Another Ryan Clark thread...feat. R. Piper

[Autobahn]

RyanClark @
RyanClarkWZR
Details are sketchy but we're told
some sort of incident went down at
#RAW1000 between @R_Roddy_
Piper & @KaitlynWWE

Rowdy Roddy Piper @
R_Roddy_Piper
(1) EVERYBODY OUT OF THE
FU*KEN POOL NOW! Just walked in
the ranch.Been gone 4-wks.. I
come to hug my kids!.1st thing I
hear is @KaitlynnWWE
(2) I let most lies about me go
unchallenged. NOT THIS TIME! I
have a GREAT RELATIONSHIP with
all the DIVAS and WRESTLERS at
WWE!
(3) As far as @KaitlynWWE I she
she’s wonderful. I’m not letting
this go. I am a gentleman with all! I
don’t know what I’m accused of?
(4) BUT BRING IT ON! IN FRONT OF
THE WORLD!! ROD-POD’s RAW
1000 report! Aug.2nd have the
BALLS TO SAY IT TO MY FACE. I’M
LOOKING FOR U NOW!
I hate bullies and Men that are not
Pro’s and don’t treat all others
with respect. @KaitlynWWE is a
wonderful laddy! U Picked the
wrong guy!

Ryan Clark (Via the front page)
Piper is clearly responding to
unconfirmed reports that there was
some sort of backstage incident at
Monday’s RAW that involved himself
and WWE Diva Kaitlyn. The rumor
stated that the wrestling legend made
some suggestive remarks toward
Kaitlyn that made her uncomfortable.

Rowdy Roddy Piper @
R_Roddy_Piper
@KaitlynWWE. I Love ya & am
sorry for who ever did this to U and
I. Don't you worry. Me..I'M GOING
TO HUNT THEM DOWN! Nite Sweet
Heart! Rod

Celeste Bonin @
KaitlynWWE
@R_Roddy_Piper ahhh trying to
ignore this craziness!! It was great
to see you last night and you were
a perfect gentleman as always.

Rowdy Roddy Piper @
R_Roddy_Piper
Make it known. I am looking for the
company, persons, that said Roddy
Piper sexually harassed a Diva. My
children saw it. I WILL HUNT U
DOWN

Part 2 to follow...

[Autobahn]

Rowdy Roddy Piper @
R_Roddy_Piper
Now heard Andy Stevens from
PWMania also A Ryan&Clark on
WZR told my children there Dad
Sexually Harrassed A Lady.I need
theTRUTH! #rodpod

Rowdy Roddy Piper @
R_Roddy_Piper
Narrowing Sex acusations down to
sorces! Andy Stevens from
PWMania and Ryan& Clark of
WrestleChat.TRUE? if so,YOU HAVE
NO IDEA WHATS COMING


Rowdy Roddy Piper @
R_Roddy_Piper
@WrestleChatNet GOT YOU, RYAN
CLARK OWNS WZROnLINE. YOU
SHOWED ME THE LINK. RYAN
CLARK I'M LOOING FOR YOU!

Rowdy Roddy Piper @
R_Roddy_Piper
@WrestleChatNet @RyanClarkWZR @WZROnlinedotcom I'M LOOKING
FOR RYAN CLARK!! I'M NOT
FUCKING AROUND,YOU INSULT MY
FAMILY. I got the rules now

Rowdy Roddy Piper @
R_Roddy_Piper
I'M LOOKING FOR RYAN CLARK
WZR TO BE ON ROD-POD LIVE AUG
2nd! DO YOU HAVE ANY BALLS AT
ALL? OR I WILL FIND YOU! Talkings
over, action begins

Rowdy Roddy Piper @
R_Roddy_Piper
Ryan Clark, i'm told is loving
the extra hit's he's getting from
damaging a family. Saying
ROD,SEX,DIVA,Roddy. My little girl
cried. Ryan clark. If your gulity stand
like a man.I'll find you! Come on
Rod-Pod thursday 2nd. If not, I'll
find you.U need a lesson in manors

As of this writing, Clark has yet to respond and Piper is retweeting all sorts of criticism from his followers on Ryan Clark.

[Autobahn]

Hope that all came out ok - posting from my phone.

Poor Ryan now has to watch out for Piper AND Damien Demento now. :D

[#1-norm-fan]

lol Ryan Clark

[Volare]

http://gifsoup.com/webroot/animatedgifs1/3538235_o.gif

[itsmeJD]

Something tells me Piper is alllllllll out of bubblegum man

[owenbrown]

Ryan Clark is a piece of shit

[Juan]

*Talks about how terrible Ryan Clark is*



*Checks front page for news updates*

[owenbrown]

I don't check the front page for shit unless it's to see if the front page/forums are down for some stupid reason

[Juan]

I wasn't talking about you specifically, owenbrown.

[Heisenberg]

We used to have the advantage of a crisp karate chop, now due to rising gas prices, the cost of energy expended for one karate chop has doubled spanning back from 1993.

[owenbrown]

I wasn't talking about you specifically, owenbrown.

Just about the general bitching about Ryan "I steal from other news sites" Clark?

[Autobahn]

Piper has been retweeting some of the hater comments lol:

Chris J @ChrisJ00105h
Everyone abandon WZR and unfollow @RyanClarkWZR on Twitter for publishing false news about @R_Roddy_Piper for hits. Hate things like this.
Retweeted by R_Roddy_Piper

Jason Saint @JasonFNSaint5h
Hey, fuck you, @RyanClarkWZR for talking shit about my hero, @R_Roddy_Piper. You're the type of guy who should have been bullied in school.
Retweeted by R_Roddy_Piper

Joseph Rojas @JRTheHeel7h
@R_Roddy_Piper Nobody copy and pastes quite like @RyanClarkWZR.
Retweeted by R_Roddy_Piper


I am reserving my opinion until The Iron Sheik provides an expert analysis on this.

[Autobahn]

"@RyanClarkWZR: A post regarding @R_Roddy_Piper situation will be posted in AM at http://t.co/AkM7x4pr. Lots of misconceptions. Will be cleared up in AM."

Hmmm

[Juan]

He's gonna say that he was given false information from his "source" I bet.

[owenbrown]

otherwise known as covering his own ass as usual

[Tom Guycott]

Piper has been retweeting some of the hater comments lol:

Chris J @ChrisJ00105h
Everyone abandon WZR and unfollow @RyanClarkWZR on Twitter for publishing false news about @R_Roddy_Piper for hits. Hate things like this.
Retweeted by R_Roddy_Piper

Jason Saint @JasonFNSaint5h
Hey, fuck you, @RyanClarkWZR for talking shit about my hero, @R_Roddy_Piper. You're the type of guy who should have been bullied in school.
Retweeted by R_Roddy_Piper

Joseph Rojas @JRTheHeel7h
@R_Roddy_Piper Nobody copy and pastes quite like @RyanClarkWZR.
Retweeted by R_Roddy_Piper


I am reserving my opinion until The Iron Sheik provides an expert analysis on this.

He'll provide better journalism, AND make him humble!

Wonder what Steiner would say...

OH SNAP! IDEA! INTERNET WRESTLING NEWS WITH SCOTTY AND SHEIKY! SOMEONE RUN WITH THAT SHIT AND GIVE THEM A (FUCKIN') OPEN MIC FOR A PODCAST!!!

[Savio]

Everyone who bitches about Ryan stealing news from other sites probably weren't here when TPWW didn't have anyone to post news on this site.

Also I'm quite sure some of them steal streams

[Savio]

Just read the first post....yeah that was a pretty scummy thing

[Swish]

haha Piper is a fucking legend. I hope he delivers some ass kicking
to Ryan for lying about this.. karma is a bitch and it's about to bite Clark

[Gass]

I don't know guys, Ryan seems like a pretty swell guy to me. I'd like to crush some Natty Lites with him and talk about all the hot milfs we see at the gyms we attend.

[Cool King]

I really don't know how Twitter works. Reading "Tweets" is like reading a foreign language to me. I'm glad I don't have an account.

To many @ signs and hash signs and names with pointlessly placed capital leters and underscores, all crammed together. :-\

[CSL]

nah, it just doesn't translate well when copied and pasted "regularly"

[CSL]

example


Celeste Bonin @
KaitlynWWE
@R_Roddy_Piper ahhh trying to
ignore this craziness!! It was great
to see you last night and you were
a perfect gentleman as always.

the Celeste Bonin part is her name, the @KaitlynWWE part is the handle. It has @R_Roddy_Piper because that's who the tweet is to, so he's essentially tagged in it so he sees it. The rest is just words. On Twitter it would look like

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-in-reply-to="227927562339381248"><p>@<a href="https://twitter.com/R_Roddy_Piper">R_Roddy_Piper</a> ahhh trying to ignore this craziness!! It was great to see you last night and you were a perfect gentleman as always.</p>&mdash; Celeste Bonin (@KaitlynWWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/KaitlynWWE/status/227936946347986944" data-datetime="2012-07-25T01:22:57+00:00">July 25, 2012</a></blockquote>
<script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Tom Guycott]

Everyone who bitches about Ryan stealing news from other sites probably weren't here when TPWW didn't have anyone to post news on this site.

Also I'm quite sure some of them steal streams

I don't partake in the sport of Ryan Clark bashing much, mostly because it's in the realm of "the thing to do" like bitch about Cena not going heel or fellating any quote from Kevin Nash as Jesus-like in terms of the world of wrestling, but in this case...

The "story" and then ZOMG! HOTLINK TO WHATEVER!! MUST SEE!!!>>> is funny because it's a meme that's been done to death and has been around for at least a solid decade. And I can even look the other way when he gives his "review" on something, like summarizing a PPV and peppering it with nonsencical "Op-Ed personal observations",such as asking why AW's mic was still on during a PTP match- as if it were an error of the sound truck- after weeks of him doing the same thing where it's obvious it's part of his "new age Jimmy Hart" gimmick. As if he's unaware of the product he's commenting on. Or making some unfunny joke that seems like the type of thing somone tries to say to get a reaction out of "the cool kids" to get them to chuckle and accept him (like his whole *fuck the police, AMIRITE!?* thing). Only, in this case, "cool kids" takes an ironic twist as being the IWC. This is more "pat on the head and go *awww*" sypmathetic.

My issue isn't so much the "stealing stories" part either. Gone are the days of CompuServe or Prodigy or AOL being on the fringes of this new digital frontier and all your wrestling news being scattered to whatever basement-dwelling corners of the web needing to be dredged and consolidated into a central hub for processing at a central area with infinitely more webtraffic. In this day and age where the internet is as prevalant as drinking water, there are only so many stories to go around, and they're pretty instantanious. Hell, half the time, the wrestlers themselves break a story before it's "official" from WWE or TNA thanks to the magic of social media. You get what you get and you relay it. The problem is that he makes it sound like HE broke the fucking story; like he was standing in the room interviewing someone or talking to someone directly in the know himself... unless it's proven false, then his "source(s)" will be thrown under the bus.

It's the fact that shit like this will happen, and he'll be the equivalent of the gossiping bitty at the fence, waiting to dish all the latest half-assed "hot news" (read: wildly speculated rumor) even if it is proven to be farfetched tripe and pass it off as "journalism", like he did the legwork as opposed to random copypasta that happens to mention a wrestler.

Then, when it's out there that whatever it was he swiped from somewhere, seemingly without any hint of corroboration or fact checking, and he gets called on it, it's not so much "hey, I fucked up, sorry" it's "my source was wrong". Passing the buck to shift the blame on the place he stole the story from instead of owning up to shit.

He presents himself as a smug asshole who gets by on the work of others and passing the blame (or hiding behind "well, I said it was a rumor in there somewhere to cover my ass...") when it's wrong. If his personal touch on his writing didn't reflect such unwarranted self-importance, I would think he wouldn't get crapped on nearly as much as he does. And what he would get would be more light hearted like "doooohh, that Ryan Clark :) " and less "man, that Ryal Clark is such a douchenozzle!"

Which comes back to this: clamming the fuck up with Hot Rod called him on whatever trivial six degrees info he may have regurgitated so people faping to the next sliver of dirtsheet nonsense can fill in the blanks as fucked up as they want to, OR turning around and saying "look, I just reported with blind faith on what I had- my source screwed you over!" instead of just simply going: look, "Roddy, I'm sorry. Got a story, thought it may have been legit, or I didn't check my facts, or I honestly just stole this from somewhere and looked not further into it. My bad."

And, if hypothetically this were true, Clark wouldn't hesitate down the line of personal degredation like "what a slimy ass crade robber" and such, and topping it off with a "remember, you heard it here first!!! Join the Ryal Clark fanclub today, Mac!!!"

In summary, I'm not bothered by him being a "bad journalist". That appears to be a given. I'm bothered that he's such a dick about it.

[MoFo]

Ryan Clark & Kevin Federline vs Roddy Piper & Jahn Cena @ 20th Raw anniversary

[OldSchoolFan]

well he posted: "A Twitter "war" in progress .... time to set the record straight. Enough with the bullshit. Piper is either drunk or high .... or completely unable to comprehend." on his FB page, well one of the comments was "You may watch what you write incase he sues you for slander" and I got to thinking; would this comment he made be enough to do this? I honestly think with as sue happy as people are if we could see this happen; especially considering the comment that sparked this whole thing. So do you guys foresee Mrs. Clark getting sued by Piper?

[Keith]

All I know is that Roddy Piper is milking the hell out of this. He's retweeting people's comments and his tweets seem as if he was playing up an angle or something (of course, it's not an angle, but it just seems that way).

My guess is he's using this to promote his podcast, and enjoying being somewhat in the middle of a controversy, because other than that, people don't really talk about him all that much nowadays.

Let's not forget that in the lead-up to the Rock/Cena match at WrestleMania 28, he was campaigning so that WWE would have him do a "Piper's Pit" where he'd have Dwayne and John jab at each other. He's just another legend who crave's attention, and this little "mess" feeds him some.

[The Pope]

Fuck Ryan Clark

[Keith]

BTW I'm not defending Ryan Clark, I found out who he was through this whole mess, but I'm just saying that what Piper is doing, I don't like.

[Shisen Kopf]

Ryan Clark is worse than Hitler bc Hitler wrote with better grammar.

[Keith]

Is this Ryan Clark guy the owner of this website?

[CSL]

All I know is that Roddy Piper is milking the hell out of this. He's retweeting people's comments and his tweets seem as if he was playing up an angle or something (of course, it's not an angle, but it just seems that way).

My guess is he's using this to promote his podcast, and enjoying being somewhat in the middle of a controversy, because other than that, people don't really talk about him all that much nowadays.

Let's not forget that in the lead-up to the Rock/Cena match at WrestleMania 28, he was campaigning so that WWE would have him do a "Piper's Pit" where he'd have Dwayne and John jab at each other. He's just another legend who crave's attention, and this little "mess" feeds him some.

lol what

[Skippord]

example



the Celeste Bonin part is her name, the @KaitlynWWE part is the handle. It has @R_Roddy_Piper because that's who the tweet is to, so he's essentially tagged in it so he sees it. The rest is just words. On Twitter it would look like

@R_Roddy_Piper (https://twitter.com/R_Roddy_Piper) ahhh trying to ignore this craziness!! It was great to see you last night and you were a perfect gentleman as always.
— Celeste Bonin (@KaitlynWWE) July 25, 2012 (https://twitter.com/KaitlynWWE/status/227936946347986944)
<script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Is Roddy going to murder someone?

[Shisen Kopf]

Is this Ryan Clark guy the owner of this website?

No, tpww banned the jews years ago.

[The Pope]

Is this Ryan Clark guy the owner of this website?
The only thing he owns are his keyboard and computer

[The Pope]

Her last name is really Bonin? hahaha

[Keith]

I ask because this is what his Twitter profile says:

http://i.imgur.com/E2sU3.png

[Gonzo]

Albany? I never knew that. I could find him in about 20 minutes and settle this once and for all for everyone.

[CSL]

set fire to his house plz, cheers

[Emperor Smeat]

So did he post the update yet like he promised or he's hoping everyone forgets because he probably made another screw up or misread stuff as usual?

[Autobahn]

Clarification & Retraction Over A Recent Roddy Piper Story
RYAN CLARK JULY 27, 2012
Tuesday, here on the website, we posted a rumor on Roddy Piper and WWE Diva Kaitlyn. The story noted that there may have been an incident backstage at the 1,000th RAW event, where Kaitlyn was allegedly upset by some suggestive comments Mr. Piper may have made to her.

Many of you have likely caught wind by now of Mr. Piper’s continuous tweets, blasting myself and our website for the article. Mr. Piper has also claimed the story accused him of “sexual harassment” and claims I’ve made fun of people in “wheel chairs”. These claims are completely unfounded, and outright untrue.

In an update to our story, we were contacted by a source who worked for an independent contractor who was backstage at RAW this past Monday evening. For those unaware, WWE hires independent contractors from local cities to unload WWE’s trucks and help with the setting up of television sets and other production-related matters. The person who contacted us had provided some information that coincided with what we had been reporting (i.e. – WWE Legends backstage, portions of the creative script, etc). There was information given to us that 100 percent proved he was backstage at RAW on Monday. One of the pieces of information we received from the aforementioned source was a report that Roddy Piper was spotted talking with numerous WWE Divas, and in specific, “Kaitlyn angrily walked away from Piper after the two were speaking.” When questioned further, this person told us it appeared Kaitlyn was upset by something Mr. Piper had said to her during their conversation.

With that being said, we reported a story that purposely stated numerous times this was a rumor and could not be verified by the time the article went to print. The article only stated that there may have been an incident at RAW involving the Legend and WWE Diva. The report stated “the wrestling legend made some suggestive remarks toward Kaitlyn that made her uncomfortable.” Again, we went out of our way to point out that this was, in fact, merely a rumor. Had it been fact, and something a trusted source of ours had passed along to us, that would have also been made clear in the publication. The fact that it wasn’t prompted the specific usage of the word “rumor” and could not have been more clear by anyone who actually read the story.

The following day, Mr. Piper was made aware of the report and posted numerous tweets on his official Twitter account denying the specifics from within our article. We followed up, as we always do, and posted said-tweets from Mr. Piper here on our website. We wanted to get his side of the story out as well, as to be fair and allow all sides of the story to be viewed equally, from all perspectives involved. WWE Diva Kaitlyn responded to Piper later that night and it once again appeared that she was not upset by any events that may have occurred. We also posted Kaitlyn’s tweets here on the website. Again, all sides of the story were given the same amount of attention and promotion here on our website. There were absolutely no biases, slants or favoritism used to any one particular angle or side of the story.

When both talents involved in the story denied our report, we immediately pulled the article.

As far as Mr. Piper’s tweets are concerned, he’s being fed a substantial amount of inaccurate information regarding myself, the story and our website as a whole by certain fans of his. I have never bashed a handicap person or “someone in a wheelchair.” The article also never referred to Mr. Piper “sexually harassing” the WWE Diva, or anyone else. We would never report something of that nature without having it 100% confirmed, and as stated, this was a rumor, so it was carefully worded as to not slander any parties involved.

Apparently the alleged rumor was discovered to be untrue. At least according to the parties involved themselves. In that case, given the fact it was a rumor and not a piece of information confirmed to us by a reliable/regular source, the right thing to do is to remove the story and immediately issue a retraction. That is what we always do and is what we have done here as well. I’ve reached out to Mr. Piper numerous times over the past 24 hours to attempt to clear the air. Thus far I have remained unsuccessful in my attempts to reach him. I’ll make another plea here. My email is Webmaster@ProWrestlingSCOOPS.com. He can also send a DM to me via Twitter. There are a number of ways to get into contact with me. I’m not “hiding,” despite claims to the contrary. As you can tell by the interactive nature of this website, regardless of Mr. Piper’s internet-based accessibility, there are numerous ways he can reach me directly at his complete and total convenience. I believe the correct way to resolve such an issue is in a direct, man-to-man fashion and not through a social media platform where people can, and already have, acted unprofessional and inappropriate, to say the least.

On behalf of everyone here on the website, I want to sincerely apologize to both Roddy Piper and Kaitlyn. We’ve had Mr. Piper on our WZR Radio show numerous times in the past (years ago) to promote his book, his acting roles, among many other appearances Mr. Piper was looking to publicise. We’ve openly stated many times that he has always been a very entertaining and polite guest. Frankly, we’ve mentioned specifically that Mr. Piper is perhaps one of our favorite and most entertaining guests of all-time. All of our radio shows are archived and dated, so you can listen for yourself. Why do we point this out? To prove we have no agenda against Mr. Piper. We have no agenda against anyone in the business. Everything we do is above boards. Again – nothing to hide.

It’s quite simple. A source fed us a piece of information. We reported it. We made sure to point out that it was in fact not 100 percent substantiated, and that it was merely a rumor we were passing along. Once both parties denied it and a reliable source was unable to confirm it, the story was pulled and a retraction was put in its’ place. We followed the same business practice we have always adhered to on the website, and no special treatment, positive or negative, was involved in this situation.

In closing, we will apologize one more time and ask that Mr. Piper contact us directly at his convenience.

Thank you as always for your continued support of the website.

[Ruien]

I’m not “hiding,” despite claims to the contrary. As you can tell by the interactive nature of this website, regardless of Mr. Piper’s internet-based accessibility, there are numerous ways he can reach me directly at his complete and total convenience. I believe the correct way to resolve such an issue is in a direct, man-to-man fashion and not through a social media platform where people can, and already have, acted unprofessional and inappropriate, to say the least.

:rofl:

[Shisen Kopf]

I wonder if Ryan Clark is related to Piper's cousin Bret Hitman Clark?

[Autobahn]

Rowdy Roddy Piper @R_Roddy_Piper15m
I read Ryans report. Got home tues, internet ran with it & add the word sex at the least. My children were told. Thank U 4 clearing it up.

[Autobahn]

Looks like I won't get to use this image after all...

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ll04fpPLOH1qjs1hro1_500.png

[Emperor Smeat]

It’s quite simple. A source fed us a piece of information. We reported it. We made sure to point out that it was in fact not 100 percent substantiated, and that it was merely a rumor we were passing along. Once both parties denied it and a reliable source was unable to confirm it, the story was pulled and a retraction was put in its’ place. We followed the same business practice we have always adhered to on the website, and no special treatment, positive or negative, was involved in this situation.

So basically it was another screw up by him as usual.

:lol: Clark asking for Piper not to bash him anymore using social media even though he used the same media to make the untrue claims.

[Gonzo]

I can still take care of Clark if anyone is still interested.

[Lock Jaw]

The report stated “the wrestling legend made some suggestive remarks toward Kaitlyn that made her uncomfortable.”

The article also never referred to Mr. Piper “sexually harassing” the WWE Diva, or anyone else.

I don't think Clark knows that making suggestive remarks to someone can be taken as sexual harassment.

[The Pope]

mommy will protect you Ryan, don't trip

[Tom Guycott]

... unless it's proven false, then his "source(s)" will be thrown under the bus.
Then, when it's out there that whatever it was he swiped from somewhere, seemingly without any hint of corroboration or fact checking, and he gets called on it, it's not so much "hey, I fucked up, sorry" it's "my source was wrong". Passing the buck to shift the blame on the place he stole the story from instead of owning up to shit.

...or hiding behind "well, I said it was a rumor in there somewhere to cover my ass..."

Which comes back to this: clamming the fuck up with Hot Rod called him on whatever trivial six degrees info he may have regurgitated so people faping to the next sliver of dirtsheet nonsense can fill in the blanks as fucked up as they want to, OR turning around and saying "look, I just reported with blind faith on what I had- my source screwed you over!" instead of just simply going: look, "Roddy, I'm sorry. Got a story, thought it may have been legit, or I didn't check my facts, or I honestly just stole this from somewhere and looked not further into it. My bad."






Clarification & Retraction Over A Recent Roddy Piper Story
RYAN CLARK JULY 27, 2012
Tuesday, here on the website, we posted a rumor on Roddy Piper and WWE Diva Kaitlyn. The story noted that there may have been an incident backstage at the 1,000th RAW event, where Kaitlyn was allegedly upset by some suggestive comments Mr. Piper may have made to her...

In an update to our story, we were contacted by a source who worked for an independent contractor who was backstage at RAW this past Monday evening. For those unaware, WWE hires independent contractors from local cities to unload WWE’s trucks and help with the setting up of television sets and other production-related matters. The person who contacted us had provided some information that coincided with what we had been reporting (i.e. – WWE Legends backstage, portions of the creative script, etc). There was information given to us that 100 percent proved he was backstage at RAW on Monday. One of the pieces of information we received from the aforementioned source was a report that Roddy Piper was spotted talking with numerous WWE Divas, and in specific, “Kaitlyn angrily walked away from Piper after the two were speaking.” When questioned further, this person told us it appeared Kaitlyn was upset by something Mr. Piper had said to her during their conversation.

With that being said, we reported a story that purposely stated numerous times this was a rumor and could not be verified by the time the article went to print. The article only stated that there may have been an incident at RAW involving the Legend and WWE Diva. The report stated “the wrestling legend made some suggestive remarks toward Kaitlyn that made her uncomfortable.” Again, we went out of our way to point out that this was, in fact, merely a rumor. Had it been fact, and something a trusted source of ours had passed along to us, that would have also been made clear in the publication. The fact that it wasn’t prompted the specific usage of the word “rumor” and could not have been more clear by anyone who actually read the story.

When both talents involved in the story denied our report, we immediately pulled the article.

As far as Mr. Piper’s tweets are concerned, he’s being fed a substantial amount of inaccurate information regarding myself, the story and our website as a whole by certain fans of his. I have never bashed a handicap person or “someone in a wheelchair.” The article also never referred to Mr. Piper “sexually harassing” the WWE Diva, or anyone else. We would never report something of that nature without having it 100% confirmed, and as stated, this was a rumor, so it was carefully worded as to not slander any parties involved.


On behalf of everyone here on the website, I want to sincerely apologize to both Roddy Piper and Kaitlyn. We’ve had Mr. Piper on our WZR Radio show numerous times in the past (years ago) to promote his book, his acting roles, among many other appearances Mr. Piper was looking to publicise. We’ve openly stated many times that he has always been a very entertaining and polite guest. Frankly, we’ve mentioned specifically that Mr. Piper is perhaps one of our favorite and most entertaining guests of all-time. All of our radio shows are archived and dated, so you can listen for yourself. Why do we point this out? To prove we have no agenda against Mr. Piper. We have no agenda against anyone in the business. Everything we do is above boards. Again – nothing to hide.

It’s quite simple. A source fed us a piece of information. We reported it. We made sure to point out that it was in fact not 100 percent substantiated, and that it was merely a rumor we were passing along. Once both parties denied it and a reliable source was unable to confirm it, the story was pulled and a retraction was put in its’ place. We followed the same business practice we have always adhered to on the website, and no special treatment, positive or negative, was involved in this situation.

In closing, we will apologize one more time and ask that Mr. Piper contact us directly at his convenience.

Thank you as always for your continued support of the website.

So, for those keeping score:

1) Throwing the "sauce" to the wolves: CALLED IT!

2) Making sure to point out "I only said it was a rumor in the first place": CALLED IT!

3) An apology issued to Piper and Katlyn: ... hmm, didn't think that would actually be there. No point for me.

I also made mention of the self-promotion, but it was more about the shameless plugging that would have come had the story been substantiated, so I won't really count that one.

It would seem to me, however, that if you have to write a Tolstoy-esque novel retracting your "story" that was all of about 4 sentences long to begin with, is it worth printing in the first place?

[Ryan Clark]

Would love to meet you, "Gonzo". Very cool to know we have a visitor/member of the site who lives in the Albany, NY area. South Pearl St. seems like a good place with some good food ... or "The Rusty Anchor" in Troy also has some great food ... was there just last week. Dinner and drinks on me. :-)

Despite some of your comments, appreciate all of you and your support of the website.

Take care guys.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

AHHHHHHHHHHHH OMG OMG OMG HES HERE

[Supreme Olajuwon]

HIDE THE EGGS

[mhirn3]

Would love to meet you, "Gonzo". Very cool to know we have a visitor/member of the site who lives in the Albany, NY area. South Pearl St. seems like a good place with some good food ... or "The Rusty Anchor" in Troy also has some great food ... was there just last week. Dinner and drinks on me. :-)

Despite some of your comments, appreciate all of you and your support of the website.

Take care guys.

Please tell me this is a parody account....too funny if it's real

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Oh he's real. Back in the day he used to post headlines on the forum.

http://tpww.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=18

[#1-norm-fan]

Would love to meet you, "Gonzo". Very cool to know we have a visitor/member of the site who lives in the Albany, NY area. South Pearl St. seems like a good place with some good food ... or "The Rusty Anchor" in Troy also has some great food ... was there just last week. Dinner and drinks on me. :-)

Despite some of your comments, appreciate all of you and your support of the website.

Take care guys.

:eek:

[mhirn3]

Oh he's real. Back in the day he used to post headlines on the forum.

http://tpww.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=18

He's real.....but is he DAMN REAL?

http://userimage.gamespot.com/images/profile/4/9/21511450303566520949868285528794/sig_image.gif

[Supreme Olajuwon]

dont ruin the moment

[#1-norm-fan]

Oh he's real. Back in the day he used to post headlines on the forum.

http://tpww.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=18

Yep. It's the real deal.

Of course, it could be Triple A using "Ryan Clark" as a screen name to post the news. I don't know how all that works.

Either way...

http://oi50.tinypic.com/1hw2gp.jpg

[Ryan Clark]

Look forward to hopefully meeting this guy soon ... dinner and drinks on me bud. Also, if you're in the NYC area, I take the train down every few months and meet up with a bunch of fans prior to ROH events. There is about 15-20 of us currently and we have a good time. Again, dinner and drinks on me. Shoot me an email at Webmaster@ProWrestlingScoops.com.

The comments don't bother me guys ... everyone is entitled to their opinion and that's fine. You guys are all cool cats in my opinion. Take care and thanks for your continued support of the website. Appreciate it no matter what your opinion of me or the site is.

Be good. Talk to you guys in the AM.

[#1-norm-fan]

Does that free drinks offer apply to everyone?

:shifty:

[Gass]

:lol::lol::lol::lol:

Hey, the guy's rolling in money.

[Gertner]

I hope you get AIDS and your daughter is an ugly pig

[bigslimjj]

Lol at his profiles rep count. "Ryan Clark is a horrible person"

[CSL]

fair play to him being "professional" and stuff and not taking it personally if that was actually him. He and the majority of his kind are still the biggest scourge/blight on the mainstream wrestling industry tho http://www.tpww.net/forums/images/icons/icon7.gif