Both Rusev and Ryback piled on Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter this week. Rusev said he was a liar and hellbound, and Ryback said the world would be better off if the reporter died. They were strong and controversial words from the former WWE wrestlers, and now Jim Cornette has surprisingly come out in defense of the reporter during the latest edition of his podcast, the Jim Cornette’s Drive-Thru.
The reason Cornette standing up for Meltzer wasn’t to be expected because the pair are no longer buddies after falling out over differing opinions of AEW and Meltzer comparing the Midnight Express to The Young Bucks, which to Cornette is abhorrent. He’d first take aim at Rusev and then Ryback, deriding them both for only working the WWE system and saying Meltzer knows more about the wrestling business than the pair combined.
Rusev or the other f*cking guy they’re just lucky anyone’s talking about them. Let’s face it, what the f*ck? We’re not talking about Bruno Sammartino or Buddy Rogers.
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Meltzer has yet to comment on the wrestler’s attempts to discredit him, but will surely be pleased Cornette stood up for him despite their animosity towards each other. Perhaps this will eventually lead to a reconciliation of old friends.
