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ABOUT THE ONSLAUGHT...
Online Onslaught isn't
just a column title, any more... now it's a website!
I can trace my roots back to 1992, when I found
the newsgroup rec.sports.pro-wrestling, and began writing and
debating about wrestling with the group of hardcores who populated
the group.
But it wasn't until 1995 when I actually started
keeping a schedule and started a bona fide newsletter.
"The News From Dayton" was made possible mostly due to
the fact that Alex Marvez was slumming it in Dayton, OH, and
provided unique content that nobody else on the internet
had. With Alex's content and my packaging, the NFD was
pretty successful for about 2 and a half years, eventually
morphing into a website (instead of just being a newsletter).
Once Alex moved on from Dayton, I'd managed to
develop my own content, and re-branded my site as "Online
Onslaught." I was also lucky enough to be invited by
Mike "Micasa" Samuda to form WrestleManiacs, which
rapidly became one of the most successful independent wrestling
websites anywhere.
We were so successful in our first year of
business, actually, that SportsLine came sniffing around when they
decided to get into the wrestling business. WrestleManiacs
and SportsLine (and WOW Magazine, apparently) eventually teamed up to
create WrestleLine.
For another 2 and a half years, OO was a
featured column on WrestleLine. And then, in October 2001,
WL was shut down for good due to SportsLine's floundering
finances. OO was without a home for all of 24 hours.
The launch of OnlineOnslaught.com was a slow
process, but on December 1, 2001, the whole blasted thing was
finally up and
running, and at full speed. I'm happy to be back in the saddle, and even
happier to have some old pals along for the ride (along with some
new faces that I think will really impress you).
My goal has not changed any in the years since
I started: I've just increased my scope. Not only do I
want to do a column that is factually accurate, insightful, and
entertaining, but I want to provide other columns by other writers
who supply the same thing.
And most importantly, I never want to lose sight
of the fact that we are FANS. I don't cotton to the
"wrestling journalist" label, and hope that you'll
agree. The people who publish soap opera guides aren't
journalists, and neither are the people who are lucky enough to
get to write about pro wrestling for an audience.
It's ridiculous that this job exists...
but if somebody's gonna do it, why not me?
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