Rob Van Dam says AEW planned out his match with Jack Perry months ahead of time.
The bout between Perry and Van Dam, which took place on the August 9 episode of AEW Dynamite, was highly praised by fans. Perry has taken a massive victory lap since defeating Van Dam, as he recently revealed that he plans to retire the FTW Championship on the August 23 episode of Dynamite.
In a recent interview with Denise Salcedo, Van Dam revealed that his match with Perry has been planned for quite some time.
“They’ve had this planned for quite a while actually, it was towards the beginning of the year when I started getting phone calls seeing if I was interested and even available, which it’s pretty remarkable that so many months later, the first dates that were mentioned were the exact same dates that it fell upon so that tells me a lot about how far ahead these guys think. Just like with anything, it’s not real until it happens and that’s how I took it.”
Van Dam went on to say that Perry really wanted to face him, which only made the match even better.
“What was really cool about Jack Perry is that he really wanted this match. He was a real fan, maybe of the whole hardcore, extreme style or whatever so it was a really organic fit. If it was just like thrown together, which a lot of matches are, every match is a compromise of what two completely different people bring together, you make the stew, you both got your own ingredients. Sometimes it’s good, when you’re RVD, it’s always good. With Jack being extra excited about this particular match, that just made it that much better.”
Van Dam recently praised Perry's performance in the match. Fans can learn more by clicking here.
Currently, Perry's retirement of the FTW Championship is the only thing set for the August 23 episode of Dynamite. Fightful will update fans when more segments and matches are announced for the show.
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