'ObsessedWithWrestling' changes to Online World of

[Ken Ivory]

Brad Dykens sent in the following press release:

IMPORTANT CHANGES FOR OBSESSED WITH WRESTLING.COM

If you've ever used OWW as a reference for your work, your hobby, or to fill some personal leisure time - please take a minute to read the following notice and post it on your respective websites, myspaces pages, message boards, blogs, etc etc etc and help get the word out about this important change in one of the biggest wrestling websites on the internet.

Press Release: May 6, 2007

Effective immediately:

NEW WEBSITE NAME: The Online World of Wrestling

NEW WEBSITE URL: www.onlineworldofwrestling.com

NEW WEBSITE EMAIL: [e-mail]

Several years ago during OWW's infancy, I allowed someone who claimed to be my "friend" to purchase the Obsessedwithwrestling.com domain name for me because I was TOO CHEAP to do it myself. I accepted his seemingly gracious offer without thinking of future ramifications that might possibly arise. Four years later that misallocation of trust has bitten me right on the arse. This so-called "friend" always assured me that if I ever wanted to take control of the OWW domain name he would hand it over to me no questions asked. He said, and I quote "I didn't purchased to the domain for you to some day hold it hostage." Well as OWW evolved into a world wide internet phenomenon this idiot developed a false sense of self-importance. Several months ago I finally asked him to relinquish control of the domain and wouldn't ya know it the dumb bastard turned heel on me and decided to hold it hostage.

Taking control of the domain was required for an important business arrangement that I was working on with a company in California called Black Pants Inc. Not being able to secure ownership of the domain name that he purchased (but I built) was putting the deal in serious jeopardy. Negotiations continued between myself and BPI and thankfully they did not hold this minor speed bump against me. They modified their proposal and we implemented a new strategy for taking "OWW" to the next level. We purchased a new domain name and renamed the site to "Online World of Wrestling."

It's unfortunate that one egomaniac tried to stand in the way of OWW's growth and development, but fortunately for everyone else, the world's greatest wrestling website will continue to thrive under a new and improved moniker. Personally, I prefer the new name over the old name, as it sounds a heck of a lot more professional. Plus we get to keep the "OWW" initials!

Thank you to everyone for their continued support, and I encourage everyone to help spread the word about these changes on all your respective websites, message boards, and chat rooms. Feel free to post this press release in your public forum of choice or forward it to all your wrestling fan friends.

Be sure to update your bookmarks (on your browser), address books (in your email), mailing lists (to which I belong), and web links (on your websites). I have created over 30 new banners which can be used on your websites and whatnot.

www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/oww/linkexchange.html

To all the wonderful radio shows that I have worked with over the years, please help by broadcasting this news to all your listeners for the next several weeks – unfortunately your promotional ads will have to be updated.

For everybody who regularly contributes content to the website please make sure you send items to the new email address or your valuable input will be lost somewhere in cyberspace. The new address is [e-mail] - should be easy to remember!

It's going to take some time to remove all remnants of the old name from the website, so I call upon you, the reader, to keep your eye open and please email me at [e-mail] if you see an image or some text that needs to be updated. For example the "Obsessed With Wrestling Hall of Fame" has been renamed to the "Online World of Wrestling Hall of Fame" - and the splash page and top banner has been redesigned.

God bless you all for your support and I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Together we can make sure the Online World of Wrestling takes over right where Obsessed With Wrestling left off. It will take a few months to re-establish our reputation with Google and all the other search engines. Even before this announcement was made public, the new domain was beginning to show up on randon Google searches. That's a good sign! I am confident that OWW's popularity will make for a very smooth transition. Thank you for your time and I look forward to going into the future with you!

Brad Dykens (Editor & Chief - http://www.OnlineWorldOfWrestling.com)

From Wrestleview.com

[rubberchix]

I got bored, give me the jist.

[Ken Ivory]

For those of you with low attention spans:

obsessedwithwrestling.com is now onlineworldofwrestling.com due to domian name ownership issues.

[Square]

They changed the URL to onlineworldofwrestling.com

[willywonka666]

i could never access the site by typing in the address, I always had to do a search or click a link

[jobber2thestars]

Same site, just a different name. Thats cool.

[What?]

Sounds better anyway.

[LuckyD 8402]

what said:

Sounds better anyway.

I agree with that as well. I always felt a little uncomfortable with the big "OBSESSED WITH WRESTLING" font being on there while I was reading something if others were around.

[Mister Yummy]

I hope they don't sell out...that "Taking control of the domain was required for an important business arrangement that I was working on with a company in California called Black Pants Inc." kinda made me nervous. I also hope he doesn't block the web archive like a certin other webmaster who I've forgivven by now.

[seanwalsh]

I'm glad that going to the page is still the same experience - this was not one of these ploys to introduce tons of advertising and pop-ups like many other wrestling sites.

It's literally the same site.

[Palatial Regalia]

Sounds like to me he didnt want to pay off his friend. It sounds like his friend was his primary investor of OWW and was being cut out of the deal.

[Deleted]

I hate internet sites and reporters try to make these type of situations seem like wrestling storylines.

Your changing your websites name, WOW who cares?

[THE REDNECK BADASS]

Just want to put my 2 cents in this matter while I working for another promotion and I was teaming up with Balls Mahoney and we lost the match and we had to disband as a tag team anyhow in that contract it didn't say a damn thing about me and Balls just whipping some ass

But in all serious about this matter I kinda like it and I hope they can get a new crew their to keep on Updating stuff on their

[jobber2thestars]

ecwmarksince1997 said:

Just want to put my 2 cents in this matter while I working for another promotion and I was teaming up with Balls Mahoney and we lost the match and we had to disband as a tag team anyhow in that contract it didn't say a damn thing about me and Balls just whipping some ass

But in all serious about this matter I kinda like it and I hope they can get a new crew their to keep on Updating stuff on their

I'd like to congratulate you for creating the most incoherent run on sentence in the history of the written word. Seriously though, in what fed did you tag with Balls?

[What?]

ecwmarksince1997 said:

Just want to put my 2 cents in this matter while I working for another promotion and I was teaming up with Balls Mahoney and we lost the match and we had to disband as a tag team anyhow in that contract it didn't say a damn thing about me and Balls just whipping some ass

But in all serious about this matter I kinda like it and I hope they can get a new crew their to keep on Updating stuff on their

Look at the shameless name dropping! It doesn't pertain to this story whatsoever but you still got to mention the fact that you tagged with Balls Mahoney. I salute you.

[Apple Pi]

i tagged with frank gotch back in '34. astrodome. ninety two million people in the building alone. he hit me with two canadian destroyers and threw me off a scaffolding. he thought all the people were there to see him. that man couldn't draw flies

[What?]

ballerandrollin said:

i tagged with frank gotch back in '34. astrodome. ninety two million people in the building alone. he hit me with two canadian destroyers and threw me off a scaffolding. he thought all the people were there to see him. that man couldn't draw flies

I laughed out loud reading this, bwahaha. ;D

[stevierichardsfan]

man i been on that site for four years.I found it on atenas site and bene on in since

[Spyke the Pacers Fan]

ballerandrollin said:

i tagged with frank gotch back in '34. astrodome. ninety two million people in the building alone. he hit me with two canadian destroyers and threw me off a scaffolding. he thought all the people were there to see him. that man couldn't draw flies

You win teh internet +1.

[kenwell]

kenivory said:

This so-called friend always assured me that if I ever wanted to take control of the OWW domain name he would hand it over to me no questions asked. He said, and I quote "I didn't purchased to the domain for you to some day hold it hostage"

Anyone other than me find this part of the explanation confusing as hell? By reading that, it sounds like to me that Dykens was trying to hold his buddy hostage, and his buddy realized that he could just take his ball and go home.