Rob Van Dam talks about his rocky relationship with WWE creative.
Rob Van Dam was one of the top superstars of the WWE Ruthless Aggression era. Throughout his time on top of WWE, he would win the WWE Championship and simultaneously held it with the ECW Championship. Despite this, he never felt truly secure in his spot in WWE as he explains in a recent appearance on Rene Dupree’s podcast, Cafe de Rene.
"I, for some reason, I was never real comfortable in WWE, you know? People are like every time someone gets fired now, which I mean, it is, you know, pretty crazy how often they've been doing that, but the world is always shocked. Like, 'Oh my god.' I think even when I was champion, I never felt untouchable. They humbled me so much. You know, they give you plans. 'We're gonna do this...' After so much of it, it humbled me to where I'm like, 'Oh, I'm not fired? Okay, that's cool.'"
Furthermore, RVD would say that he doesn't understand individuals that believe that they are untouchable in their spots.
"But some people don't like that. Ken [last name unclear], the first time I met him, him and somebody were talking about when he got fired from WWE, and the reason they gave him Ken goes, 'They said couldn't promos. Me. He said I couldn't promos. Wow, what an ego this guy has, like, I can't imagine feeling like that myself. Like, they said that I'm not a good wrestler. Me the whole fucking show. [laughs]"
Elsewhere in the interview, Rob Van Dam talked about why he is not planning on up gearing for WWE or AEW anytime soon. Learn more here.
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