RVD Says to Watch ECW, Bischoff Says to Buy His Book & More

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Eric Bischoff seems to be serious about his MYTH BUSTING blog. In his latest entry, dated October 23, he wrote:

It’s been 10 days since I launched EricBischoff.com and I have to say”¦I had no idea that the site would get the response that it has. The traffic and volume of questions/comments have been a bit overwhelming. I will continue to answer as many as I can”¦but please be patient … I want to bust my first myth of the week: Eric Bischoff does NOT have a MySpace site. I have received quite a few e-mails from people telling me that they have been corresponding with me on MySpace. NOT TRUE!! Obviously there are a few people with way too much time on their hands. To those twisted individuals pretending to be me (or anyone else for that matter): Get a friggin life!!! … “Hogan Knows Best” premiered the first episode of its third season yesterday on VH-1. If you saw it-you noticed the Hulkster drinking a Socko Energy drink and talking about “Hogan Energy” powered by Socko. “Hogan Energy” was officially introduced at an industry trade show in Las Vegas on October 10 and really kicked it! The Socko booth dominated the event and attracted an amazing number of buyers and distributors. “Hogan Energy” is also being launched in Japan very soon and distributors there are equally excited.

Okay, so that wasn’t very revealing. Maybe next week!

In other news:

– Rob Van Dam thinks you should give the new ECW a chance. Here’s why.

– Congratulations to UK-based Wrestlemag.com on the announcement that they’ve gone mobile.

– A Smackdown “newcomer” blue out his knee at last night’s tapings, but since it’s a bit of a spoiler, click here for WWE.com’s version of the story.

– In other injury news, Danny Basham (one of Heyman’s security on ECW TV and house shows) is expected to be out for a few months after suffering a muscle tear according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. As previously reported, he was replaced under a helmet by Derrick Neikerk, who had been wrestling tag matches with the recently-suspended (and now back at Deep South Wrestling) Ryan O’Reilly.

– WWE.com has posted video of Ashley backstage at Smackdown with Detroit Tigers Curtis Granderson and Sean Casey.

– What do the WWE Legends think about the Spirit Squad? Click here to find out.

– There’s a story on Batista’s role in Smallville here.

– In case you missed it, the latest HEAT on WWE.com features some past masked wrestlers, with Mankind facing HHH at Summerslam 1997, Hurricane vs. The Rock at the March 10, 2003 RAW, Mysterio vs. Orton from SD this past April 7, and DX dressed as the McMahons on the June 26 RAW.

– CM Punk’s latest blog entry talks about how great the fan reaction was on the recent WWE trip to Japan.

– Tazz talks Cyber Sunday, RVD is named Most Extreme Player, Striker’s latest word of the week is Deoxyribonucleic and more can be found on the ECW Commentary page.

Matthew Michaels is editor emeritus of Pulse Wrestling, and has been since the site launched.