April 4, 2001 Ice Wolf's Final Note/Update to the Page: Well, this was something I've known I'd be doing since last September. I have had several different versions running through my brain in the months since, and, I still don't think this will be exactly what I wanted, so, I'm reserving the right to modify if it bugs me enough. At first, I was going to simply blow things up in this letter. And believe me, it would have been messy for a good many people. I'm leaning away from that at this point, and figuring I'll let things die a natural death, as it appears things with Jim and the WWF have. I do realize there are a few things I have to address, so hopefully, I can now. Many people can't seem to fathom how I can say the things I say, often times as flippantly as I tend to say them, when, if I haven't met anyone, how could I possibly? I'm ALWAYS flippant and sarcastic, and in my original postings, and in most of what I've said, you really have to read between the lines. I've been deliberately obtuse. I've had to be. It's kept me with a semblance of sanity while online. It's never been a secret though what I think. I've never kept my opinions a secret. The thing that was never said until now, is that my opinions, thoughts, sarcastic barabs, etc, were all rooted deep in fact. Facts that are only known to a precious few, and will stay that. Hate to tell you, but, I'll be just as obtuse, and opinionated with this too. :) As there are a few things that I wanted to address, but not really clear up before this all comes down. I have had many people emailing me, rather accusilatory, and ask me how I can first of all have a page up to someone I've never met (Look around folks. There are literally millions of webpages done by people who have never met, or worked with the things they have built a webpage for! It's not all that shocking, or hard to understand). That ususally leads to questions from different people, along very similar lines. One of the first questions most people ask me is: "Why do you have this page up and who do you think you are for doing it?" My answer? "I am no one. I am simply someone who had their interest piqued by something, and wanted to make sure others knew about it too." There are many things I've done wrong with regards to this page, and Jim himself. Live and learn I guess you could say. The next thing they tend to ask/say is: "You say things as if you know him, and yet you say on your page you've never met him." My answer? "True. true, and quite true." It is true we never formally met each other. We passed each other a couple of times, and stood basically nose to nose, but, nope, never "met" him. The one thing I will finally admit to, is that we have talked on the phone. I said nothing about it because, well, it's a personal thing, which I refuse to post about on this page, and also, who needed to know? It left him a bit open as well, and I wasn't going to do that to him. Now that he's not around, He can't be hurt by the revelation. So, there's the long and the short of it. Nope. Never met him. Yep, I have talked to him. *shrugs* I made decisions about personal issues and information not being put on this page LONG before we talked, so, there really wasn't anything I could have posted about that ANYWAYS, or else, I would have broken my own rule! :) Ain't it a bitch when you back yourself into a corner? heheh Some of the more recent questions I've been fielding are: "Is Jim still even with the WWF?" Ah! My pat answer since Christmas has been..."I'm sorry, but, I have no confirmation is he is, or is not still with the WWF. I'm sorry. My personal opinion is that he is not, but, until I can get absolute confirmaiton from WWF, I can only tell you to do what I'm doing...make your own conclusions." "Is Jim so sick that he's still out, or is he gone?" My pat answer: "I'm unsure as to how Jim's health is at this point. I do know that at the beginning of things way back in the fall, he was out with an illness of some kind. As to whether or not his still not being around is related to his health, I'm sorry, but, I do not know." "Did Jim leave of his own accord, or was he released/fired?" My pat answer: "Your guess is as good as mine." Personal opinion (and yes, that word is OPINION folks) is that he was released at, or near the end of December. "Why haven't you posted any updates on this on the page?" My pat answer: "I don't have anything concrete to post. I've tried all the routes I had available to me, including calling the office right up until the end of February. They would say nothing, including if he was still an employee or not. *shrugs* Not much more you can do when you can talk to the office and get nothing." I've never been a rumour monger, or poster. I've never posted anything on this page that wasn't the truth as I've known it. I refused to put up personal details, and I feel no need to start over this. There was no way I was going to post on the page, "Jim's gone" if it didn't come from WWF. It would only have served to defeat my intentions with this page. The questions I've fielded since posting the confirmation he's no longer with the WWF are mainly concerned with what are Jim's plans now, and is he working for/with anyone else. My newest pat answer, and the only answer I can tell you at this point in time is, "I don't have a fucking clue. Sorry." The only things I can think of for you to do is this: 1)Any time you go to a concert, look around. You just never know who may have hired some "outlaw security" and 2)He probably won't be wanting to tour again right away, so, if you know anyone who lives in Tennessee and are going to a concert, or show there, ask them to keep an eye out for ya! :) There are so many people that I wanted to literally bury. I've been a busy bee this past year. I sent off information packages, and I know they were forwarded to the appropriate people, but, who am I to do it here? I do want to say though, that there are a great number of people online who live in their own little (dream) worlds when it comes to wrestling, and more speifically wrestlers. What you see isn't always what you get, and there isn't much that can be done online about that. I could come on here and tell you things 90% of the people that visit pages such as mine want to know, but, it's not my information to tell. It would do exactly what I have wanted to do though, basically shut down those who say they 'know'. *shrugs* I guess I'm going soft in my old age, as I still refuse to do that. Perhaps at a later date, I'll be unable to hold my tongue and let people have it. Jus remember, don't believe a word you read, see, or hear. Draw your own conclusions. You do anyways, so why should this be any different? Just remember, those people online that are eager to tell you who and what they know, beware. They usually know jack shit about who or what they claim to know. It's those who say nothing, know nothing, and do nothing that know the most. Also, those that tell you they know so and so through such and such and so, and so... *shrugs* believe what you want and need to believe, but, I can't imagine that many people so close are so loose lipped! Just a litle pit to ponder. :) It's been an interesting trip online this time around. Have to say! I've met some nice, really great people, and I've met some really nasty rude assholes. Needless to say, emails on this note and the subject of Jim probably won't be returned. I figure, this part of my life has come to a close. It's time to pick up and move on. I've been doing that since September of last year anyways, so, I'm already 3/4 of the way out the door. A few final thank yous are in order here though. 1)Thanks to Kim and Rodney for the pictures, the phone calls, and the smiles. The last things you did for me, you didn't even know you did. They were the best thingw you could have done in the long run. So, for that, I thank you! :) 2)Thanks to BM. Mainly for putting up with me. :P (Especially this summer) But, also for allowing me the freedom to make some rather dubious choices, and even go so far as to support them, and even go along (under coersion of course! hehe) Some of them turned out well, some didn't. Thanks for keeping me as rooted as only you can! 3) TO DM: *sigh* I thought I only had one or two reasons to be pissed at you that night. I was wrong. Add another one to the list. :) 4)Thanks to Jim himself. Also, for mainly putting up with me. I'll be the first to admit I've pulled a few good ones on you this year. And yet, you took them as best you could in your stride. Commendable! Sorry if you got in trouble, man, I heard he was really cranky! hehehe. I'll tell ya, I'm just glad I did what I did, though, when I did. Things would have been a little harder to deal with if I hadn't have scared the hell out of ya! :P My only wish is that by being out of the viscious touring schedule, things start settling down, and you can get back to heart, and home, and center once more. Perhaps you'll show up again somewhere, somtime, though, I'm sure you're hoping not! HAHAHAHA Best wishes for health and happiness always. I've decided that this page will stay up, though, no longer be updated, (unless absolutely amazing events unfold that necessitate it) Since Jim's gone, there is nothing to update it with anyway! Needless to say, there will not be any new pictures coming from the WWF, or personal pictures if he's no longer with the company. I've decided that I won't delete it. If tripod deletes it, fine. Until then, it will stay up as it is now, until it naturally fades to black. Take care out there in cyber-space icewolf