Owner accountability
Bookerman is WOO’s owner. Responsibility for providing a complete accounting and answering material gaps therefore falls on him, while the public record remains incomplete.
Evidence notebook 01
WOO:
the public record.
An evidence-first review of Wrestling Organization Online’s DHF funding, event promises, observable game use and the July 2026 Perry Saturn dispute.
Editorial illustration · not evidenceCASE FILEWOO / 346
- DHF paid
- 32,373.084 HBD
- Forwarded
- 31,173.750 HBD
- Lifetime players
- 139 accounts
Scope note
This file separates verified records, party assertions, allegations and unresolved questions. Missing receipts and incomplete reconciliation are recorded as transparency gaps against WOO’s published commitments.
01
Executive finding
The narrow conclusion the records support
The public evidence establishes partial DHF-backed funding, some talent payments and a serious reconciliation gap. Because Bookerman owns WOO, responsibility for the project’s accounting and public response sits with him.
Bottom line
The records support that some wrestlers were paid, that WOO received partial DHF-backed funding, and that the promised event accounting is not publicly complete. As WOO’s owner, Bookerman is responsible for explaining and reconciling the project’s use of funds.
Public reconciliation
WOO promised on-chain receipts and a full expense breakdown. The dedicated @hivewrestlefest account has zero posts, and no final budget-to-actual report was located.
“Nobody was ever paid”
Perry corrected the literal claim. WOO’s 2022 post and selected payment records establish that some participating wrestlers received money or assistance.
Royalties and profit shares
WOO’s headline payment total combines royalties, appearances, travel, reimbursements, advances, YouTube revenue and personal help. It cannot, by itself, prove each promised revenue pool was correctly calculated and paid.
02
The money trail
What the blockchain can—and cannot—show
The chain gives exact custody movements and memos. Once funds reach conversion or transfer-service accounts, invoices and off-chain recipient records are needed to verify the final vendor and purpose.
The proposal was not the only funding stream
84,139.680 HBDidentified net Value Plan outflows related to WOO, 2023–2025This broader total spans Hive appearances, conventions, a title belt, interviews and Wrestle Fest. It must not be described as proposal #346 money or as money paid to wrestlers.
70,765.250 HBD netto WOO-associated accounts
944.000 HBDdirect Value Plan → @bookerman, all 2023 conference-expense memos
44,934.430 HBD netidentifiable WrestleCon 2024 funding, excluding the belt
DHF → Value Plan
32,373.084 HBD
663 hourly proposal payments from 27 June to 24 July 2025. Hourly payment only occurred while proposal #346 was above the return-proposal threshold.
First payment blockValue Plan → project
31,173.750 HBD
Seven transfers to @hivewrestlefest. The 1,199.334 HBD difference was not forwarded in these project-memo transfers; Value Plan is a pooled account, so its final allocation cannot be inferred from that difference alone.
Project accountConversion → public trace edge
Zero current balance
The project HBD was converted to HIVE or paid directly. Most HIVE then moved to four service-style accounts using opaque order memos. The public chain does not identify the ultimate fiat vendor.
TRACE ENDS WITHOUT RECEIPTSExact project-account reconciliation
Every on-chain unit balances. The off-chain purpose does not.
Of 31,173.750 HBD received, 65 HBD went directly to a named artist and 31,108.750 HBD was converted or swapped into 157,379.465 HIVE. WOO-related accounts added 4,557.009 HIVE with fee memos.
The resulting 161,936.474 HIVE left as 152,325.073 HIVE to four service-style accounts, 9,031.401 HIVE to @wrestorgonline as a stated reimbursement, and 580 HIVE to a named artist. The arithmetic proves flow—not invoice validity or final beneficial ownership.
On-chain movementAmount
HBD converted / swapped31,108.750 HBD
HIVE created by conversion157,379.465 HIVE
Extra fee HIVE received4,557.009 HIVE
HIVE sent out161,936.474 HIVE
Seven Value Plan transfers31,173.750 HBD total+
| Date | Amount | Public memo | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Jul 2025 | 3,010.000 HBD | Deposit costs; promotional event | Tx |
| 18 Jul 2025 | 4,200.000 HBD | Deposit costs; 5% changeover included | Tx |
| 22 Aug 2025 | 18,713.200 HBD | Visual elements; multiple elements; 10% conversion and fee | Tx |
| 11 Oct 2025 | 2,000.000 HBD | Select transportation costs | Tx |
| 23 Oct 2025 | 500.000 HBD | Additional venue downpayment after venue change | Tx |
| 4 Nov 2025 | 870.000 HBD | Printing Hive debit cards; 5% conversion included | Tx |
| 14 Nov 2025 | 1,880.550 HBD | Insurance and light rentals; 5% conversion included | Tx |
Named public recipientsWhat the project account itself identifies+
| Date / type | Recipient | Amount | Memo | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Jul 2025Named vendor | @domthesonartist | 420 HIVE | $100 for advertisement and promotional artwork | Tx |
| 8 Nov 2025Named vendor | @domthesonartist | 160 HIVE | Sticker art for HBD cards | Tx |
| 20 Nov 2025Stated reimbursement | @wrestorgonline | 9,031.401 HIVE | bookerman covered cost with USD | Tx |
| 5 Dec 2025Named vendor | @domthesonartist | 65 HBD | finalized art | Tx |
No named wrestler appears as a direct recipient from this project account. That does not establish that talent was not paid off-chain; it means the public project ledger does not show it.
Where public attribution stops
24 HIVE transfers used four service-style accounts
These transfers represent 94.065% of the wallet’s HIVE outflow. Their memos are numeric or opaque order identifiers. Without the corresponding exchange records, bank statements and invoices, the final payees are not visible on Hive.
Open the broader sponsored-activity ledgerIdentified Value Plan funding related to WOO · not all proposal #346+
| Activity / period | Identified net amount | What the public memo supports | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rare Evo + BreatheAug–Sep 2023 | 2,308.840 HBD | Travel, meetings, mobile internet and daily-cost memos to WOO / Bookerman. | Record |
| WrestleCon 2024Nov 2023–Apr 2024 | 44,934.430 HBD net | Appearance retainers, tables, flights and accommodation; excludes the separate belt. | Record |
| Hive title beltDec 2023 | 1,350.000 HBD | Direct Value Plan payment to @wrestorgonline for creation and delivery. | Record |
| Bakken Comic ConAug 2024 | 1,180.600 HBD | Transport, accommodation and logistics memo to @wooconventions. | Record |
| WrestleCadeNov–Dec 2024 | 2,189.010 HBD | Three-day convention transport and accommodation memo. | Record |
| Minnesota interviewsJan 2025 | 963.050 HBD | Transport and logistics memo to @wooconventions. | Record |
| WOO AMA graphicsNov 2023 | 40.000 HBD | Two-hour graphics payment to @victorg30. | Record |
| Hive Wrestle Fest planningJul–Nov 2025 | 31,173.750 HBD | Seven tranches to the dedicated wallet; event remained delayed/TBC. | Record |
WrestleCon’s chain record names Sonny Onoo as a direct 1,000 HBD talent payee and routes another 1,000 HBD through @bank-of-woo with a memo saying it was to pay Sabu by Uquid card. Other appearance-retainer beneficiaries are not named on Hive and require off-chain receipts.
03
Proposal versus record
What was promised, and what can be verified
Partial funding justified a revised scope. A revised scope still needs a revised budget, deliverables, receipts and final status—especially where the proposal explicitly promised them.
01
Two free wrestling events
Venue, ring, talent and support across two dates
WOO reduced the plan to one event on 13 Jul 2025 because funding was partial. Value Plan later marked the remaining event date TBC and delayed.
Scope changed02
20,000 HBD in talent fees
Two-event line item
No public event payroll or wrestler-by-wrestler reconciliation was located. The project account makes no direct transfer to a named wrestler.
Not verified03
4,000 NFC cards + 20,000 HBD preload
5,400 HBD production; 20,000 HBD refundable preload
A Value Plan memo references 870 HBD for card printing and one artist memo references card stickers. No issuance, preload, usage or refund ledger was located.
Partial evidence04
2,000–4,000 accounts and $20,000+ HBD use per event
Core adoption KPI
WOO self-reported nearly 200 contact sign-ups at BakkenCon. That is not a Hive-account list or an HBD transaction cohort; no KPI report was located.
Not verified05
20+ media assets
Two filmed shows, promos, interviews and HBD-use footage
Promotional posts exist, but no completion package tied to a held Wrestle Fest was located.
Not verified06
100% transparent purchases and on-chain receipts
Unused funds returned to the DHF
WOO promised a receipt/expense breakdown “shortly.” The designated project account has zero posts and no final reconciliation is public.
Not demonstratedPhysical-event status
The first date was dropped. The remaining date was delayed.
WOO’s 13 July 2025 update reduced two events to one. Value Plan listed the date as TBC on 20 July 2025 and again on 9 April 2026. No completion, attendance or KPI report was located by the research cut-off. This supports “not publicly verified,” not a categorical claim that no event activity occurred.
04
Observable activity
A small, measurable player base
The strongest public usage measure is WOO’s own production match database. It is mutable and may exclude earlier beta history, but it is more meaningful than token holders, Discord members or convention leads.
Monthly active accounts
Acquisition peaked early; recent play is more intense, not broader
Monthly active New account
July 2026 logged the highest outcome volume—3,795—across only 24 accounts and no first-seen players. That is heavy activity within a small returning cohort, not broad user growth.
Four populations, four meanings
Holdings and audience are not active users
WOO has a much wider token, NFT and media footprint than its observable game population. Airdrops, treasury accounts, collectors and wrestling-content viewers should not be relabeled as players.
Front-loaded
116 of 139 accounts first appeared in 2024; only five first appeared during 2026.
Top 10 = 55.1%
Ten accounts generated over half of all outcome records. Eight current team/admin-listed accounts generated 14.4%.
13–28 players
Seventeen configured tournaments consistently drew small fields; two battle passes overlapped tournament windows.
Claimed onboarding versus nearby game use
No published cohort connects the headline sign-ups to play.
claimed Hive sign-ups
36 game MAU in Dec 2024WrestleCon · Apr 2025>100claimed new Hive users
21 Apr MAU · 10 May MAUBakkenCon · Sep 2025~200names / emails / phone leads
7 game MAU in Sep 2025Open the in-game tournament record17 tournaments · participant counts from the production API+
| Date | Tournament | Participants | First-seen in event |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Dec 2024 | Battle for the Belt | 28 | 28 |
| 23 Dec 2024 | Wrestle Wonderland | 13 | 2 |
| 30 Dec 2024 | New Year’s Bash | 27 | 11 |
| 28 Mar 2025 | Open Invitational | 17 | 4 |
| 20 Nov 2025 | ThanksGrappling | 25 | 4 |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Christmas Clash | 15 | 3 |
| 16 Mar 2026 | Rise of the Jobbers | 17 | 0 |
| 6 Apr 2026 | Jobber Takeover | 13 | 0 |
| 1 May 2026 | Mayday Mayhem | 24 | 3 |
| 1 Jun 2026 | Opening Bell | 24 | 3 |
| 8 Jun 2026 | Jobber Rush | 20 | 0 |
| 15 Jun 2026 | Locker Room | 21 | 0 |
| 22 Jun 2026 | Main Event | 18 | 1 |
| 1 Jul 2026 | Red, White & Rumble | 23 | 1 |
| 8 Jul 2026 | Liberty Locker | 21 | 1 |
| 15 Jul 2026 | Jobber Fireworks | 18 | 0 |
| 22 Jul 2026 | Stars & Slams | 17 | 0 |
“First-seen in event” is calculated within the tournament participant union, not the full match database. Configured prize fields and distribution timestamps are mutable operator records, not on-chain payout receipts.
05
Chronology
Promises, payments, delays and dispute
This timeline deliberately separates product tournaments, third-party conventions and the DHF-backed physical-event proposal.
3 Dec 2021
01
Project account begins
@wrestorgonline is created on Hive. WOO’s first white paper follows on 2 Jan 2022.
Account record4 Apr 2022
02
A documented wrestler payment
WOO says Perry received his 10% presale “cut,” used in part for property taxes. This refutes the literal “never paid” claim.
WOO post11 Jan 2023
03
10% land-sale promise
WOO publicly commits 10% of land-sale proceeds to wrestling partners, one of several distinct revenue-pool representations.
WOO post4–7 Apr 2024
04
WrestleCon Philadelphia
WOO announced nine partners and five tables. The later $60,000 cost claim, table-waiver allegation and signing revenue remain unreconciled.
WOO post6 Dec 2024
05
First verifiable game tournament
The current public product API’s tournament history begins with 28 distinct participants.
WOO product API17–20 Apr 2025
06
WrestleCon Las Vegas
WOO self-reports merchandise sales, Perry content and 100+ Hive accounts after the convention; no independent account/retention list is published.
WOO recap22 May 2025
07
DHF proposal #346
A 75,000 HBD maximum ask for two Williston events, including 20,000 talent fees and a refundable 20,000 HBD NFC preload.
Proposal27 Jun–24 Jul 2025
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32,373.084 HBD actually paid
Proposal #346 receives 663 hourly DHF payments while above the return-proposal threshold—43.2% of the 75,000 ceiling.
Hive virtual operations13 Jul 2025
09
Two events become one
WOO says partial funding requires a single Band Day event and promises receipts and an expense breakdown “shortly.”
WOO update26 Jul 2025
10
Original event date passes
By then WOO had reduced scope and Value Plan listed the date TBC. No completed July 2025 Wrestle Fest is reported.
Value Plan6–7 Sep 2025
11
BakkenCon promotion
WOO reports nearly 200 contact sign-ups while promoting a May 2026 Wrestle Fest. Contacts are not the proposal’s verified Hive-account KPI.
WOO recap4 Jul–14 Nov 2025
12
Seven Value Plan transfers
31,173.750 HBD reaches @hivewrestlefest in memo-labelled tranches for deposits, visuals, transport, venue, cards, insurance and lights.
Hive transfers20 Nov 2025
13
9,031.401 HIVE reimbursement
The project account pays @wrestorgonline with memo “bookerman covered cost with USD.” The chain proves the transfer, not the underlying cost.
Hive transfer9 Apr 2026
14
Remaining event is delayed
Value Plan lists Wrestle Fest as Date TBC, awaiting venue confirmation, with no additional ask.
Value Plan22–27 Jul 2026
15
The public video dispute
Perry’s original, Perry/Sonny’s follow-up, WOO’s response and WOO’s Hive statement appear over six days.
Video sequence06
Video case study
Three videos, one narrowed dispute
The Perry/Sonny follow-up responds to WOO’s initial public statement. WOO says its formal response was already recorded before that follow-up, so it does not answer every later allegation.
22 JUL 2026▶
I’m Finally Explaining Everything
Perry Saturn · 3:14
Original broad claim→
25 JUL 2026▶I’m Responding To These WILD Accusations...
Perry Saturn + Sonny Onoo · 31:55
Correction + new allegations→
26 JUL 2026▶WOO & the Payment Records
Wrestling Organization Online · 24:03
Selected payment recordsWhat WOO’s response establishes
Transfers occurred. Their accounting category is the issue.
WOO shows selected Cash App screens and states totals of $18,818.19 to Perry, $12,144.15 to Sonny, $9,647.05 to Scott Levy/Raven and $61,406.66 to participating talent. Those are party-published records, not an independent audit.
WOO expressly says the aggregate includes direct game payments, profit shares, advances, appearances, content, YouTube, travel, emergency help and company expenses. That refutes “nothing was ever received,” while leaving each promised royalty pool unresolved.
Perry$18,818.19
Sonny$12,144.15
Raven$9,647.05
WOO party-record totals · Cash App summaries shownPerry narrows the original claim
He corrects “nobody made money,” saying three people received some money; the dispute becomes whether promised or expected payments stopped for years.
WrestleCon revenue and tables
Perry and Sonny allege WOO retained signing revenue and billed a sponsor for tables Sonny says were waived. Public event posts confirm the footprint, not the waiver, invoice or revenue.
Meals, promo work and YouTube
They dispute classifying an expensive business dinner as talent benefit and challenge WOO’s 50/50 YouTube account. Neither side publishes a complete source export.
Expense is not royalty
The video separates airfare, hotels and reimbursement from game profit. WOO’s response agrees those categories differ, while still aggregating them in its headline total.
The alleged 2026 sale
Sonny alleges a reported ~$7,000 presale was later said not to have happened. The emails and order/refund ledger are not shown.
$410k inference and property tax
The $410k extrapolation is unsupported because WOO’s aggregate mixes unlike categories. WOO’s own 2022 post supports Perry’s point that the tax money was his presale cut.
Personal help and channel control
Perry acknowledges roughly $5,000 in basement help but disputes calling it game revenue. Historic channel revenue remains unreconciled.
Closing correction
Perry repeats that three of nine received money. His narrower allegation is non-payment of the money the wrestlers believed was due over subsequent years.
Important correction
Perry’s ~$410,000 implied-sales calculation is not supported by WOO’s aggregate because that total includes non-royalty categories. Separately, WOO’s own 2022 post calls the property-tax money Perry’s 10% presale “cut,” supporting his objection to describing it simply as charity.
07
Claim matrix
What survives an evidence test
A claim can be false as phrased while leaving a narrower accounting question open. These findings reflect the public record as of the snapshot, not inaccessible private documents.
No participating wrestler ever made money.
Refuted as a literal claim
Perry corrected it; WOO’s 2022 post and selected payment records establish some payments.
WOO paid $61,406.66 to participating talent.
Party-record aggregate
WOO publishes the figure, but it mixes royalties, appearances, advances, travel, reimbursements, YouTube and personal assistance.
Promised 10% / profit pools were fully paid.
Unresolved
The promises are public; a sales ledger, contract mapping and category-specific payment reconciliation are not.
WrestleCon 2024 cost WOO about $60,000.
Unsubstantiated publicly
No source-document event P&L, vendor invoices, sponsor receipt or signing-sales ledger is published.
The old channel made $2,453.27 and was split 50/50.
Unresolved party assertion
A complete YouTube Studio export matched to payments would decide it.
Hive Wrestle Fest met its transparency promise.
Not demonstrated
No final receipt packet, budget-to-actual, KPI report or dedicated-account post was located.
What would resolve the case
Source documents, not another rhetoric cycle
- Contract versions and amendments for each talent partner.
- Sales ledgers mapped to each promised royalty pool.
- Payment ledger separating royalties from expenses and aid.
- WrestleCon 2024 source-document P&L and sponsor receipts.
- YouTube Studio export matched to channel payments.
- Hive Wrestle Fest invoices, revised budget and vendor identities.
- NFC card issuance, HBD-use and DHF-refund records.
- The complete alleged February/March 2026 sale correspondence.
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Sources and method
Follow the evidence yourself
Primary records are favored: Hive/Hive Engine state, WOO and Value Plan posts, the production game API and the videos themselves. Self-published numbers are labelled as party records.
DHF and project account
Compensation representations
Video record
Events and activity
Blockchain
Proposal virtual operations were summed from Hive account history. Project-account conversions and transfers were reconciled asset by asset; HBD and HIVE are not treated as interchangeable nominal units.
Game activity
Monthly and daily unique player IDs come from WOO’s public production match endpoint. One account is not necessarily one person; the database is mutable and retained history begins after the announced beta.
Video
The breakdown uses the published videos and automatic captions, paraphrased rather than quoted. Screens shown by a party are probative but not treated as a complete export.
Publication standard
“Verified” means visible in a primary public record. “Party record” is not independently reconciled. “Allegation” and “unresolved” are not findings of wrongdoing.
Right of reply / corrections
This record should be updated when better evidence appears.
WOO, Bookerman, Value Plan, Perry Saturn, Sonny Onoo, vendors and participating talent can materially improve this record by publishing source documents that resolve a specific row—not merely another aggregate or excerpt. Personal data should be redacted where appropriate.