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Description

In the mid-90s, my older brother introduced me to coding websites. At the time, I had a keen interest in pro wrestling, so I decided to combine my interests. A friend introduced me to e-wrestling, which involved using software to simulate matches. Eventually, I even started my own e-wrestling league. Initially, I purchased a “.com” domain without fully understanding the term “domain name”. Strangely enough, the website gained immense popularity, attracting thousands of visitors every month.

I expanded IWO Online into a network of fantasy wrestling leagues, which I called FWLnet. Although I’m a bit embarrassed about the whole thing now, this experience motivated me to dive deeper into web design and development.

Fun Facts

  • Fully custom coded in Perl, but did not know what language I was coding at the time.
  • Built everything with HTML / Tables
  • Partnered with Snowflake (aka IGN.com) to run advertisements on the site.
  • Used a lot of Photoshop tutorials. Really liked flames at the time. Don’t judge me.

The original IWO Online site was built in blue. Later a family of sites was built in each color, such as FWLnet in orange. Copy is blurred out to protect the identities of people from many decades ago.

The original IWO Online site was built in blue. Later a family of sites was built in each color, such as FWLnet in orange. Copy is blurred out to protect the identities of people from many decades ago.

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Rounded rectangles were impossible so I would build them in Photoshop to make the effect.

Rounded rectangles were impossible so I would build them in Photoshop to make the effect.