Rob Van Dam on why Taz Had Heat with EVERYBODY
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Every decade this dude ages like 3 months
Isn’t he stil like 30 for the last 20 years
It's the weed
This is a golden comment and i agree haha
If you saw him in his last Impact Wrestling run you wouldn't say that. He looks like he went almost Palpatine
people are making new channels and copying videos from other channels. this channel just joined youtube july 13, 2020.
Random RVD memory: Probably right around '99, was at a show in Trenton, NJ. I have ringside seats. RVD comes out, does his usual thumb point thing. Me, a fan, does it back it to him... he points at 13 year old and me says, "HEY! You leave that to Rob Van Dam." I miss ECW. It was so... interactive. Over several shows I got spit on by Justin Credible. I got crushed by Sal E Graziano. I got bled on by Balls Mahoney. I had like a 20 minute long conversation with Paul Heyman in the lobby. Sandman threw beer can at me. There was nothing like ECW and there never will be again.
Getting spit on doesn't sound fun 💀
ughh You can keep that balls story. Im good there lol.
What’s the skinny on the Justin Credible story?
@@josereyes1148 fact wtf
Not sure I would count getting Justin Credible spitting on fans a highlight but whatever
RVD's shoot interviews are always worth a listen
The odd thing is wwe never gave him much mic time
@@RKO1988 because he was always stoned dude lol
The whole FN show
@@craigyoung4156 definitely
@@craigyoung4156 yup
Respect to RVD to at least acknowledge that Tazz cared about the company.
RVD is legitimately a tough guy. The Sandman talks about Rob walking up and asking Taz to pick a hand. He then slapped Tax twice with each hand and then walked away. Taz supposedly threatened to kick RVD's ass because Taz felt he was kicking him too hard in matches.
well rvd is a kick boxer
He slapped his taxes twice? damn hes hardcore
@@noponarchsage Once on Saturday and twice on Sundee just to double check.
RVD isn't a kickboxer. He watched the Karate Kid and thought he knew Karate.
F*@* RVD!
@@noponarchsage RVD > IRS
I liked Tazz. He was a great promo and a fun wrestler to watch with all of the crazy suplexes he'd do.
He was the original suplex machine in wrestling
One of the most underrated and under appreciated talents in the business
I love that Team Taz has apparently always been a thing.
HAHAHA YEAH BRO
@@eltriangulodelasbermudas And I just found out
RVD does on spot impressions of other wrestlers.
HBK especially
His Johnny Ace impression was absolutely hilarious.
He really does 🤣🤣
He has a really good one of shawn michaels, he did the whole lazy eyeball thing😂
@@MinusTheRogue That shit takes me out every time I see it
My buddy and I met RVD at comiccon back in 2009. My friend was a huge wwf/WWE fan and he NEVER got starstruck until he shook Robs hand. He was so chill, so humble. Ot was a really cool moment with a cool dude 👍🏾 the ONLY dude WWF fans liked during the invasion
RVD is mad cool
@@totenblume7517 most Democratic governors either already have or will. Even here in VA. Biden also won’t enforce federal
Laws on it. So no worries.
He stole my shirt at a wwe show it was stone cold vs william regal I asked him to sign my shirt I gave it to him and he just took it
I've hated him ever since
Sounds like you were... JUST ANOTHER VICTIM!!
But yeah, sorry about that, sounds shitty 🙁
that story should make it worth losing the shirt haha.
Lol
Lol okay, I know this would’ve sucked to live through, but it’s pretty fucking hilarious now.
rvd looks like if shawn Michaels and Jean claude van dam had a kid
Except gays cant make babies.
@@akuma4u if only there were more smart and logical people like you in this world
@@ShawnFX 86 people think 2 sperms and no womb can create a kid. #WTF
@@akuma4u you're not very smart, are you?
@@chaseholstein7083 not sure. My degree says yes.
taz and his circle prepping.. meanwhile jake roberts stubbed out a cigarette and just picks up his bag when the music hits (austin's words). sums up
They have a documentary on Netflix on jake roberts and he really does that lol
Yep, Jake the Snake was just natural at it.
Taz is the kind of guy to ask to use your bathroom claiming to use number 1 but takes a massive dump uses the toilet paper doesn’t flush or replace the roll
As long as he uses the toilet paper.
And also clogs your toilet.
All while singing Jungle Boy's theme.
Taz always walked around like he was 5'5
Because he is
@@spac18 He's 5'7
@@stedarkside1529 Closer 5'9". He's a bit taller than Rey Mysterio.
@@Andulvar and Rey is 5'2 so 5'5 for Tazz is not really weird
I played high school football with him in 1983.we were both 15 at the time. He did all that goofball shit even back then...
@dog Johnson he was 5'8 in high school. He was a day one dick back then. hasn't changed much.he was a guard on offense and a dt on defense. My older brother was a fullback and used to truck him during scrimmages at practice constantly.
@dog Johnson we had a student population of over 5k so I wouldn't say he was popular. But no he wasn't a bully. he wasn't a punk either.
Where u guys from? Dont feel like googlin
@@scottfischer6029 we're both from queens.he's from ozone park. I'm from south ozone park.
@@feet765102 He went to Franklin Lane, right?
He always has such a good way of explaining something to a degree to where virtually anybody can understand it and saying things like well instead of just saying it let me paint a picture for you you know it's very easy to understand whether you're 60 years old or 10 years old you know RVD is always a consonant professional and the way he handles himself I've always worth listening to a much like so many people have said on this list and I remember seeing him in those early early ECW days living so close to Philadelphia New York you know and I could go to either City and you know 45 minutes or so you know so every weekend and during the week for school days back then you know we would be going down to the arena and then hitting the matches would end so late and then hit in the steak shop afterwards there'd be all the wrestlers will some of them anyway and they're always so willing to just say hello to the fans and it was the best experience the ECW ones or by far the best experience not always the best wrestling but the best experience and the most memorable experience and that is something I think ECW will forever be remembered for as well as RVD because every night you see him in is like memorable because of the efforts in much like everything else he does
The Dudley Boyz liked Taz, he used to put them over massively on WWE commentary
taz also put RVD over who slapped him in his face in front of the entire locker room, no can say the man held a grudge
New York boys
Taz was a fake tough guy with a Napoleon complex. I bought into that tough guy mystique he exuded but all that was shattered once RVD made him pick a hand lol
Just because taz didn’t hit him back you lost respect for him? You don’t hit the boys it’s a business taz respected RVD…you marks kill me…
Lmfao when RVD was doing that taz impersonation, I thought about the intro song and died
I met Rvd in Lakewood CA at the Lakewood mall when they open up Rvds 5 star ⭐️ comics Back in 2003 Rvd is a very cool guy to meet and talk to Rvd is super cool
I was actually at that match in Concord! What a great match between Sabu and Taz. Also noteworthy, Bubba Ray almost shit talking the fans there and getting them in a frenzy!
The way Taz hyped himself before a show 😂😂
Taz seems like a guy who is very hard to like.
I think even he admits he was a miserable son of a bitch in his days in ECW...thankfully he learned to chill when he got to WWF.
@@American-Zero Vince won't having that shit he literally soften his character up and because the kids loved wwf
@@tripleS7VEN That's because Vince's mindset is stuck in the 80s, the wrasslin where good guys wore white hats and bad guys had curly mustaches and took candy from babies..and if you're not a yankee doodle dandy, you're a bad guy. I think we'll all be better off when he steps down and his son in law takes over.
@@American-Zero triple h can only do so much though there's really no big superstar that I know now a days compared to the 90s and 2000s and early 2010s
I think Buh Buh Ray and JBL are quite worse.
I love all of RVD’s shoots.
Rvd is the man very humble Attitude and sees the good in everything.
Rob is so funny doing that Taz warm up impersonation love Rob Van dam got a picture with him nicest guy super cool godly talent man wow in the ring just godly always love hearing him speak n👏🏻👍🏻🤘🏼
I met RVD at the old WWE Niagara Falls during a public meet and greet in the 2000s. Good dude.
The three men in ECW who legitimately scared me were Taz, Rhyno, and New Jack.
New Jack is a bad dude. Taz seems like a teddy bear compared to him
New jack cause a lot of violence in ECW
Pepe Aguilar, he doesn’t scare me. I guess because I remember him as Scotty the Body and Johnny Polo.
@@robertbrown5158 take sharp objects away from New Jack and he's a bitch too
@@ronniemacdonald2768 thats fair.
1:25 I’m on Smackdowm 2004 in November. I grew up with Taz and I can see how he might have had a little beef with folks, but for the most part I truly love the guy. Him and Michael Cole gave us some great moments at Smackdown
Taz was wanna be tough guy. RVD had to slap him up.
His wife ruled him. Maybe that s why he was so weird.
Pick a hand
Bs. Taz!
@Junior Sanchez She made him come right home after matches ...probably to clean the house.
@Junior Sanchez an apron💀💀💀
I met RVD at a Wawa in Orlando Florida a few months ago, cool guy!
RVD looks like an hybrid of Jean claude van dam and Brendon Fraser..
Van-ception
Seen RVD when I was a kid at Universal studios behind him in line for the hulk coaster, he doesn't look that big on TV compared to other wrestlers but he was jacked in person
Yup ppl tend to forget that even the skinny guy wrestlers like xpac were north of 200lbs (xpac was bill at 210 lbs if I remember correctly) so yeah while thay LOOKED small it was usually in comparison to guys there where absolutely freaking huge and jacked like HHH and the rock and Scot Steiner ect
There’s a photo out there of RVD doing a chair split holding a 100 (maybe 150?) lb dumbbell. His strength, agility, speed and flexibility were all “off the charts” when he was in his prime. In his case, he might still be there…
Hayabusa and Taz vs Sabu Rob Van Dam would been awesome dream match.
Hayabusa & Jinsei Shinzaki faced RVD & Sabu at Heat Wave 1998
When I started watching ECW taz was only doing squash matches and loved RVD matches. Taz had had awesome suplexs but was never booked for great matches that I saw. I heard that paul wanted Vader to job to taz. The FTW belt was taz thinking he was bigger than ECW
Vader was never in ECW (would have been AWSOME if he was) and when RVD signed in 96 (I believe) Taz already dumped the Tazmaniac gimmick mid/late 95. Remember when RVD arrived in ECW Taz had the fued with Sabu (his former partner) and attacked him, only for RVD to save him. That started the Taz vs Sabu rivalry, and the RVD vs Taz mini fued which Taz dominated. From 95-97 Tazz was undefeated only losing to Sabu, then the same night beat Shane to get the television title back. The whole timeframe RVD arrived in ECW Taz was a major player.
Also the FTW belt was a storyline that was created because people couldn’t get championship matches due to the current champ being injured….the creation of the FTW belt (brooklyn World Championship belt) for the purpose of No days off
Imagine Tazz being your wrestling school teacher. Had to be a nightmare😂🤣
niggaz got real beef over fake fighting
Agreed I quit watching wrestling because of that shit like om more into Boxing now if wrestling was real the fights would've been stopped before someone got seriously hurt or killed
But I thought the FTW belt was storyline created out of frustration because The Triple Threat were screwing Taz during his championship matches with Shane Douglas.... Rob tells it like the belt was created out of frustration with him
Taz was a unlikable person and not a tough guy at all
When he got his last injury and was kind of forced into a commentator position and went off to work with TNA he appeared to be a mellow person and he fooled a lot of people he's got baggage like you would not believe
He's got a serious attitude problem he did a lot of stuff in ECW that you couldn't do in WWE because the moves are just too dangerous and when he started working with a lot of guys he was way too aggressive and trying to get him to dial it down was it was like pulling teeth he did not want to be cooperative
It wasn't until he got an injury that sidelined him for about 3 months did he finally slow down but unfortunately the doctors basically told him that his neck was damaged beyond repair and he really should not be in the ring
That's his own fault. No sympathy here
RVD was the main event at ecw every ppv they had IMO. Only new jack I looked forward to during that era
We're all equal in the locker room. But some wrestlers are more equal than others.
No ur not
I was at that show, Sabu landed on a chair chin first doing the triple jump plancha, have a feeling that had as much do do with his jaw being broke as the clothesline.
Damn 😬
Random multi of the video:
"instrumental on a different level"
Short man complex
Underpaid + Short man complex
@NI6HTM6RE 3 Seis did you know napoleon wasnt short? He had a short temper.
@NI6HTM6RE 3 Seis I thought it was something like when your elementary teacher lines the students up and tells one student something and has them whisper it to the next student and so forth until the last student hears it then reveals what he heard and it was nothing like what the teacher first said to the first student.
He’s not even short...
@@Meko_tah tazz?
Ecw roster was way more badass than aew's is today
The ORIGINAL ECW locker room (Not that WWECW bullshit) was more badass than WWE, TNA, & WCW locker room.
Well yeah.. wrestling has evolved since then. This isn’t the 90’s anymore.
They were grown men for one
How many of them alive/in good shape though.
RVD is honestly hilarious
I loved both tazz/rvd. Both had awesome moves.
And I always thought rvd sold moves like no other.
The best in wrestling in my opinion.
Made everything look so damn good.
The way he sold the Five Star Frog Splash was awesome.
@@ColinPMcEvoy Absolutely.
Tell me about it. No one sold a DDT as good as RVD!!!
Rvd sounds smart when he's baked but holy shit very articulate when sober.
What is that song in the beginning of the video?
Always loved RVD and I always love how classy he is when he talks about anyone in the industry. It's easy to bury someone in an interview but this dude has always kept it honest without having yo be an edgy dickhead. And he always stays true to himself no matter what anyone says.
RVD has GOAT status and no one can argue that
Are these new or old? Can never tell since there are millions of channels
At least a year or two old. Maybe older, but def not new.
Typically when you see this particular shoot interview guy, the interview is old but the clip is newly uploaded.
This one is really old
I can never tell because the quality looks like shot on someones family camera from 1995
@@linvol20 Which bit can't you hear?
Taz was running out the door of an airport once and stepped on my foot , hard enough that I yelled ouch out loud. He sort of sneered at me and walked away without saying anything.
As opposed to Big Show who was on a people mover at an airport, bascially blocking the whole thing and apologizing to everyone who tried to walk by him.
Lmao did you cry to your mom when tazz stepped on you?
@@UFCWWE69 Not sure why you need to be rude. Just telling a story.
@@UFCWWE69 christ the guy tells a story and you gotta be b*tch about it
@@redbeard36 soft
Shows us that wrestlers are smarter then they act
Taz had heat with everyone because he was too short 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Yaz, the toughest guy to ever wear a women's swimsuit
Rob still looking fresh as a daisy
@TheForging545 He looked the same until literally 2020 lol
Love tazz and rvd
Peace!
Rvd my fav wrestler gave me a high five when I was in fourth grade
Taz creating the FTW belt is on the top 50 ecw moments on the wwe network. It's ridiculous that's on there.
Van Dam is great to interview.
That show was my first ECW live event. Sabu leg dropped Taz through a merch table right in front of me! Awesome falls count anywhere match!
Everyone was absolutely great.
You ever watch RVD shoots? You ever watch RVD shoots...on weed, man?
If RVD was a yoga instructor instead of reaching nirvana we be climbing the third turnbuckle for a frog splash.
Why did they keep that belt around so long? Because it was cool. Whether for Taz's ego or not, it was a cool angle. Simple.
Yep!!
People say stoners aint got memory lol
Short term memory, their long term memories are usually good lol
Anyone knows the title of that song/music in between?
RVD was with the shits.
Eating those cheese steaks will do that to you
I loved 90s wrestling but couldn't stand Taz , he wasn't a believable tough guy ... He came across as the kid who got bullied and had to make everyone believe how tough he was
I only know Taz when he went to WWF, he’s boring to watch
Wrestling shoot interviews are better than the actual wrestling product these days.
Wish someone would ask RVD now what he thinks of the FTW belt now on AEW if he hated it then.😉
He thinks AEW sucks...like 99.99999999% of people think it sucks
@@stedarkside1529 I think Rob would make Vince and Tony pick a hand.
I remember Tazz had this badass entrance once and Jerry Lawler said...
" Why's everybody scared of Tazz, Hell I've got socks taller than Tazz!!! "
😂
It's what made him who he was though. That's pro wrestling.
ah yes comic sans, the most wrestling font
RVD, consummate class act.:)
Taz had a napoleon complex
I honestly never had a problem with the guy
Rob should do a podcast
it's the high amounts of T HC!
I guantree you!
Absolutely they made a belt for Taz to accommodate him! 😂😂😂
Was at LAX around midnight in 2005 in line waiting to get on the plane when I saw a very familiar set of lats and a super familiar ponytail in front of me.
I worked up the nerve for the following interaction:
"excuse me, sir"
RVD: "Yeah?"
"Rob Van Dam?"
"Yep!"
"Just want to say I'm a big fan of your work!"
"Hey, thanks" *handshake*
And I left it at that. To me, it was perfect.
That's all you need.
Didn’t RVD slap the shit out of taz?
Yup
Pick a hand
I had to stop listening to the morning radio because Taz was on CBS sports and didn't know much about regular sports. Switched to cryptocurrency news.
God bless Robin damn he looks great physically and hasn’t aged much but I can tell he has some onset of CTE by the way he talks his mannerisms I hope he takes care of himself
Taz stands out cause he's from new york, it's in the blood...
Taz seems to be he wanted be the pivot boy
I love this interview cuz RVD talks about how nobody gave a single shit about the FTW title back in ECW, & nobody gives a single shit about it nowadays when Taz reintroduced it in AEW. Nobody cheered or booed when he brought it back, the crowd was just silent, lmao.
Tbf there was no crowd
I thought this guy was brother of JCVD back then.
Awesome vs RVD whoulda owned.
Why does Kayfabe Commentaries always feel the need to make the room look as sweaty and uncomfortable as possible?
I love the comment section of these videos. Absolutely hilarious.
ftw was a thing from brooklyn streets back in the day. not sure why the belt was created though
Irony is dead: RVD is calling Taz a mark for being so serious, having his own belt...but then he doesn't want the new TV belt because it's silver, not gold like Taz'...
You serious?
Yo what's the intro song called
I remember all that "the mood is about to change" crap then a 5"2 guy walked out...
Militant Midget
5’9”. Either way, you needing to talk about someone’s height shows your insecurity in spades.
@@hayden3476 it's the simulation of professional combat. Having a 5"2 guy in the mix suspends that belief. 5"9 is a billed height by the way, so that's being generous.
@@ronniemacdonald2768 If you wanna get specific about billed heights: Benoit was 5'10". Angle was 5'10". You can see that Tazz is just slightly shorter than guys like them but you wanna pretend he's the same height as the female wrestlers?
All 3 tossed around men twice their size with suplexes, why is your "suspension of disbelief" different with him?
You really need to watch some ECW
To me, the only thing Taz was/is good at was Promos.
Lol that’s what Vince thought too, then made him an announcer. Even as a kid he was one I turned the channel on.
my tired brain read that as 'pornos' and I was momentarily concerned
Taz...
aka
mighty mouse without the powers
I always thought RVD was dumb. Apparently, not. Great interview.
Concord NC my city ❤️