Scherer & Woodward leave 1W

[Guest hunger4unger]

From PWBTS.com:

 

A major shakeup occurred today at one of professional wrestling's major websites, 1wrestling.com.

 

It was announced today that 1wrestling.com will be losing at least four of its major name staff/reporters; as Dave Scherer, Buck Woodward, and noted and respected independent wrestling reporters Mike Johnson and Jess McGrath are leaving the website to form and staff a new website to be called PWInsider.com, which is set to officially open on Saturday, February 1st.

 

In the statement announcing the "staff changes" that appeared this afternoon on 1Wrestling.com, Bob Ryder and Joey Styles thanked Dave Scherer for "his contributions to the site" and "wished him the best of luck in the future". They gave no such thanks to the other departing staff members.

 

Along with Scherer, Paul Belfi, President of SportsTalkCleveland (associated with Cleveland's WKNR 850 AM), is leading the development of the new website. Belfi has prior involvement with this staff, as his SportsTalkCleveland.com currently hosts the Pro Wrestling Insider wrestling radio show, hosted by Belfi, Dave Scherer, and Buck Woodward.

 

While those leaving 1wrestling.com have made no public comment, sources from the new website have said off the record that there has been dissatisfaction behind the scenes at the destination website for some time now, a belief that may be borne out by the fact that the PWInsider.com site had been registered back in the summer of this past year.

 

The first public notice of this situation occurred last week when Dave Scherer noted on 1wrestling.com that he would be absent for several days due to a "personal situation". The "personal situation" may or may not have been the rumored request for Scherer to take a 15% major pay cut, reported to me last week by a former news contributor to 1wrestling.com.

 

Another factor that may have moved along the shakeup may have been the sale of a controlling interest last week by majority owner Bob Ryder to 1wrestling.com co-partner Joseph (Joey Styles) Bonsignore.

 

The departure of these reporters will significantly affect the operation of this major wrestling news site, as those leaving the website have been the bedrock of the 1wrestling.com reporting staff over the last seven years.

 

Dave Scherer founded The Wrestling Lariat in 1995, which was purchased by Bob Ryder in the summer of 1997. Scherer partnered the newsletter with 1wrestling.com after the purchase. Scherer also served as a writer for the WOW and ECW magazines, and wrote a weekend wrestling column at New York's Daily News for two years. He was also the webmaster for the ECW promotional website until the company's 2001 shutdown.

 

Buck Woodward has played a significant role in the 1wrestling.com website during its operation; assisting Dave Scherer and reporting WWE and NWA-TNA news, as well as doing notable interviews for the website. Woodward also served as color commentator on the WK Media sponsored Hardcore Japanese Wrestling PPV series, which featured matches from Big Japan Pro Wrestling and All Japan Women's Wrestling.

 

Mike Johnson is a noted and respected source for puroresu and other international news, as well as being a major source and proponent of and for independent wrestling; acting in this capacity from 1996-2004 for the Wrestling Lariat, and for 1wrestling.com from 1997-2004. Johnson also worked on ECW's promotional website from 1996 until the promotion's closing in 2001. Johnson served as a researcher for former ECW announcer Joey Styles, particularly on incoming and international talent within the promotion, and performed a similar function for the ECW DVD series produced by Pioneer Home Video.

 

Johnson currently heads up WrestlingBusTrips.com, which promotes regular trips to Ring of Honor, CZW, JAPW, and other major northeast independent wrestling events.

 

Jess McGrath has been one of the most well-known reporter on the independent wrestling scene with his longtime Moonsaults columns, to be re-titled "Indy Kingdom" on the PWinsider.com website.

 

It remains to be seen what Bob Ryder and Joseph (Joey Styles) Bonsignore will do to replace these notable writers, and to retain the readership that these writers have brought to the website over the last several years. 1wrestling.com indicated that Georgiann Makropoulos and Brian Fritz would remain with the website, and that former TNA/independent manager David Webber (better known as Mortimer Plumtree) will joining the 1Wrestling.com staff in what appears to be a replacement role for Scherer's major role in posting much of the day to day news updates and reviews.

 

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Yikes! I guess 1W are left without any insiders now......thoughts?

[Red Hot Thumbtack In The Eye 0]

thoughts?

 

I think it's been covered already, and in the proper forum even.

[Guest hunger4unger]

Yikes, I obviously wasn't aware of that. Thanks for the tip.

[Enigma 0]

Why is this in the WWE forum?

[Guest hunger4unger]

I posted it here as I believe that it has an impact on WWE in regards to their news.

[LucharesuFan619 0]

The rant that follows can be accredited to somebody who's bored, hasn't taken a chill pill in awhile, and overall is very wierd...it should also be mentioned that he's bored.

 

OMG THIS IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WWEEEEEE RELATED! I MEAN, I'VE NEVER *READ* A THREAD SOOOOOOOOOOOO WWEEEE RELATED! I MEAN, IT'S WWWWWEEEEEEEEEE RELATED LIKE NONE OTHER! ALL OTHER POSTS IN THIS FORUM SHOULD HAVE TO MEET THE STANDARD OF WWWWEEEEEE PERTINENCE OF THIS THREAD BECAUSE THIS THREAD IS SOOOOOOOOOO WWEEEE RELATED. OMG I'M IN AWE AT THE WWEEEEEEEE PERTINENCE OF THIS THREAD. FUCK ALL THE OTHER THREADS IN THIS FORUM. THIS THREAD EXEMPLIFIES WWWWEEEEEEEE PERTINENCE. THIS THREAD SHOULD BE PINNED TO THE TOP OF THIS FORUM BECAUSE I'VE NEEEEEVEEEEER READ A THREAD MORE WWEEEEEEEE RELATED! OMG! I'M IN AWE! WWWWEEEEEEE!

[Guest Loss]

Good god, do you need sedatives?

[LucharesuFan619 0]

Good god, do you need sedatives?

No, just a chill pill, as I said above.

 

WWWWEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!! PERTINENCE!!!!!!!!! 1W 4 WWWWEEEEEE PERTINENCE!!!!!!!!!

[Guest Man Of 1,004 Modes]

The rant that follows can be accredited to somebody who's bored, hasn't taken a chill pill in awhile, and overall is very wierd...it should also be mentioned that he's bored.

 

OMG THIS IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WWEEEEEE RELATED! I MEAN, I'VE NEVER *READ* A THREAD SOOOOOOOOOOOO WWEEEE RELATED! I MEAN, IT'S WWWWWEEEEEEEEEE RELATED LIKE NONE OTHER! ALL OTHER POSTS IN THIS FORUM SHOULD HAVE TO MEET THE STANDARD OF WWWWEEEEEE PERTINENCE OF THIS THREAD BECAUSE THIS THREAD IS SOOOOOOOOOO WWEEEE RELATED. OMG I'M IN AWE AT THE WWEEEEEEEE PERTINENCE OF THIS THREAD. FUCK ALL THE OTHER THREADS IN THIS FORUM. THIS THREAD EXEMPLIFIES WWWWEEEEEEEE PERTINENCE. THIS THREAD SHOULD BE PINNED TO THE TOP OF THIS FORUM BECAUSE I'VE NEEEEEVEEEEER READ A THREAD MORE WWEEEEEEEE RELATED! OMG! I'M IN AWE! WWWWEEEEEEE!

Post of the Day.

 

And damn you for stealing my shot to do this joke....10 hours ago. (DAMN)

[LucharesuFan619 0]

Post of the Day.

 

And damn you for stealing my shot to do this joke....10 hours ago. (DAMN)

Thank you.

 

You're welcome (?).

[Guest hunger4unger]

It IS WWE related. Not directly but related nonetheless.

 

1Wrestling.com is/was the place where the majority of insider WWE news can be found which in turn leads to discussions in the WWE forum regarding the info.

[dubq 0]

Hooboy, yet another boring and pointless wrestling dirtsheet website. I cannot contain my joy. Oh yes. Oh god. I cannot wait.