Jim Ross shoots on people not wanting to work with Rob Van Dam
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I once met RVD when I was a child at a movie theater not gonna lie when I met him he was most likely stoned which added to his aura he gave me a autograph and was very nice to me one of my best childhood memories Thanks Mr. Monday Night
kinda curious what movie it was...
@@SYratherripped ironically I was goin to see Sky High ISTG😭 never noticed that coincidence til now
RVD was highly entertaining to watch, and was unique from his move set, attire right down to his general attitude. He came from the "underdog" hardcore territory of ECW, but was able to Transend to the top of the WWE main event level when you had people like Triple H, Undertaker, Kane, Austin, Kurt Angle etc. It's no wonder that would breed so much hate
Non-justified hate. It's pure jealousy. Rvd is actually chill and cool as fuck.
Jealousy is a bitch. I never was RVD's fan but i can admit that he was on a whole differend level than many guys out there. Especially back in 2001 - 2003. He was the most cheered member of the alliance and gained love and respect from many fans from the very beginning. There was alot of hate for him backstage because of that. Jericho, HHH, HBK and co... Hated to work with him.
The Rock called RVD a great worker and loved working with him. That's all you need.
He was doing the damn thing years before 2001. You didn't watch ECW back in the 90s then.
@@amante104 who is this a reply to ? Because it has nothing to do with either of the above comments
@@ReanimatorsMutilations In the original comment the guy said "especially from 2001-2003 and I basically typed what I did because RVD was badass and known years before 2001. He said it as if RVD wasn't an awesome performer before 2001. RVD was already good even way back in the early 90s in WCW before he went to ECW.
@@amante104 yes but the video is about him in wwe 🤷
I never looked at a "frogsplash" the same way after watching RVD hit his it made Wrestling look more "real" and his matches were incredible the whole damn show
Agreed. I love Eddie but RVD's Frog Splash was infinitely better.
he had a weak ass gymnast tumble and monkey flip and alot of his shit looked way to choreographed. His "five star" matches with Jerry Lynn are way wayyyy too choreographed
RVD and D-Lo had the best frog splashes imo. I liked Van Venis's "Money Shot" too.
@@popeyedoyle6360 this 100%
RVD sold reasonably well, but he is one of those guys who's stuff looked choreographed as hell.
Wrestlers buried RVD because they were ashamed that they couldn't keep up with him in the ring. He earned his nicknames. 20 years ago, RVD was on an exclusive level, and was resented for it.
No he cut people. A real cut takes weeks to heal. He was ok,not the next big thing.
is that you joey janela ?
Not always. Remember vividly him potatoing Kurt Angle through something that didn't come off. Angle nearly took his head off with a clothesline. Wrong guy to be stiff with.
@@Mark27472 You have a great memory. If you watch all of their televised matches back, Kurt's mouth is always busted open each time they faced off
RVD was the Kenny Omega as far as best in ring performer goes
RVD was the perfect high-flyer. Looked and moved legit as fuck with a charisma that was both cool/calm and badass.
Total waste of potential tho. Had no passion to be a true star
RVD took as good as he gave. He sold and made others look great. What else can you hope for??
I know, right.
He outshines the top guy
To not get kicked in the face
To marry the boss’s daughter
Yeah you couldn't see thru robs stuff cause he was legit kicking guys faces in. That's what stopped him.
It’s interesting that JR likes to say “it ain’t Ballet” when Ballet is also an incredibly physical discipline that takes a steep toll on performers bodies throughout their career and can inflict severe injuries if a spot is botched.
Not only that, I'd go so far as to say ballerinas have it worse in some regards, they don't get to wear any protective pads.
Ten years ago I used to work at a burger restaurant near a ballet school, they'd come in for a meal at the end of the day. Poor bastards would be in the theatre and training by 8am, have only a piece of fruit for breakfast, and then both males and females wouldn't eat anything during the day to keep their weight down for when they did lifts and their daily weigh-in. I'd see them out the window on their breaks, inhaling entire packets of smokes as an appetite suppressant. Then they'd come in around 6pm absolutely starving having not eaten for nearly 12 hours.
Often they'd come in and their feet/ankles/knees would be swollen up like they'd just been hit by a car. The males would put away 3 meals most days, even the girls would down 2 burgers some days. Then they'd go home, sleep early, and be awake again at 6am to make it back to the theatre by 8am the next morning.
Crazy the amount of punishment and training they put their bodies through, probably some of the toughest guys and girls I've met in any profession, despite their reputation for ballet being "soft".
Wrestling is also likened to “dancing”, sure you can fight but to be a great wrestler you need to learn how to “dance”.
I wrestled Rob several times and he was ALWAYS a total pro. Absolutely worked his ass off for the audience and was a great salesman for all of my offense, just expected the same from me when my time to sell came up.
Excellent talent, excellent human being.
Just Joe! OMG! But seriously, thanks for putting it all on the line every night. Hope you are doing well!
I loved you in WWE as Just Joe. Sunday Night Heat was my show over Monday Night Raw or Smackdown. I watched for the matches.
I remember when Austin said I heard that just joe was a sorry son of a bitch lol
RVD from late 90s in real ECW to his early run in WWE really was the best in the world.
No lie RVDs frog splashes def look like they hurt. Bro was def elite 💯
RVD was the last wrestler to habe a style that uniquely his own. People complain about him because was over naturally. He had an aura about him that you wanted to cheer for
that’s because RVD was the whole fuckin show, and would’ve made whoever worked with him carry his bags or something.
I always thought him and Jean Claud was related 😂🤤😭
Do us a favor and don’t cut off JR when he’s speaking again! Please and thanks . Gotta do a little better editing . Love the conten !!
It was AWFUL!
I know right. I'm trying to hear the rest of the story. I wish they had longer takes instead of these 2 and 3 minute clips. I like to listen when I'm just chilling or eating. I don't wanna have to keep clicking different videos every couple of minutes.
RVD was like a leveled up version of Shawn Michaels without all the bs and scumbaggery
Definitely included the drugs tho☠
Way less selling/storytelling and a much narrower range of emotions, but RVD had even fancier moves that were more athletic/gymnastic.
HBK's mic skills, charisma, selling, chain wrestling, facial expressions, story telling ability were all superior to RVD's. Also HBK was just as good of a high flyer so if anything HBK was the leveled up version of RVD especially since most wrestlers (the opinions that actually matter) consider HBK the GOAT while RVD is lucky to be in Top 50.
Eh, RVD does come off as kinda scummy in his post-career interviews.
And it was hilariously comical how he killed his own title push when he was holding not one but 2 of the top belts in the company in 2006.
@@BestBird_1 weed isn't a drug
I remember this period of RVD's career really vividly. He definitely cut open Austin and a few others and then you saw him pulling his moves over the next few months unless he was going against someone like Brock. I also remember that around this time there was a RVD/Rock match and The Brahma Bull didn't take 90% of RVD's patented moves. I was really young at the time but it was definitely one of those periods where I could see the machinations behind the curtains, so to speak.
Austin said he’s not a fan of purposely bleeding, but if it happens accidentally during a match then good, he’s going to use it and make it look good.
Rvd , Jeff hardy, and Billy Kidman made wrestling interesting and new ( at that time)
Literally those exact 3 made me fall in love with wrestling
"High"-flyer
Conrad sounds more like Jim Ross than jim Ross!
RVD was one-of-a-kind
RVD was awesome he didn't believe in all the backstage garbage and still made it to the top
JR still smoking cigarettes? What a savage 🤣
Interesting that they didn't mention the knee to Triple H's throat in the inaugural (and best IMO) Elimination Chamber match at the 2002 Survivor Series. It was awhile before RVD got a sniff at the main event scene again after that. He got _one_ title match ironically against Triple H late 2003, then spent the next three years mostly in the mid-card. He wouldn't get World-title match until 2006.
Damn straight. Regardless of how you feel about HHH, RVD almost killed him that night.
They should've given RVD a raise for that one
@@jondragoon691 Hey cool. I also remember that match where HHH pedigree'ed a guy on his head and almost killed him too
I never knew JR was a smoker…
Same
This needs to be recut, JR gets cut off at the end before he finishes his thought
I have met RVD in person and he is one of the coolest dudes ever
Shane'O did the solo move "coast to coast" with the can, RVD did the "VanTerminator" with tag-partner holding chair.
RVD's front flip off the top rope out into audience was the best move.
RVD was definitely still repping ECW. He said he was very excited about the ECW angle and he was very excited to be Hardcore Champion because he was going to continue to just be himself.
RVD was a great worker and would sell for anyone. He was a very safe worker. His moveset was different and very cool. That's why he's a hall of famer.
RVD offense skill-set was on another level...
THE WHOLE FREAKIN SHOW!!!
Rvd is one of the best to ever do it. I was beyond proud hearing michigan ring out through the areas during his entrances.
Rvd was one of my favorite wrestlers in the early 2000s
I love hearing good old Jr talk about wrestling, no one loves wrestling more then him
His matches with Jeff Hardy were EPIC. Always. Those 2 might be my favorite of all time. The 2 high flying risk takers unrivaled in the biz.
RVD was on a whole other level!!!! Even to this day! THE WHOLE FUCKIN SHOW!!!!!!!
I'll say it more fans were excited to see RVD in WWE than Goldberg. To the Attitude Era he WAS the ECW breakout star.
He was an anomaly in ECW. He didn’t belong there, that’s why he stood out. He had movie star looks & charisma & was a freak athlete. The opposite of the prototypical ECW guy
I could care less if Rob walked to the ring smoking a bong. The guy could out asses in seats that's Vince's bottom line. He was no better or worse than Scott hall of Shawn Michaels with their respective issues. He sure as hell wasn't the warrior.
The boys are sick of these 2-minute clips on subjects that need at least 10min or more. We can't feel to these single minute video uploads!
You cut off JR during mid-sentence. Damnit!
Hey hey! It's some schlub!
"Ad free shows" ...hey hey....
@@slavaukraini1991 gets me every time
For the only RAW I ever went to, I brought a RVD sign, I was 10.
Rob was out smoking a pre-game joint with Godfather & forgot his cue to run in.. 😂
So cool is JR, a Sooners mug and smoking, very Tony Curtis of him
Injuries are very common in ballet
Getting the nod to be the WWE Champion didn't do him many favors either. It was an impossible situation for him. He was amazing in the ring, but he should have never been given the big belt. All it did was put a spotlight on his weaknesses, mainly on the mic, and I'm sure it built more resentment from a number of other guys behind the scenes.
RVD is a LEGEND!
The Whole F’n Show.. Mr. Monday Night
Robert Vanilla Damage
People keep talking about the greatest of all time but RVD seemed to only put in partial effort and still be in Hall of fame level.
He was a prodigy & a waste of potential. Imagine if he actually cared
Make these clips longer
RVD vs Jeff Hardy for the hardcore title at Invasion was the best match on the card...he was really impressive (so was Jeff)
I remember that match. I WANTED to hate RVD but I couldn't... that was such a cool match
RVD got a bit of blow back in the WWF because he stood his ground when it came to some things. One was the trip to the Middle East during the holidays. He said no and was asked again and said no again and again.
Also a lot of wrestlers didn’t like working with him he because he was hard to keep up with. And he would give 110% at every show. Michaels even said to him “you don’t have to give everything at every show save some for the big matches”
Speaking of Michaels have you seen RVD’s Michaels impression 😂
It was the Van Terminator. It was Shane that started using it afterwards and calling it the Coast to Coast
Jim Ross having a smoke! Well there you go!
RVD is very safe to work with.
Michigan Represent! Love RVD! Southwest Michigan!!!
Why is the intro to your episodes so long???? It's like ad for your annoying business and somewhere in between and the end you throw it in again? How many times dude????
Is JR smoking a joint?
a lot was jealous, many guys didn’t want rob to get over period
Is JR smoking a joint!? That's awesome!!!
Matt Riddle should turn heel on Randy Orton & be kind of like RVD in ECW.
Pretty sure it was a cigarette unfortunately.
I distinctly remember once seeing him on TV kick Lesnar in the face, and I could clearly see Lesnar had a chipped tooth and a look on his face saying that RVD was a dead man when they got to the back. Don't know if anything came of it though.
I bet Paul Heyman calmed Brock down since he was great friends with both.
Lol you got a UA-cam link?
Me: This should be interesting. Oh, it's over...
man i love JR!
They really didn't want to work with him because these so called heels were too used go getting cheers and nobody going against rvd were going to be cheered harder against rvd in 2002-2007 including The Rock, Hogan, or even Stone Cold . He was just too cool and nobody worked like he did.
I need to find the video of RVD showing up late in the ring LOL
The ignorance level's of all the RVD fans commenting is through the roof RVD was awesome to watch he's not the GOAT but I was a fan but half the locker room have complained RVD was a stiff worker and every RVD fan on here "they just jealous" or maybe they were just pissed that he kept hitting them with stiff kicks in every match they had with him
Yeah RVD is in Top 50 but he's closer to 50 than 1 that's for sure.
@@fmthebaronlol no
RVD was often reckless in the ring. He badly injured One Man Gang’s knee, which ended his career.
I will say there’s something to it as big show has also claimed his kicks were some of the stiffest he ever got. He did sell well tho, I didn’t know about the one man gang thing
@@nickabbott2492 that's because it's not true. Gang wrestled all the way up until 2009. If you'll recall, he was even in the gimmick battle Royal.
RVD also injured his ankle (and almost broke his leg), not his knee.
Aside from gang and RVD, every detail of this story is wrong. Check UA-cam, you can hear gang talk about it himself.
No this is so not true. Get your facts straight.
@@bowserh2012345 Everything I said was true. “You” get your facts straight.
@@Scorch1028 again, no. It really wasn't. Ankle, not knee. Didn't end his career.
Literally the only thing you got right about this story is that gang and RVD interacted once.
Rvd was the man! Sometimes I’d change the channel after his matches because nobody could follow him
You are right bro!!! I just turned in to see him...! 👍🏻
Rvd got the most pops always got pops
Receiving one of those frog splashes has to hurt. Unavoidable
I know this is off topic but when it comes to Vince and trying to make it to the top card...*IMO -if you're already a good wrestler & say things like, "yes sir I will do anything to make the business better, this company better, & most importantly - putting more money in your pocket!"
In my mind...Vince will say, "well Hell Pal.....welcome aboard!(along with some low mumbling words afterwards)"😆
Would of been nice to see, Owen Hart VS RVD if Owen Hart never past away R.I.P Owen.
Didn't know JR was a smoker
Man.. you have GOT to start editing these things better. Constantly stopping in the middle of a sentence is ridiculous
JR hitting the joint 💨
Cigarettes
He I just think he was Hey It's Conrad Tompson
Abrupt ending!!!
STOP SMOKING, JR!!!
No audio
He didn't even get to finish his answer
Sometimes I don't know what you're doing with this editing it's really amateur hour
HHH tanked RVD. RVD great wrestler
Why is this even a story??? He probably spilled bong water on his outfit right before the show so he needed to change his gear....
I remember HBk complaining too
Lol funny that man would complain with all the shits he’s done like cutting ppls legs when climbing to the top
HBK complained about everyone who rose to the top
@@ActionJacksonForever but the thing is he wasn't the only one who complained
If multiple top talents are having a similar complaint, especially people who don't usually complain, there's probably something to it.
@@Y2JLionHeart Less competition also if they remove him.
Mr. Monday Night!!!
Put the damn cigarette down! Don't you have enough going on right now?
blurring OU, really? Seriously?
Wow man you cut the video as he's giving more info bad clip absolutely no information here
GR legend.
Wait....Jr smokes????🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
They was salty cuz rvd was better than them late and high
I had no idea J R smoked
Horrible editing at the end wtf
Still the best frog splash in the buiz!
I liked Eddie Guerrero and D-Lo Brown's better.
@@fmthebaron no way brother. Rvd had such height and hit from any angle. Just my opinion
He did not. He would never lose and always had to win or he'd whine. No job rob
These guys have almost the same accent lol
Man, Chaz Bono and JR, great segment
Good ish pal
RVD probably has the most ass kissing fans ever. He was a bit too stiff and didn't help himself with how stubborn he was. That doesn't mean he isn't still one of the top talents of all time. He wasn't perfect and nearly killed HHH (who doesn't get credit for how tough he is).
That incident was an accident. He tried his best to protect hhh and hunter said the same thing
@@GangGreen80 Of course it was an accident. Nowhere did I imply that it was on purpose.
JR shouldn't smoke after e heart attack
What’s J.R. smoking?
Jr. Smoker
I know right