Observer vs PW Torch
By Scott Keith on February 3, 2014
Hey Scott,
I've been following your blog for the past year and I have a great respect for your opinion. All this network talk has me back into wrestling like I haven't been since the attitude area. I'm thinking about subscribing to one of the big newsletters… What can you tell me about Meltzer's Observer (which I see you reference often) vs Kell
er's Torch?
I can't really give you any insight into the Torch because I was only a reader very briefly in the Monday Night Wars era, but I've been a subscriber to the Observer basically since 1999, although I tend to enjoy the site more for the podcasts than the Observer itself these days. Dave used to be much more animated in his analysis of wrestling than he is now, and he certainly doesn't crack as many jokes and bust on guys who are terrible as he used to. Clearly he's as burned out on the sport as CM Punk is, but with the added problem of having to base his entire income on covering it. The discussions in particular on Daniel Bryan are really interesting, as Dave is very focused on house show numbers and merch sales alone in backing Vince's stance towards not pushing him as the top guy. Dave tends to drop a LOT of info into the radio show, given that we're paying for it and we don't need to be directed to the newsletter for the real scoops, which is nice.
As for the Torch, Keller and Bruce Mitchell are both great guys and there's some cool people who write for it, but I have no real experience with it and I hate their website layout anyway.
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