Rob Van Dam discusses Vince McMahon‘s legacy.
On a recent episode of his One of a Kind podcast, WWE Hall of Famer Rob Van Dam spent some time discussing his relationship with Vince McMahon. When it comes to McMahon’s legacy in the industry, Van Dam believes there will never be another man like him.
“He’s the man and I think he’s going to go down as the man that single-handedly took professional wrestling from a regional sports entertainment bracket to a worldwide phenomenon worth over a billion dollars and set the standards. He’s created careers and made superstars for decades,” Van Dam said. “I can’t see another Vince McMahon coming along. I’m not saying they won’t. I’m just saying I can’t see it.”
RVD also addressed McMahon being bashed in interviews by former WWE stars who feel disgruntled over their time in the company.
“And anytime I watch any of the interviews of him being challenged or provoked or whatever, I almost always agree with his point, you know, and it goes back to that basic thinking. There’ll be wrestlers that wrestled for a ‘cup of coffee,’ as they say in WWE, spent the rest of their career on the indie scene doing drugs and now they want to come out, come back and blame Vince for it. How does that even make sense?” Van Dam asked. “And because if they did work for that cup of coffee, Vince, WWE volunteered — I don’t know if they volunteered or if they were told to, but anyway — they took the responsibility either way of putting wrestlers through rehab and paying for it if they spent any time in WWE.
“So you got to imagine a lot of the guys spent most of their career outside of WWE and they were probably worse on their destructive habits outside of WWE anyway. Whenever I watch interviews and I see everyone try to stick it all on Vince when it’s stuff that I personally don’t think he should be held responsible for, he sounds smart to me when he, when he states that, you know?”
The former WWE Champion also discussed opting not to go to Tribute To The Troops, WWE wanting to strap the rocket to him, and his current relationship with the company.
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