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Now I'll be the first to say that Eric Bischoff is one of the worst guys to spearhead a company in the last twenty years, however he did get one thing right concerning Matt Hardy. Back in 06 or 07 I read a an article about a back and forth "battle of words" between a then unemployed Eric Bischoff and Matt Hardy, who at the time seemed to many was on the path of being a future Headliner. Matt Hardy and one or two other mid carders had just made the local news in some small costal town in florida for being thrown out of a bar for being drunk and disruptive. It went largely unnoticed to most, however it did catch the ear of Eric Bischoff who decided to chime in with his own two cents. After being asked about the incident in an interview, Eric Bischoff was very critical on Matt Hardy and began comparing him to Scott Hall. He basically was saying that this young man who seems to being rising in the ranks is actually going the way of Razor. He said these young guys go out and party every night and don't realize that one day they will be broke, unemployed and to old to revamp there career. Bischoff was trying to tell the interviewer that he sees a lot of Hall in Matt and his career will most likely have a similar legacy. Of course Matt Hardy was very quick to come to his own defense like he always is and bashed Bischoff for commenting when he doesn't know the whole story. He also went on to mention all the money he has from outside ventures that will keep him afloat long after he hangs up his boots, all very similar to the statements he's making about the latest incident.
Now as I said before, at the time Bischoff had finished his run with WWE and was currently unemployed and Matt looked to most to be poised as being a future Marque name in the WWE so naturally the long list of reader comments came to the defense of Hardy calling Bischoff a bitter old man thats just upset that he's not in the biz anymore and that Matts always been the "level headed" brother. However in the years that follow, Hardy becomes a bloated shell of himself which by now is safe to say was do to heavy drinking and has never reached the massive potential that was literally right in front of his face. So was Bischoff right all those years ago when he saw Scott Hall in the face of Matt hardy? Will Matt go down as a mid-carder who's personal demons kept him from getting to the top even though it was hanging right within his reach? Or is Matt Hardy still young enough to bounce back and get that World Title that eluded Razor his whole career.
Now as I said before, at the time Bischoff had finished his run with WWE and was currently unemployed and Matt looked to most to be poised as being a future Marque name in the WWE so naturally the long list of reader comments came to the defense of Hardy calling Bischoff a bitter old man thats just upset that he's not in the biz anymore and that Matts always been the "level headed" brother. However in the years that follow, Hardy becomes a bloated shell of himself which by now is safe to say was do to heavy drinking and has never reached the massive potential that was literally right in front of his face. So was Bischoff right all those years ago when he saw Scott Hall in the face of Matt hardy? Will Matt go down as a mid-carder who's personal demons kept him from getting to the top even though it was hanging right within his reach? Or is Matt Hardy still young enough to bounce back and get that World Title that eluded Razor his whole career.