #1139
    gerrybbadd
    Registered Users Posts: 10,301 ✭✭✭✭gerrybbadd


    chopperbyrne wrote: »
    I was an active poster (and viewer) when Rovert was on this board. This place sucked when he was here as every thread just descended into arguments with him.

    Good riddance.

    The place lost a few quality posters (some gone for good) due to Trev. I feel myself we have a good community here, and the experience is a whole lot more pleasant since he's gone.


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    #1140
    riffmongous
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,764 Mod ✭✭✭✭riffmongous


    chopperbyrne wrote: »
    I was an active poster (and viewer) when Rovert was on this board. This place sucked when he was here as every thread just descended into arguments with him.

    Good riddance.

    There was a similar poster on another thread a few weeks ago.. very similar


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    #1141
    chopperbyrne
    Registered Users Posts: 11,005 ✭✭✭✭chopperbyrne


    riffmongous wrote: »
    There was a similar poster on another thread a few weeks ago.. very similar

    Are you implying that I have two accounts?


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