Gene Snitsky has a cult following too, you know.
You act like everybody says RVD is stale. I see more people sucking his dick then telling him to do something new. Point in case- the last 10 responses.
I'll give you the fact that the WWE style can sometimes cramp some guys, but it only cramps the guys who never change their personality. RVD has been the same character for four years. The closest I've seen to him freshening up his character was his "shoot" at ONS, which wasn't really that entertaining.
How about most of the cruiserweights, Eddie, Benoit, Kurt? These guys have worked WWE style and still managed to consistently put on interesting matches w/o the same old routine.
All of this is ignoring the fact that his offense is overrated to begin with. A monkey flip? An oversold frog splash? A heel kick? I'm sorry, but I'm really not that impressed.
RVD may have been the shit seven years ago, but time is the test of greatness. His stuff is old, and I for one have not missed him.