RVD On INFURIATING Details Of Joining WWE

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  • In this clip Rob Van Dam RVD talks exclusively to Inside The Ropes about his move to WWE and the stresses and frustrations with the move!
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 114

  • @ITRClips
    @ITRClips  11 місяців тому +4

    Was going to WWF the right move for RVD? Let us know in the comments!

    • @jeremeybuckley
      @jeremeybuckley 11 місяців тому +1

      Yes, you have a limited time to make money in wrestling. You can always go do other wrestling promotions later.

    • @nickshough9707
      @nickshough9707 11 місяців тому +3

      It was his only choice at the time

    • @bb-gc2tx
      @bb-gc2tx 11 місяців тому

      great move like your hair transplant 🤣

    • @sonyafaraha
      @sonyafaraha 10 місяців тому

      There was nowhere else to work. What a dumb question 😂

    • @o3zero3
      @o3zero3 10 місяців тому +1

      I love the way his girl stares at him as he speaks. Any man would agree, that's a good sign!

  • @jeffreyivery4299
    @jeffreyivery4299 11 місяців тому +42

    Rob Van Damme one of the nicest men in pro wrestling every time I see him he still remembers me Good Dude

    • @michaelvanetten7704
      @michaelvanetten7704 11 місяців тому

      Cannabis is a wonderful medicine

    • @JaxTheGat
      @JaxTheGat 11 місяців тому +5

      And I’m sure is not known for his short term memory either. So that’s really impressive. 😂

  • @AJOak-lk2vr
    @AJOak-lk2vr 10 місяців тому +17

    Man, 2002-2003 RVD should of been champ, at least once.

  • @ItsJustOneGuy
    @ItsJustOneGuy 11 місяців тому +16

    4:30 "Then somebody said No we should put someone else in there". Then RVD precedes to do the best John Laurinaitis impression I've ever seen while not naming him.

  • @SpinningSidekick
    @SpinningSidekick 11 місяців тому +10

    His Heyman impression is amazing 😮

  • @Ivantheterrible81280
    @Ivantheterrible81280 10 місяців тому +10

    Rob’s got Stockholm’s Syndrome with ECW. Paul could barely pay his talent, and ran the company into the ground.

  • @nickshough9707
    @nickshough9707 11 місяців тому +60

    Paul Hayman was the first in line for that money. That's why ECW folded. Mike Awesome was the first to jump ship as it happened. He dropped the title and appeared on Nitro unannounced.

    • @phillyphiltheking
      @phillyphiltheking 11 місяців тому +15

      I would say The Dudleys and Taz jumped before Mike

    • @dodolemagnifique
      @dodolemagnifique 11 місяців тому +10

      I thought that he went to WCW while still being ECW champ. Vince agreed to send Taz, a WWE employee to take the belt from Awesome in an ECW event.

    • @yoholmes273
      @yoholmes273 11 місяців тому +12

      No.
      Mike AWesome signed with WCW and later then dropped the belt to Taz...who was imunder a WWE contract at the time.
      It was the only time a WCW contract talent wrestled a WWE talent for The ECW Title.
      BUt you're right about one thing. Heyman was a conman schister.

    • @davidkelling159
      @davidkelling159 11 місяців тому

      I'm pretty sure ECW folded because he's a POS who drove himself and everyone around him into debt with lies and shady business practices

    • @TheOneKryssAnderson
      @TheOneKryssAnderson 10 місяців тому +1

      Duh

  • @brianban110
    @brianban110 11 місяців тому +34

    You know I agree that the attitude era was a major ripoff of what ECW was doing at that time but maybe mattresses and mats would've helped alot of the ECW originals in the long run

  • @Afr0Thund3r
    @Afr0Thund3r 10 місяців тому +8

    My favorite impression is still his Shawn Michaels impression, the eye cross murdered me lmao

  • @cactusjackhausen8508
    @cactusjackhausen8508 11 місяців тому +16

    Get you a woman that looks at you (with adoration in her eyes) the way Katie Forbes looks at RVD

    • @polarfamily6222
      @polarfamily6222 11 місяців тому +14

      Dude... That's the look of a woman upset that it's not her turn to puff puff 🤣

  • @puertoriconnect4611
    @puertoriconnect4611 11 місяців тому +24

    Word. It’s infuriating how WWE would claim that ECW’s ideas could never appeal to a broader audience while at the same time stealing ECW’s ideas to appeal to a broader audience. The ratings during the attitude era was insane and they were clearly influenced by ECW.

    • @Tainopisno1
      @Tainopisno1 10 місяців тому

      Yep Vince McMahon and wwe are a bunch of 2 faced pricks to this day still especially with there independent contracting clause bs in wwe contracts and wwe won't let the wrestlers form a union which us against the federal law when wwe threatened wrestlers if they formed a union, it's all cause of Vince McMahon.

    • @sameoldsameold9239
      @sameoldsameold9239 10 місяців тому +4

      Imagine if ECW had similar production values and level of TV exposure at the time.

    • @KoToCoNDoR
      @KoToCoNDoR 8 місяців тому +1

      Actually it was WCW who implemented that first, and since it was working then WWF jumped on the bandwagon

  • @darklordbungus
    @darklordbungus 10 місяців тому +10

    The sad thing is, a lot of ECW talent relied on the hardcore aspect which limited how far they could go in WWE. Who is Sandman without the cane? Who is Balls Mahoney without the chair? Who is RVD if he can't do the Van Terminator? Very few ECW talents could work a traditional match and be entertaining but RVD was a great athlete with a nice toolbox of moves that translated well to the WWE style. He deserved a long run at the top.

    • @leigh7507
      @leigh7507 10 місяців тому +3

      Tajiri, Mike Awesome, RVD, Lance Storm could all wrestle without the weapons

    • @Wizard4169
      @Wizard4169 10 місяців тому +2

      This was only true towards the end of ECW. At their peak they had a pretty diverse group of workers. They had guys who could do traditional technical wrestling, trading holds and throws. They also helped introduce lucha libre to the US. They only went to almost exclusively hard-core after much of their talent got lured away by other promotions.

  • @zachdillenger5468
    @zachdillenger5468 10 місяців тому +5

    Eh I wouldn't consider it selling out, to not use actually steel chairs on a person, like dude you trying to legit kill people? or give them life long serious medical problems, I am sorry but its entertainment not a death battle.
    If some dude looked at that stuff and went "I rather not end up paralyzed by the time I am 35...."
    That's not selling out

    • @kiezersosay49
      @kiezersosay49 10 місяців тому

      They get a spanking and sent to there rooms...

  • @UFCANT
    @UFCANT 11 місяців тому +7

    I met rvd once at the Poughkeepsie Civic Center in New York back in 1997. It was ECW’s first show there. To be honest, he was a real asshole. With that said though everyone has a bad day and I probably caught him at a bad time. I remained a fan and still have respect for him. He’s an amazing athlete and was very under rated in WWE. He should of had a long championship run.

    • @djonenonly8381
      @djonenonly8381 11 місяців тому +2

      I use to work in NEWARK NJ EWR AIRPORT I had to be at work at 4am.... I walked into to open the shop I walked through the food court and I saw RVD himself sitting alone at a table I went to to him like yo your RVD right and he was like yeah lol gave me an autograph.... he was cool azel wit me it 4am to.... this was in 2006

    • @JoeR203
      @JoeR203 11 місяців тому +3

      I'd go to the ECW shows in Danbury, CT. (The only one I missed happened to be a PPV) and after one show, RVD came out to meet fans and sign autographs. I remember a father was there with his son and the guy told his son "That was cool. He didn't have to do that. Nobody else came out to sign autographs but this guy stayed behind and did." I remember at one show, security was ready to confiscate my digital camera (they were new at the time). They thought I was taking video. It looked like a video camera but I showed the guy it was a digital photo camera that put the pics directly onto a 3.5" floppy disk (Sony Mavica). After a couple of minutes, he got word over his radio that it was okay and he walked away. I had some great pics. A close up of Francine's ass lol and a cool shot of RVD in mid air as he jumped off the top rope onto Da Baldies who were on the floor outside the ring. Sadly my PC crashed and I lost the pics and the original files on the floppy disk were corrupted somehow.

  • @icpeanut
    @icpeanut 11 місяців тому +12

    RVD's Paul Hayman and Jim Ross impersonation were hilarious.

    • @harry-thepug76
      @harry-thepug76 11 місяців тому

      RVDS Paul Heyman is good but his J.R. Impression is absolute...SHIT!

    • @rammstein909
      @rammstein909 11 місяців тому +5

      Dude all his impressions are hilarious and on point you should check out his you shoot interview clips

  • @vardenlongraf4688
    @vardenlongraf4688 8 місяців тому +1

    I’ve always had a great respect for RVD and all he’s done. He is definitely one that I always mention when people say underused for a great talent. When he came to WWE I got so excited because I thought wow this is going to be something special. And then the other shoe dropped and he disappeared which I don’t blame him for whatsoever. The man was awesome and had so many great matchups. Just a shame to let it go to waste.

  • @princeofcupspoc9073
    @princeofcupspoc9073 10 місяців тому

    One thing people don't talk about is that an ECW show was designed for a small venue, where everyone can see the tables break and the staples in someone's head. In WWF the show was for the TV watching audience. The camera makes everything look fake anyway, so why not fake everything? You can hide mattresses way over in the other part of the arena. Sure you know they are there, but you can't see them. At an ECW show everyone would see them.

  • @ladarionaustin2179
    @ladarionaustin2179 10 місяців тому +1

    I remember Rob debuting as a Kid and immediately giving Jeff Hardy all he could handle I Truly was PISSED like who tf does this guy think he is??😤😂😂…The WHOLE F’n SHOW that’s Who💯😎 favorite wrestler of all time now

  • @cville991
    @cville991 10 місяців тому

    0:00 Wait, he was part of the WWF briefly in 1997. It was during the ECW Invasion.

  • @ciscoak9074
    @ciscoak9074 11 місяців тому +2

    If I was rvd I'd just be like "I appreciate all u guys do but yall can work this patting urself on the back type shit amongst yourselves".

  • @DavidMajors
    @DavidMajors 11 місяців тому +1

    Curious as to when this interview took place.

    • @hansjuker8296
      @hansjuker8296 10 місяців тому

      Last night at your mum's.

    • @Carlanthony273
      @Carlanthony273 10 місяців тому

      @@hansjuker8296 very mature response

    • @hansjuker8296
      @hansjuker8296 10 місяців тому

      @@Carlanthony273 hilarious though!

  • @robbymarton74
    @robbymarton74 11 місяців тому +21

    Why is his wife on the stage?
    She’s just sitting there like a dork

    • @GameTime-yj6qv
      @GameTime-yj6qv 11 місяців тому +2

      Good question. I would feel uncomfortable being up there if my wife was the one being interviewed .

    • @eclectica1
      @eclectica1 11 місяців тому +3

      It's clearly not the whole interview shown here. Highly likely that she was asked some questions too.

    • @djonenonly8381
      @djonenonly8381 11 місяців тому

      money hungry clout chasing hoes same as all of em

    • @UnknownVillain007
      @UnknownVillain007 11 місяців тому

      She's a thot who wants the RVD spotlight

    • @GhostJamm
      @GhostJamm 11 місяців тому +2

      I was wondering who that was. I figured it was an indy wrestler that I didn't know.

  • @cathallynch8269
    @cathallynch8269 11 місяців тому +1

    0:43 Looking at AEW, this comment has not aged well.

  • @365daysgone
    @365daysgone 7 місяців тому

    Rvd does the best impressions 😂 shawn michaels, JR, Heyman lool

  • @devontae963
    @devontae963 10 місяців тому +1

    Her focus though

  • @Nu_Merick
    @Nu_Merick 10 місяців тому

    it seems like every time a wrestler joins another brand, they end up talking shit on the previous brand they were in... everyone seems to do it at this point its probably for clout..(im not defending WWE, its just why not stick to to one brand and not jump ships back and forth)

  • @jamesmckeon9139
    @jamesmckeon9139 11 місяців тому +1

    He wanted to get paid. Walked out of ecw with most everyone else at the end.

  • @movementencouragedfitness5945
    @movementencouragedfitness5945 11 місяців тому

    Why do y’all upload new videos of old clips that we’ve all seen before

    • @YerDad632
      @YerDad632 11 місяців тому +1

      You don’t have to watch it.

    • @jonpray5509
      @jonpray5509 11 місяців тому

      @@YerDad632 You don't know if it's an old clip until you've watched it though... Not that it makes their question any less valid. It's also an incredibly stupid train of thought. It's like saying you "don't have to open spam mail" when your inbox is full of it, doesn't make it any more acceptable.

  • @TheManInTheLongBlackCoat
    @TheManInTheLongBlackCoat 11 місяців тому +3

    Who’s the girl and why’s she there? 🤔

  • @kongmengyang1098
    @kongmengyang1098 11 місяців тому +2

    And that is how they killed wrestling.

  • @curt8652
    @curt8652 10 місяців тому

    0:42. Rob youre a great guy, but it is a business.

  • @bane4743
    @bane4743 10 місяців тому

    Didn't this dude debut on AEW? What happened to him?

  • @MadcowMania
    @MadcowMania 10 місяців тому

    People were COMPETING to take better care of you?... and that's a bad thing? Man RVD, I like you, but that's a terrible response to the world where ppl are better getting by and most companies are actively trying g to screw you over at every turn.

  • @samtipton9402
    @samtipton9402 10 місяців тому

    But wasn't Vince the financial backer for ECW!?

    • @SauceOnChickenBall
      @SauceOnChickenBall 10 місяців тому

      That was the conspiracy.
      Paul said Vince wasn't for years, then it came out that Vince was paying Paul and ECW.
      It upset some people

  • @MtZaba
    @MtZaba 10 місяців тому

    Sounds bitter. It’s ironic because in the end the only one who buried rvd was rvd.

  • @shoresy6927
    @shoresy6927 11 місяців тому +1

    Imagine claiming WWF stole ECW stuff meanwhile ECW is copying what WWF created because pro wrestling wasn't like that until Vince started expanding.

  • @dcpunisher4781
    @dcpunisher4781 10 місяців тому

    5:27 Is he freakin' stoned or somethin? I began laughing at him and not with him. RVD 420!

    • @augustushaynes1311
      @augustushaynes1311 2 місяці тому

      Are you stoned? He was doing a Heyman impersonation. A good one at that.

  • @lorddowski
    @lorddowski 11 місяців тому +1

    What is that creature sitting next to RVD?

    • @SaudiGod
      @SaudiGod 11 місяців тому +6

      It’s called a woman. Most of you wresting nerds haven’t seen or spoke to one.

    • @lorddowski
      @lorddowski 10 місяців тому +1

      You got the "it" part right. @@SaudiGod

    • @stevenlornie1261
      @stevenlornie1261 10 місяців тому

      @@SaudiGod thankfully, not that one. Give you nightmares.

  • @seanlinesteammvg4967
    @seanlinesteammvg4967 10 місяців тому

    Whos the fat bird 🤷🤷🤷

  • @hansjuker8296
    @hansjuker8296 10 місяців тому +1

    Paul Heymanbergstein sold out. Gee...who would have guessed.

  • @zibberebbiz
    @zibberebbiz 10 місяців тому

    I love this but who in the everloving heck is this bargain bin Kim Kardashian

    • @ll7868
      @ll7868 10 місяців тому

      Katie Forbes, she's an amateur wrestler/MMA fighter, she's part of Lingerie Fighting Championships. She has a massive ass, uses it as a weapon.

  • @ganglabesh
    @ganglabesh 11 місяців тому +6

    the plastik lady next to him is annoying

    • @freshprinceofcharlotte
      @freshprinceofcharlotte 11 місяців тому +8

      She was staring at his soul lol

    • @YerDad632
      @YerDad632 11 місяців тому +2

      *plastic

    • @cactusjackhausen8508
      @cactusjackhausen8508 11 місяців тому +5

      That's his wife and you can clearly see that she absolutely adores him. A rare quality. He's a lucky guy

    • @MiketheNerdRanger
      @MiketheNerdRanger 11 місяців тому +2

      Why? She not even doing anything

  • @liquidsnake6879
    @liquidsnake6879 10 місяців тому

    RVD should thank the WWE for gimmicking the s*** and not allowing him to just take bumps on concrete, or he'd be in a wheelchair right now lol, really, wrestlers are their own worst enemy, it's like they want to get hurt, like they really crave that wheelchair lifestyle

  • @deeessex11
    @deeessex11 11 місяців тому +4

    RVD quit crying.

  • @jaygov7625
    @jaygov7625 10 місяців тому

    Boring outside ECW. Same stuff every match with poor mic skills.

  • @Longlostpuss
    @Longlostpuss 10 місяців тому

    He doesn't look quite right to me.
    Looks like someone who has permanent damage from doing too many drugs.
    Like his impressions still though.