humongous2002 0 Report post Posted March 4, 2005 ROB VAN DAM DISCUSSES HIS INJURY, ECW, WWE, TRIPLE H, AND MORE by Brian Cooper @ 11:45:00 AM on 3/3/2005 Get In The Ring recap by Brian P. Cooper of www.BigVanVader.com The return of Get In The Ring with all-improved audio, features an exclusive interview with Mr. Thursday Night, Rob Van Dam. You can listen to the interview at www.GetInTheRing.tv. Check out the website for details on how to pre-order the GIR book, Mysteries Of Wrestling: Solved, available in only a few weeks. - Rob Van Dam joins Sir Adam, The Phantom and guest host David on the show. Phantom asks about Jesus' neck. Jesus says it's fine, except he has a hole in it. The surgery went well, "unless the doctor was drunk!" The surgery was on 10 January, he currently has metal plates in his neck and is expected to be out of action for 9 months. - Sir Adam asks how RVD is doing? Rob's missed out on some big events, the tour of Japan and promoting the new DVD. Phantom asks about the DVD and the match with Bam Bam Bigelow. RVD says defending the TV title in ECW was 'the favourite part of my career,' although says 'working for WWE is a great, great job,' due to the exposure and the money. - The ECW PPV is bought up. RVD says he doesn't know whether it'll be official, but doesn't feel he'll probably be ready to wrestle if so. He feels WWE don't have to bring non-contract wrestlers in, as they have a lot under contract. RVD expects to be back in 6-12 months. - Phantom asks more about RVD's knee injury which Rob goes into more depth about. Dave asks about Sabu's condition. Sabu is on the mend, although Rob hasn't spoken to him in a month. He had a 'near-death experience' at the hospital. - Rob is asked if Smackdown is like an ECW TV show in that it is taped and edited. Rob works for the crowd and if he slips on the rope then he lets the live crowd down. - Adam asks about the perception of Smackdown being the 'B' show and if it makes him angry? RVD replies that 'it takes a lot more than that to make me angry!' If people prefer Raw, than that is fine. RVD calls Raw 'the Triple H show.' The numbers aren't too different between the two shows and it is just a perception. - Phantom asks about HHH and Raw being the Triple H show. RVD says 'I get bored quick with storylines anyway, and when it seems like one never-ending storyline, I'll try and run as far away from it as possible.' RVD also says why he doesn't get more mike time in WWE. - Dave asks is RVD watched No Way Out and his opinion on the diva segments. RVD was fortunate enough not to watch the PPV and over the years has seen 'a lot of females taking up time, space and money that really had no position at all, because they're horrible.' - Adam asks about the recent Eddie Guerrero interview where he talked about the pressures of being champion. RVD feels he could deal with it, but in the WWE, 'I've ever been one to be responsible for filling up the house, at least I've never felt like I've gotten credit for that.' In ECW he could run with the ball but feels that 'I haven't seen the ball in the last few years.' - Rob recommends the ECW DVD, although there wasn't enough of him on there. He planned on 'staying at ECW for life.' Phantom asks about Paul Heyman. RVD says that ECW was his baby and he could run it into the ground if he wanted to do so. - Adam asks about the frustrations of not being pushed in the WWE. Most frustrations are because of the schedule, but other frustrations are there. The DVD hit the number one spot in the sports section even though the WWE haven't marketed it well. RVD says he is 'under-pushed, under-used, but still over-appreciated.' He wanted it to 'beat the hell out of the Ric Flair DVD.' - When asked about his 'refusal' to go to Iraq, RVD feels it is 'blown out of proportion' and it was more a 'disinterest.' The week of the tour was supposed to be a week off for the wrestlers. - RVD pushes his seminar with Dory Funk Jr. on 27 March, talks about his WCW stint as Robbie V, compares comics with The Phantom before telling his real thoughts of Shane McMahon doing the Van-Terminator. - Listen to the exclusive interview with RVD at GET IN THE RING Credit: Pwinsider.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Art Sandusky 0 Report post Posted March 4, 2005 I love RVD and all, but didn't he disappear between Anarchy Rulz 2000 and the January 2001 PPV because he wasn't getting paid? Doesn't sound like a beloved place to me. I think RVD was also owed the most of the workers at the time of their bankruptcy, something along the lines of $175,000. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cabbageboy 0 Report post Posted March 4, 2005 So he's a turncoat for leaving when he wasn't getting paid? I think most of RVD's ECW memories of it being so great are from the 1996-99 period of time, not near the end when he wasn't getting paid. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Art Sandusky 0 Report post Posted March 4, 2005 "RVD says that ECW was his baby and he could run it into the ground if he wanted to do so." Leaving early doesn't really equal running it into the ground. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NYU 0 Report post Posted March 4, 2005 I think he meant ECW was Paul Heyman's baby, and Paul could run it into the ground if he wanted to. If that's what you meant. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vyce 0 Report post Posted March 4, 2005 Didn't Rob spend part of that time away from ECW filming "Black Mask 2" as well as a period where he was injured? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
