I'm similar to Cornette in terms of my opinion about Meltzer.
He lost himself somewhere around late 2010s.
Everyone knew he spread fakes from time to time but you know "journalism" is that thing so for the most part people memed it and there were times where even Dave had a nice laugh about his flops during WOR shows.
Ever since Omega and Bucks got exposition in Bullet Club he lost something.
His star ratings were good for the most part, this is something I was always okay with. He went off the rails since Omega vs Okada matches.
Cornette said somewhere that Dave told him such things as "6 or 7 stars" he will only grant if the match was 10/10 as well as the story.
So you know the deal he started to handle out 5 and above stars for matches only.
For example. Gargano vs Adam Cole should be a 6 star because the match was epic and the story too but he only gave it a 5.
Now for the Devil's opinion:
He really fucked Meltzer up with this one because it's true^ As much as I have neutral feelings towards Russo he spit there.