Logan Paul is thriving in WWE today, but how would he have fared a few decades ago?
WWE Hall of Famer Rob Van Dam recently spoke with GamesHub. When asked about the rise of Logan Paul in recent years, RVD said he thinks Paul is exceptional, but he doesn’t do what real wrestlers do. Going as far as to say that Paul wouldn’t have survived wrestling during his era.
“There’s always exceptions, and there’s no doubt in my mind that he’s an exception,” RVD began. “There’s no doubt that Logan is exceptionally good at what he is doing. I still don’t think that he does what we do, what we’ve been doing for 30 years. Probably because I don’t think there’s really a way to fast-track the experience. And I’ve heard from wrestlers that are in the ring with him wrestling that it’s not like wrestling a veteran. It’s more like wrestling someone that’s just had a few matches, even if it doesn’t come across that way.
RVD believes his WWE era is way different than what people experience now
“So with that perspective in mind, I think he’s exceptional, he is way ahead of the game, he is definitely talented and without having the experience of paying the dues, getting beaten up for years by the veterans, learning the pecking order of the locker room mentality and learning to not be too comfortable until you’ve been there five years and all that stuff that he seemed to bypass. Just being an old school head, I don’t see the same product in the end, but then the whole product has changed anyway.
“So he probably fits in today’s product a lot more than he would’ve in say the 2000s; he probably wouldn’t have been able to just come in and do all that. There were probably still a lot of veterans around that wouldn’t allow it as well.”
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What do you make of Rob Van Dam’s comments? Do you think Logan Paul would have survived during his era of professional wrestling? Let us know your overall thoughts by sounding off in the comments section below.
