Well, hello my faith-fuls... as if writing one column (okay, two counting the Cena one) would actually net me a faithful following. Perhaps I'm just being wishful because I recap ByteThis! and nobody reads me. Picture, if you will, an imaginary "IWC Totem Pole". Now, see that lowest level? I'm two rungs underneath that. So, since I pump out four columns a week that nobody gives a sh** about, I make up for it by posting an editorial every two months in which I make myself seem really important. Hey, it works for Paris Hilton. Wow, has it been two months already? I tell you, it sure doesn't feel like it - but more on that later. Before I dive into the what-have-yous, it is my professional duty to tell you about all the goodies you may have missed over the holidays!!!

First and foremost, be sure to check out the OnlineWorldofWrestling Year End Awards! I did not get a vote in this, and thus, any disagreements you may have with it may be directed at Brad. And on that subject, Brad, why exactly didn't I get a vote? Nobody likes a dictator.

Official Columnist (OC) Johnny LaRue is back in good health, and takes a look at the failure that was The WBF. Personally, I was overseas at the time and had never heard of it. Sounds like I lucked out.

Kirsty had her bi-monthly OWW Editorial. She praised me. A lot. Buttering JT up = required reading, people! You want to read Kirsty anyway, because she does amazing things over at NZPWI.com; including talking to people I would never be able to talk to even if I was Meltzer... okay, that perhaps was a stretch, but you get the idea.

OC Matthew Geddes touches on something I think we all can relate to in his column titled Non-Believers. What kills me is when I drag my father to a wrestling show, and he spends the evening pointing out how they fake it. "Hello dad, I'm a columnist in the IWC... I'm AWARE of how they do it!".

Another OC of ours, Colm Kearns dropped part 3 of [unspecified] in his multi-article covering of the History of the Intercontinental Title. It's a good read, and a good dose of history.

The readers seemed to truly enjoy a piece about The Crusher: Reggie Lisowski by OC Langdon Beck. I edited that column, and must agree that it was one fine piece of literature. Think Samoa Joe - 50's version. Langdon also has had a change of heart regarding Jamie Noble.

OC Jacob Kuhn wrote an article defending Jeff Jarrett. A bunch of people disagreed with him. Shocker. Who says internet wrestling fans aren't predictable? I don't agree 100 % with all of his comments, but I agree with the general message he was sending. More on that later.

Of course, as you know, we're not all official columnists! We take reader submissions as well, and we have quite a few of those to mention!

First up, Bobby Lange looks at the career (to this point) of Victoria. The Widow's Peak is one of the most devastating moves in all of wrestling, and it's a shame I don't see it enough. But this isn't about me; go read Bobby!

Steven P. takes a look at Big Show and Kane as a "tag team". I use quotations because it's the E, and I'm making a snicker.

Does the Hulkster still have it? That is the question posed by Justin P. From the looks of the feedback, no. We'll see about that when forty thousand people are marking the f*** out on April 2nd in Chicago.

Peter Le wraps up his breakdown of TNA with the Tag Team Division. You should check out his X-Division and Heavyweight Division columns as well. Once you have, you should be all set to enjoy TNA goodness.

We received a really well written... wait, did I just say "really well written"... the Hell? How did I get this job again? What I meant was, we received a very very well written article on Kurt Angle (part 1) from a kid named James Ahsan. He's 14, and puts a lot of our writing to shame. How does that make ya' feel, old man?

Jose Perez is calling you all out for your complaining-slash-taking-for-granted-ness towards wrestling. Personally, I enjoyed the article and also learned that I am never, ever moving to Spain.

Should Chris Jericho be the next RAW GM? Well, Amanda Peterson seems to think so, and I second that! Assuming he would be an active wrestler / GM.

And finally, Anthony Peterson tells us why Samoa Joe inspires him. A good read, and you're right, Joe is a beast. Now if he'd just talk more... oh.

Ahhhh, HTML is fun isn't it kids? Don't worry, it's okay that you don't get it. You don't spend thirty hours a week on the net doing it. Just trust me: It's a b**ch. Now that we have that out of the way, let's get to it!!!

First, I would like to completely bore you by bringing you up to date on what's been going on with me. I'll start by mentioning that since Brad doesn't pay me nearly enough to be a full time employee here, I'm in currently in the midst of a twenty-one day work streak without a single day off. Yay. The holidays were absolutely insane for me ...at least, I think they were. I've been known to tip back a beer or seven now and again, and a few specific holidays were no exception.

I'm told I had a wonderful New Year.

I've continued by multi-tasking over at 411mania.com, and would suggest anyone who hasn't seen it yet to mosey over and check out the new format. As you can probably figure out if I have an editorial, I'm also continuing my editing responsibilities here at OWW. For the record, I do still thoroughly enjoy playfully, completely-innocent-because-I-know-her-husband-reads-this flirting with Kirsty; and giving Brad sh** is always fun, so why stop now? In related news, in an attempt to sabotage my safety, Kirsty's husband pointed out to me that my hired Bodyguard - Pacific - was an alcoholic, and had to be fired. Fortunately for me though, I was able to call in a few favors, pull a few strings, and retain the services of his completely sober brother, Atlantic.

As we learned last time, I'm a huge fan of Christian; and in fact, have spoken with him since the last time we had this little chat. I owe that completely to Kirsty, and all I had to do was promise her my first born. A fair trade, indeed. In an attempt to stay on topic, I'll share why I brought Christian up. I got some feedback from the last column, and am going to use it to dive right into the column! First up we have Phil, who wanted to hit the hard topics right away:

"Just read your column James and this is the second time ever were I had to email the author and tell him what a FANTASTIC job he did. It takes a lot to blow me away, but you did it with ease. I haven't laughed out loud as much reading a column ever. I myself am no stranger to the world of lengthy columns, but yours was truly a pleasure to read. The sarcasm through out reminded me a lot of myself and was brilliantly done. Two columns of mine that if you haven't read yet that I know you would love are, "The Best of Times" and "RAW Frustration". Read these two and you will find we are very much alike especially in "RAW Frustration". I used a lot of sarcasm and for the most part people loved it. Have fun at the Survivor Series and if you see Vince or Stephanie PLEASE flip them off once for me. This will mark the first time in history that I will not be ordering the Series. I was on the fence and then when WWE named Davari as the referee to what could have been the best match of the night I told myself, "Don't order it because you are going to just be pissed when it's over!!" If you do take a sec to read my columns that I mentioned, send me an email and let me know what you think. Given you have 1/63 power at OWW, feel free to post this endorsement of yourself below the column. Looking forward to your next one James, DON'T CHANGE YOUR STYLE AT ALL!!! It's magic.

Phil T"

....okay, so maybe I just threw one in there to appease my ego and feel all warm and fuzzy inside. I'll try to be serious.

Next up was Adrian. We're actually going to get into several parts of Adrian's email, but there is one particular portion I need to get out of the way immediately.

"P.S., I know you're not a fan of the guy but I must admit I find it funny that the Boogeyman seems to get his kicks off of scary the mess out of people...although maybe I'm looking at his gimmick in the wrong manner".

First of all, looking at the Boogeyman in ANY manner is the wrong way to look at his gimmick. Want to look at something when he's on TV? Look at your refrigerator door opening because it's time to get a damn snack. But, I'm going to save the Boogeyman for the WWE portion of this. For now, I'll leave it in the hands of my good buddy Geoff Eubanks, who covers the SmackDown! 3R's over at 411:

"The Boogerman is coming to get JBL...?! - Wow, when he says he's coming to get us, he's not kidding, is he? This program is going to be a cornucopia of AWFUL. Just as I thought they figured out that JBL has become at least a capable enough performer such that, as long as he's paired up with solid talent and is kept away from the WHT, he's not as bile-inspiring as he was during the program with Eddie Guerrero, but if THIS is the plan, they may as well exhume Eddie and let JBL go at him the way he did Matt Hardy tonight and at the PPV. And PLEASE don't send in hate mail over that tongue-in-cheek comment which was simply a euphemism for how much I value this Boogeyman, both as a performer and a character, and most certainly NOT meant in ANY way to disrespect one of the greatest and my own very favorite performers of all time in Eddie...I'm suggesting that Eddie STILL could get more out of JBL than The Boogeyman will ever be able to...as a matter of fact, and here's a chilling thought, folks...JBL's going to be the polished hand in this program...chew on THAT, worm breath. As a matter of fact, if you're one of these f***tards who's bringing signs to the arena like "I came to see The Boogeyman" and "Boogeyman 4 President", not only are you more harmful to the business than any perceived poor-taste comment I could ever make, you're part of the whole problem WWE is currently experiencing and I'll even go so far as to say that you're not a wrestling fan. Go to the f***ing circus and stop encouraging Vince's insanity. If more people stood up and said, uh, NO, then maybe we'd have a better overall product. Worked on the f***ing Juniors, didn't it?"

No retort necessary. The man clearly speaks for both of us just fine. Adrian also gave me:

"Dear James Tomlison

I just read your editorial and it was so good...and funny that I couldn't stop laughing. You seem to have the same sense of humor I do, as well a lot of the same opinions about wrestling that I share as well. Anyway, I know you're a busy man but I wanted to your opinions on two things

2. The low number of black superstars in wrestling.

Please respond when you can and thank you for your time

Adrian Cotton"

To be honest, I don't think it's because of any of the reasons that it used to be. Twenty years ago, it probably really was black men were held down because they were black. But times are different, and Vince has been around black people all his life. I think now more than anything it's the fact most black athletes do not want to be wrestlers. They want to play professional sports. It's a craft they can learn young and hone for years before ever reaching the big time. You don't exactly have little league wrestling available. Are there some politics still involved? I'm sure there are, but I no longer think it's a case of promotions just flat out turning people away anymore simply because they're black. Not only that, Booker was one of the most over WCW Champions in history. I don't think Vince is ignoring this, I just think that there hasn't been a right time, and that Stephanie is busy bending the industry over and f***ing it in the a**.

I don't mean to get off topic, but my father was hired seven years ago by a man. A man who knew his business. My father was part of a four man team that was considered the best IT crew in the entire state of Michigan. Five years later, he handed control over to his daughter. Within the last two years, all four of those men have been let go, and replaced by younger guys who don't know sh** but work for much less. I tried to tell my dad I knew exactly what that was like. He says to me "you couldn't have the slightest clue".

Oh, really...

Now that I've rambled entirely too much, those of you paying attention will have noticed that - that was Adrian's second topic. Adrian, you're first?

ADRIAN: TNA.

Well, FINALLY! We're going to talk some wrestling, and it's about damn time! I never even realized I didn't say a word about TNA in my last editorial until Adrian pointed it out to me, so I suppose I've got a lot to cover.

Dear Readers,

FYI: That is not an open invite to email me telling me everything I failed to talk about.

Love,
JT

The truth is I like TNA, and liked them long before Christian ever made the jump. In fact, I used to watch even when it had the terrific 3 p.m. time-slot on Fox Sports. Clearly, they felt it was the bread and butter of their programming.

It's been a couple of years now, but I'm still adjusting to the six-sided ring. I have no issues with it; it's just that for some reason, the angles I see on TV make it seem too small. All one has to do though is watch a match or three, and clearly, it in no way takes away from anything. Plus, it allows easy set-up for one of my favorite finishers, the Pounce.

There are times when Don West makes me want to shoot a dose of valium into his arms so he'll calm the f*** down, but the Professor Mike Tenay manages to keep me sane enough to not get too distracted from the show.

Of course the big news this week coming out of TNA was the debut of Sting at Final Resolution. A decent Pay-Per-View, but people seem to forget what's REALLY important in all this... Christian Cage is 4 - 0 in TNA

...what?

I don't have as many problems as most seem to have with Jeff Jarrett. With every successful title defense, he draws more and more heat on him; and if you ask me, has successfully managed to attain a current level of heel heat that is completely unmatched by any wrestler in any other promotion in the world. Say what you want but that is a serious accomplishment. And what the Hell people? Can somebody tell me ONE thing wrong with the word "Slapnutz"?... it's funny, rolls off the tongue easily, and never gets stale. If anything is stale about Jeff Jarrett, it's that God awful haircut and out-dated fashion sense. Speaking of which, who in creative thought it was a good idea that every hot chick sans Traci Brooks should be involved with Jeff Jarrett? Is he drinking some kind of magical "I got massive game" juice that I'm unaware exists? Hold on, I need to check something...