Matt Hardy Goes After Eric Bischoff

[Bill McCutchin]

Recently, Eric Bischoff posted a blog on his site in which he went on
the warpath towards Matt Hardy. He wrote some pretty bold statements
about the former ECW Champion and now Hardy has had the opportunity
respond via his blog on MySpace.

Below are highlights from Hardy's blog, which was posted on Wednesday,
January 21.

Hardy: There are so many wonderful and positive things my success has
made possible and allowed me to do. On the other end of the spectrum
though, there are other byproducts created by success-critics and
negative opinions. It comes with the territory and I have learned to
not only accept them, but to embrace them as motivation. Which brings
me to some comments that were made about me that I was recently made
aware of. I'll be the first to admit, I love keeping up with my
profession on all levels, including the rumor-mill known as the
internet. The last two weeks I've had such a hectic schedule between
my day job and my other projects, I've haven't been up to speed on the
current internet "topics." A good friend of mine showed me some
comments a former power broker in the sports entertainment business
made about yours truly. After I read his comments, I actually started
laughing they were so off the mark. He then proceeded to make a couple
of comments about Jeff, without knowing actual facts, which just made
him look like a rotten person. Here's verbatim what was said about
me..

Bischoff: "Matt, you are a friggin goof. Your recent recap of your
“lifestyle” frames you as a candidate to the Jake Roberts Hall of
Fame. Your suggestion that you and your generation are “smarter and
more responsible” than previous generations of wrestlers makes me
sick. You are a mid-card talent that should be grateful to even get a
check every other week. Enjoy it while it lasts. And rather than
looking down your nose at previous generations of professional
wrestlers, donate a portion of your check to one of them and ask them
to point out all the parallels between your current career path/
lifestyle and theirs."

Hardy: I find it funny that my "suggestions make him sick", yet he
cares enough about me and my blog to read it and actually comment on
it. Because I certainly didn't even know he had a blog or gave a damn
about it until someone made me aware of it. So I'm gonna give this
individual just what he was looking for by taking a couple of ignorant
jabs towards someone he apparently cares about-some publicity on the
net.

You can read the entire, lengthy exchange at www.pwnewsnow.com