Known for

Acting

Born

Oct 24, 1959 (67 years old)

Place of birth

New York, New York, U.S.

Dave Meltzer

David Allen Meltzer (born October 24, 1959) is an American journalist, author and historian who reports on professional wrestling and mixed martial arts. Since 1983, he has been the publisher and editor of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. He has also written for the Oakland Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, Yahoo! Sports, SI.com, and The National Sports Daily. He has extensively covered mixed martial arts since UFC 1 in 1993 and also covers it for SB Nation.

Titles

Dark Side of the Ring

Series • 2019

Mr. McMahon

Series • 2024

Beyond the Mat

Movie • 1999

Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows

Movie • 1998

Omega Man: A Wrestling Love Story

Movie • 2019

Andre the Giant

Movie • 2018

TMZ Presents: The Real Hulk Hogan

Movie • 2025

Nature Boy

Movie • 2017

The Life and Death of Owen Hart

Movie • 1999

The Nine Lives of Vince McMahon

Movie • 2022

This Is Wrestling: The Joey Ryan Story

Movie • 2019

I Never Quit: The Magnum T.A. Story

Movie • 2016

Barbed Wire City: The Unauthorized Story of Extreme Championship Wrestling

Movie • 2013