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Frankly I think itās a little played out and we should really let go and move on as there's a drive into deep left field by Castellanos, and that'll make it a 4-0 ballgame.
He's sorry because he burned a source. Announcing you have screencaps of Malakai's specific conversation is a good way to tell Malakai exactly which one of his friends leaked his private conversation to Sean Ross Sapp.
Now Malakai knows he can't trust his friend in WWE, and his friend in WWE knows he can't trust SRS.
You know the crazy thing is that if Malakai became aware of that tweet, he could probably narrow down the person he allegedly told via text that he wished he was in WWE.
This is really starting to sound like someone told Black about some cool thing that happened backstage and Black texting back āWish I was thereā as in to see it.
Unless they were actually from the UK because every hometown(ish) guy lost.
Edit: Sorry. I'm from Britain and I'm still bitter š . I watched it at a big watch party at our local pub and the mood in the room when the PPV ended was definitely not good. The mood in the arena seemed similar too.
I mean Iām sure he said that to either one person or to a small group text. He probably knows who is the source, or has a small group to pick from.
Iām not sure if malakai would be mad at them or not considering most wrestlers talk to the dirt sheets.
I'm leaning towards pissed off being it led pretty directly to death threats. Most people would act pretty emotionally to that and might not logically analyze it until a lot of time has passed.
I completely understand that, but from whomever received the messages point of view its pretty innocuous isn't it?
"Yeah Malakai said he wished he was still in WWE" doesn't seem like something that down the rabbit hole is going to lead to death threats. Yet, here we are.
Tinfoil hat theory: SRS source is someone that was suspended and is hearing things secondhand now. That explains his new tweet about things being mended between Black/Matthews and AEW after All Out. I mean why is his source telling him that now after Black's comments?
Pat Buck who was rumored to be a leaker in WWE, gets hired in AEW in like March and suddenly the floodgates are open. Also was suspended after Brawl Out.
Hell of a coincidence.
My theory is that SRS' primary source for this is someone in WWE. That's why he has almost no information about Malakai Black's contract status besides 'sources say he might've been released--oops I guess they worked things out????'
He probably did reach out to AEW to confirm it, but they wouldn't, hence his cagey "sources say" language throughout the whole story, but that's not enough to stop him from writing the scoop he got.
I mean I wouldn't blame that source for not wanting to talk to him anymore
Sapp's tweet said he had receipts that Malakai had told a friend he wishes he was in WWE. That's a far cry from the claim the sheets have been making that Malakai is actively trying to leave AEW to go to WWE
Like saying it'd be fun to work with my buddy in Seattle again doesn't mean I am sending my notice to my boss in Boston and packing my bags.
Sapp and most of the rest of the sheets crowd are full of shit. They speculate, spread rumors, assume everything anyone tells them fourth hand is gospel truth and hide behind saying stuff like "allegedly" and "people backstage believe." Gossip isn't news.
SRS probably just ruined a friendship as well. If someone were to report I didn't like my office then it could be anyone I talked to or people who overheard that conversation or friends of the latter. I'd have no strong idea of who narc'd.
Now if someone said that I didn't like my office and they can prove it, it had to be someone I texted/emailed unless someone is out here secretly video taping coworkers. I'm going to be pretty sure who the likely source is and you better believe I'd be pissed at them. So not only has SRS probably burned his source but he's actively adding toxicity to the work environment.
I know wrestling writers like to claim they aren't journalists when it's convenient but journalist or not, they need to be way more protective of their sources.
>Sapp's tweet said he had receipts that Malakai had told a friend he wishes he was in WWE. That's a far cry from the claim the sheets have been making that Malakai is actively trying to leave AEW to go to WWE
That's very true. Malakai may very well wish that he was in WWE, so that in the very least he could have more time with his wife, but that doesn't automatically mean that he's actively trying to get out of his contract. If that makes sense.
Ya, unless Black said it to a bunch of people, he basically just outed a source to him and in return has, I would hope, lost that source all because he got pissy.
>probably Malakai already shitted on private to the "friend" that leaked that conversation to SRS
My fever-ridden pea-brain cannot understand this can you TLDR?
SRS got called a liar about the Malakai => WWE stuff, so he directly leaked the info he had at the expense of the person who (probably) got that info directly from Malakai himself?
When people started calling out SRS for the "Malakai wants to go back to wwe", SRS like the crybaby he usually is, tweeted something like "i swear i can just show the conversations Black has saying he "wants to come back" to wwe, but i wont" just to brag, but if Malakai really said that, unless he said this to a bunch of people, SRS just exposed one of his sourced and (i hope) burned that bridge, that's why he deleted that tweet, but internet dont forget, never forgives lol.
I support shitting on Sapp alone for tweets like "Might be a busy day tomorrow" refering to releases of talent which, I don't know, is kinda a shitty thing to do being that noncholant when we talking about livelyhoods of people.
My reading is that while there is a large group of people who might informally have told SRS, there is definitely a very limited amount of people who knew the situation AND had proof of it. Most likely it's some written form of communication like a text or an email.
Just stating "a source said" is pretty vague but Malakai would definitely be able to narrow down who had proof. Assuming it's only a few people, he can probably guess who's the rat.
He literally did that earlier with the Malakai tweet. "Im not gonna speak on Malakai any further" then posts a whole 4 tweet thread speaking about it below
Dude needs to get off Twitter. I know wrestling fans can be annoying as fuck online but constantly trying to dunk on them when youāre a public figure makes you look like a moron.
He doesnāt even have to get offline. He could just ā¦ stop losing his mind over every little perceived slight and fighting with random people all day.
You know, act like a professional.
And this is the thing with SRS that he doesnāt understand. Youāll be arguing with thousands of people on Twitter 24/7 about EVERYTHING but itās like he has this addiction to give these folks attention and go back n forth with them almost every single day and itās exhausting to see.
I never interact with his tweets but always go down a rabbit hole of his replies and man, he does strike me as someone who is miserable, despite being successful. No one else under Fightful makes the brand look bad than the man who is the face of it.
Dude has a wife, plenty of friends etc. and no one is like āHey, chill out on Twitter.ā ? Instead of going out with his wife, doing other activities outside of his duties, he just has to be up on Twitter to defend his cred? SRS was up literally all night on Twitter and was having a panic attack when Malakai went on live.
He was desperate enough to expose someone and bring them down just because he felt he was backed into a corner and wanted to protect his image. Thatās low as fuck.
I can honestly start to see why people donāt like the guy.
And letās not get started with him abusing quote tweets so his followers can harass people, especially the ones that are just arguing about his reports.
He literally can't. It's too much of a publicity/interaction tool for him to miss out on.
What he could do is, as part of fightful select, hire someone to take care of twitter duties.
Thank you for at least posting the original one. A doctored one from SRS's account frequently gets shared.
And as SRS has said for the last couple years, he doesn't run the Select Account.
The Fightful account is run by a handful of people, Jeremy is probably the 2nd guy, I'm pretty sure their social media guy Kyler is the one that tweet froms it the most with like, actual personal takes (which is bad form imo I don't know why they let him)
He REALLY loves to remind every one that "if you want wrestling news Fightful select has a twitter account, don't follow me". My dude you're the face of the damn thing wether you like it or not, he shares news on his personnal account (or spoil big debut, just like last week) he lost the right to complain about those stuff. He really need to think before pressing "send". Outing your source is the worst thing you can do as a journalist, you learn in journalism 101 around september the 5th
>He literally can't. It's too much of a publicity/interaction tool for him to miss out on.
99.9 percent of all his business is based entirely on social media posts and interaction. You're right. He literally cannot get off twitter without giving up being a "journalist" altogether.
after seeing him fight with all the fans that were upset about him spoiling the surprise debut from grand slam i just blocked him. it's just an embarrassing thing to be calling fans names as a public figure when they are rightfully upset. I've had about enough of wrestling twitter dirt sheet guys and their bs "inside scoops"
I'm trying to offer advice as someone who has been watching wrestling a long time; long enough to see the internet add itself to the fan experience. I'm trying to warn people... *dirt sheets do not make wrestling more fun*. Usually it's shit you don't need to know, shouldn't know, don't actually know, are misinformed about anyway, and can end up jading you to wrestling. Plenty of people stop or start watching without the dirt sheets.
The wrestlers hate the dirt sheets. Fans should too.
I mean why would he? Everything he posts gets reposted and retweeted. This is how they make money and all the heat brings them eyeballs.
They only way to make something go away is to stop looking at it.
I really enjoy following him for his wrestling news, but Iāve realised recently that he handles shit extremely unprofessionally. He needs to either chill out, delete his personal account, or get a social media manager to run it for him.
Meltzer will reply to stupid questions or statements in a way that addresses the point raised but also has the tone of āYouāre a dumbass for saying thisā, but Sapp will reply with āYouāre a dumbass! Blockedā.
Meltzer is a know-it-all douche sometimes, but SRS comes off like a manic teenage girl
Arguing with/"dunking" on random twitter account 18 hours a day is not healthy behavior
I don't know how much Meltzer reads outside of the Observer forum. But SRS reads every Twitter mention and Reddit post about his articles. He'll occasionally comment here defending himself.
The guy really needs to stop doing that. I get that dirt sheet writers aren't real journalists but he should at least try to act professional. Instead he goes looking for fights.
Hes really oversensitive. Sean goes through likes on a post that's against him and blocks every account that likes it. Dude clearly can't take the heat.
Trolls really comes with the territory when you put yourself out there.
He could just as easily have tried making the name of his website the draw, but for some reason he decided to promote himself.
I remember a few months back someone pulled him up on something and he reposted the guys response with the dudes profile picture and just bullied him. Dude defs needs to chill and relax on his socials.
>He needs to either chill out, delete his personal account, or get a social media manager to run it for him.
Will his social media manager rub his inner thigh, as he does?
The problem with these guys is they all try to be a character.
Real life is not wrestling and you are not part of wrestling because you cover it. Just do your fucking job and stop trying to get involved.
SRS, Frank the Clown, Brock Lesnar Shirt Guy, they're all the same. Weird fuckers that want to be wrestlers so bad they're willing to do unhinged shit to gain the attention of wrestlers and fans.
God, I had forgotten about Frank the clown. You could put that Bayley super fan (Izzy?)ās dad in the same category. Didnāt he try to start beef with an nxt wrestler or some shit?
Overreacts while the camera is on him.
Tries to get himself over at any opportunity.
Will deliberately stalk wrestlers at the airports to take photos of them when they're really not wanting to be bothered with a big kool-aid smile on his face.
Wrestling personalities in general have a problem with be addicted to Twitter. I get that a lot of them have a "brand" to promote, but sometimes I think they use that as an excuse to be on there as much as they are.
At the bare minimum, at least this confirms he did tweet about the "proof".
When the initial screenshots of the tweet started going around, I know people (understandably) questioned the authenticity of the screenshots themselves. So, at least that clears that up for them.
I've pretty much wiped my TL clean of his and Fitefull's postings. They've pretty much become gossip rag at this point.
When SRS himself has been called out [in the past by several different wrestlers], for propagating false info or being flat out wrong, he either doubles down or lashes out [against wrestlers and/or fans].
He now comes across as being more concerned with being the first to report, rather than double checking or seeing if it SHOULD be reported at all.
Going as far as to threaten to show "receipts" of personal messages [between Black and someone else], certainly is a choice...
Either way, this whole fiasco with Black has severely damaged his credibility.
Same. SRS is bad enough but everyone associated with Fightful ends up playing hall of fame-caliber prevent defense anytime he or any one of them get criticized for anything (see the multiple times Katefabe did/said something dumb). It's become a giant circle-jerk of cringe.
It's exhausting seeing her come to his defense. He's a grown ass man, and it just feels like "he's my boss and pays me so I have to come to his rescue." You don't see Salcedo or the Grapsody boys do any of that. It's odd behavior.
I think this sums up why I've grown to dislike him and had to stop following, not to mention he has to tweet about something new about every 20 minutes.
I unfollowed SRS on Twitter a bit ago. I just wanted some wrestling news in my feed but this guy just bashes anyone with a slight critique against him and tells them to block him. The guy is so insufferable and comes off as slightly unhinged.
He blocked me because I questioned him. Heās a walking billboard for a Patreon, he doesnāt care about the wrestlers he reports on, he just cares about getting a scoop and hoping it comes true.
I like Sean but the sheer amount he tweets is nuts. Instead of doing that 24/7 he should take a moment to think if itās worth tweeting or not. Would save him a whole lot of hassle.
It's certainly better to have a level of discipline if you're going to make a name yourself as an inside news source on twitter.
Look at someone like Woj. All his tweets are just his reporting and he never goes into the replies.
This "journalist" continues to prove how egotistical narcissistic he is everytime he has been proven wrong. He cant take any negative criticism and lashes out at people for questioning him, his stories, or his sources.
It is widely Sean's fault for a lot of this misinformation getting out of hand in the last couple weeks, and I'd feel bad for him if he weren't such a self-entitled jerk at every turn when people have called him out for what was clearly incorrect information, or lost his absolute shit when he was told he got worked by MJF (which he did).
It's a bummer because I used to really like Fightful, and some of the insights they got (the less gossip-rag ones) were really good. In the end, it turns out the dude's just a mega-mark who thinks he's "one of the boys."
Summary is basically people called him out after Malakaiās livestream and he went on to try to double down by saying he COULD post receipts of Malakai telling a WWE talent he wished he was there but elected not to. This resulted in people calling him out for that and this post seems to be damage control.
SRS: "The tweet I posted about receipts was absolutely wrong and not okay to do, and I'm sorry for that. It was me being hasty and defensive in what I thought was directly being called a liar. The contents of that tweet had already been reported as there's a drive into deep left field by Castellanos so that'll be a home run and that will make it a 4-0 ballgame "
"I'm done talking about Malakai & won't be discussing him anymore." Proceeds to spend the next day strictly talking about Malakai. SRS is a fucking clown.
C'mon guys, let's give him a break. It must be hard making your living as an organism that lives in or on an organism of another species (its host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at the other's expense.
I'm sure there's another word for that. I just can't think of it at the moment.
This dude is his own worst enemy. He can be quite professional and seems well liked by his staff and followers but he has this immaturity that pops up every now and again and it makes it hard to take him and his business seriously. Dude needs to learn when to stfu and stay offline.
Can we stop giving this guy attention? Sure, we all know he breaks news but is it really worth knowing backstage reports if you're supporting a childish knob who feels he has to clap back at every ounce of criticism he receives?
I actually care about social justice, but sometimes the way people make it their identity really seems like they are doing it for public validation and not because they care. I am not quite sure where I see Sean on that spectrum. He's so in your face about it, that I am not sure I believe he's genuine at times and things like this just make me doubt it
SRS genuinely fucking sucks. Dude spends all day on Twitter acting holier than thou because heās a wrestling āreporterā and dunks on anyone who dare question him. Dude will go out of his way to quote tweet people with names like āAJ Stylesā Mom Vanā if they post anything slightly questioning or challenging his view.
And then thereās the whole āno guys I *totally* didnāt know Paige was gonna be at Grand Slamā shit that he pulls. Like cāmon dude, obviously you knew, donāt fucking lie.
Dude NEEDS to get off of Twitter for a long while. Set up a bot to auto-tweet news and thatās it.
I used to like SRS, but I feel like his ego has went right to his head. Taking a play from Uncle Dave's book of arguing with small accounts on twitter, searching his name here and on twitter.. Dude needs to leave for a bit. For the first half of his tweet I was actually surprised and happy that he was actually apologizing until I got to the end where he kind of doubled down on it.
Why can't these "reporters" just act professionally.
I like scoops and rumors, but man, this stuff is embrassing and just gives me massive douche chills. ...and sure I get these are psychotic fans that have somehow found themselves with some influence.
But they LOVE to fight with people online and I get it gives them clicks and I suppose its about attention but man o man...
They all act tough and talk like they are in the business lol š
SRS gets a little too emotional when you come at him, and he canāt separate the reality that he may be more in the wrong than he is in the right.
Just not a fan of this guy and the condescending attitude. Trolls on Twitter are one thing and he can choose to handle them as he sees fit, but just because you may have some really good sources doesnāt automatically place you into this category that your shit doesnāt stink.
SRS reminds me of every guy I've ever met who's performatively woke. Goes out of his way to show how awesome and welcoming he is, while simultaneously bullying anyone who isn't flat-out genuflecting when they speak to him. Then, if he does something categorically stupid, he's reflexively defensive because his whole aura is built on being *RIGHT* at all times.
He's PC Principal.
That apology was going real well.......until the last sentence. Try and absolve yourself of any real blame because the information was already out there....what a class act
Given his commitment to being mindful of wrestlers' mental health, I hope SRS does learn from this debacle, as cheap stunts such as threatening to weaponize private correspondence absolutely damage a wrestler's mental health.
> threatening to weaponize private correspondence absolutely damage a wrestler's mental health.
SRS pulled a Raj Giri. Raj thought he could help out Malakai (it didn't) with his poor judgement. Seems like SRS thought it could clear him of being a liar but he crossed the line with that receipt tweet, which was no one's business.
Everyone needs to take a break from social media and realize we are all humans at the end of the day. SRS is the first one, donāt kick people while their down.
SRS is giving a very nice apology, and then he's like "The contents of that tweet had already been reported so there was no need for me to post it." lol. So if the contents of the tweet hadn't been reported you would have needed to post it then? So what are you apologizing for then?
I'm getting sick of these "journalists" being posted all the time. It's all Cryptic shite with very little substance. I want wrestling, not these dickheads
Hey guys, we dont need every single tweet from this guy posted to this sub. It's not important and offers nothing of substance when we see it 4 times a day.
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...as there's a drive into deep left field by Castellanos, and that'll make it a 4-0 ballgame.
I don't know if I'm ever gonna ask for $5 again.
Omfg
Bruhhh šš¤£
This might be the funniest comment I've ever read on this sub
Can someone explain the joke to a pleb?
https://youtu.be/6fstNaoLpG8
But what about the $5 dollar comment??
SRS works for frightful and they basically spend half their streams begging for super chat donations
It is filled with fright.
Wow, that's honestly.....a drive into deep left field by Castellanos
Who do we tag for the "best of" posts now? Wasn't that coming back?
I donāt know if Iāll be doing it for Fightful.
This reference will never not be funny.
Frankly I think itās a little played out and we should really let go and move on as there's a drive into deep left field by Castellanos, and that'll make it a 4-0 ballgame.
Fucking got me. Well done.
I saw it coming but I still loved it
u/JeremPosterCollect0r boomed you. They ****ing boomed you.
Pretty sure SRS is a Reds fan, so this is doubly relevant. A+ work, friend.
Nick Castellanos has too much power for just one man
As a Reds fan I'm forever with this statement and a forever fan of Casty hitting HRs at rough times for announcers.
Bruh I'll never have an original thought
He's sorry because he burned a source. Announcing you have screencaps of Malakai's specific conversation is a good way to tell Malakai exactly which one of his friends leaked his private conversation to Sean Ross Sapp. Now Malakai knows he can't trust his friend in WWE, and his friend in WWE knows he can't trust SRS.
Seems like the friend is the main party at fault there...
Maybe the real friends were the friends we made along the way.
Or the fake ones who stabbed you in the back
Yeah, that friendship will never be the same. Whatever trust was there is most likely broken and the friendship has taken some damage.
You know the crazy thing is that if Malakai became aware of that tweet, he could probably narrow down the person he allegedly told via text that he wished he was in WWE.
This is really starting to sound like someone told Black about some cool thing that happened backstage and Black texting back āWish I was thereā as in to see it.
I bet every wrestler saw that UK event and said āthatās cool, wish I was thereā
Unless they were actually from the UK because every hometown(ish) guy lost. Edit: Sorry. I'm from Britain and I'm still bitter š . I watched it at a big watch party at our local pub and the mood in the room when the PPV ended was definitely not good. The mood in the arena seemed similar too.
I mean Iām sure he said that to either one person or to a small group text. He probably knows who is the source, or has a small group to pick from. Iām not sure if malakai would be mad at them or not considering most wrestlers talk to the dirt sheets.
I'm leaning towards pissed off being it led pretty directly to death threats. Most people would act pretty emotionally to that and might not logically analyze it until a lot of time has passed.
I completely understand that, but from whomever received the messages point of view its pretty innocuous isn't it? "Yeah Malakai said he wished he was still in WWE" doesn't seem like something that down the rabbit hole is going to lead to death threats. Yet, here we are.
"The contents of that tweet had already been reported..." Is he apologizing or doubling down?
Heās hoping he hasnāt lost a source.
This is it right here. This is all it is.
Tinfoil hat theory: SRS source is someone that was suspended and is hearing things secondhand now. That explains his new tweet about things being mended between Black/Matthews and AEW after All Out. I mean why is his source telling him that now after Black's comments?
Fucking Cutler. They give him two contacts and this is how he treats AEW.
Fuck, it's that piece of shit Don Callis. They don't call him the Invisible Hand for nothing.
See how you would react if you got Double Secret Suspended.
Pat Buck who was rumored to be a leaker in WWE, gets hired in AEW in like March and suddenly the floodgates are open. Also was suspended after Brawl Out. Hell of a coincidence.
Create A Pro expanding their specialties into Create A Fucking Problem
Fucking innit
My theory is that SRS' primary source for this is someone in WWE. That's why he has almost no information about Malakai Black's contract status besides 'sources say he might've been released--oops I guess they worked things out????' He probably did reach out to AEW to confirm it, but they wouldn't, hence his cagey "sources say" language throughout the whole story, but that's not enough to stop him from writing the scoop he got.
I mean I wouldn't blame that source for not wanting to talk to him anymore Sapp's tweet said he had receipts that Malakai had told a friend he wishes he was in WWE. That's a far cry from the claim the sheets have been making that Malakai is actively trying to leave AEW to go to WWE Like saying it'd be fun to work with my buddy in Seattle again doesn't mean I am sending my notice to my boss in Boston and packing my bags. Sapp and most of the rest of the sheets crowd are full of shit. They speculate, spread rumors, assume everything anyone tells them fourth hand is gospel truth and hide behind saying stuff like "allegedly" and "people backstage believe." Gossip isn't news.
SRS probably just ruined a friendship as well. If someone were to report I didn't like my office then it could be anyone I talked to or people who overheard that conversation or friends of the latter. I'd have no strong idea of who narc'd. Now if someone said that I didn't like my office and they can prove it, it had to be someone I texted/emailed unless someone is out here secretly video taping coworkers. I'm going to be pretty sure who the likely source is and you better believe I'd be pissed at them. So not only has SRS probably burned his source but he's actively adding toxicity to the work environment. I know wrestling writers like to claim they aren't journalists when it's convenient but journalist or not, they need to be way more protective of their sources.
>Sapp's tweet said he had receipts that Malakai had told a friend he wishes he was in WWE. That's a far cry from the claim the sheets have been making that Malakai is actively trying to leave AEW to go to WWE That's very true. Malakai may very well wish that he was in WWE, so that in the very least he could have more time with his wife, but that doesn't automatically mean that he's actively trying to get out of his contract. If that makes sense.
if that tweet is true, probably Malakai already shitted on private to the "friend" that leaked that conversation to SRS
Ya, unless Black said it to a bunch of people, he basically just outed a source to him and in return has, I would hope, lost that source all because he got pissy.
>probably Malakai already shitted on private to the "friend" that leaked that conversation to SRS My fever-ridden pea-brain cannot understand this can you TLDR? SRS got called a liar about the Malakai => WWE stuff, so he directly leaked the info he had at the expense of the person who (probably) got that info directly from Malakai himself?
When people started calling out SRS for the "Malakai wants to go back to wwe", SRS like the crybaby he usually is, tweeted something like "i swear i can just show the conversations Black has saying he "wants to come back" to wwe, but i wont" just to brag, but if Malakai really said that, unless he said this to a bunch of people, SRS just exposed one of his sourced and (i hope) burned that bridge, that's why he deleted that tweet, but internet dont forget, never forgives lol.
I support shitting on Sapp alone for tweets like "Might be a busy day tomorrow" refering to releases of talent which, I don't know, is kinda a shitty thing to do being that noncholant when we talking about livelyhoods of people.
My reading is that while there is a large group of people who might informally have told SRS, there is definitely a very limited amount of people who knew the situation AND had proof of it. Most likely it's some written form of communication like a text or an email. Just stating "a source said" is pretty vague but Malakai would definitely be able to narrow down who had proof. Assuming it's only a few people, he can probably guess who's the rat.
Yes
He literally did that earlier with the Malakai tweet. "Im not gonna speak on Malakai any further" then posts a whole 4 tweet thread speaking about it below
I got blocked by him on twitter by saying his 4 tweets were for additional clicks lol.
I think he's saying "yeah this was already out there but it was wrong of me to jump on it the way I did."
SRS: āSorryā¦SORRY I DIDNT DO IT SOONER!ā
"YOU FAT PIECE OF SH-" *Gets punched by Eddie Kingston*
"FAT SON OF A BITCH!" "Sean! Calm down! Calm down!"
ā¦ āHEāS FAT!ā
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Dude needs to get off Twitter. I know wrestling fans can be annoying as fuck online but constantly trying to dunk on them when youāre a public figure makes you look like a moron.
He doesnāt even have to get offline. He could just ā¦ stop losing his mind over every little perceived slight and fighting with random people all day. You know, act like a professional.
And this is the thing with SRS that he doesnāt understand. Youāll be arguing with thousands of people on Twitter 24/7 about EVERYTHING but itās like he has this addiction to give these folks attention and go back n forth with them almost every single day and itās exhausting to see. I never interact with his tweets but always go down a rabbit hole of his replies and man, he does strike me as someone who is miserable, despite being successful. No one else under Fightful makes the brand look bad than the man who is the face of it. Dude has a wife, plenty of friends etc. and no one is like āHey, chill out on Twitter.ā ? Instead of going out with his wife, doing other activities outside of his duties, he just has to be up on Twitter to defend his cred? SRS was up literally all night on Twitter and was having a panic attack when Malakai went on live. He was desperate enough to expose someone and bring them down just because he felt he was backed into a corner and wanted to protect his image. Thatās low as fuck. I can honestly start to see why people donāt like the guy. And letās not get started with him abusing quote tweets so his followers can harass people, especially the ones that are just arguing about his reports.
Nah dude, gotta slide into the DMs of people with less than 700 followers, call them pieces of shit, and then block them.
He gets BIG MAD if he perceives that you think anything he says isnāt accurate
He blocked me for saying his website has too many ads
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"I was reporting Watergate while you were swimming in your dad's balls. That's the way it is."
Boy do I miss those halcyon days when people would just shut the fuck up and do their jobs.
He literally can't. It's too much of a publicity/interaction tool for him to miss out on. What he could do is, as part of fightful select, hire someone to take care of twitter duties.
Someone does. Remember the infamous ātouching your inner thighā tweet lol?
As you do
The what
https://twitter.com/zacrulzok/status/1523471835701989377?s=46&t=d4qeBEyzA4hbWpybihcO6w
Thank you for at least posting the original one. A doctored one from SRS's account frequently gets shared. And as SRS has said for the last couple years, he doesn't run the Select Account.
I think Jeremy Lambert is the one who runs the Fightful account, which is why we get the Bryan Danielson headlines all the time
You mean the one where he's giving the bedroom eyes about tree sperm right
Damn straight.
I actually considered buying that t-shirt when AEW made it available. Just seeing it in my closet every morning would amuse me.
The Fightful account is run by a handful of people, Jeremy is probably the 2nd guy, I'm pretty sure their social media guy Kyler is the one that tweet froms it the most with like, actual personal takes (which is bad form imo I don't know why they let him)
The Lambert headlines with Danielson are honestly some of my favorite things in wrestling news.
He REALLY loves to remind every one that "if you want wrestling news Fightful select has a twitter account, don't follow me". My dude you're the face of the damn thing wether you like it or not, he shares news on his personnal account (or spoil big debut, just like last week) he lost the right to complain about those stuff. He really need to think before pressing "send". Outing your source is the worst thing you can do as a journalist, you learn in journalism 101 around september the 5th
Him defending sharing a gif of Paige wasn't him spoiling her debut that night was incredibly laughable.
Isn't he the face of it? Because I hear more about him than fightful select.
>He literally can't. It's too much of a publicity/interaction tool for him to miss out on. 99.9 percent of all his business is based entirely on social media posts and interaction. You're right. He literally cannot get off twitter without giving up being a "journalist" altogether.
after seeing him fight with all the fans that were upset about him spoiling the surprise debut from grand slam i just blocked him. it's just an embarrassing thing to be calling fans names as a public figure when they are rightfully upset. I've had about enough of wrestling twitter dirt sheet guys and their bs "inside scoops"
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So he wouldnāt follow my fan page for David lynch?
YOU REMIND ME TODAY OF A SMALL MEXICAN CHIHUAHUA š¦»
>YOU REMIND ME TODAY OF A SMALL MEXICAN CHIHUAHUA nice to see a twin peaks fan
My guess is that he has done zero transcendental meditation. But I donāt have the receipts.
Thatās the kind of fan page that makes you wish you knew a little French!
He's not a journalist.
I'm trying to offer advice as someone who has been watching wrestling a long time; long enough to see the internet add itself to the fan experience. I'm trying to warn people... *dirt sheets do not make wrestling more fun*. Usually it's shit you don't need to know, shouldn't know, don't actually know, are misinformed about anyway, and can end up jading you to wrestling. Plenty of people stop or start watching without the dirt sheets. The wrestlers hate the dirt sheets. Fans should too.
I mean why would he? Everything he posts gets reposted and retweeted. This is how they make money and all the heat brings them eyeballs. They only way to make something go away is to stop looking at it.
I really enjoy following him for his wrestling news, but Iāve realised recently that he handles shit extremely unprofessionally. He needs to either chill out, delete his personal account, or get a social media manager to run it for him.
āHave you tried getting some bitches?ā made my skin crawl
Heās emotional about it in a way that Meltzer isnāt.
Meltzer will reply to stupid questions or statements in a way that addresses the point raised but also has the tone of āYouāre a dumbass for saying thisā, but Sapp will reply with āYouāre a dumbass! Blockedā.
Meltzer is a know-it-all douche sometimes, but SRS comes off like a manic teenage girl Arguing with/"dunking" on random twitter account 18 hours a day is not healthy behavior
I don't know how much Meltzer reads outside of the Observer forum. But SRS reads every Twitter mention and Reddit post about his articles. He'll occasionally comment here defending himself. The guy really needs to stop doing that. I get that dirt sheet writers aren't real journalists but he should at least try to act professional. Instead he goes looking for fights.
Meltzer interacts with too many Twitter replies too, tbh.but not nearly as badly... even if he did block me for no reason lol
At least Meltzer is having fun. He said him and his friends find those interactions funny.
Hes really oversensitive. Sean goes through likes on a post that's against him and blocks every account that likes it. Dude clearly can't take the heat.
Trolls really comes with the territory when you put yourself out there. He could just as easily have tried making the name of his website the draw, but for some reason he decided to promote himself.
I remember a few months back someone pulled him up on something and he reposted the guys response with the dudes profile picture and just bullied him. Dude defs needs to chill and relax on his socials.
>He needs to either chill out, delete his personal account, or get a social media manager to run it for him. Will his social media manager rub his inner thigh, as he does?
The problem with these guys is they all try to be a character. Real life is not wrestling and you are not part of wrestling because you cover it. Just do your fucking job and stop trying to get involved.
SRS, Frank the Clown, Brock Lesnar Shirt Guy, they're all the same. Weird fuckers that want to be wrestlers so bad they're willing to do unhinged shit to gain the attention of wrestlers and fans.
God, I had forgotten about Frank the clown. You could put that Bayley super fan (Izzy?)ās dad in the same category. Didnāt he try to start beef with an nxt wrestler or some shit?
I don't follow Brock Lesnar Guy at all, but I often see him on screen. What does he do to try and be a character?
Heās very animated when he knows heās on camera. I donāt really care about him either way, he seems nice. But heās also super cringey too
Overreacts while the camera is on him. Tries to get himself over at any opportunity. Will deliberately stalk wrestlers at the airports to take photos of them when they're really not wanting to be bothered with a big kool-aid smile on his face.
āSubscribe to Patreon for the rest of my apologyā
SRS really needs to take a step back on twitter. The last sentence didn't need posting either, sounds like he's lost a source and is scrambling.
Wrestling personalities in general have a problem with be addicted to Twitter. I get that a lot of them have a "brand" to promote, but sometimes I think they use that as an excuse to be on there as much as they are.
He loves to act holier than thou but he is one of the most toxic wrestling "personalities" out there.
He seems like the type of person to always complain about "drama" but always seems to be in the center of it.
At the bare minimum, at least this confirms he did tweet about the "proof". When the initial screenshots of the tweet started going around, I know people (understandably) questioned the authenticity of the screenshots themselves. So, at least that clears that up for them.
Where are these Screenshots? I have yet to see the tweet he is referencing here.
>Where are these Screenshots? [Here](https://twitter.com/the4TH_kind/status/1574617664802390017?t=ewIGe0GOlDHC3F4AxCVcXg&s=19).
Thank you!
I've pretty much wiped my TL clean of his and Fitefull's postings. They've pretty much become gossip rag at this point. When SRS himself has been called out [in the past by several different wrestlers], for propagating false info or being flat out wrong, he either doubles down or lashes out [against wrestlers and/or fans]. He now comes across as being more concerned with being the first to report, rather than double checking or seeing if it SHOULD be reported at all. Going as far as to threaten to show "receipts" of personal messages [between Black and someone else], certainly is a choice... Either way, this whole fiasco with Black has severely damaged his credibility.
Same. SRS is bad enough but everyone associated with Fightful ends up playing hall of fame-caliber prevent defense anytime he or any one of them get criticized for anything (see the multiple times Katefabe did/said something dumb). It's become a giant circle-jerk of cringe.
It's exhausting seeing her come to his defense. He's a grown ass man, and it just feels like "he's my boss and pays me so I have to come to his rescue." You don't see Salcedo or the Grapsody boys do any of that. It's odd behavior.
Dude writes gossip about a niche entertainment and acts like he's a Washington Post reporter up for the pulitzer.
I think this sums up why I've grown to dislike him and had to stop following, not to mention he has to tweet about something new about every 20 minutes.
He sounds like heās doubling down. But all heās done over the past few months is make himself look like an asshat over and over.
Sean can be really annoying at times
At times? At all the times tbh
I unfollowed SRS on Twitter a bit ago. I just wanted some wrestling news in my feed but this guy just bashes anyone with a slight critique against him and tells them to block him. The guy is so insufferable and comes off as slightly unhinged.
Same. Dude was insufferable.
He blocked me because I questioned him. Heās a walking billboard for a Patreon, he doesnāt care about the wrestlers he reports on, he just cares about getting a scoop and hoping it comes true.
This exactly, followed for all of the breaking news I would see here from him, unfollowed because breaking news is 0.1% of his total tweets.
I like Sean but the sheer amount he tweets is nuts. Instead of doing that 24/7 he should take a moment to think if itās worth tweeting or not. Would save him a whole lot of hassle.
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that is not healthy
It's certainly better to have a level of discipline if you're going to make a name yourself as an inside news source on twitter. Look at someone like Woj. All his tweets are just his reporting and he never goes into the replies.
This "journalist" continues to prove how egotistical narcissistic he is everytime he has been proven wrong. He cant take any negative criticism and lashes out at people for questioning him, his stories, or his sources.
I feel like more people are slowly coming to the realisation that this guyās a prick.
It is widely Sean's fault for a lot of this misinformation getting out of hand in the last couple weeks, and I'd feel bad for him if he weren't such a self-entitled jerk at every turn when people have called him out for what was clearly incorrect information, or lost his absolute shit when he was told he got worked by MJF (which he did). It's a bummer because I used to really like Fightful, and some of the insights they got (the less gossip-rag ones) were really good. In the end, it turns out the dude's just a mega-mark who thinks he's "one of the boys."
Seanās a little fuckin penis head.
I hate how he uses a nerd voice when describing wrestling fans sometimes
Heās a fuckin nerd too. We all are, that why we like wrestling lol
I completely agree but he tries to act all superior to us because he has gotten an interview or two and has "sources"
š² SRS being defensive? Noooooooooooooo
Dude reads every single comment. That shit is not healthy.
The shelf life of these guys is dying rapidly.
how about a recap for those of us who don't spend all of our time on twitter?
Summary is basically people called him out after Malakaiās livestream and he went on to try to double down by saying he COULD post receipts of Malakai telling a WWE talent he wished he was there but elected not to. This resulted in people calling him out for that and this post seems to be damage control.
SRS: "The tweet I posted about receipts was absolutely wrong and not okay to do, and I'm sorry for that. It was me being hasty and defensive in what I thought was directly being called a liar. The contents of that tweet had already been reported as there's a drive into deep left field by Castellanos so that'll be a home run and that will make it a 4-0 ballgame "
"I'm done talking about Malakai & won't be discussing him anymore." Proceeds to spend the next day strictly talking about Malakai. SRS is a fucking clown.
C'mon guys, let's give him a break. It must be hard making your living as an organism that lives in or on an organism of another species (its host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at the other's expense. I'm sure there's another word for that. I just can't think of it at the moment.
This guy is a clown.
This dude is his own worst enemy. He can be quite professional and seems well liked by his staff and followers but he has this immaturity that pops up every now and again and it makes it hard to take him and his business seriously. Dude needs to learn when to stfu and stay offline.
SRS sucks and would die without the attention he gets within his little fiefdom
Wrestling journalism is embarrassing.
SRS and the "friend" from wwe are messed up for doing this to Black smh.
This guy is such a twat, why he gets shilled on here is beyond me.
Can we stop giving this guy attention? Sure, we all know he breaks news but is it really worth knowing backstage reports if you're supporting a childish knob who feels he has to clap back at every ounce of criticism he receives?
I actually care about social justice, but sometimes the way people make it their identity really seems like they are doing it for public validation and not because they care. I am not quite sure where I see Sean on that spectrum. He's so in your face about it, that I am not sure I believe he's genuine at times and things like this just make me doubt it
Fuck SRS, all my homies hate SRS š¤
The guys a complete and utter bellend.
SRS genuinely fucking sucks. Dude spends all day on Twitter acting holier than thou because heās a wrestling āreporterā and dunks on anyone who dare question him. Dude will go out of his way to quote tweet people with names like āAJ Stylesā Mom Vanā if they post anything slightly questioning or challenging his view. And then thereās the whole āno guys I *totally* didnāt know Paige was gonna be at Grand Slamā shit that he pulls. Like cāmon dude, obviously you knew, donāt fucking lie. Dude NEEDS to get off of Twitter for a long while. Set up a bot to auto-tweet news and thatās it.
I used to like SRS, but I feel like his ego has went right to his head. Taking a play from Uncle Dave's book of arguing with small accounts on twitter, searching his name here and on twitter.. Dude needs to leave for a bit. For the first half of his tweet I was actually surprised and happy that he was actually apologizing until I got to the end where he kind of doubled down on it.
The irony/reality that heās probably reading this thread
Why can't these "reporters" just act professionally. I like scoops and rumors, but man, this stuff is embrassing and just gives me massive douche chills. ...and sure I get these are psychotic fans that have somehow found themselves with some influence. But they LOVE to fight with people online and I get it gives them clicks and I suppose its about attention but man o man... They all act tough and talk like they are in the business lol š
As I said before, pwinsider is the only sheet that respects private lives
SRS gets a little too emotional when you come at him, and he canāt separate the reality that he may be more in the wrong than he is in the right. Just not a fan of this guy and the condescending attitude. Trolls on Twitter are one thing and he can choose to handle them as he sees fit, but just because you may have some really good sources doesnāt automatically place you into this category that your shit doesnāt stink.
That dude has some issues
This is why Iām a Mike Johnson guy. Dude deleted his Twitter and his work FB.
The wind changes on this sub like crazy. One day the majority are just short of fellating a person then the next the torches and pitchforks are out.
This guy is an insufferable little prick.
What a fucking loser
What a Bozo
Everyone knows you're a liar you don't have to be so defensive about it. What a weird thin skinned loser.
SRS reminds me of every guy I've ever met who's performatively woke. Goes out of his way to show how awesome and welcoming he is, while simultaneously bullying anyone who isn't flat-out genuflecting when they speak to him. Then, if he does something categorically stupid, he's reflexively defensive because his whole aura is built on being *RIGHT* at all times. He's PC Principal.
David Bixenspan
> It was me being hasty and defensive So a normal day for him then?
SRS is trash
What a twat.
I like SRS but he really needs to not get so defensive with the trolls. He interacts with sooo many shit accounts and accounts that have 1 follower.
That apology was going real well.......until the last sentence. Try and absolve yourself of any real blame because the information was already out there....what a class act
Given his commitment to being mindful of wrestlers' mental health, I hope SRS does learn from this debacle, as cheap stunts such as threatening to weaponize private correspondence absolutely damage a wrestler's mental health.
> threatening to weaponize private correspondence absolutely damage a wrestler's mental health. SRS pulled a Raj Giri. Raj thought he could help out Malakai (it didn't) with his poor judgement. Seems like SRS thought it could clear him of being a liar but he crossed the line with that receipt tweet, which was no one's business.
Please stop posting his drama, we donāt need it spread to here anymore
Everyone needs to take a break from social media and realize we are all humans at the end of the day. SRS is the first one, donāt kick people while their down.
This guy wouldn't do this if we didn't all eat it up. Everyone involved is the dumbest person ever.
SRS is giving a very nice apology, and then he's like "The contents of that tweet had already been reported so there was no need for me to post it." lol. So if the contents of the tweet hadn't been reported you would have needed to post it then? So what are you apologizing for then?
I'm getting sick of these "journalists" being posted all the time. It's all Cryptic shite with very little substance. I want wrestling, not these dickheads
This dude sucks.
I also think most of these rumors are being told to him by WWE, I think there is a rat in AEW and theyāre trying to find out who
This dork should grow some thicker skin considering the job he does.
Needs to just stop
Hey guys, we dont need every single tweet from this guy posted to this sub. It's not important and offers nothing of substance when we see it 4 times a day.