RVD talks about "One Night Stand"

[GreatWhiteNope 0]

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RVD Shoots Hard On Not Wanting WWE 'Invading' ECW PPV

 

The following is an interview excerpt from Rob Van Dam's appearance on "Byte This!" on WWE.com last night:

 

Rob Van Dam is BT’s first guest and BT plays a clip of him wrestling Bam Bam Bigelow in ECW before welcoming him to the show. He tells us that he is doing “excellent.” He says that he underwent surgery on his ACL and meniscus in January and was told that it would take 6-12 months to heal. He opted for the six, he laughs. “Come on, twelve months. That’s for normal people.” He doesn’t look at this as coming back from an injury as his knee was already bothering him for a while with a torn meniscus. But then, in his last match, it somehow found its way into his kneecap, which obstructed any movement whatsoever, requiring immediate surgery.

 

He is happy that he went to James Andrews for the procedure, a man that he and the other WWE superstars put their bodies in the hands of all the time.

 

As he recuperates, he will also continue to do his infamous stretching, which he considers a safety insurance between him and another injury, “besides the fact that I’m the toughest guy in the company,” he smiles. He is already up and about, moving, being able to jump around, and land on his still-healing leg, throwing punches with dumbbells as he does so. “I’ll be back to my superhuman self in no time.”

 

But he wasn’t only rehabbing at home this whole time. Rob was also at a few comic book conventions, at celebrity signings, and some appearances for WWE, like the one he did in London, before going off to Mexico for a little much-needed vacation with his wife. And now that he is in town he is able to spend more time at his Five-Star Comic shop in LA. And since Wrestlemania was in Los Angeles this year he was able to have such notables as Spike Dudley, Kane, and then Bret Hart, “which was historical.” His shop recently moved out of the Lakewood mall into Lomeda to allow them to expand more. Its grand opening is set for June 23rd and Rey Mysterio will be on hand to sign autographs.

 

Although RVD likes being more of a singles wrestler, he loves the creative opportunities that only surface in tag team bouts, like when he teamed with Rey Mysterio before his injury. Rob tells us that he hasn’t enjoyed a partner like Rey since teaming with Sabu. Rey, RVD professes, is, “one of the coolest guys, in person, that I know, in and out of the business… He seems to want the same thing out of a match that I do, in the same way of giving his body to entertain the crowd.”

 

The hosts compliment RVD, telling him that he is on a role. Rob then looks at his watch and, hey, “Speaking of rolling, it’s 4:20 guys... Oh, that’s a different one, never mind, we won’t go there,” the aficionado jokes.

 

RVD is immensely pumped up for the ECW One Night Stand pay per view. For the people who have never witnessed the promotion in its glory days, Rob guarantees that they are going to love it. But, “This pay per view is going to be an extreme success and it’s going to be because of the hardcore ECW fans, there’s no doubt about it. That’s why I went to Vince with this idea six, seven, months ago and said ‘You have to do this. ECW is over, it’s huge. Just one night only, we don’t need any storylines going into it. Just ECW alumni only. The guys that were there that felt that passion, that shared that energy with the crowd, let us go again for one night.’”

 

However, as much as RVD wishes that it stays pure to the ECW of old, there will be a slew of other WWE wrestlers going along with Eric Bischoff for some added exposure. RVD comments, “I don’t know who all is going to be there besides the ECW wrestlers. I understand that there’s going to be some kind of Invasion, talk of some wrestlers there for some kind of Invasion angle. My opinion on that is that those guys are definitely not going to be drawing the ratings for this pay per view. They are definitely not selling any seats. Nobody’s coming to see them, they have no business being there. This pay per view is going to kick ass. It’s going to be ECW-style, thanks to Paul Heyman, because he is the only one that understands enough to make the authority of decisions on putting this thing together. He’s the only one that understands the ECW crew. You can’t come in from outside the box and start throwing ideas around and really know what’s going to work. This is going to kick ass. It’s going to be historical. And for that night, consider me to be ECW, all the way.”

 

A program that he might consider working for the pay per view is one against Rhino, who wore RVD’s TV championship when an injured Rob had to drop it after successfully defending the title for two years. “Of course, I would also love to wrestle Jerry Lynn again,” a guy who he feels brought out the best that RVD had to offer every time they stepped in the ring together.

 

Rob loved the RVD DVD. He is stoked on how well they edited his matches into what he was discussing during his interviews. Even the trailer was put together better than he could have imagined, he praises. And this is a huge compliment to the editing crew, especially, he admits, since he is usually so particular about how production captures him. For example, he tells us, he always takes case when video cameras shoot too close to him, not capturing the full length of his wide jumps. Or when it is too far away to really catch the impact of his kicks. But this time no complaints, as the DVD was a huge success. He also thanks the fans for making it a top seller.

 

As far as the draft lottery approaching, “I didn’t like it last time, I got comfortable on Raw. I liked the live TV.” He was Mr. Monday night and had to switch to a taped, edited down show. But, when he made the switched he reasoned that at least his “homies” Booker T and Rey Mysetrio were there to keep him comfortable. Of course, they might switch over to Raw also now, so that might be cool if he does switch. Whatever the case, he wouldn’t want to be left without them because if his friends are around while he works, it makes his job better, he feels.

 

Rob goes, but not before plugging the new telephone number for his 5-Star Comics store, which happens to be (310) 326-5-RVD.

 

So I guess that means he's wrestling.

[humongous2002 0]

Hopefully he gets to wrestle Rhyno for the ECW World title.

[cabbageboy 0]

Yeah fuck this stuff with the TV title, that is nothing at this point. If they really want to do something mindblowing in continuity they'd just bring in Rhino with the ECW world title and job him to RVD. It'd give RVD his big world title win at long last if nothing else, although at least 5 years too late.

[Conspiracy_Victim 0]

Here's an interview RVD did with the Sun. He sounds pretty hyped, although it seemed to indicate he wasn't going to wrestle (I just skimmed parts, I don't know if he flat out said one way or the other).

 

Interview

[CanadianChick 0]

"There is no place for somebody pretending they're hardcore when they were never there, whether they've got a sledgehammer in their hand or not!"

 

Now who could that be a shot towards? Though I doubt that person will be at the PPV.

 

Yeah, he pretty well said he won't be wrestling the PPV, so that sucks for him.

[Guest Rrrsh]

If RVD wanted to make a surprise return and get the biggest possible Pop, would he admit he might return on Byte This? I dont think so. I am glad its a mystery.

[B. Brian Brunzell 0]

Is it just me, or does RVD seem to hate the WWE (paycheques aside)?

[GreatWhiteNope 0]

Here's an interview RVD did with the Sun.  He sounds pretty hyped, although it seemed to indicate he wasn't going to wrestle (I just skimmed parts, I don't know if he flat out said one way or the other).

 

Interview

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"There is no place for somebody pretending they're hardcore when they were never there, whether they've got a sledgehammer in their hand or not!

 

BURN

 

"When I came to the WWE I found no matter what kick I did, if it was my feet making contact with my opponent, it was called a Van Daminator and it was all about the size of my shoes."

 

DOUBLE BURN

[CanadianChick 0]

Is it just me, or does RVD seem to hate the WWE (paycheques aside)?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

It seems he does. Well, everyone but Vince because he signs those checks.

[MillenniumMan831 0]

Well, at least he seems to be on good terms w/ the production department.

[iliketurtles 0]

Man, RVD's got nothing nice to say about the WWE, Triple H, or JR. For a guy that's employeed by them, he sure bashes the company more than most guys who have been released and still try to secure a job down the road with the company.

 

I do respect Rob, however. He's got a lot of character.

[humongous2002 0]

Damn, either RVD wants to get fired from WWE really bad or he's got the biggest balls in pro-wrestling today.

[Lord of The Curry 0]

You're wrong on both counts, it's not that he has balls or wants to get fired, it's that he doesn't give a shit (inside the ring and outside it).

[Scroby 0]

I don't think its the fact that RVD wants to get fired, I think its more that RVD knows WWE won't fire him. He'd make way to much of an impact if he went somewhere else and would bring the huge fan base he has with him and that would hurt WWE a bit. The only thing WWE could possibly do is maybe de-push him........again.