The opinions expressed in this column do not necessarily reflect the opinion of Hollywood Jimmy Blaylock, the Webmaster, or anyone else connected with this site. They are mine, and mine alone. If you agree with me, OK, and if you don’t, that’s OK. The fact is, when Axeman writes it, you read it, and that’s what counts. So, love me or hate me, here we go….
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I have a confession to make. Now, Jimmy may get heartburn when I say this, but I am gonna say it anyway. I am a frequent reader of RasslinRiot. Yes, I read the stuff on BT's site several times a week. So, imagine my surprise when I read the following in BT's latest column:
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"THUMBS DOWN: To the other guys that try to do “news” sites. They don’t do retractions and seem to believe anything they are told. And, damn, they say “imitation” is the greatest form of flattery, but when the hell are you guys going to stop copying EVERYTHING this site does???"
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Now, I may be wrong, but it seems to me that BT is taking a shot at this site. It would seem that BT is accusing hollywoodjimmy.com of copying "EVERYTHING" his site does. Well... I am not the owner of this site, nor am I the Webmaster, so I speak for only myself here. I am giving only my opinion. I don't think this site has copied anything.
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Long before BT created rasslinriotonline.com, this site was the #1 wrestling site in this area. We had a message board. We had columns. We had year end awards (Axeman's Year End Awards). We had interviews (In the Spotlight debuted in 2003).
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A couple of years ago BT decided he wanted a wrestling site. He started rasslinriotonline.com. Soon he had the site up and running. He soon had a message board. He got some people to do columns. He has year end awards. He has even had interviews. Who copied who?
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A major feature on BT's site was the news board. It was a good idea. And it was successful. A while back Jimmy & Tia decided it would be a good idea to have a news board on this site. Now, you might say that they copied BT when they started wrestling News Center. I don't think so. Wrestling News Center is formatted quite differently from the news board at rasslinriotonline.com. The main difference between the two is that Wrestling News Center was started with the intention of eventually separating it from hollywoodjimmy.com and making it a separate site. This is now a reality, and the separation of the two sites will soon be completed. If you don't believe me, go to http://www.wrestlingnewscenter.com/. Hollywoodjimmy.com will have a link to the news site, but the two sites will be separate.
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Bottom line: I fail to see why BT is getting so worked up. He is doing his thing. Jimmy and Tia are doing theirs. The projects are separate products, similar in some ways and different is some ways. Both are frequently being changed, upgraded, and improved. For the life of me, I fail to see the problem. Of course, BT could be jealous, but I would hate to think so.
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That's all for now.
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The Axeman has spoken.
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