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Dave Scherer is an American sports writer and journalist,[1][2] best known for writing about professional wrestling for the ECW Magazine, New York Daily News,[3] World of Wrestling Magazine, 1Wrestling.com,[4][5] and founding the newsletter The Wrestling Lariat in 1995,[6][7][8] as well as the website PWInsider.com, which he created in 2004 when he left 1Wrestling together with several other reporters.[9][10][11]

Scherer played an important part in making Extreme Championship Wrestling noticed in the early 1990s through tape trading and gained a cult following among the hardcore ECW fans at the time when he appeared at the promotions shows.[12][13][14] Scherer later recused himself from covering ECW and helped the company in various capacities while still reporting with independent publications.[15][16] PWInsider is one of the most popular pro wrestling news websites,[17] and has been cited by CBS Sports as perhaps the most trusted source for wrestling news, despite Scherer not being a traditionally trained journalist.[18] The site has also been criticized for its liberal use of advertising, many of which are pop-ups, which has been blamed on Scherer.[19][20][21]

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  1. Castillo, Alfonso A. (July 14, 2007). "Wrestling murder-suicide: this wasn't in the script". Newsday. Retrieved April 14, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. Holzerman, Thomas (October 15, 2013). "Dress Up Your Roger Ebert in Tights and Sequins". The Classical. Retrieved April 14, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. "Latest By Dave Scherer". New York Daily News. May 18, 2007. Retrieved April 14, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. Powell, John (April 4, 2003). "\'Mystery\' writer plagues WWE". SLAM! Wrestling. Retrieved April 12, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  5. Jenkinson, Mike (June 13, 1999). "Sable suit sends signals: Dirty laundry case could wash out World Wrestling Federation". Edmonton Sun. Archived from the original on January 22, 2000. Retrieved April 12, 2018 – via Canadian Online Explorer.
  6. Staff. "PWINSIDER.COM STAFF". Pwinsiderxtra.com. PWInsider. Retrieved April 14, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  7. Scherer, Dave (posted by staff) (April 13, 2014). "ECW Barely Legal: Dave Scherer's Original Report From The Wrestling Lariat Newsletter". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved April 14, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  8. Keith, Scott (August 28, 2015). "The SmarK Rant for Monday Night RAW – 10.07.96". Inside Pulse. Retrieved April 14, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  9. Magee, Bob (February 2, 2004). "Major shakeup at one of wrestling's major newssites". Pro Wrestling Between The Sheets. As I See It. Retrieved April 14, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  10. Fiello, Chuck Jr. (January 28, 2009). "12 Reasons Why....Some Internet Wrestling Journalists Are Reliable". Bleacher Report. Retrieved April 14, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  11. Nation, Ryan (June 29, 2006). "Ohio promoter Nelson eyes bigger things". SLAM! Wrestling. Retrieved April 12, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  12. Jakielo, David (2006). College on the Rocks: A Collection of Humor Columns. Xlibris, Corp. p. 109. ISBN 978-1425716493.
  13. Real, Billy (May 4, 2017). "Getting To Know Pro Wrestling's Journalists". betwrestling.com. Retrieved April 11, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  14. Burgan, Derek (August 17, 2002). "Ripped from the Headlinez - Burgan brings the "Hype"". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved April 11, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  15. Staff (April 22, 2013). "NEW ECW DOCUMENTARY "Barbed Wire City" - Must-read supplemental Torch articles by Bruce Mitchell and Wade Keller on Kulas-New Jack incident". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved April 11, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  16. López, Adrián (May 15, 2014). "Vince Russo: "ECW no tuvo nada que ver con el nacimiento de la Era Attitude"". SoloWrestling. Retrieved April 11, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  17. Staff (May 26, 2017). "WWE Loses 20% Of Its Audience Since Last Year: PWInsider's Dave Scherer analyzes company failings in op-ed". WhatCulture. Retrieved April 11, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  18. Carroll, Chuck (July 13, 2017). "The Men Who Give Vince McMahon Gray Hair". CBS Sports. Retrieved April 11, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  19. Burgan, Derek (April 24, 2003). "Smackdown review: Burgan's Express v2.0". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved April 11, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  20. Nemer, Paul (March 2, 2009). "As I See It 3/2 2008". WrestleView. Retrieved April 11, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  21. "PWInsider: A First Step into the Unknown". May 3, 2015.

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