RVD Didn't Resign?

[CaptainZombie]

If this is true, expect a long 4-5 months of jobbing for RVD till he's out.

http://www.lordsofpain.net/news/2007/articles/1170750879.php

According to the Wrestling-Observer Newsletter, Rob Van Dam’s recent ECW television loss to Bob Holly was likely the result of his giving notice to WWE management.

While sources have not confirmed that RVD informed WWE of his decision not to renew his contract, the belief for quite some time has been that Van Dam had no plans to remain with the company. Since he only had until the end of last week to give such notice (otherwise, his contract would automatically be rolled over), the assumption that he did so appears strong.

His giving notice would also explain his absence from the ECW Originals angle that was launched on the same telecast.

WWE was reportedly hoping to lock Van Dam into a new contract due to fear that he plans to sign with TNA, but the present belief is that the company was unsuccessful in doing so. The wrestler’s contract officially expires this summer.

[Porschebenz2001]

Re: RVD Didn't Resign?

I don't blame him at all for leaving. Sabu is probably on his way out as well. If he's just gonna job on his way out, how many main eventers does that leave? The Test feud wasn't done very well, CM Punk isn't going in the mainevent, maybe Elijah Burke? Please God not Hardcore Holly.

[Scoop316]

Re: RVD Didn't Resign?

While RVD did bring it upon himself a little, I think the E really dropped the ball with him after his pot arrest. I mean, McMahon and everyone else knew about his love for it before they signed them, and hell, they even made references and jokes about it on TV. That definitely spelled the end to RVD's run in the WWE. I mean, if he doesn't get arrested, he's probably still the ECW World champion and he would have never been happier and probably would have resigned.

Oh well, I guess we'll just have to wait until August to see him finally win a match again.....this time it'll probably just be in TNA. Say hello to your new X Division champion.

[BGarrett7]

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Good, he's about as bland as Batista now.

[JiggidyJames]

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RVD in the X-Division is a WASTE. Two years ago, yeah, but now? I'm not really excited to see him wrestle Chris Sabin. And I sure as hell don't wanna see him and Jerry Lynn go at it again. I like to keep my memories of the original series intact; the last match they had at that PPV was awful.

RVD f'd up. There's no two ways around it. Vince built an entire brand around him and Angle, and what happens? The moral of the story: Don't push drug addicts.

Don't worry though, I'm not judging RVD. After all, I smoke everyday. Only difference is, I don't represent a global company. And I've never been caught. Only idiots get caught.

Sorry for the mini rant. But RVD in TNA is gonna end up like Kurt Angle in TNA. There's only one man who can fit right into TNA and go into a Main Event program. That man is Christian Jericho. Christian needs a foil, someone who can hang with him on the mic. There's not a single face in TNA that can and it's ruining his run. What's RVD gonna do? Cut a shoot promo? GTFOH.

[JohnDoe8865]

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RVD in the X-Division is a WASTE. Two years ago, yeah, but now? I'm not really excited to see him wrestle Chris Sabin. And I sure as hell don't wanna see him and Jerry Lynn go at it again. I like to keep my memories of the original series intact; the last match they had at that PPV was awful.

RVD f'd up. There's no two ways around it. Vince built an entire brand around him and Angle, and what happens? The moral of the story: Don't push drug addicts.

Don't worry though, I'm not judging RVD. After all, I smoke everyday. Only difference is, I don't represent a global company. And I've never been caught. Only idiots get caught.

Sorry for the mini rant. But RVD in TNA is gonna end up like Kurt Angle in TNA. There's only one man who can fit right into TNA and go into a Main Event program. That man is Christian Jericho. Christian needs a foil, someone who can hang with him on the mic. There's not a single face in TNA that can and it's ruining his run. What's RVD gonna do? Cut a shoot promo? GTFOH.

Today on Jerry Springer - Bitter Marks!!

[JiggidyJames]

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Today on Jerry Springer - Bitter Marks!!

And then on Maury we can see illogical fanboys.

Seriously, how can I be labled a "bitter mark" from that post? Oh yeah, it's the guy with the anti-WWE avatar and TNA link in his sig. I'm supposed to take you serious?

[tjb71]

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I think RVD will be rejuvenated by going to TNA because tna will let rvd be rvd

[JohnDoe8865]

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RVD in the X-Division is a WASTE. Two years ago, yeah, but now? I'm not really excited to see him wrestle Chris Sabin. And I sure as hell don't wanna see him and Jerry Lynn go at it again. I like to keep my memories of the original series intact; the last match they had at that PPV was awful.

RVD f'd up. There's no two ways around it. Vince built an entire brand around him and Angle, and what happens? The moral of the story: Don't push drug addicts.

Don't worry though, I'm not judging RVD. After all, I smoke everyday. Only difference is, I don't represent a global company. And I've never been caught. Only idiots get caught.

Sorry for the mini rant. But RVD in TNA is gonna end up like Kurt Angle in TNA. There's only one man who can fit right into TNA and go into a Main Event program. That man is Christian Jericho. Christian needs a foil, someone who can hang with him on the mic. There's not a single face in TNA that can and it's ruining his run. What's RVD gonna do? Cut a shoot promo? GTFOH.

Seriously, how can I be labled a "bitter mark" from that post? Oh yeah, it's the guy with the anti-WWE avatar and TNA link in his sig. I'm supposed to take you seriously?

Hmmm... lets see here ... Vince built an entire brand around him (RVD) and Angle, and what happens? The moral of the story: Don't push drug addicts.

Nah you're right Kurt is just a no good drug addict and he is nothing w/o Vince McMahon's god-like booking behind him - and never mind the fact that McMahon is a roided up freak - just like HHH and LAshley to name a couple more.

But RVD in TNA is gonna end up like Kurt Angle in TNA.

What do you mean here? You mean having a series of matches that was the talk of the wrestling world outside of WWE smarkdom and now challenging for the World Title? Damn, that would suck, I'd rather be on the Sci-Fi channel aboard a sinking ship and jobbing to Hardcore Bob Holly too. Point taken there ...

Christian needs a foil, someone who can hang with him on the mic. There's not a single face in TNA that can and it's ruining his run. What's RVD gonna do? Cut a shoot promo? GTFOH.

No way you can't feel the bitterness oozing out of this post. What exactly is ruining Christian's run? His "run" is less than ONE MONTH OLD! His first run didn't work out as well as it could have, but you are damning this one before it even gets started. And a RVD shoot promo would surely be a waste, I mean it's not like every wrestler that has jumped ship in the past 10 years has cut a shoot promo in his new company on his former employer or anything ...

If you aren't drinking Vince McMahon's kool-aid you've sure got me fooled.

[tjb71]

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Hmmm... lets see here ... Vince built an entire brand around him (RVD) and Angle, and what happens? The moral of the story: Don't push drug addicts.

Nah you're right Kurt is just a no good drug addict and he is nothing w/o Vince McMahon's god-like booking behind him - and never mind the fact that McMahon is a roided up freak - just like HHH and LAshley to name a couple more.

But RVD in TNA is gonna end up like Kurt Angle in TNA.

What do you mean here? You mean having a series of matches that was the talk of the wrestling world outside of WWE smarkdom and now challenging for the World Title? Damn, that would suck, I'd rather be on the Sci-Fi channel aboard a sinking ship and jobbing to Hardcore Bob Holly too. Point taken there ...

Christian needs a foil, someone who can hang with him on the mic. There's not a single face in TNA that can and it's ruining his run. What's RVD gonna do? Cut a shoot promo? GTFOH.

No way you can't feel the bitterness oozing out of this post. What exactly is ruining Christian's run? His "run" is less than ONE MONTH OLD! His first run didn't work out as well as it could have, but you are damning this one before it even gets started. And a RVD shoot promo would surely be a waste, I mean it's not like every wrestler that has jumped ship in the past 10 years has cut a shoot promo in his new company on his former employer or anything ...

If you aren't drinking Vince McMahon's kool-aid you've sure got me fooled.

damn, id have to agree with almost if not all of that

[cbgatorade0202]

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RVD sucks, No matter what any of yall think he's pretty close to being the Most Boring Wrestler out there unless he's got some type of chair or Table in the Ring.....Kick this , Spinning Kick

If he goes to TNA he could be decent , But he Still would suck no matter where he is.

[JiggidyJames]

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Hmmm... lets see here ... Vince built an entire brand around him (RVD) and Angle, and what happens? The moral of the story: Don't push drug addicts.

Nah you're right Kurt is just a no good drug addict and he is nothing w/o Vince McMahon's god-like booking behind him - and never mind the fact that McMahon is a roided up freak - just like HHH and LAshley to name a couple more..

Way to disregard a whole paragraph that I wrote. And this also shows what's wrong with TNA (and their fans): they think too much about what the other guy is doing.

But RVD in TNA is gonna end up like Kurt Angle in TNA.

What do you mean here? You mean having a series of matches that was the talk of the wrestling world outside of WWE smarkdom and now challenging for the World Title? Damn, that would suck, I'd rather be on the Sci-Fi channel aboard a sinking ship and jobbing to Hardcore Bob Holly too. Point taken there ...

Talk of the wrestling world...Let's see. They LOST 30,000 buys from Joe/Angle I to Joe/Angle II. The first match was slammed for being too short. And not for nothing, I've seen both of them in matches that blew all three of them out the water.

Again, what's with bringing up WWE? I don't find anything wrong with RVD going to TNA because I'll still be able to watch him whenever I want. I just think he's above the X-Division.

Christian needs a foil, someone who can hang with him on the mic. There's not a single face in TNA that can and it's ruining his run. What's RVD gonna do? Cut a shoot promo? GTFOH.

No way you can't feel the bitterness oozing out of this post. What exactly is ruining Christian's run? His "run" is less than ONE MONTH OLD! His first run didn't work out as well as it could have, but you are damning this one before it even gets started. And a RVD shoot promo would surely be a waste, I mean it's not like every wrestler that has jumped ship in the past 10 years has cut a shoot promo in his new company on his former employer or anything ...

I'm talking about his entire time in TNA. He was given the title and his matches were booked as an afterthought. That Sting/Jarrett stuff was the big storyline. He's had no body to play off his entire time there. What's going on with him now? They give him the belt back with such a small build and he STILL has no direction. Now, I did read something about Christian this week that had me interested, but it remains to be seen.

And how can RVD cut a shoot promo on being held back when, like I said, HAD A BRAND BUILT AROUND HIM THAT ONLY HE SCREWED UP. He finally broke through the glass ceiling and screwed up. It's that simple.

I do find it funny that you're angry with me for basically saying that TNA needs to bring Jericho in.

If you aren't drinking Vince McMahon's kool-aid you've sure got me fooled.

At least I don't have the TNA logo as wallpaper and "Christian Cage TNA" playing on my myspace. Oh, one more thing. Unless you're in a wrestling locker room, you're just as much a mark as I am.

EDIT: I know I'm "Mr. WWE" on these boards, but if you check the live discussion threads, you know I don't like everything on the WWE shows.

[Lintyfresh85]

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btw... Angle is/was an admitted drug addict... so what's your point JohnDoe?

[TheMatrix31]

Re: RVD Didn't Resign?

I'm thrilled Rob Van Dam is going to be leaving. THANK GOD.

[Porschebenz2001]

Re: RVD Didn't Resign?

Without RVD, I think ECW only has 1 true main eventer. I don't consider Test a main eventer. Lashley isn't exactly a true main eventer, but he's the best one they got. That shows the state of ECW. On RVD's way out they should put him in an angle with Burke or Punk. He can put one of them over so he can be in the main event picture.