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  • The Final Word: The Entire & End of the Story
    Submitted By James Walsh on 12/03/05

    Just when I think the childish stuff is behind me, I receive word from several forum members that more lies and distortions are being passed out by the guilty parties of the site hacking just a few weeks ago. And, because I simply cannot let my name be dragged through the mud when I've done nothing wrong, I must offer a response.

    First thing's first, I do know who did what to the site. I know the whole story and I honestly am tired of having to discuss it. To put it as plainly as can be, it was Chuck's doing and others either participated in it directly or knew it was happening and did nothing to stop it. Those people are just as guilty as Chuck for not doing the right thing and stopping a sticky situation before it came to be. And, now we're sticky.

    Here is the whole story and this is the last and final time I will even pay this any mind.

    Chuck called me after work on Friday night and called me everything in the book such as childish, crazy, and mocked my political posts on the forums mostly because he disagrees with them and could not debate me on them because that's simply how people on his side of the fence behave. If you can't win the battle of ideas, you mock the person who suggested the idea and try to defame their character. And you wonder why his party can't win an election?

    So, I've just been dragged through the ringer by Chuck who tops it all off by saying "I'm not happy" and then demands we begin to record a PWInsider.com hotline report. Let me ask you guys this question...

    If you were just called several names including childish and crazy, would you want to play nice and record an audio segment with the person who just called you that?

    Chances are you agree with me and wouldn't put on a happy face and pretend you're delighted to be talking to someone who obviously doesn't pay you much regard after ripping into you in an unprovoked way.

    But, I was provoked to offer Chuck the ability to discuss his problems with me personally. He refused to do so and demanded, yet again, to record the hotline. My response was simple.

    "If you are not going to discuss this with me like an adult, you may have a nice night." And, I hung up the phone.

    On my screen a few moments later were insulting messages from Chuck's screen name telling me how I don't pull my weight on the web site or show and that he's "done."

    A few days later, I contact Chuck to see if we can clear the air once and for all and continue. Regardless if I like Chuck's treatment of women or personal demons that haunt him to this day, I believe he and I created something special with the Wrestling Epicenter show and wanted to continue that as it was. But, that wasn't in the cards for Chuck.

    Now, about this phone conversation that was recorded without my knowledge, a federal crime by the way, let me tell you what makes Chuck both great and a true pain in the ass.

    Chuck speaks often about getting the desired reaction from people. In other words, manipulating them to say what he wants them to say. That is a great thing to be able to do when you are performing interviews. But, in life, if you manipulate people, you are a very deceitful person.

    On Sunday night, I was manipulated to lose my cool and yell at Chuck at the top of my lungs. And, I offer no apologies for such behavior.

    When you sit there on the other line and you tell me because I like to take one hour a day to go in the pool and do laps and get a little sun that I'm not doing my job for the show or the site, I will start to scream. And, when you manipulate conversations we had a day before a show when I said I had to re-watch the tape of RAW because I simply didn't recall much being special about it and turn that into "you don't even remember what happened on RAW half the time," I will scream.

    In that conversation, which I'm sure if ever gets heard will be edited in the same way Chuck edited a conversation between he and Chris Cash making Cash say, "f*** Daniel and Stephanie" even though Mr. Cash was nothing but respectful to both of those people, Chuck celebrated me getting kicked off the radio because, as he put it, "Without me, you have no show."

    So, let me put you guys on the spot yet again.

    Say you work on a show and site for 8 months and put it before so many things in your life including your college education and, to a degree, your relationship. Then, your partner in those efforts begins promising things and not delivering on those promises. For example,

    "I got us on All Comedy Radio. We're going to do the show from there AND the Blaze!"

    Or

    "Lets go to Philadelphia and attend Wrestle Reunion. My mom has frequent flyer miles and we can go for free!"

    Or,

    "We need to do something to make money on this site. We need to sell something" only to balk at every idea and suggestion given to him up to, including, and especially doing work with someone who has been nothing but gracious with her time, Francine.

    Then, picture that person, after 8 months of working your ass off, telling you that YOU don't put your effort in and you don't deserve to be on the radio.

    Would you flip out?

    Sure you would. And, I did and I told him exactly what I thought of him. And, again, for that I offer no apologies.

    Fast forward a few days. I have fallen ill and have a rash covering 90% of my body that itches like hell and I basically have no energy to carry out my daily activities. In other words, I am in bed asleep and even getting up to go to the bathroom is harder than any work out I've ever endured. But, I bring myself to the computer to continue to update the news and in that process, I take away Chuck's access to Mambo and his Administrator status on the forums. After all, he's "done," right?

    I'm asleep in bed at 3:30 in the morning and what happens? My phone rings but I don't hear it. My mother who was taking care of me, on the other hand, does. What happens? Chuck, doing a goofy voice, threatens my mother and tells her I'll be even sicker when I see what he does to me in the morning.

    A few hours later, Chuck, now using his real voice, calls me playing this "the site got hacked but I'll fix it" martyr. He fixes the forums but not the site and, by all indications, never tried to fix the site at all.

    The disk usage on the site went from 70% full to 13% full. That should show you how much got deleted. And, this is how I know it was Chuck.

    On top of that, I sign on my AOL account and start getting strange instant messages from people asking if I am really suicidal, homosexual, or a raving lunatic. On top of that, my girlfriend calls me sobbing asking how I could say the things I said to her. The only problem is, I didn't say a word to her. But, whoever did knew a lot. And, who would know this information more than a guy who called me 6 times a day every single day for the past 8 months discussing things all day and night like Chuck?

    By now many of you may be wondering, "How do you know Chuck did this?" It's simple, really.

    Mambo and our forums required a log in name and password. Because I became so used to a password I've used for the past decade, I stupidly continued to use it and made that password available to all Super Administrators who knew where to look to find it. There were only 2 Super Administrators on the site, myself and Chuck. Hmmm, I wonder how my password was figured out?

    As for the actual site, the password to the actual sever was something different from my usual password. But, because Chuck and I built the site and forums up ourselves, he and I both had to know that password. Stupidly, and I blame the illness I was suffering from, I didn't think to change that password. So, he's the only one who could've gotten in.

    My former good pal Erik claims it was Matt Hoover who deleted my site. There's a problem with that theory. It gets slightly technical so please try and follow.

    Chuck uses a high powered FTP client, File Transfer Protocol. This is the program webmasters use to access their server space and data. With this, you may delete entire folders and entire content.

    Erik claims Matt Hoover deleted this. In the past, Matt Hoover was asked if he knew how to upload files because he was originally going to be doing his own show on the site. He didn't and as such he was never given the password and never knew how to use an FTP program. But, just for the sake of debate, lets assume Matt was able to use AOL's FTP client which is built in to the AOL software.

    AOL's FTP client does not have the ability to delete entire folders. That is exactly what happened.

    By the way, Chuck's "Cool FTP" client? Yeah, you can delete entire folders with that.

    Ain't that a kick in the head?

    Truth be told, I trust no one with that kind of information anymore. And, I trust no one from that situation. As far as I am concerned, everybody that Chuck calls at 2 in the morning to talk about anal sex with is under the microscope. And that is why I throw Dynamite Kid's name out there. He became Chuck's new friend. If by chance he was not involved, I would like to apologize to him. However, I have no reason to trust that he wasn't and as such, I don't trust or believe him.

    Now, lets clear up some more of the kid shit other than the whole site issue.

    Dynamite Kid posted that I said nasty things about Francine. You guys who read this site know I have said nothing but positive things about Francine. It was my idea to get her to be a part of the weekly show because, quite frankly, she is a normal person in a business full of people who are less than normal. I was thrilled to have her be a part of this and hope she will continue with us for a long time to come.

    As for Dynamite's remarks about my treatment of women and my sexual escapades, I'll tell you flat out that I've been lucky enough to date a few beautiful young ladies in my day. I've had 3 serious girlfriends and am not someone who gets too detailed about what I do in the bedroom. The crap described by Dynamite was stuff said by Chuck to get himself an erection while on the phone with 2 men. And you wonder why so many think he's homosexual?

    As for the remarks I made about Chuck's drug abuse, I offer no apologies. Chuck's new buddy who lives across the hall from him, who behind his back Chuck refers to as "trailer trash," has once again introduced Chuck to drug abuse and excessive alcohol. And Chuck, "Mr. Ladies Man" in his own mind, couldn't get a date on his own and had to settle for a blind date with his "trailer trash" friend's girlfriend's friend who Chuck, behind her back mind you, describes as "fat and ugly." Nice guy, isn't he?

    As for steroid abuse, Chuck has argued with myself and other friends of his several times about his desire to use them again. He did use them a few years back and the scrawny aging frat boy that Chuck appears to be now is not an indication of what he once looked like. Couple that with the fact that I sat in the studio as Chuck inquired to another friend about where he can pick up steroids at a cheap price. But, everybody asks about where to buy them and starts eating huge amounts of food to bulk up when they aren't intending to use them, right?

    As for me calling people "wigger," I must admit it is a phrase I use in anger towards fad followers who pretend to be something they are not. In today's society, that is a suburban white guy saying "forshizzle" and wearing pants that hang off their ass while trying to look tough based on the clothes they wear. It has nothing to do with race, it has everything to do with fakeness and idiocy. I'm equally as tough on gothic kids but I was not put in a position to be arguing with one of those.

    As for the personal shots about my vision, I suppose they are warranted given the personal stuff that has been flying around lately. To sum this up in a public forum, I'll answer those questions quickly.

    I am legally blind but not totally blind. I am able to get around well and have achieved college degrees in mainstream classes with no special treatment. I hide this problem to the best of my ability by wearing sunglasses at times or sitting in the back of class so the teacher can't see me struggling to read the paper. Why? Because I don't want my disability to define who I am as a person. But, Chuck used to tell people, behind my back which is the way he seems to operate, that I "walk into walls sometimes." That is a total falsehood and he should be ashamed of himself for making such a claim.

    As for the whole "pizza ordering" thing, I can honestly say I didn't order one pizza to Chuck's door. I believe Chuck may have more enemies than just me. So, whatever that situation is about, don't look at me. It wasn't my doing.

    Finally, Chuck convinced Erik and a few others to defect to a site that he was planning to do after he stole my spot on the station. I am grateful to have gotten that spot on the station for myself. So, there will be no new site. But, it's good to know that his underhanded ways stretched all the way to trying to eliminate me from the equation. But, you forgot something about me, Chuck. I never give up without a fight.

    Now, let this be the end of it. For crying out loud, I feel dumber having had to write this response. But, when my forum members are being private messaged and told rotten and untrue things about myself and my personal conduct, I have to respond at any risk.

    This is over. Let it die. At the end of the day, we are both happy. Chuck doesn't have to manipulate me into feeling guilty for having an hour of "me time" a day and now can go on to playing his music on the station while I keep the Wrestling Epicenter trucking. Everybody's happy! Especially me!

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