The Triad Top 48 Columnist Contest
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For as long as the internet wrestling community has been around, there have always been those around who spend their free time, for no reason other than the love of buisness, weaving a perfect blend of fact and opinion into an article
These are the columnists. Love them or hate them, these are the IWC columnists. Around seven years later, the IWC has yet to have an in-depth, accurate list depicting the best columnists today. Around seven years later, the IWC has around 500 columnists, 75% of which people knew nothing about. In the early fall of 2005, 3 huge sites came together to put an end to this. On September 3rd, the Triad Top 48 was born. 3 sites came together to bring an in-depth, accurate list of the top 50 columnists today. TheWrestlingVoice.com, WrestleZone.com, & WrestlingNewsWorld.com pooled their resources and held the voting across all three of their forums. The goal was to get the most in-depth columnist list ever as well as get all writers noticed more, both of which have been achieved. The contest began with a nomination thread. Each person could nominate 5 different columnists. Out of 500 columnists on the internet today, 75 of the most elite columnists were nominated. After all nominations were in, people voted on the list. Next to each and every columnist, people voted whether or not that columnist belonged on the list. Each "Yes" vote gathered 4 points for that writer; each "Maybe" vote gathered 2 points for that writer; and each "No" vote gathered zero points for that writer. In the end, the list was gathered together, and the top 50 scores were welcomed into the Triad Top 50. Ten Rounds of in-depth voting followed. For the first round, the whole list was put in alphabetical order. Ten lists of 5 columnists were made and each voter voted on each and every list, otherwise their vote was thrown out. People ranked each columnist in a list of 1 to 5. Each 1st place vote received 10 points, 2nd place received 8, 3rd received 6, 4th received 4, and 5th received 2. After the first round of voting ending, the list was organized by points with the person with the highest votes being first, and the lowest being last. Starting in the next round and continuing to Round 10, slots began to be frozen by intervals of 5. After the Second Round, slots 46-50 were frozen and were not voted upon anymore. The rest of the list was still voted upon, but the frozen slots were permanent. Also, at this point, the first of two dropouts in the Triads happened. The number 48 columnist was proven to be a plagerist. After admitting to his charges, the columnist agreed to be removed from the list in order to keep the integrity of the list intact. At this point, we were down to 49, but the Triads still continued with lists of 5 voting. Voting continued through the end of fall and beginning of winter with no problems. Tie breakers were put in place when slots that were frozen were actually tied in points. For about five days, people voted on the tie breaker (whether it be two or three people) and ranked them like in the regular lists. People with the highest points were ranked higher in the end, and then the rounds began again as normal. After Round Seven, the final drop out of the contest happened. One of the columnists on the list decided that due to professional and personal reasons, it was in his best interest to withdraw from the contest. Just like before, voting went as regular after this and we were down to the Triad Top 48. On December 27th, the contest was closed with the announcement to be named on January 1, 2005. With ten rounds and four months of voting behind us, the most accurate, in-depth columnist list was completed. Triad Top 48 1. The Headliner (|Written|Off|> 2. Mike Steele The 5 Star Truth http://thewrestlingvoice.com/columns/mikesteele/ 3. William Hernandez Straight Outta NYC http://thewrestlingvoice.com/columns/williamhernandez/ 4. Johnathan Brown Mr. Brown's Class http://thewrestlingvoice.com/columns/jonathanbrown/ 5. John Wilson Not Just Another Fan Presents... http://thewrestlingvoice.com/columns/johnwilson/ 6. The Butcher The Butchershop http://thewrestlingvoice.com/columns/thebutcher/ 7. Double A The 'Double A' Report http://thewrestlingvoice.com/columns/doublea/ 8. Shak The Pepsi Plunge http://thewrestlingvoice.com/columns/shak/ 9. Scott Stover Scotty's Corner http://thewrestlingvoice.com/columns/scottstover/ 10. Adam Perez Speaking The Truth! http://thewrestlingvoice.com/columns/adamperez/ 11. Bradley Springer The Springer Column http://thewrestlingvoice.com/columns/bradleyspringer/ 12. Martin Daniels On The Ropes http://www.wrestlezone.com/editorials.php 13. Alex Tansley The Blind Observer http://www.wrestlingnewsworld.com/columns/ 14. Jordon Wright [The Wright Idea!] http://thewrestlingvoice.com/columns/jordonwright/ 15. Euan Conway Off The Record http://www.wrestlezone.com/editorials.php 16. Matt Green Get The 'E' Out http://thewrestlingvoice.com/columns/mattgreen/ 17. Linda Robin Linda's Thoughts http://thewrestlingvoice.com/columns/lindarobin/ 18. Jim Forzese The Forzese Files http://www.1wrestling.com/ 19. Josh Garzoli The Way I See It 20. Tim Sampsell The BigTimboski Show! http://www.wrestlingnewsworld.com/columns/ 21. Jay Shears And That's What I Think http://thewrestlingvoice.com/columns/jakefeldman/ 22. Frank Ram Old School's Tale http://www.wrestlezone.com/editorials.php 23. Josh Tariff From The Couch http://www.prowrestling.com/index.php?id=editorials 24. Tyler Chadwick The Most Valuable Column http://www.wrestlingnewsworld.com/columns/ 25. Rob Kent The Trebor Mint http://www.wrestlezone.com/editorials.php 26. Chris Chambers The Kross View http://thewrestlingvoice.com/columns/chrischambers/ 27. Nubis The Ringside Sermon http://thewrestlingvoice.com/columns/davidgoold/ 28. Alex Wipper The Fan's Perspective! http://www.thebalrogslair.com/opinions/tfp/ 29. Trevor Lane Reading Between The Ropes http://www.wrestlingnewsworld.com/columns/ 30. Rob Taylor The Hot Topic http://www.wrestlezone.com/editorials.php 31. Jake Feldman Hardcore Thinking http://thewrestlingvoice.com/columns/jakefeldman/ 32. Mike Johns The Trademark Rants http://www.wrestlingnewsworld.com/columns/ 33. Rachel Doty The Widow's Peak http://www.wrestlezone.com/editorials.php 34. Dean Saliba The Final Cut http://thewrestlingvoice.com/columns/deansaliba/ 35. Stinger A View From The Rafters http://thewrestlingvoice.com/columns/stinger/ 36. Charlie Tinsley The Crypt 37. YourAyatollah All About The Game http://lopforums.com 38. Tim Jaquay The Third Fall http://thewrestlingvoice.com/columns/timjaquay/ 39. Brandon Harding And That's The Truth 40. Jamie Pearce Diva Dosage http://www.prowrestling.com/index.php?id=editorials 41. Julian Phoenix Flight Of The Phoenix http://lopforums.com 42. Trevor Hunnicut Figure Four Leglock http://www.thebalrogslair.com/opinions/figurefour/ 43. Mitchell Gadd RBTR http://nodq.com/columns/ 44. Dre All My Divas http://thewrestlingvoice.com/columns/dre/ 45. Lou Corsaro Captain Lou's View http://www.thebalrogslair.com/opinions/corsaro/ 46. Winter Let It Snow http://www.lordsofpain.net/columns/letitsnow/index.html 47. Phantom Lord The Rant Of The Week http://www.lordsofpain.net/columns/rant/index.html 48. Wevv Mang Ridin' With The Bossman http://www.lordsofpain.net/columns/bossman/index.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you are interested in becoming a columnist or simply love reading wrestling columns and would like to interact with the Column Staff here at WrestleZone please check out the Columns Lounge. Simply click HERE and you can take part in the fun today. |
