Dave Scherer

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Dave Scherer is the owner and head writer of the professional wrestling website PW Insider. Scherer started his site after having worked at 1wrestling.com, then owned by Bob Ryder and Joey Styles.

[edit] Career

Dave got his start in the wrestling industry writing for the newsletter Chairshots and through frequent postings, in RIME's pro wrestling conference and later on USENET's rec.sport.pro-wrestling newsgroup while working as a truck driver for Coca Cola. When Chairshots ceased publication, Dave started The Wrestling Lariat, a print newsletter which eventually became a staple of his work on wrestling websites 1Wrestling and PWInsider.

Dave interviewed with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in October 1999 about becoming managing editor for RAW Magazine but did not accept the position because he was happy in his position of being a reporter.

Dave also had a run with WOW Magazine, which was the first American "smart" wrestling magazine, as well as a weekly column for The New York Daily News.

In early 2004, PWInsider was launched, taking its name from the Pro Wrestling Insider internet radio show that Buck Woodward co-hosts with Paul Belfi on the sportstalkCLEVELAND Internet broadcast service to this day.

In late 2005, WWE's Jonathan Coachman called out Dave during the Coachcast on WWE.com, due to Dave calling Coach a "bad announcer." Coach shot at Dave for a few weeks before the issue was dropped. Dave initially didn't want to respond, however due to the amount of emails sent to him about the situation, he eventually posted a response to Coach on PWInsider.

Dave also posted a column for the professional wrestling and Mixed martial Arts publication, Fighting Spirit magazine

Dave was also a huge Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) fan, and used to sit in the bleachers and created a group called the bleacher bums, who were known for their creative chants. However, this is sometimes over-romanticized, as by 1997, Scherer and his group had left the bleacher area to sit on the stage area to watch the shows, so for much of ECW's existence, Scherer did not actually sit in the bleachers.