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Russell Brunson asked:


Before you start selling any product, you need to think about a few things.

1st - who is your target market? Many people fail because they don’t ever

define a target market. If you don’t know exactly who it is your going to sell to…

then you’ll never make it in direct response marketing.

You see - with big companies, (think McDonalds or coke) they rely on brand

marketing. Where you throw something out and hope that a little of it sticks in

their customers mind when they are hungry or thirsty.

As direct response internet marketers, we aren’t going after everyone. We

don’t want to rely on brand marketing.

We want to know who our target market it, and then figure out ways to get our

messages directly to them.

2nd - After you’ve identified who is your target market - it’s time to figure out

where you can find cluster of those type of people.

Offline, the best way is to rent a mailing list of people w/ the same

characteristics of the person who is your target or to find a JV with someone

who has the same target as you.

Online - there are a few ways. One of my favorite is to find a community of my

target market.

When I was wrestling, I used to spend hours every day in all the popular

wrestling forums talking about wrestling with people all over the world!

All of the wrestlers were targeted onto one forum. Now, if you were selling a

product to wrestlers, where would your target market be?

Yup - in that forum. Now the question is how can you mine those names out of

the forum and get them onto your own lists?

Most forums and communities won’t allow you to post blatant ads, but you can

become part of their communities. Post useful messages, and use a

“signature” file in each of your posts that gives people a free report or

something else that would get someone to go to your website and fill out your

autoresponder form.

Also - this IS the best place to network with people in your niche. The big list

owners generally are in the forums posting messages. Become friends with

them there, and do a joint venture with them later.

Learning to tap into online communities is very important. I know the power of

them because this is how I started my online business AND how I start when I

go into any niche.

Because I know the power of online communities, I’ve build one that was

focused on internet marketers.

I’d love to invite you to become part of my community. I put in quite a few

incentives to make it worthwhile for you to post messages and be an active

member.

I had a few people laugh at the fact that I wrote a sales page for a free forum,

but I wanted it to stick out in your mind.

You can see my sales page and create your free account here:

www.ConquerYourNiche.com



I look forward to having you as an active member in our community.

Also look for those communities in your niche that you can use to network and build

your lists.

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Wrestling Game asked:


When an obsessed fan of Trish Stratus appeared on RAW on October 10th, 2005, little did anyone expect that she would one day surpass her idol and earn her 4th WWE Women’s Championship in less than three years.

Yet, on hindsight, who is really surprised? Mickie James is, after all, a femme fatale.

Hi, and welcome to the first edition of Femme Fatale, a column that appreciates the finer side of the wrestling world - the women. From WWE Divas to TNA Knockouts, from Joshi Puroresu to G.L.O.R.Y. Girls, I’ll feature the best from the past, present and I’ll even throw in some future predictions. But not every female wrestler qualifies as a femme fatale. No, for someone to be featured, they need to meet two major criteria.

Firstly, they have to be seductive. A true femme fatale is someone who can use her femininity as a weapon. She needs to be someone who is aware of how potent she can become in order to get what she wants, when she wants it. She is someone who charms those around her and uses them as she pleases.

Secondly, they have to be lethal. The femme fatale knows how to draw her targets into compromising, dangerous, sometimes even deadly situations. Moreover, she does it not in an obvious manner, but uses subterfuge to achieve her hidden agenda.

No one typifies the femme fatale more than Mickie James, the current WWE Women’s Champion. From the first moment we spotted her on WWE television, we knew she had what it took to achieve arguably the biggest prize in the industry. But let’s look at her six-year journey towards that first title reign.

Mickie Laree James was born August 31st, 1979 and began her professional wrestling career at the age of 20 as a valet to the likes of Tommy Dreamer and Julio Dinero. Calling herself Alexis Laree, she wasn’t simply content to be eye candy at ringside, getting physically involved in one match after another. She even helped Tommy Dreamer win the KYDA Pro Heavyweight Championship. Eventually, her love for the industry led her to get in the ring and compete against established opponents like Allison Danger and Lexie Fyfe, until the name Alexis Laree became associated with fast-paced, exciting wrestling in Maryland Championship Wrestling and other federations in the East Coast independent scene.

In the years that followed, having proven herself more than capable of attracting fans to shows that she was booked on, Alexis Laree began to win titles and cement her popularity. In 2001, she won a battle royal for the Southern Championship Wrestling Diva title. Less than two years later, Alexis Laree was hot property, winning numerous titles across several promotions. In fact, 2003 was a watershed year for the young professional wrestler. She not only became the first Cyberspace Wrestling Federation Women’s Champion, beating the likes of Serena and April Hunter, but also beating Billy Reil to win the Impact Championship Wrestling Junior Heavyweight Title! All in all, Alexis Laree held six different titles that year, most of them simultaneously.

But even greater things were to come for the young femme fatale. In April of 2003, Alexis Laree went for a WWE tryout match against her good friend Dawn Marie. The very next day, she was scheduled to appear on an NWA:TNA pay per view with Julio Dinero as part of Raven’s new group The Gathering in a now infamous Clockwork Orange House of Fun match. It was this involvement with Raven on a national level that truly propelled Alexis Laree further into the limelight and into the consciousness of the wrestling fanatics.

Having spent several months with TNA, Alexis Laree finally took the most important step in her career and had a tryout match with Dawn Marie before signing a developmental deal with the WWE in August 2003. She was immediately sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling, where she quickly stood out among the other female hopefuls, including Jillian Hall and Melina.

It was in OVW that Alexis Laree began to evolve the persona of Mickie James that we are all familiar with today. Her high energy, in-your-face attitude was exactly what RAW needed to spice up their roster that was getting a little stale from the boring Diva Search. Of course, it was hard not to notice her ridiculously short skirts that hid very little when she bounced around the ring, pulling her hair. Often, it was difficult to determine where her real personality ended and her kayfabe gimmick began. One thing is for sure: Mickie James is a true wrestling fan, who counts former WWE Diva Lita as one of her all-time favourites.

On RAW, however, it was Trish Stratus who received the honour of being paired with Mickie James. On October 10th, 2005, the future Women’s Champion made her first RAW appearance as the then-Women’s Champion’s biggest fan. In what might have been a subtle hint from the WWE to the many of its fans who can be a little intimidating when face-to-face with their favourite Superstars, the debuting Mickie James turned out to be too overwhelmed when given the opportunity to work with Trish Stratus.

Mickie James took her fandom to heights never seen before. At the start of the following month, during Fulfill Your Fantasy Diva Battle Royal at Taboo Tuesday, she dressed up as Trish Stratus (complete with entrance music and fake title belt) and then went on to eliminate herself and Victoria in order to help Trish retain her title.

In the months that followed, Mickie James began to use moves like the Trish Kick, which she renamed the Mick Kick, as well as the Lou Thesz press that were signature moves of Trish Stratus. Ironically, though, during a #1 Contender’s Match on RAW in December 2005, Victoria was able to counter the Mick-a-Rana (yet another signature move borrowed from Trish) but was unable to defend against a vicious Standing Tornado DDT that was very much a Mickie James original.

With the win over Victoria, Mickie James was now the #1 Contender to the title held by Trish Stratus. In the weeks leading up to New Year’s Revolution, Mickie James started to play head games with her opponent and idol. Outside the ring, Mickie James followed her idol everywhere, and in a now infamous episode - kissed Trish Stratus beneath the mistletoe during the Christmas RAW episode. The following week, Mickie followed Trish even into the shower room, where she strategically held up a towel in order to catch a glimpse of her favourite Diva’s ***** body.

Despite all the psychological confusion between the two Divas, Trish Stratus was ultimately able to defend her title successfully at New Year’s Revolution. Nonetheless, Mickie James continued to subtly push for a ******* relationship with the Women’s Champion, much to the indignation of Ashley, who considered Trish a mentor figure.

Ashley warned Trish about Mickie, calling her a ‘psycho’, which only led to a jealous Mickie executing a series of vicious attacks on her “rival”. This culminated in a match at the 2006 Royal Rumble, where Mickie confessed her love for Trish, who was the special guest referee. Ultimately, Trish was forced to tell Mickie in March that they needed some time apart. Despite Mickie’s broken heart, she persevered and became Trish’s tag team partner at Saturday Night’s Main Event.

However, that night marked the turning point of Mickie’s infatuation with Trish, when she turned on her idol with a Mick Kick and gave her a taste of her own Stratusfaction. Mickie later said that Trish had broken her heart, and now she was going to break Trish.

So it was that at Wrestlemania 22, on the grandest stage of them all, Mickie James once again challenged Trish Stratus for the second time that year. The Women’s Championship was on the line, and unlike the New Year’s Revolution match, there was no love lost between the two competitors. It was a brutal match that saw both women take out months of frustration and emotional turmoil on each other. Mickie played her psychotic role well, taking sadistic pleasure in inflicting pain on her former idol. Amazingly enough, midway through the match, it was clear that Mickie’s intensity was resonating with the thousands in attendance. They began cheering with each offensive move that connected with the Women’s Champion as Mickie James slowly won their admiration.

Finally, it all came down to a huge powerbomb by Trish Stratus that threatened to end the epic match, but Mickie James kicked out and then delivered her patented Mick Kick to the head, knocking Trish semi-concious and allowing Mickie to pin her and win her first WWE Women’s Championship, much to the delight of her new fans.

Mickie’s career in the WWE following her first title reign has naturally seen its ups and downs. She lost the title later in 2006 to Lita, but her rising popularity resulted in a face turn. Following the retirement of Trish Stratus, she would once again feud with Lita over the title belt, wrestling in a series of matches before winning the title for a second time at Survivor Series. This also gave Mickie James the privilege of wrestling Lita’s final match in the WWE.

In 2007, as Women’s Champion, Mickie James was involved in a feud with her OVW rival, Melina which climaxed in the first ever Women’s Falls Count Anywhere Match in March. The following month, Mickie won her third title at a house show in Paris, only to lose it minutes later to Melina. That would be the closest that Mickie came to the title for most of the year.

On November 26, however, Mickie James defeated Melina in a #1 Contender’s match for the Women’s Championship, then held by “The Glamazon” Beth Phoenix, setting up a title match between the two at Armageddon, a match in which Beth Phoenix successfully defended her Women’s title.

It was around this time that rumours were going around that Ashley was supposed to receive a title push after Wrestlemania 24. However, because she was injury prone (she has had several surgeries on her ankle) it was widely believed that this push would have to be given to someone else.

In a roster that prized both looks as well as athleticism, only one credible face could become a suitable replacement. This was none other than Mickie James, who ironically replaced her one-time rival Ashley as the next Women’s Champion. Hindsight proved that this replacement could not have been timed better. Less than a month later, Ashley received some bad press about her former involvement in an online escort service.

So it was that, on the April 14th 2008 edition of RAW, held in London, Micke James defeated “The Glamazon” Beth Phoenix to win her fourth Women’s Championship.

This weekend, at Judgment Day, Mickie James faces what might arguably be her toughest challenge yet. A triple threat match with Melina and Beth Phoenix with the Women’s Title on the line. Will the four-time Women’s Champion prevail against such dangerous odds? Only time will tell. Yet we can be sure of one thing, Mickie James will not go down without a fight.



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Leslie T asked:


Wrestling is a popular sport that dates back many thousands of years. Frescoes, statuary and other works of antiquity from Greek, Babylon, Egypt, Sumaria, and India depict various wrestling holds, stances and manoeuvres. Greeks immortalized wrestling on their coins and first introduced it as an event in their Olympic Games in 776 BC. Turkish mercenaries taught the Persians the finer points of wrestling during the early middle ages. Dubbed “koresh” its various techniques quickly spread throughout the Islamic nations. Europe and Brittany modified these early forms of wrestling to suit their own preferences of the day and Medieval knights even added wrestling to their fighting repertoire.

Learning wrestling terminology can be easy if you’re committed to learning about the sport. Once you learn the terminology it will make watching the sport of wrestling that much more enjoyable. To get started with a basic vocabulary of wrestling terms, tackle these steps.

 Step1

 Master the names of the basic types of amateur wrestling, the kind you’ll see at high school and college matches and in the Olympics. In Greco-Roman wrestling, opponents are limited to using their arms and upper bodies, and may only apply holds above the waist. In freestyle (sometimes called folkstyle) wrestling, opponents can use arms and legs, and can apply holds both above and below the waist.

 Step2

 Identify the basic action. A wrestling match, or bout, consists of three rounds; in the Olympics, they’re 2 minutes each, with 30-second rest periods in between. The goal of the wrestler is to bring the opponent’s shoulders to the mat and keep them there for a particular duration.

 Step3

 Learn your way around the ring.

 Step4

 In amateur wrestling, legal moves can generally be grouped into holds or locks (in which one wrestler controls another’s movement) and throws (in which one wrestler lifts another off the mat to change position). (Body slams, a highlight of pro wrestling, are illegal in amateur wrestling.) Both holds and throws can be used offensively or defensively.

 Step5

 Get acquainted with the officials. Amateur wrestling matches are decided by three officials: the referee, the judge and the mat chairman (who sometimes goes by the French title “Chef de tapis”). These officials award technical points and decide the outcomes of rounds and matches.

 Tips & Warnings

 Watch Olympic wrestling matches or attend high school or college meets to get the best exposure to wrestling terms in action.

 Pro wrestling is a completely different world. Although pro wrestling is built on basic wrestling moves and terminology, it also draws heavily from entertainment and drama, with “storylines” and opponents classified as good guys and villains.



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Mo Johnson asked:


The baseball world recently celebrated “Jackie Robinson Day.” On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson became the first African-American to play Major League Baseball when he stepped onto Ebbets Field as a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Many commentators have lamented the fact that 60 years after Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s color barrier, today, only 8.4% of Major League Baseball (MLB) players are black. In fact, MLB has been going backwards. The current percentage of black players is the lowest in more than 20 years. Just over a decade ago, in 1995, 19% of MLB players were black.

No one disputes that the numbers of black professional baseball players is declining, the controversy is over why.

One article I read recently attributed the decline to baseball’s legacy of segregation and racism. The writer argued that because of its history, baseball fails to “capture the imagination” of today’s young black athletes.

Others have argued that inner-city black athletes face various economic challenges that limit their access to baseball fields, equipment, etc.

All of these arguments have some merit to them. But, ultimately, they fall short because other sports, like football and basketball, share baseball’s legacy of segregation and racism. Yet, black participation in those other sports has continued to grow.

Last week, a co-worker sent me an article about Title IX by Hubert Mizell of Gainesville.com. It hit me like a thunderbolt that Title IX is the most obvious reason there are so few blacks in pro baseball.

The way Title IX has been interpreted and implemented, it effectively restricts the number of baseball scholarships colleges and universities offer. In fact, most schools, even major schools like the University of Florida, do not offer any “full-ride” college baseball scholarships at all.

I was shocked when I found that out.

Obviously, without a scholarship, many, many young black athletes cannot afford to go to college and play college baseball or, later, professional baseball. Naturally, young black athletes will gravitate towards football and basketball; sports that offer more scholarships. Over the past generation, this shift has become pronounced.

Title IX was enacted by the Congress in 1972. The law, itself, is not controversial at all. It simply states that “No person in the United States, shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.”

So, Title IX prohibits discrimination on the basis of ***. It applies to discrimination in athletics. So far, so good. The problem comes in the interpretation of the law.

In 1979, The U.S. Department of Heath, Education, and Welfare (this was before we had a separate “Department of Education”) issued a policy interpreting Title IX. The policy provided that, in order to comply with Title IX, a college or university must pass one of three tests. The college or university must show that it:

1. Provides athletic opportunities substantially proportionate to student enrollment; or,

2. Demonstrates a continual expansion of athletic opportunities for the underrepresented gender; or,

3. Provides full and effective accommodation of the interest and ability of the underrepresented gender.

Many schools try to comply with Title IX by passing the third test. The problem is that this test is very subjective. How do you prove you are providing “full and effective accommodation of interest and ability….?” You can take surveys to get some gauge of interest. But, in the end, if a school relies on the third test, it will be vulnerable to a law suit by someone who thinks it has not complied.

Some of the larger, financially strong, schools comply with Title IX by meeting the second test. They “demonstrate a continual expansion of athletic opportunities for the underrepresented gender” by adding a women’s sports team. Every time a school does that, it is “good to go” for about five years. But, adding new sports is a money-losing proposition and smaller, less affluent, schools can’t afford to do that. At least, not forever.

So, ultimately, all schools will want, or need, to comply with Title IX by meeting the first test. And, it is this first test that has really caused the problems.

If a school has a Division I football team, it can award up to 85 football scholarships (per NCAA rules). The school can also award up to 13 scholarships for it’s men’s basketball team. Of course, to compete in these sports, at the Division I level, the school will have to award these 98 men’s athletics scholarships.

Women now make up a whopping 58% of college enrollment. So, to pass the first test, and award scholarships “substantially proportionate” to student enrollment, the school has to award about 110 scholarships to women just to equal the scholarships provided for men’s football and basketball.

And, when you add in other men’s sports – it becomes impossible to meet the “substantially proportionate” test without severely cutting scholarships in other men’s sports or dropping some sports altogether.

So, that’s exactly what schools do. When you look at sports like Tennis, Golf, Track and Field/Cross Country, Swimming/Diving – there are more scholarships awarded to women than men in each of these sports. Even in basketball – men’s college basketball teams get 13 scholarships; women’s teams get 15.

Wrestling is one of the biggest sports at most high schools. There is a large base of college wrestling fans. But, thanks to Title IX, there are few college wrestling scholarships.

James Madison University is the latest school to announce it will be dropping 10 sports; 7 men’s teams; 3 women’s teams in order to meet the “substantially proportionate” test of Title IX.

You might say: “well, they should just get rid of football.” The problem with that idea is that football is the only college sport that makes money. Men’s basketball about breaks even (if the school is lucky). No other college sport pays for itself.

This means the college will likely lose money on every other sports team it adds, including every women’s sports team. Football is the bill-payer for many of these sports at many schools. So, getting rid of football is not the answer.

So, what does all this have to do with Jackie Robinson and the lack of black professional baseball players today?

Here’s what.

Because of the way Title IX has been interpreted and implemented, college baseball programs are only allowed 11.7 scholarships. Since about 30 players are on a college baseball team, normally, no one gets a full scholarship.

So, baseball is becoming, increasingly, a sport for the relatively affluent. The reason is simple. You have to be able to afford to pay for college to play college baseball.

By contrast, in football and basketball, almost everyone on the team has a full scholarship.

For a young, black athlete, football and basketball offer a much more likely scholarship opportunity. It’s not surprising, then, that black athletes have gravitated toward football and basketball and away from baseball. It’s common sense.

It’s ironic that, Title IX, a law intended to limit *** discrimination in athletics has morphed into, perhaps, the most significant cause of sex, race and class discrimination in college athletics today.



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Gianni Truvianni asked:


I of course am aware that many may not know who Charles Coleman is and it is for those that do not that I have chosen to write this article as he was the man, who in part is responsible for my love of opera and classical music that even lead to the creation of my first book “New York’s Opera Society”. Naturally when referring to Charles Coleman, I do so regarding the New York composer who way back in 1985 was a schoolmate of mine at “The Tutoring School Of New York” and not others with the same name; such as the one who was executed in the state of Oklahoma for murder back in 1990 or the noted English painter.

For the Charles Coleman I make reference to is the one who has given us many compositions among which are included “Deep Woods” and “Redemption” along with orchestrations of songs such as Jimi Hendrix’s “Manic Depressant”, Frank Zappa’s “Uncle Remus”, The Beatles’ “Come Together” and several others. Charles Coleman, apart from displaying talents in both composition and arranging did so as a singer of merit; as he at a very early age sang soprano at the Metropolitan Opera, performing many child roles including the one of “Feodor” in Mussorgsky’s “Boris Godunov”.

As for the friendship which developed between Charles and myself, this started in the fall of 1985 at the start of the school semester, in what was my senior year and Charles’s junior; given that he was and still is one year younger them myself. Charles and I at first did not really have a lot to say to one another, though we knew of each other given the fact that ours was a very small school with only 80 students and we were in the same European history class. History by the way being one of the few subjects in school I was good at as it had always fascinated me and still does to learn of events from the past with effect the reality of today.

It all started one day, and though I recall it being almost at the start of the school year I do not remember precisely if it was in the month of September or October that our history teacher, was speaking very loudly to us during the class. This not being something he usually did, which even he caught himself doing and explained that the reason he was doing so was because there was a girl in one of his classes who was hard of hearing. I jokingly at the time suggested he should get a bullhorn, like Jimmy “the mouth of the south” Hart from the W.W.F. (World Wrestling Federation), who as a manager in professional wrestling would use one to shout instructions to those under his guidance.

It turned out that Charles Coleman, like myself at the time was a fan of the W.W.F., which at the time was going through perhaps its biggest moment with regards to popularity, it even having a cartoon version which featured many of its stars at the time like “Hulk” Hogan, “Rowdy” Roddy Piper, Andre “The Giant”, the Junkyard Dog, Big John Stud and many others. Charles and I, after that class got to talking about wrestling. Something which we would often do when ever time allowed, with him being more a fan of the so called “good guy” wrestlers while I preferred the “bay guys”. The likes Piper (real name Roderick George Toombs) who was hailed as being from Glasgow, Scotland and even wore a kilt in to the ring along with playing the bagpipes. All this in spite of his having been really born in Canada.

Many would be our discussions over wrestling, Piper’s Pit, and who was better or what not and I do even recall, Charles being the nice guy he was lending me a video tape of “WrestleMania I”. This being a kind gesture on his part despite the fact that the tape he gave me was in VHS form and the VCR I had at the time was betamax, which meant that I was not able to watch it but it is the thought that counted. Actually such was our fascination with professional wrestling that I started calling Charles “weasel”. This not due to his personality but his resembling the then W.W.F. manager by the name of Bobby Heenan. Heenan also referred to as such in the world of professional wrestling along with his other often cited name; “the brain”.

It was through our conversations that I would find out that Charles apart from being a fan of professional wrestling and yes, we both knew it was fake but this mattered not as we found it entertaining despite its lack of authenticity which we were constantly reminded of by our fellow schoolmates, was a composer of orchestral music. Charles however was a quit person in those days and probably still is, who did not talk very much about his talent. This being the case though I do remember seeing him one day in the garden, which was located in the back of our school, taking notes. When I approached him on that occasion to see what he was writing, I found out about his love for classical music as it was precisely music which he was putting down on paper almost as easily as one writes down words.

By the end of the year 1985, I could say Charles and I were what could be labeled as school friends though little else; given that we did not have any contact with each other outside of “The Tutoring School”. Personality wise I remember Charles as being soft spoken as opposed to many in our school, perhaps myself included who were anything but as he did not talk much specially in the company of many though he always had an opinion over many an issue on the many times we engaged in discussions. Some of them diverting from the subject of professional wrestling to include politics. This being a subject which we almost never saw matters eye to eye on, as my views on many of the topics we talked about were closer to then president Reagan’s while his given his family tended to be more liberal. In all that we discussed however we did respect each other’s point of view even if we more often the not disagreed, as was the case for the right to burn the flag which strangely enough he was against while I in favor of.

With regards to our connection with opera and classical music, this started one day (in January of 1986), on which Charles mentioned and I do not even remember what brought it up during our history class that he had tickets for that very evening to go see Luciano Pavarotti at The Metropolitan Opera. It was two tickets that Charles had to see Pavarotti in the role of Mario Cavaradossi in the opera “Tosca” by Puccini, with no one to use the second ticket. I, at the moment not really being an opera fan asked him if he would care to let me use the second ticket which he agreed to. For my part though I was not the great opera fan that I am now accepted to go given first that I knew who Pavarotti was as his name and Domingo’s were among the most heard in opera. I also went because many years before during what would be my grandmother’s last visit to the states, I had heard her tell me of the wonderful qualities of Pavarotti’s voice which she had even pointed out to me while he was singing on TV. I even mentioned this particular episode of my life in another article of mine entitled “Pavarotti, You Are Gone But Not Forgotten”, which like this one is also available on the net.

Once settled that Charles and I would go to the opera we agreed to meet at my apartment, for the simple reason that it was closer to the Metropolitan Opera then was his parent’s downtown apartment. Charles, arrived on time as I expected he would that evening and slightly more elegantly dressed then he normally did in school while I wore a jacket and tie though not a suit. Charles on that occasion met a cousin of mine who was very young at the time, nine years old to be precise who found him very friendly who even said so as we departed for the opera.

Once Charles and I were outside my building, Charles suggested we take the subway but I said rather then take the subway we should take a cab. A cab which I gladly paid for since Charles was the one who was providing the tickets for this evenings outing which though never told of their price I could imagine was much higher then the cost of taking a taxi from the Eastside of Manhattan to the Westside. It was actually while in the taxi that Charles took the time to explain to me what the opera was about which we were going to see, telling me its synopsis which seemed interesting. Charles, I could tell had seen this opera many times and yet seemed to want to see it again as he held a true love for opera, which I would eventually acquire though for what concerned that night I was just getting to know.

Charles and I enjoyed the opera, though since I was hearing it for the first time, there were moments which my ear found hard to follow. This being the case though several parts stuck out in my mind like the one in the first act in which Pavarotti sings “Recondita Armonia” or the one in the 4th act in which he sings “E Lucavan Le Stelle”. It was these two arias, which really helped me to notice the true power and grace of the tenor, as notes came so much alive in a way, I had never noticed before. All of which letting me see what opera really was. As for the rest of the opera, I found it nice and looking back on it, more then twenty years later I know it inspired me to listen to more opera. Charles and I after that unfortunately did not go to any more operas together and even lost contact with each other; at least for the next three years.

By then the year was 1989 and a friend of mine by the name Rick Page, who even resembled his more famous and older cousin Jimmy Page (from the rock band “Led Zeppelin”) had invited me to his recital at the New York School of Music. Rick being a piano player who I had met while working at a place called “The Town Club Of New York” located on 85th street between 5th avenue and Madison avenue, who happened to be studying composition in the above mentioned school. This also being the school attended by the fictional characters from both my books “New York’s Opera Society” and “What Should Not Matter”.

With my memory serving me well I recall it was sometime in the month of May when I went to see a performance of Rick’s music in the society of a female German friend of mine, who apart from her nationality and gender I remember very little about other then the fact that ours was what could without doubt be referred to as a plutonic friendship. Upon arrival at the hall were the concert would be I was greeted by my friend Rick, whose German was as fluent as my friend’s, who had come with me. This leading to them starting a conversation in German which I understood very little of but it was while Rick and my friend chatted that I heard someone near me say “I can’t believe Charles Coleman’s piano player didn’t come”. I then suddenly in my mind put what could be consider two and two together thinking in the following manner Charles Coleman was a guy I went to school with, he studied classical music, this is a school for such music so maybe the Charles Coleman this person is referring to is the same one I used to know as weasel from “The Tutoring School of New York”. I quickly after all that had gone through my mind turned to the person who had said this and asked “Did you say Charles Coleman?”. This person, a man looked at me with some surprise and said “Yes, I did” to which I asked him if he could point Charles out for me, which he did and it was at that moment that I saw again after a long time “weasel” from high school.

Naturally, I went over to Charles and said hello and talked about old times, and I must admit it was nice to see him, not only because he was somebody from my school but I still held found memories of those days when we talked about wrestling. The concert went well though I did not hear any of Charles’s music but I did get a chance to hear Rick’s music after which Rick and I along with several of his friends went over to a bar. Charles and Rick were friends however on that particular evening Charles opted not to join us for a drink; for a reason which I know not of.

The name of the place we went to I do not remember though to be frank I did not pay it any mind as it was a place I was taken to. Many of Rick’s friends were there however the one who made the biggest impact on me was a Colombian who at the time was studying to be a conductor, and though his name I did not pay attention to I did regarding what he had to say about opera. Him telling me that contrary to what I had thought in the United States cultural events such as opera were not exclusive to the rich as one could get a last minute ticket for more or less the same price of going to the movies and getting a greasy burger afterwards. Actually such was the impression this Colombian gentleman made on me that I based my character Arturo Gomez from my book “New York’s Opera Society” on him. As for the rest of the evening, this went by nicely enough as we listened to my friend Rick get up and sing “Wind Beneath My Wings” along with some of his other friends who also interpreted songs.

As for Charles and I; we would continue are friendship though rarely did we meet given our limited time, me with my studies in French and photography while he with his music. Charles would also be the one I would call every time I had made the purchase of either a classical music CD or opera, to ask what his opinion was on the music. I was always astonished how he always managed to know which performers were on the CDs I bought as he knew them all personally. Well what could be expected from a man whose ear was so refined that he could not only recognize every classical piece he heard but which philharmonic was playing it.

I for my part would go on to attend performances of Charles’s music, the following year in 1990 and in 1993, which I found to be more to my taste then Rick’s music though I can not claim to be a particular fan of either one, even if I do admire both of them for being good at what they do. Charles and I, that evening in 1989 were reunited and though we again have lost contact with each other I will never forget the times Charles and I had. For instance their was the time he came over to my place to bake cookies or the times we spend in “The Tutoring School of New York” or specially the night on which Charles helped introduce me to the world of opera.

The last time I saw or spoke to Charles Coleman by telephone was in 1993 as time and travels have separated us though I hope not for good as I would not mind seeing Charles again however for those who wish to know more about Charles I recommend going to www.charlescoleman.com . It is there where they will be able to read more about this most talented composer, though with no offense intended to him not much of a piano player. I in later years would go on to develop a short friendship with the Polish composer Piotr Rubik. Him being my neighbor and student at my English School, whom I would once invite for Thanksgiving dinner at my house with the lady who at the time was his girlfriend though her name escapes me at present.  



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CounselorDave asked:


 A very large percentage of the Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors in our country are also Recovering Addicts. This especially pertains to those certified by agencies created specifically to improve the qualifications of those working in a previously hugely unregulated field. This certification became necessary, as so many Addicts inspired by the 12 Step Concept, want to “give back” what they have acquired that changed their lives for the better, and in many cases “saved their life”! 

 

I can only speak for myself, but approaching 10 years as a counselor, I believe myself to to represent the profile of very many counselors. I definitely have had issues that relate back to childhood personality problems like, shyness, insecurity, and fear. As a child I was very small. I began school, 1st grade, at only 5 years old, in rural Missouri.

 

My family relocated from there to California whan I was eight. When I graduated from 8th grade I was 4′8″ tall and weighed a mere 78 pounds. I had already spent 2 years in over-achievement, with a great degree of success. In 8th grade I was a starting line member in every sport. A benefit that came with that success, at that time, was that girls approached me, in spite of the fact that I was still so lacking in self-confidence that I could not approach them. So, at 12 years old, in 8th grade I won a popularity test at the annual Carnival and was crowned King of the Carnival. This was a very small rural school, though. My problems really surfaced in the next, or 1st year of High School. I was cut from every sport I entered in my Freshman year. This was a major blow to my somewhat bloated ego. I did still maintain a dominant role in my neighborhood, though. But school was important… very important to me as it is to all children. Thus I began my first associations with an alternative demographic and began drinking and smoking pot as regularly as an average 12 or 13 year old could… mostly Saturday nights. I also started hanging out with people 3 or 4 years old than I was. This period, I feel, set the trend for my life assuming the outcast or outlaw persona! Between my freshman and sophomore years I grew from 5′1″ to 5′8″ and shot up to 145 pounds, which left me sort of with 2 left feet and hands. It was a disappointing time and I began to drink and smoke pot more, usually staying under-the-influence all weekend.

 

This is in the 1960’s and a lot of social anxiety was going on with the civil rights movement many other societal tensions. The “underground” was forming and I was right there in the middle of it as much as someone my age could be. Remember, I had a tendency to associate with people older than me. My junior year in high school started with a move to a high school that just opened that year. I tried to make it a fresh start. I went to class everyday, which I had not been doing recently. My grades improved and at 5′9″ and 160 pounds I had regained my agility and made the Varsity squad of the wrestling team. Somehow I found the strength to refrain from drinking and smoking pot and cigarettes. I now had two lives that I kept unbelievably well separated from one and other (honing my skills of deceit)! I had my “Jock” friends, and I had my “Hippie” friends. After wrestling season ended, the hippies gradually became my “comfort zone”. As was the course all through high school, I was not very popular with the girls, especially those expected to be in the company of an athlete. This was a real problem that I suppressed and eventually came to accept, on the surface, as not very important, though my libido told me differently. My senior year I went out for wrestling and inflated the seriousness of a minor injury so I could quit. Luckily, my academic performance had so improved that I only had to attend classes for half of the day. Sadly, it gave me more time to pursue my alternative lifestyle choice! I was using drugs more frequently than ever and began involvement in politics, even attending demonstrations against the war in Vietnam, that were in their fledgling state, but would soon dominate the National stage. I graduated from High School at 17 without a clue regarding my future.

 

In a matter of months the “Draft” would resolve that issue. I knew that my number would come up soon because I would be 18 soon, and everyone in my uncommitted status of life got drafted shortly after turning 18. So, shortly before my eighteenth birthday I went to the Navy recruiter, to avoid the Army Infantry. This was also truly an attempt to change my future as I was certainly headed for drug addiction, already a serious drug abuser, and full-well knew it! Wrong!!! Wrong decision!!! Join the Navy… see the World! Guess what? That big old World out there had better, easier to get, drugs than I ever could have imagined.

 

 San Diego may very well have been the drug capital of California at that time, rivaled only by maybe, San Francisco. Of course I couldn’t use in Boot Camp; the first four months in the service. But, I stayed in San Diego, in schools, training in electricity and electronics and radio communications. The training schedule was arduous, but I found my first true love as a result… Amphetamines!!! This is an extremely addictive drug and you build tolerance to it rapidly. Starting with about 10 “Bennies” a week, I eventually found myself taking up to 100 per day. I had made a connection across the border in Tijuana and became a drug dealer to help support my enormous habit. In this precarious position, I was headed for an assignment in “Top Secret” classified communications at the Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet Headquarters at Pearl Harbor. Again, I would make an attempt to arrest my drug abuse problem, and it wasn’t too difficult for a while.

 

At the Communications Center, we worked 12 hours on 12 hours off, seven days a week, for the first ten months I was there. Still, I managed to make some minor drug connections at Pearl Harbor. After that first 10 months we were allocated almost a 50% increase in personnel and I found myself with a lot of free time and also moved off base. It was easy to get Navy pay for off base housing because of their fear of “shop talk” in our off hours at Pearl Harbor. Well, folks, Pearl Harbor, as you know, is in Hawaii. I found myself living only blocks from Waikiki Beach. Now, I was able to return to a very familiar scenario; living a dual life, with my Navy friends and my Civilian friends becoming two separate lives. Somehow, I managed my Navy life. There was no drug testing back then, fortunately for me. Or, maybe unfortunately for me, I don’t know for sure. I made civilian connections and begun selling drugs to a dealer at Pearl Harbor that I had used for my own needs, previously. I also went to a lot of rock and roll music concerts, taking LSD, experimenting with Cocaine, and even getting my first taste of Heroin. I started helping the “Draft” resistance keep people out of the service and even worked with a Church that was a sanctuary for “deserters”. This led to a relationship with some local American Civil Liberties Union people, who offered to help me desert to Canada, but I couldn’t go that route. My love for my parents definitely had something to do with that decision, but truthfully, I was just plain old scared to make a move that big and bold and serious. I still had enough sense to see losing a “Dishonorable Discharge” as too high a price to pay for any reason. My family has a long history of service to this country going all the way back to Charles Carroll of Carrollton signing the Declaration of Independence. Anyway, by the Grace of God, I did get an Honorable Discharge, and make it through the whole ordeal of the United States Military. I may not have indicated it, but I was raised on John Wayne and have always had a true love for and pride in my Country. If not, I never would have seen enlisting as a solution to my drug problem. It’s true that the ‘60’s made me question a lot, but I’m tried and true, red, white and blue, at heart.

 

The biggest blow to my patriotism came as a result of working in Top Secret communications, though. I am a patriot and will not mention any details of my work, to this day. It must suffice to say that I could confirm that the President of the United States was telling the American public lies, period… outright lies!!! This is what led me to the draft resistance, and became a perfect excuse to become a full-blown Drug Addict. I did some other duty in the Navy but it’s mostly irrelevant right now. Let’s just say that I came home to California, disenfranchised, angry, and a regular dumping ground for drugs. I came home using anything and everything in almost every combination conceivable. On top of that, I had lost all faith, and for many years claimed atheism as my chosen belief.

 

I drew unemployment compensation the first year I was out, growing my hair and trying to be as much of a “hippie” as I possibly could. I did anything that would distance me far from the military! I have to admit though that right at first I screwed up big time and found myself in jail 28 days after leaving the military. I had a succession of drug arrests until my unemployment checks ended and had to go to work. I got my bearings and after living a dual life in the Military, doing it in civilian life became a piece of cake. From 1974 to 1991 I was what some call a “functioning addict”! I had good jobs and learned the trade of pipe welding and became a Union member with my own portable welding truck. Drug testing still wasn’t very prominent. I made well over a million dollars over that period but by the time of my next drug arrest in 1991, I owned no property, lost my welding truck, had two divorces, and had no money in the bank. I had specific addictions to alcohol, cocaine and methamphetamines. The “Meth” was the closer. From 1991 to 1995 I spent about half of my time homeless or in jail. Between 1985 and 1995 I did a lot of things I am ashamed of to this day. Worst of all was deserting my children, choosing drugs and addicted women over them!

 

In 1995, at 45, with my last trip to jail, I fell completely apart mentally and spiritually, and no longer had the desire to live, but had come to hope that there was a God. In lieu of a 3 year prison term, and incredibly compassionate Judge looked at my Military Service, my deceiving job history, and I think my obviously apparent declining physical condition and sentenced me to just jail time, and coupled it with a sentence to a drug rehabilitation program. That Judge named “Felice” saved my life, surely under the direction of God and by recommendation from the assistant DA. I now like to say the DA, the VA, AA and NA saved me. During that last arrest, I began praying again. When I got that last sentence I had already come to believe in God. About 10 days after becoming incarcerated, on the eve of my father’s (who was in the hospital) birthday), I had a radical religious experience, and my life was changed from that moment on! You can read about that in one of my articles at EzineArticles.com…  

 

I did my jail term. Successfully completed a drug rehabilitation program and the VA Hospital in Fresno, CA. Remained clean as a member of AA and NA. Went back to a full-time job (notice that I did not go directly into training for counseling). Went back to school for office skills. Went back to school at Cal-State University Bakersfield, Drug and Alcohol program and became a Certified Counselor through the California Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (CAADAC) and have worked as a Counselor since. I was working in the field before, and during my schooling, close to 10 years now. This I believe is a very common scenario of personal history for drug counselors, as I stated at the beginning of this article. My total acceptance of the help provided me in “Treatment” helped to make it successful for me. I must mention the loving caring staff at the VA program, too. I hold one person in the highest regard and that is my personal counselor, Sally Belle, who understood me so well. She gave me the initial inspiration and suggestion to become a Counselor.



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This week, The Wrestling Game tells you who is going to be picked at the two matches already announced for Cyber Sunday, writes about how hard predictions are to make, and ranks the best WWE Superstars since the Royal Rumble.

Predictions are hard. No lie.

Now to the somewhat important part of the article

Chris Jericho vs. Batista

I hope they use this to establish Jericho, and give Batista time off. No matter how many times I steal coworkers’ phones to hit “HBK” it’s not going to work. If Shawn Michaels, Heart Break Kid, Has Been Kid, whatever you want to call him, was voted in I would have said Batista is going to win the championship.

But that’s not the case.

Stone Cold is going to be voted in due to the low IQ of our fans who just want to see Stone Cold.

Jericho is going to win his match.

Santino vs. A Legend

I see this as Santino getting his title removed from him, no matter who the legend is. We have the Honky Tonk Man, Roddy Piper, and Goldust to pick from. Yes, Goldust. I’m sure you forgot about him. The fan is going to pick Piper, but there’s been multiple people who want ‘Tonk, and there’s one person who wants Val Venis? Whatever.

I would love to see ‘Tonk in this match. You know why? I’ve never seen a Honky Tony Man match. Before you scream, read on in the article and I’ll get back to this.

Goldust - who cares?

Roddy Piper will be voted in just because he’s Roddy Piper. Same reason as Stone Cold. Hopefully they move the belt off of Santino, have Piper lose it to a super heel (like when he and Flair lost the World Tag to Rated-RKO), and then retire again.

Roddy Piper wins the Intercontinental Championship.

Yes, I’ve never seen a Honky Tonk Man match

I came on to the wrestling scene back during JBL’s uber reign, leading to Cena taking it from him at Mania. I was channel-flipping and I came across it. Not everybody is the guy who’s been a fan for sixteen years, has this piece of merchandise, remembers how good this guy was, and hates WWE type of marks. I’m an ‘it comes from the heart, with censoring from the brain’ mark, hence why these articles are called Heart of a Phighter.

I never had a guy say, hey, watch this match from the Honky Tonk Man. I’ve heard about Hogan slamming Andre. I get the general idea. I get that ‘Taker was good in his American gimmick, do I care for him to return? No. He’s getting something everyone else gets - and that’s getting old.

Whatever. Back to my article. I’ll write more on this when I think of it. Or I get thirty messages in my inbox saying,

Speaking of getting old

Victoria’s thinking of retiring. I’ve been wanting her to retire, since she’s been working the female non-Italian Santino Marella role for about two and a half years. Like I’ve said, I can’t stand comedy segments unless they’re really funny.

Top 25 since Royal Rumble

WWE Magazine did a little something like this, I’ve decided to copy and paste in order, using the superstars provided at their ranking tool, who’s 1-25 and give reasoning.

#25 Santino Marella (WWE - 25)

+Beth Phoenix

+Intercontinental Championship

-Losing nearly every match before getting sent into this push

-Remember Cousin Sal?

I **** this guy. I’ve made this clear multiple times. Beth Phoenix and the Intercontinental Championship are good, but being made into the jobber of a celebrity’s cousin (not even a celeb, the celeb’s cousin), and losing everything else, well, I can’t say I like this guy at all, and that he’s only on here because he won a belt.

#24 Ted DiBiase (WWE - 24)

+Cody Rhodes

-Mic skills

+2 World Tag Team Championships

Team Priceless has been doing great as of late, but it’s late for DiBiase to make enough of an impact. He’ll be higher, next time I write this probably, but that isn’t for a long while. He beat Cena and Batista and ******** Holly for the championships.

#23 Zack Ryder (WWE - 19)

+Curt Hawkins

+/- La Famila

+WWE Tag Team Championship

Lame superstars who won gold and were pushed for some stupid reason. They can’t talk, act, or wrestle.

#22 Curt Hawkins (WWE - 20)

+Zack Ryder

+/- La Famila

+WWE Tag Team Championship

See Zack Ryder.

#21 Cody Rhodes (WWE - 15)

+3 World Tag Team Championships

+Ted DiBiase

-Hardcore Holly

+/- Getting slapped too much

I don’t know whether to see getting slapped so much as a bad or a good thing. 3 World Tag Team Championships are impressive, even if you did have to beat just one guy to win one. Even if you betrayed that guy at a PPV, as he was your tag partner. Even if..you removed one of the guys who was an okay wrestler, but I miss anyway. He beat Cena and Batista and Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch for the other two.

#20 Chavo Guerrero (WWE - 21)

+La Famila

+ECW Championship

-WM24

Face it, he’s fun to ****. He plays his character good, he just has no where to go, except being a jobber to big guys while huddling around Vickie Guerrero.

#19 The Great Khali (WWE - 16)

+Hmm..height?

+Translator

-What have you done this year?

He’s kind of dominant, except his opponents that he has won against have been lackluster. Not my favorite superstar, on here just because he wins, and that WWE had him as one of the people I have to pick.

#18 Shelton Benjamin (WWE - 11)

+US Championship

+New gimmick

-Lacking mic skills

+New finisher

He’d be an all-around package if he could talk. That’s why he gets only #18. Next time I write this he’ll either be off it altogether, or somewhere like #12. He needs to learn how to speak on a microphone.

#17 Kofi Kingston (WWE -

+Fun to watch

-No good feuds

+Intercontinential Championship

+Won Match of the Night at Night of Champions

He’s fun to watch with his ‘controlled frenzy’. I **** quoting Michael Cole, but he’s good enough that I’ll mind. He had the match of the night at NoC, even if HBK had to be a run-in to make it happen. He’s here to stay, too.

#16 Mark Henry (WWE - 5)

+ECW Championship

+Tony Atlas

-Bending things

Mark Henry bending things looks oh so scary..kiss your replica ECW Championship, Mark, as that’s the only reason you’re high at all. Otherwise you’re like #40.

#15 JBL (WWE - 18)

+His energy drink

-What’s a win?

+Main event status on the A show

+Multiple title shots

-Stock market

+Defeated Superman in a Parking Lot Brawl

Yeah, he defeated Superman, came out with an energy drink, has main event status on the A show, and multiple title shots. The problem is I can’t remember his last win before/after Superman.

#14 John Cena (WWE - 7)

+Superman

+Royal Rumble Winner

-Injury

-Lost Wrestlemania 24 RAW Main Event

+World Tag Team Championship

His injury has done him no justice, and he didn’t come up big in any of his title shots. #14 for Superman, probably closer to his normal #2 spot next time.

#13 Kane (WWE - 10)

+WM24

+ECW Championship

-What’s a win?

Kane has been a victim of his losses. He was dominant, and now he’s Rey Mysterio’s latest big guy to be an underdog to.

#12 The Miz (WWE - 23)

+John Morrison

+Dirt Sheet

+WWE Tag Team Championship

I can’t say a negative thing about him, except he needs to become bigger as an entertainer. A ‘moment’ to cement him as a top superstar, is what I mean.

#11 John Morrison (WWE - 22)

+The Miz

+Dirt Sheet

+WWE Tag Team Championship

See The Miz.

#10 Matt Hardy (WWE - 9)

+US Championship

+ECW Championship

-Entertainment

Wow, Matt Hardy didn’t do anything bad this year, unlike his brother. Yet his brother his higher, (both on this chart and in..let’s not go there), seems like he needs to pick up his entertainment skills.

#9 Randy Orton (WWE - 14)

+WM24 RAW Main Event Winner

+WWE Championship

-Injuries

Those things, known as injuries, have kept Superman and Orton out of the top five. You can’t really do anything about them, either. Orton was a great WWE Champion, until he lost it to inflate Triple H’s ego, and then broke his collarbone during the rematch. Then he reinjured it on a motorcycle. Oh well.

#8 CM Punk (WWE - 2)

+World Heavyweight Championship

+Money in the Bank

-Never doing anything to earn credit for those accomplishments

Let’s face it. Punk won the most lackluster Money in the Bank, and then he never cleanly defended his championship. He was a World champion, and a Money in the Bank, so that gives him some credit. But he also gave us the oh-so-annoying “Edge got Punked” sign for about a month.

#7 Batista (WWE - 6)

+Main event status

-Jobber to Champions

+Title contender nearly always

+/- Injured Superman on Superish-Looking Powerbomb

+World Tag Team Championship

Let’s face it. Batista is only not a contender when he has lost a match saying he can’t be one while this champion has his reign. The problem is: He’s a jobber to the champions. He was still good enough though to shear through most other people to steal seven, however.

#6 Chris Jericho (WWE - 17)

+World Heavyweight Championship

+Feud of the year so far: (Shawn Michaels)

+Sacrifice of JeriTron and Highlight Reel for his gimmick

Face it, as much as I don’t like it, Jericho’s here to stay, and he’s right now just doing everything right. I can’t say much more, as that’s just what it is.

#5 Triple H (WWE - 1)

+WWE Championship

-Losing Wrestlemania RAW Main Event

+Stephanie

A sort of off half year for Triple H, usually he would have won like six main events by now that actually stuck in our heads. Whatever. He’s got Stephanie, and that’s all that matters.

#4 Jeff Hardy (WWE - 12)

+Entertaining

+Jumping off things

-Extracurricular Activities

I think the activities have cost Jeff more than once. Drinking before his plane trip hasn’t cost him, I think WWE gave him his virtual title to see if he’ll slip up. They’ll give him another half year before he gets another title match, just to see if whether or not he’ll go, “Hey, WWE isn’t using me, and I probably won’t get caught, I’m going to use this substance.” Let’s hope he doesn’t.

#3 Shawn Michaels (WWE - 13)

+Raw Main Event Status

+Feud of the year so far (Chris Jericho)

-No title victory

Yeah, Shawn’s just waving around going, “Hey WWE, I’m getting older.” WWE right now is doing what they did to Flair pre-retirement streak days. You know what that is? Misuse him. He should have at least beat a Santino Marella for a championship by now.

#2 Undertaker (WWE - 4)

+Won the Wrestlemania Main Event

+World Heavyweight Championship

-’Injury’ from TLC

Yeah.. ‘Taker’s getting older too. His things with Vickie are now getting too old. Maybe he’ll shoot up. Who knows.

#1 Edge (WWE - 3)

+TLC Match

+2 World Heavyweight Championships

-Lost the Main Event at WM24

+Had promo of the year at WM24

+La Famila

Yeah. The promo talked about how Edge watched Hogan lose when he was a child, he made us believe he could end the streak, the TLC Match was off the hook. He had La Famila for the year, since at least November. That was great for him, and it made him the top heel for the year.

-The Wresling Game



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