Thursday 29 September 2016

Thanks & Good Luck, James!

As of tomorrow, James Caldwell will be stepping down from his role as assistant editor of the Pro Wrestling Torch and I'd like to use today's post to wish him the very best wherever his next stop takes him.

James has supported myself and WWELeaks.org ever since I kicked this off in the summer of 2013 and has always been an ear (well, seeing as we communicated by email, I guess the right term is 'eye'!) and paid an interest in everything I have done here.

To cut a long story short, I had been following the peculiar WWE betting activity for quite a while and then Dolphins1925 became quite a story not only in wrestling media, but in the mainstream.

I suspected the Reddit user had figured out what I had also cottoned onto and was giving out his 'leaks' shortly before each PPV. It coincided with the late Sunday odds moves.

After Money in the Bank 2013, I got in touch with James after reading one of his articles where he wrote about the Redditor and thought I'd share my opinion on how the news-maker was getting the 'leaks'.

I ended the communication with 'I'll email you before SummerSlam and tell you who he'll pick before he does'. Or something along those lines.

And then James emailed back intrigued by my take. He agreed to allow me to contact him throughout the day of SummerSlam Sunday to highlight what was going on with the odds.

Bear in mind, this was before I even came up with the idea of WWELeaks. To ensure I got all the information ready for James on SummerSlam Sunday, I thought the best way to record the shifts was to publish a blog so he could see how it all went.

Yes, this very blog you're reading today.

So, it goes without saying that, had it not been for James Caldwell replying to my email in the summer of 2013, there's a very strong chance that WWELeaks.org wouldn't be here today. I've shared this opinion, or rather FACT, with him a few times in the past and did so this week when he announced his upcoming departure and I'd like everyone else reading this to know as well.

I thank him for not only showing interest then, but for continuously following the story through the years even after the Dolphins1925 story had run its course.

I wish him nothing but the best.

1 comment:

  1. Bless you Mr Caldwell. Would be cool if you post here and share your knowledge.

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