Rob Van Dam Appreciation Thread

[Wilfred]

My favorite wrestler of all-time so this was really cool to see. Had been wondering why he never appeared with AEW before this I kind of assumed it was concussion related. Made Jack look really good here too. Hopefully he can pick up some wins if he sticks around.

[markymark]

[KME]

Think they'd definitely be inclined to use him again, not only did he look really good and very motivated he was seriously over too, just as he was the week before. Obviously you wouldn't want to overuse him, and who knows how long he'd be available but yeah I could definitely see them giving him another call soon.

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Aug 10, 2023 11:51:40 GMT -5 markymark said:

I'd be surprised if we don't see him again, RVD also seemed to really like the atmosphere.

Put him in a tag team with like Matt Sydal and I think it'll be fun

[Cyno]

That's the best I've seen Rob look since his last major stint in WWE.

[ARI WOW WOW]

A while back i caught a glimpse of RVD in Impact! as a heel and correct me if I'm wrong but back then he seemed way slow and unable to do a lot, but that wasn't the case on Dynamite, he looked great. Did he age back? or may be got some stuff fixed? probably took a break and healed up since then. Or may be it was just a bad night, idk

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Aug 10, 2023 23:07:30 GMT -5 ARI WOW WOW said:

A while back i caught a glimpse of RVD in Impact! as a heel and correct me if I'm wrong but back then he seemed way slow and unable to do a lot, but that wasn't the case on Dynamite, he looked great. Did he age back? or may be got some stuff fixed? probably took a break and healed up since then. Or may be it was just a bad night, idk

A lot of modern medicine has helped these guys turn back the clock, just look at Rey Mysterio as a prime example

Rob always kept in insane physical shape, so I'm not shocked that with a few likely tweaks and fixes, he's back to being able to go with just about anyone.

[Ryushinku]

I thought he did fine. Sure he's a little rounder and the hops are shorter, but he's kept limber all these years and hopefully he'll do more.

Could definitely be a fun triple for Sting & Darby party tags, too.

[Non Banjoble Tokens]

Time to bring in his buxom girlfriend for a run in the women's division.

[simplydurhamcalling]

Aug 10, 2023 23:07:30 GMT -5 ARI WOW WOW said:

A while back i caught a glimpse of RVD in Impact! as a heel and correct me if I'm wrong but back then he seemed way slow and unable to do a lot, but that wasn't the case on Dynamite, he looked great. Did he age back? or may be got some stuff fixed? probably took a break and healed up since then. Or may be it was just a bad night, idk

I think it'll be a combination of time out of the ring allowing him to heal and motivation in front of a larger crowd/TV audience. I'd stick to very occasional one offs though or the magic will quickly subside and their roster is big enough.

As much as I like him RVD isn't going to move the needle and they've got a ton of experienced active and retired wrestlers already there for teaching.