History Creator / ScottKeith

Scott Keith is a [[CanadaEh Canadian]] writer and reviewer of [[ProfessionalWrestling wrestling]] events. He is most well-known (and often hated) for his [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] style of match reviews as well as his star rating system.

* CanadaEh: Born, raised, and resides in Canada.

* DanBrowned: If he's mentioned at a "real" wrestling news site (ie, The Observer or The Torch), it's to point out how full of shit he is. His first two books are chock-full of bad "history", all presented as undisputed truth. We're talking about the man who routinely claimed that Raven and Paul Heyman were gay, that WCW "hid" payroll expenses by signing big names to contracts with Turner Broadcasting directly (Hogan yes, everyone else no), and constantly repeated mid-90s RSPW rumors as fact until many just assumed they were true.
* DeadpanSnarker: And HOW!

Scott's content can be found in the following places:

* DanBrowned: If he's mentioned at a "real" wrestling news site (ie, the Observer and the Torch), it's to point out how full of shit he is. His first two books are chock-full of bad "history", all presented as undisputed truth. We're talking about the guy who routinely claimed that Raven and Paul Heyman were gay, that WCW "hid" payroll expenses by signing big names to contracts with Turner Broadcasting directly (Hogan yes, everyone else no), and constantly repeated mid-90s RSPW rumours as fact until many just assumed they were true.
** To his credit, Keith has been up front in re-posted rants on how totally wrong he was on some "facts" and admitting his mistakes.

* NoIndoorVoice: A written, snarky example. Whenever something stupid is supposed to be exciting, Keith will describe it in all-caps.

** When a wrestler makes a comment that can be seen in another way: "I love shoot comments that aren't mean to be shoot comments."

!!! "Scott's TROPES OF DOOM!":

* CausticCritic: Earlier works, yes. However, in most of his newer reviews (and his 2011-13 Scott Says blurbs on older reviews), he has mellowed out dramatically. When doing his 2012 Scott Says rant re-repostings, he often calls himself out or makes fun of himself for being so volatile back then.

* DracoInLeatherPants: InUniverse example: Parodied without mercy in his ''[[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.sport.pro-wrestling.fantasy/_NTF0412VgU/pHF01DgY13QJ WCWF SummerSlam 1995]]''. It starts with a group of [[StrawCharacter political activists]] called [[FunWithAcronyms Women's Activists and Convicted Killers Organization]] protesting "something or other." Wrestling/MrFuji and his stable of {{Foreign Wrestling Heel}}s ([[Wrestling/JinseiShinzaki "The White Angel" Hakushi]], [[Wrestling/NikitaKoloff "The Russian Nightmare" Nikita Koloff]], [[Characters/WWENewGeneration "The Helsinki Hellraiser" Ludvig Borga]] and The Quebecers ([Wrestling/JacquesRougeau and [[Characters/WWENewGeneration Pierre Carl Ouellette]]) confront them. Fuji introduces Hakushi, and the activists talk like {{Smart Mark}}s about Japanese wrestlers' workrate and the quality of Japanese technology. He introduces Koloff, and they talk about how the end of the UsefulNotes/ColdWar must have depressed him. He introduces Borga, and they talk about the [[UsefulNotes/{{Finland}} Finnish]] UsefulNotes/IceHockey team's winning percentage at the UsefulNotes/OlympicGames. Finally, Fuji introduces The Quebecers, and they talk about how they must "feel so betrayed by the mainstream Anglophone population."
** Lampshaded by Fuji: "They're supposed to HATE us, not cheer us."

* DracoInLeatherPants: InUniverse example: Parodied without mercy in his ''[[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.sport.pro-wrestling.fantasy/_NTF0412VgU/pHF01DgY13QJ WCWF SummerSlam 1995]]''. It starts with a group of [[StrawCharacter political activists]] called [[FunWithAcronyms Women's Activists and Convicted Killers Organization]] protesting "something or other." Wrestling/MrFuji and his stable of {{Foreign Wrestling Heel}}s ([[Wrestling/JinseiShinzaki "The White Angel" Hakushi]], [[Wrestling/NikitaKoloff "The Russian Nightmare" Nikita Koloff]], [[Characters/WWENewGeneration "The Helsinki Hellraiser" Ludvig Borga]] and The Quebecers ([Wrestling/JacquesRougeau and Piere Carl Ouellette) confront them. Fuji introduces Hakushi, and the activists talk like {{Smart Mark}}s about Japanese wrestlers' workrate and the quality of Japanese technology. He introduces Koloff, and they talk about how the end of the UsefulNotes/ColdWar must have depressed him. He introduces Borga, and they talk about the [[UsefulNotes/{{Finland}} Finnish]] UsefulNotes/IceHockey team's winning percentage at the UsefulNotes/OlympicGames. Finally, Fuji introduces The Quebecers, and they talk about how they must "feel so betrayed by the mainstream Anglophone population."

* SmartMark: He even goes by the [[RedBaron nickname]] "The [=SmarK=]."

* LampshadeHanging: His apologizing for jokes that didn't work. An example, from the Doom (Wrestling/RonSimmons and Butch Reed) vs. [[Wrestling/TheHeadshrinkers The New Wild Samoans]] ([[Wrestling/{{Rikishi}} Fatu [Rikishi]]] and the Samoan Savage [The Tonga Kid/Islander Tama]]]) match in his [[http://www.kayfabememories.com/TapeReviews/starrcade/starrcade89-2.htm review]] of ''NWA [=Starrcade=] 89'':

* DracoInLeatherPants: InUniverse example: Parodied without mercy in his ''[[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.sport.pro-wrestling.fantasy/_NTF0412VgU/pHF01DgY13QJ WCWF SummerSlam 1995]]''. It starts with a group of [[StrawCharacter political activists]] called [[FunWithAcronyms Women's Activists and Convicted Killers Organization]] protesting "something or other." Wrestling/MrFuji and his stable of {{Foreign Wrestling Heel}}s ([[Wrestling/JinseiShinzaki "The White Angel" Hakushi]], [[Wrestling/NikitaKoloff "The Russian Nightmare" Nikita Koloff]], [[Characters/WWENewGeneration "The Helsinki Hellraiser" Ludvig Borga]] and [[Characters/WWETagTeams The Quebecers ([Jacques Rougeau and Piere Carl Ouelette])]]) confront them. Fuji introduces Hakushi, and the activists talk like {{Smart Mark}}s about Japanese wrestlers' workrate and the quality of Japanese technology. He introduces Koloff, and they talk about how the end of the UsefulNotes/ColdWar must have depressed him. He introduces Borga, and they talk about the [[UsefulNotes/{{Finland}} Finnish]] UsefulNotes/IceHockey team's winning percentage at the UsefulNotes/OlympicGames. Finally, Fuji introduces The Quebecers, and they talk about how they must "feel so betrayed by the mainstream Anglophone population."

* LampshadeHanging: His apologizing for jokes that didn't work. An example, from the Doom (Wrestling/RonSimmons and Butch Reed) vs. [[Wrestling/TheHeadshrinkers The New Wild Samoans]] ([[Wrestling/{{Rikishi}} Fatu [Rikishi]]] and the Samoan Savage [The Tonga Kid/Islander Tama]) match in his [[http://www.kayfabememories.com/TapeReviews/starrcade/starrcade89-2.htm review]] of ''NWA [=Starrcade=] 89'':