As of September 2011 this is the staff at thejohnreport.net. Before I get started I want to mention that we are currently not hiring. I’m sorry, but we can only have so much content on the site. I like what we have now and we’re happy with where we’re headed. As of now, June 2011, I don’t foresee that happening any time soon. My mind can change at any time, but for now I’m very pleased with the team we have assembled. Now for the rundown…
John Canton
Owner, Editor in Chief, Writer
John writes the Raw Deal every week. It’s a weekly column about WWE’s Monday Night Raw show with a mix of recap, humor and analysis. He’s written about every week of Raw since May 2009. John also writes WWE PPV previews and recaps, he hosts the always entertaining Commentfest the occasional Career Tribute Column, the monthly TJR Q&A and the recap of every Royal Rumble match in January of 2011 among other things.
John’s been writing about wrestling on the internet since 1999 in some capacity on sites like rajah.com, The Wrestling Oratory (oratory.rajah.com) and NoDQ.com among others. Despite retiring more times than Ric Flair and Terry Funk combined through the 2000s, he’s been committed to it full time since May 2009. He loves any drink with any alcohol, when people visit MickieJames.com because he works there, being reminded that he’s still watching wrestling despite being 30 years old and he absolutely loves it when people want to Make a Donation via Paypal for all the writing he does.
Email: john@thejohnreport.net
Twitter: @johnreport
Facebook: Facebook.com/thejohnreportnet
Ask a question on Formspring: Formspring.me/johnreport
Andrew Johnson
Assistant Editor, Writer
Andrew writes the Headlines column every Wednesday and in December 2011 he took over the weekly role of reviewing Smackdown every week. Prior to writing the Headlines columns in April 2011, he wrote a weekly humor column called Sports Entertainment Weekly. If you insult him he’ll insult you back. And he has no problem doing it. He’s been writing for The John Report since February 2010.
Email: johnsonator62@yahoo.com
Twitter: @TheAEJohnson
Christian Michael
Assistant Editor, Writer
Christian “Dr. Money” Michael wrote the weekly WWE Smackdown recap for much of 2011 before ending his run in 2011. In March of 2011 he wrote an impressive column that looked at the top 50 matches of WrestleMania. He started out as a TJR writer by writing about WWE NXT although like a lot of people he tired of that show. He’s since moved on to greener pastures and is a valuable member of the team despite being a Yankees fan. (Note from JC: I hate them. Can’t help it.) You can check out his blog, which is updated with new content on a regular basis, at www.doctormoney.wordpress.com. His TJR archive is here. He’s been writing for The John Report since February 2010.
Email: doctormoney83@aol.com
Twitter: @Christian_TJR
Facebook: Friend him on Facebook
YouTube: drmoney83
Stop by Formspring and ask him stuff: Formspring.me/ChristianTJR
Lonestar
Writer
Lonestar writes the weekly WWE NXT recap where WWE searches for their next breakout star…or so they claim. It’s not always the best show on WWE television/internet, but he recaps it for us every single week. He has also branched out a bit to write book reviews, which can be read in his archives. He’s been writing for The John Report since September 2010.
Blog: freelancetexan.wordpress.com
Twitter: @LonestarTJR
Email: lonestartjr@gmail.com
Marc “Fozzy Bear” B.
Writer
Marc writes about TNA Impact Wrestling for us here at TJR. I have to hand it to Marc because we’ve gone through five different Impact writers over the course of about six months before Marc took on the gig and has done a great job at it. He also hosted Commentfest on the site for a short time. Once in a while he writes about other subjects that you can find in his archives here. He’s been writing for The John Report since March 2011.
You can email Marc at donutsandbeer1678@yahoo.com
In April of 2011 we conducted the first ever John Report Writer Search because we wanted even more content on the site. After nearly 200 submissions, we hired seven writers. Each writer sends in their column for a particularly day of the week. These are the writers that were hired.
Thomas Briggs
Writer
Thomas writes the “Sunday Sharphsooter” column every Sunday. Crazy how that works huh? Once in a while he writes a “Letter to Vince McMahon” column about whatever is on his mind. His archives can be viewed here. He’s been writing for The John Report since April 2011.
Email: thjbriggs@gmail.com
Twitter: @thjbriggs
Blog: soundthecharge.com
Matty J. Douglas
Writer
Every Monday Matty writes his column called “A Matter of Character” that takes a close look at different wrestler every week. In his column he looks at different aspects of the character and tells you how he’d book that person in the future. His archives can be viewed here. He’s been writing for The John Report since April 2011.
You can email Matty at mattyj.douglas@gmail.com
Cody Dodson
Writer
Our Wednesday writer is Cody Dodson. Sometimes he likes to write an article called “It’s a Damn Shame” where he rips on some things that are bugging him in the business. He’s also been known to write a rap or two at the end of his columns. His archives can be viewed here. He’s been writing for The John Report since April 2011.
Jacob Lindsey
Writer
On Thursday we’ve got Jacob Lindsey. You can check out his non-wrestling blog at operationmilkthemagicdragon.wordpress.com/ where he’s had the great Mick Foley shoot a video with him. His column archives can be viewed here. He’s been writing for The John Report since April 2011.
Email: Jacobian04@yahoo.com
Twitter: @chacobian & @OperationMTMD
Mike Aires
Writer
The weekday is ended on Fridays with Mike Aires. He loves Michael Cole so much that he actually wrote a column about him. I’m kidding about the love thing, but the column was true and it was very good I might add. His archives can be viewed here. He’s been writing for The John Report since April 2011.
Twitter: @OSUmike03
Facebook: Facebook.com/OSUmike03
Steve Melo
Graphics/Part-time Writer
The majority of the graphics that you see on TJR are the work of Steve Melo. He also contributes weekly to John’s “Canton’s Corner” column every weekend with his “Melo Out” commentary feature.
Twitter: @MeloOutTJR
That’s all for the full time staff. There are some part timers that may pop up periodically, but this is the regular crew that we have on TJR.
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