Guest RADAR Report post Posted December 31, 2005 THANK YOU FOR ANY KNOWLEDGE ON THIS SUBJECT - I'M A HUGE RVD FAN. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MrBriggs Report post Posted December 31, 2005 THANK YOU FOR ANY KNOWLEDGE ON THIS SUBJECT - I'M A HUGE RVD FAN. IM NOT SURE EXACTLY WHEN HE'LL BE COMING BACK, BUT I REMEMBER HEARING A FEW MONTHS AGO THAT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO RETURN IN TIME FOR THE RUMBLE. ALSO, I THINK YOUR SHIFT KEY MIGHT BE BROKEN. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Just John 0 Report post Posted December 31, 2005 (edited) Radar, there's no need to shout. I could see RVD being one of those "mystery" Rumble entrants. Edited December 31, 2005 by Just John Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silence 0 Report post Posted December 31, 2005 THANK YOU FOR ANY KNOWLEDGE ON THIS SUBJECT - I'M A HUGE RVD FAN. How do your lungs feel right now? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeJordan23 0 Report post Posted December 31, 2005 Radar, there's no need to shout. I could see RVD being one of those "mystery" Rumble entrants. The WWE can't be that shortsighted. Actually...nevermind. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lil' Bitch 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2006 The Royal Rumble Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
evilhomer 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2006 I was just wondering about this myself, it seems like forever he's been gone. Did he have some kind of setback or was the injury really that severe? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarvinisaLunatic 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2006 I bet he shouldnt have shown up at ONS. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cabbageboy 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2006 I think he'll show up about a week before the Rumble and announce he is in it. But I wouldn't put any faith in my rambling at the moment....I've had about 6 glasses of wine and/or champagne. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndrewTS 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2006 For an all-caps poster, RADAR is quite polite. I was wondering this myself today. Smackdown could use him more. So probably he'll return on Raw. (He was SD when he was injured, correct?) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chaosrage 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2006 He was drafted to Raw while he was injured. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haws bah gawd 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2006 Yea he also got attacked by Carlito on his first appearance on RAW. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anakin Flair 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2006 I was wondering about this myself today... Yeah, I can seee him back for the Rumble. Probably not before, though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarvinisaLunatic 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2006 He'll probably run in unannounced, get tossed out in 5 seconds and get injured again.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ghost of bps21 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2006 Not to reflect on 2001... But WWE dropped the ball so hard on RVD... What are you rushing back to return too? Honestly? 4 minute jobs to the Masterpiece...or getting paid to sit at home? HMMM... HMMM... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bruce Blank 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2006 we haven't even heard an injury update in quite a while - they're usually "so and so is 5 weeks away from returning" and on and on but nothing on RVD Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cabbageboy 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2006 This to me is the last chance with RVD. When he gets back he's going to be uber over with the crowd and they have got to capitalize on this. And really, Raw does need him more than Smackdown at the moment. SD has a decent roster of faces, with Batista, Rey, UT, etc. What SD is lacking is a heel with any heat. But Raw? Raw right now has hardly anyone that the fans actually like. Cena is getting booed out of various buildings. Shawn is Shawn, some like him, some don't (depending on the week really and if they blather about Montreal, etc). Flair is too old to really build around anymore, and his personal problems being mentioned on the air for reasons that I don't quite understand. Shelton is being buried to the point of no return. RVD will be outpopping everyone on the roster when he gets back. Why job him out to Carlito or Masters? Could any possible good come of this? It's not like it'd even get either of them THAT over anyway...has anyone really gotten all that over by beating RVD? Lesnar didn't especially (though he didn't really win that feud), neither did Orton when he won the IC title. Know why? Van Dam's never had that main event run or world title, so beating him isn't as significant. If they'd actually PUSHED RVD then he'd be in a position to actually make some guys. I would get pissed if he was out there jobbing to Carlito and Masters, but frankly that might be a step up from jobbing to Kenzo Suzuki and Rene Dupree like he was on Smackdown before getting hurt. The ideal guy for him to feud with however is Edge. The battle of the two guys who have never quite gotten to the upper echelon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ghost of bps21 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2006 I still haven't really forgiven WWE for what they've done to RVD. Is the guy a good worker? Not really...but Cena and Batista have been slotted at the top and they blow (And Batista is OLD). He's the ultimate example of not striking when the iron is hot...but instead throwing as much cold water on it as you can to try and prove it was never hot to begin with. ...Just because he wasn't a WWE creation. If you go back to Invasion (where they had him beat everyone...but never win the title) the crowd was hotter for the guy than Rock or Austin or anyone for that matter...and there was certainly a money program with Austin that they never really got around too. Hopefully with the steroid testing WWE will start to look at him like an asset and not just crap on him. Chris Masters is about to get a whole lot smaller after all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest JoeJoe Report post Posted January 1, 2006 I don't want him returning. I'm all OK with Shelton taking up the spot monkey slot on the RAW roster. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BruiserKC 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2006 If they let RVD be the RVD he was in ECW...spots and all...then everyone could see that Van Dam had the ability and the means to be a main event character for the WWE. Alas, Vince would never allow it since he never created him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest varney Report post Posted January 2, 2006 RVD vs Kurt Angle would be one hell of a match Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Just John 0 Report post Posted January 2, 2006 The last time that happened, Kurt got pissed since RVD busted him open the hard way on more than one occasion. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cabbageboy 0 Report post Posted January 2, 2006 I know, that's what made those matches really cool. RVD would bust Kurt open hardway and Angle retaliated with some stiff shit of his own. Thing is, I wonder if Kurt can take it like he did in 2001? Here's one reason RVD is more of an asset than Shelton at this point: He has an effortless charisma and command of the crowd. Recall earlier I said that it was goofy to use RVD to put over young guys when he himself had never had the main event title run that would establish him as a guy notable enough to put others over? It's sort of pointless since his near legendary ECW TV title run was over 5 years ago and in WWE he's never had a truly major run. In other words, I'd let him have his one run a la Jericho and then use him to put others over since he'd have that main event rub to give. I've never really understood Bps' RVD markdom. It's like "Yeah I like the guy but he's really not any good." While I'll admit that Van Dam can be very formulaic when he's unmotivated (as in most of his post IC run in 2003 on), the guy HAS had a bunch of excellent matches with a variety of opponents. He's had **** type affairs with not only guys like Lynn, Eddie, Jericho and Benoit, but also guys you wouldn't think he'd have much chemistry with like UT and Bam Bam Bigelow. Christian had the best match of his singles career vs. RVD in that ladder match. It was funny in 2002 reading about the Eddie ladder match that "Eddie was carrying RVD" considering that Eddie flat out admitted he was very unsure of how to work a ladder match and that RVD had planned out most of the match. The only times RVD really struggles is when he has to work a match that simply isn't his style, namely any of the HHH matches where Hunter works the leg and all that shit. RVD is a master of bumping and short term selling of a move, but not so great at stuff like long term selling of a leg (hell his offense revolves around using his legs...working his leg is good psychology but makes for an insanely boring match). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
