The Internet Wrestling Community, or IWC for short, is a catch-all term used to describe a group of people who write articles and commentaries about wrestling and post them online. The IWC is credited (and criticised) for breaking keyfabe and reporting on and exposing many of the backstage goings-on in the wrestling business. Whilst the playing field is a lot more open these days with the advent of blogging and such, during the Monday Night Wars fans would go to a select few people for the latest wrestling news. People such as Dave Meltzer, Wade Keller and Scott Keith would keep fans clued-in about what was going on while also reviewing shows and dishing out star ratings. Inevitably, there were certain wrestlers who came in for more criticism than others due to backstage incidents or perceived politicking. When news of these reached fans, those fans took to blogs to further pillory said wrestler. Somebody would read a news item on a website, go to a forum, start a thread and then, usually, others would join in to attack that wrestler or wrestlers. A wrestler could be a huge babyface on television and with the casual audience but, with the IWC, their reputation would be mud. But was it always justified? Did the wrestler's deserve this lynching or was it a case of internet fans thinking they knew more than they actually did?
