RVD had a successful stint in ECW before signing with WWE in 2001, where he spent six years as an active wrestler and won numerous championships, including the WWE and ECW Championships. After leaving WWE in 2007, he briefly returned in 2013 before departing again in 2014.
In a recent interview with Cafe de Rene, RVD addressed whether Triple H had “buried” him during his time in WWE. RVD initially felt that Triple H was holding him back and competing with him in 2005, but he now has a different perspective on the situation.
“What’s funny like at this stage having the perspective of a much bigger picture. That means something completely different than it did back then. With that competitive heart being in the mix back in 2005 or whatever, then it felt like, ‘this motherf**ker, like he’s competition with me, and just because he doesn’t like me he’s holding me back. And if it wasn’t for him, boom.
I don’t take it as personal if that is the truth, you know. I think that Hunter had the right, just like anybody did, to think that I was a bit of a wildcard, you know. Because I was a non-conformist and also kinda like pushed back to authority and I was very uncensored in every which way.
Rob Van Dam
Rob Van Dam was also inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2021 and also gave Vince McMahon a bunch of rolling papers as a gift, which Vince McMahon found very funny. RVD is happy where he is in life right now and that is all that matters.
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