Cena was good to me when I met him. It was January 04 and I lied to him and said I hope he wins the rumble when in reality I wanted Benoit to win and he did
no he is not, he is shamed because drug issues. i mean he is a cool humble guy, but he is no longer considered to be a wrestler at all... poor choices leads to bad life
Facts I have alot of respect for RVD for not selling his soul unlike The Undertaker HHH HBK The Rock Stone Cold Steve Austin and John Cena all of them sold their souls
@@VCthaGOATdunker Austin has an interview where he practically responds to this. Maybe he doesn't say it directly but its clear he watched it or a very similar interview. IN it he admits this is the game and he sort of goes after people that bucked the trend. His point was basically this is Vince's company and he needs to trust his main eventers. So I played the game like everyone else. and TBH its easy to see that he did looking back. Austin had nothing good to say about Flair. Rhodes, or Hogan when he was stuck on the midcard at WCW. Nowadays he's going interviews with Flair, calling him the GOAT and a great friend. Talks about Hogan and Rhodes like he never has said a bad word of them. Basically confirms RVDs point that most times in environments like this, people complain at the pecking order until they get to the top of it..
I don't get it ... WWE Creative wants wrestlers to pitch ideas because they don't have any ideas themselves? But IF wrestlers pitch ideas Vince is always turning them down ...
@@mazsax999 He does but very often it's based on the people in between swaying that decision one way . But you need to establish a direct line to vince ,to get things done which is what RVD said he realised
Well said. I think we’ve all been there once or twice in life. You’ll either go with the crowd and become one of them or you’ll be the known rebel. In the Marine Corps, I was “the belligerent one” bc I went against the grain. Crazy thing is the old timers loved me newer Marines higher in rank hated me. I was more old school than they liked so once politics became stronger I knew I had to go.
RVD would never have gotten put over so much because he's an ECW guy. Vince had him down as a mid carder from the start. He only won the WWE title so Vince can fully profit off ECWs return and launch the new ECW show. He was a pawn to the wwe and always will be. I've been a Van Dam fan since Guilty as Charged btw
Triple H was weak af. Third wheel to the rock and stone cold and played politics to get over when he wasn’t hot or over. His microphone skills were ass “the game!!!!” Spit water out his mouth. Gay af he rode so many cocktails HBK
@@yoshikitakaya7871 That was 5 years after Rob got over (2006). To me, he only got the belt as “here thanks for your work” but they had every intention of taking it off of Rob the following month.
@@thomascars1 Mate...I was talking about how he got his push 5 years too late which was in 2006. He got over when he first got to WWE 2001. 2001+5 = 2006. Got it mate? Oh yeah mate, he was in TNA by then Mate. Take care mate!
@@jms7265 It’s ok your question is valid no problem ✅. The short answer to a long topic is him doing things he is not comfortable with doing for monetary gain or loads of fame more or less, it can range from anything.
He pretty much exposed what it’s like to be a Mid Card guy on the Roster damn I loved RVD but I hope he loves himself Nd what he did to influence my Generation.
RVD has described most corporate jobs. There are politics, “Kliqs”, layoffs, and bad employees can get pushed while good employees can get buried. Why do ppl act like the WWE is supposed to be different? Everything he said in this video are the same things I’ve seen and heard at my job.
Every job now has a kliq. It’s sad they won’t look at performance or hard work. They judge you if your cool or have common interests as them. Wtf has happened to the work world???????
Cause WWE seems to have this aura around it where everyone thinks everything about it is cool. Just compare what some crummy old office job looks to regular people to how WWE looks to regular people.
Met rvd as a kid at a wrestlemania 20 brunch, he was high af but he was friendly and very humble. He deserved more in WWE off his personality alone, his in ring work is god tier
Truthfully no. He wasnt really as diciplined. Him and Jeff their pushes got killed by their drug addictions. And well....if you mess up you start back at the back off the line. Just look at how long Orton had to job out after his baby face flop in 2004. He had to wait like 6 years to win the big one.
@@aceventurapetdetective1736 The sad side of wrestling is wrestlers got hooked on either drugs or something to help with the pain. For rvd it was marijuana and is way less dangerous compared to pills. Look at test and crash holly. Both died due to overdosing. Least rvd is still around. Seems like wrestling as a whole needs to give more time for wrestlers to take a break so shit like that doesn't happen because a lot of wrestlers go out due to overdosing and all they are trying to do is deal with the pain or are just to far down the rabbit hole and got addicted.
Bruh met him at LA Comic Con one year, we just talked about weed. Shit was awesome. Also ran into him in Hollywood one time and from across the street I did the RVD thumb taunt and did it back. Dude is just the best, never full of himself just chill. I appreciate that
RVD was just too damn real for the WWE. Same with Punk and Booker T, too. Guys that should’ve never had to kiss ass to get ahead, because their work spoke for itself. They refuse to kiss ass and “politic”, so they were never allowed to be as big of a star as they should’ve been. It’s a damn shame...
@@SAoutlaw imagine being WWE champion for over 400 days and fighting the undertaker but still being upset and complaining about not being used. He was ECW champion and world heavyweight champion. AEW and UFC have humbled him though
@@KnucklesWTD Its not black and white, punk wasnt completely buried in wwe like he claims but he definitely was held back from his potential. The fact that miz has a main event and punk doesnt is proof of it, the fact that cena vs laurinitis was main event over punk vs bryan is also proof, unlike other ppl i think these 2 are much more disrespectful than punk jobbing to triple h at night of champs, which is a strange case, where i wouldnt say he was buried but he shouldve gone over.
I dont think that's the case, Bruce was just trying to say without saying that he needs to suck up to management. Shane on the other hand like always was more upfront of what RVD needed to do.
@@iammaximumstupied All the stories about Shane have been very consistent in what he's like. Seems like the right kind of guy to lead a business. Shame he isn't at the forefront of WWE's creative.
I was a writer in Hollywood from 2004 to 2014. I did a lot of freelance and spec work and I would get hired on sitcoms and dramas for maybe a few weeks or a couple months at a time but my real Payday came when I got hired in the second season to work on Boston Legal. It was that comedy lawyer show with Captain Kirk and James Spader. I understand Rob Van Dam's perspective of thinking that certain guys were kissing ass to the writers. He's totally right and it is abhorrent. Shatner would sit in with the writers all the time and he'd be coming by to pitch ideas and nine times out of 10 his ideas were s*** but when you're on a deadline of coming up with new material it doesn't matter where the material comes from if somebody has an idea and it's good enough that there is some meat on the bones that's making your job easier because some weeks you work a hundred hours on the show because you're literally trying to think of funny stuff. If somebody can come along and say hey I had an idea about that and the only thing they want in return is maybe they get a few more lines of dialogue and get featured in the episode a little bit more what do I care? My checks cashed the same whether I worked a hundred hours a week or 50. after the show ended I had made a good chunk of money that I was able to save and invest it and I knocked around Hollywood for a few more years trying to work but I was never able to get another great job like Boston Legal so I moved home to Oklahoma.
Trying to contribute to your own character by submitting ideas isn't "kissing up".... If writers are taking the lazy option and using stuff that they don't genuinely deem worthy that's on them.
To be absolutely honest. RVD was one of my favorite wrestlers! I lived his style and his swagger. His personality. He was cool. It was Rob Van Dam! I never liked John Cena lol. He was a cringe. RVD was similar to a Chris Jericho to me. WWE should have done way more for him. He was one of the people’s favorites regardless of the politics. I’m glad he realizes that.
6:27 Holy shit! That short Stone Cold Steve Austin impersonation was incredibly accurate! I swear it God if I was to close my eyes and just listen to that bit I would think it was the real Stone Cold saying that line! That's how good it was.
Tell me why in a million years did Triple H ever get that push to the top..When he never possessed the skilled talent RVD had..Never cared for him always was a wannabe type to me
Triple H was a great talent dude. Great stage presence, top wrestler with the looks and mic skills. Can cut promos as a face or heel. Forget the ass kissing which btw is in every job and is part of the politics, Triple H was more than worthy of being the top talent
For anyone who loves this video, please listen to the episode of the Talk is Jericho Podcast featuring Jon Moxley. It's so odd listening to "Dean Ambrose" look back at his time in WWE. It's pretty much 1:1 with RVD.
Even watching as a kid I knew they were holding RVD back. He was the most innovative wrestler I have ever had the priledge of seeing live and proudly wore his merch and you know I pointed my thumbs to my shoulders everytime the announcer would say Rob Van Dam!
After Eddie Guerrero died, RVD’s WWE title win at One Night Stand gave me a flicker of hope that things were back in the right track. Then they suspend him and strip him for some bullshit weed violation, yet Cena can take all the roids he wants and that was fine. The day they fucked over RVD was the day I said fuck the WWE for good.
I met RVD at a TNA fan event where a part of a six - flags theme park was reserved for us. Many wrestlers including him were just roaming around us and talking to us or taking pictures plus we all had a free buffet included as well. I talked to him a little and took a pic with him and he was super cool. Exactly like this interview. I told him that I had read "the secret" book as well and enjoyed it and that got his attention for sure because I had read that he was really into spiritual and metaphysical things like that as I am. Anyway, really cool guy for sure.
It was a breathe of fresh air when he won the WWE title in 2006. A good worker, an outsider if you must, was able to break through the red tape into success. It just sucks that he got caught with pot a month later
Rvd was one of the few guys during the invasion angle who was over big time. He was incredible in his ring work and the fans loved his relaxed attitude. But wwe had other plans and the rest is history
For Rob he had to just do one thing. Not get caught with weed when he was the WWE champion. He'd have been a main eventer and retired with millions by now. Bruh talking to Vince isn't political game. He had Bruce Prichard, and freaking Shane telling him to talk to Vince and bond with him more such that the booker of the company gets to know him if he can be a reliable face of the company or not. And clearly it shows that despite Vince wanting to push him by giving him the WWE championship, in the end RVD was unreliable and untrustworthy. Also how high is Rob while doing this shoot? Who the fuck would go and offer HHH a beer? HHH is well known to not be a drinker.
I hate this narrative that people have about Rob getting his “push” when he got caught with weed. First off all, that “push” came 4-5 years AFTER he was super over. He was one of the only highlights during the invasion angle (2001) he was incredibly over. Then, he got stopped by the HHH in 2002, when everyone knows he should’ve gone over. So by the time he got his “push” in 2006, it was well past due. Don’t get it twisted, he may have won that belt, but they had every intention of taking it off him the next month at Saturday night main event. So no, even if he didn’t got caught with weed, he wouldn’t have been a main eventer. He didn’t even main event the ppv during his first title defense against edge BEFORE he got caught with weed. Him getting caught with weed just expedited their original plans of putting it on big show and running with him.
Straight respect I would been out there with you smoking a bowl of some fire
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There's a difference between playing politics/kissing ass to get ahead and building a more personal relationship with higher ups. Many people are professional and business-like, but when you reach the top the bosses want to feel a more personal connection with you because your job always requires a special degree of trust. Being WWF champion means holding a lot of power and the office wants to know they can trust you in that position, not just work the position. I guess a conversation with Vince to let him know "Hey, if you ever think about taking me to the next level, I'm ready to handle the responsibility. You've seen what I can do. I would be grateful and happy for the opportunity to help this company achieve more." Somethin like that, kind of like what job seekers write in cover letters. It's more personal. Builds a connection with the employer. Because working isn't just business, it's also personal. A purely business mentality means a potential to leave, cheat, or damage the employer. And Vince knows this. Remember Flair taking the WCW belt to WWF after contract disputes. How about Madusa, aka Alundra Blayze taking the WWF Women's Championship belt and throwing it in the trash live on WCW Nitro in 1995 after being fired due to budget cuts? How many wrestlers have screwed themselves professionally because of drugs and alcohol? Remember when Michael Corleone tells Tom in the Godfather that he can't trust the capos in his family. ""They're all businessmen." And he couldn't. Remember Steve Jobs trusted Bill Gates as he helped write code for Apple? That he called Microsoft a part of the Apple family? Then furious when he found out about Windows, saying Gates stole from Apple. How about when Steve Jobs got fired by the same CEO he put in charge of Apple in the 80s? A very business-like decision. Obviously, Jobs couldn't trust him either. And how did it work out for Apple? I say again, a personal relationship is necessary for a business relationship to truly flourish.
He could've been one of the G.O.A.T. WWE wrestlers with a long and successful career and could've retired as a fan favourite like the undertaker. but he decided to throw it all away for drug charges. He talks about competition. But never played the game🤷🏻♂️.
That's good and great. I've seen that personal relationship with the boss backfire at more than one job. Higher ups hiring and moving up unqualified people because of that personal relationship.
You are basically doubling down on kissing ass and are part of the problem. Have you mailed Xmas gifts to your higher ups already this year cuz , ya know, "trust'
Ty RVD , for explaining American culture. He isn't exposing WWE or even Vince, this is an American issue and it runs all the way down to your local landscape company, local cop and garbage man, not just the corporate guys... America is sick!!!
He's literally describing every work environment. Politics isn't necessarily a bad thing. To this day, Vince is reachable by all talent. Xavier Woods was barely doing anything when he met with Vince and pitched the New Day. Building a relationship with your boss and your superiors is incredibly important.
This is the most clear explanation of WWE culture I've ever heard.
Right brother
This is the most clear explanation of all culture these day's
This is how government at all levels and big business works...unfortunately.
I couldn't have said it better myself.
No i think Vince's kiss my ass club explained it clearly. RVD just expanded and elaborated.
he was friendly to me when i was a child i never forget it...now i blaze it in honor of the extreme icon...
Scott Hall was an asshole to me. Now I do Xanax all the time.
Cena was good to me when I met him. It was January 04 and I lied to him and said I hope he wins the rumble when in reality I wanted Benoit to win and he did
As a child? My God I remember being in my early 20's hanging out with him and some of the other guys in South Philly early ECW days.
@@brittanygarrison8030 i bet he was hanging out of you
Juego Fuego
I’m sure Cena can’t sleep now knowing you lied to him!
RVD is loved everywhere: Smackdown, ECW, Raw, TNA, etc. Never seen a wrestler being loved by people like that.
An styles too.
sabu tommy dreamer sandman and many more
@@xLatinAssazzin not so much tommy now.
He's a has been. Flush this turd already
The Undertaker
Ran into RVD at an airport many years ago. A truly down to earth and humble person. I wish him continued success!
Is he a nice guy
no he is not, he is shamed because drug issues. i mean he is a cool humble guy, but he is no longer considered to be a wrestler at all... poor choices leads to bad life
@@imdonkeykonga you have no idea what you are talking about.
Whatever goof shit they wrote for RVD, they gave it to Matt Riddle😂😂😂😂
Especially last night
Hey I'm down with the Bro-Nouns
Cool......whatever.........broooo!
the character i wanna be in the WWE is trish stratus THONGS
Bro nuts
Damn bro. This is prob the realest shoot I’ve ever watched. Props to RVD for not selling his soul and staying true to himself.
Facts I have alot of respect for RVD for not selling his soul unlike The Undertaker HHH HBK The Rock Stone Cold Steve Austin and John Cena all of them sold their souls
@@nightnight4575 How so?
@@VCthaGOATdunker Austin has an interview where he practically responds to this. Maybe he doesn't say it directly but its clear he watched it or a very similar interview. IN it he admits this is the game and he sort of goes after people that bucked the trend. His point was basically this is Vince's company and he needs to trust his main eventers. So I played the game like everyone else. and TBH its easy to see that he did looking back. Austin had nothing good to say about Flair. Rhodes, or Hogan when he was stuck on the midcard at WCW. Nowadays he's going interviews with Flair, calling him the GOAT and a great friend. Talks about Hogan and Rhodes like he never has said a bad word of them. Basically confirms RVDs point that most times in environments like this, people complain at the pecking order until they get to the top of it..
Biggest undefeated streak at Wrestlemanias. 4-0.
I did not realize he did not ever lose a wrestlemania..
Don't let HHH acknowledge that, he'll want RVD to come back just to end it 😂
Do a double j and charge Vince a fortune for 1 match.
@ Good point. His first 21 wins are the biggest, but RVD is 4-0 (if you don't count pre-shows) and Rob never lost at a Wrestlemania.
@ Undertaker is not undefeated at Wrestlemania. RVD is.
Much respect to RVD for putting his integrity first. Seems it's quite the rarity in WWE.
Quite rare in the world….not just WWE.
Rare lol. Integrity is dead in this kinds of businesses man its a eat or be eaten world
Same in every bushiness, from offices to doctors competing to cooks. All politics
You forgot retail and convince stores
Yep, though with some the politics of it are more volatile and ruthless, know what I mean?
@@mitchtheking9456 god retail can be very nasty and pety.
Retail especially, pure cock suckers in management
Even in bullshit jobs for low wages. Truth.
Damn why doesn't he cut more impersonations like that for us?
I don't get it ... WWE Creative wants wrestlers to pitch ideas because they don't have any ideas themselves? But IF wrestlers pitch ideas Vince is always turning them down ...
Sometimes its not always vince it's the people in between
@@TheSupinesmokey They can't understand that. They're low IQ.
@@realjrq No, its an honest question. Especially since there's SOOOO many stories of how Vince has the last word on everything.
@@mazsax999 He does but very often it's based on the people in between swaying that decision one way . But you need to establish a direct line to vince ,to get things done which is what RVD said he realised
Have u watched AEW thats why ideas our turned down
Sleep with Stephanie. That’s the way to move up in wwe.
Or sleep with patterson
How many people do you think took that route?
You forgot the golden shovel
Or HBGay
didnt help Randy
RVD is the kind of guy who gets into middle management thinking he's going to change things, and realizes it will only change him.
Well said. I think we’ve all been there once or twice in life. You’ll either go with the crowd and become one of them or you’ll be the known rebel. In the Marine Corps, I was “the belligerent one” bc I went against the grain. Crazy thing is the old timers loved me newer Marines higher in rank hated me. I was more old school than they liked so once politics became stronger I knew I had to go.
Bingo
Why this shit hurt my soul to read bruh? Damn, big facts.
A lesson I had to learn the hard way when I entered middle management.
@@kevinlee2047 hey can you explain what middle management is I don’t exactly understand it
He definitely should've went over HHH during his reign of terror
Why exactly? RVD was good but wasnt nearly as good as HHH or a lot if others. I dont think his reign wouldnt of went too well.
Yup. Either RVD or Booker T should've had a title run during that time
@@TheIshShow1 I get booker-t more than rvd. I feel like booker's reign would've been a lot like kofi's in which it gets stale fast.
RVD would never have gotten put over so much because he's an ECW guy. Vince had him down as a mid carder from the start. He only won the WWE title so Vince can fully profit off ECWs return and launch the new ECW show. He was a pawn to the wwe and always will be. I've been a Van Dam fan since Guilty as Charged btw
Triple H was weak af. Third wheel to the rock and stone cold and played politics to get over when he wasn’t hot or over. His microphone skills were ass “the game!!!!” Spit water out his mouth. Gay af he rode so many cocktails HBK
Wonder why Vince never let RVD be one of the main guys. He could wrestle, cut a promo, and had a unique look.
He did but sadly he got caught wit a quarter of weed while traveling wit sabu and Vince took the belts damn shame when orton was gettin high af...
@@yoshikitakaya7871 That was 5 years after Rob got over (2006). To me, he only got the belt as “here thanks for your work” but they had every intention of taking it off of Rob the following month.
@@JayL8899 Huh? 5 years after 2006 would be 2011, I’m almost certain Rob wasn’t in the company in 2011. It was 2006 mate
@@thomascars1 Mate...I was talking about how he got his push 5 years too late which was in 2006. He got over when he first got to WWE 2001. 2001+5 = 2006. Got it mate? Oh yeah mate, he was in TNA by then Mate. Take care mate!
@@JayL8899 mate.....
😂
If more wrestlers followed in RVD's footsteps, this locker room bs would probably be dead by now
@@robman7109 right
Yep sounds like they wanted RVD to sell his soul ...
@4WURD Productions he was being vague about it but that’s exactly what he was speaking about 🤷🏾♂️💯💭
@@reckszkingzactivitiesrkat.4134 What would you consider selling his soul in this context? I wonder. (Sincerely asking btw, tryna learn smth new)
@@jms7265
It’s ok your question is valid no problem ✅.
The short answer to a long topic is him doing things he is not comfortable with doing for monetary gain or loads of fame more or less, it can range from anything.
@@reckszkingzactivitiesrkat.4134 Thanks for clarifying 🤙
@@jms7265 anytime man not a problem g
that austin impression was on point 😂😂
His HBK (complete with wonky eye) is fucking hilarious 😂
Love RVD the most talented legend there is, chilled, and great all around guy but yet won’t take shit from anyone. “Pick a hand” 😂😂😂
Hell yeah 🔥🔥🔥👍👍👍
Smacked the shit out of wannabe tough guy tazz.
A legend ahead of his time. Definitely deserves a HOF spot too.
6:27 rob hits a great stone cold impression
Yeah it was. I was thinking the same like oh shit he sound just like him lol
Omg that was trippy
RVD is very talented at impressions, he does perfect taz, new jack, shawn michaels, anyone ive seen him attempt was A+
So basically the, WWE is like any other workplace. You have to kiss hineys and deal with brown nosers.
RVD made it to top spots without doing that. There are ways to be successful and keep your dignity.
@@gordonirvine726 on the other hand there were people in WWE who got over and still didn't get the push
Great Steve Austin impression,Rvd!
You should see his HBK impression hahaha
@@SteadyEddyyy That the shoot where he mimics the lazy eye as well? That shit is a classic 😂
@@alexia_on_fire Yes! Exactly that hahah, I lost it when I saw it the first time
@@SteadyEddyyy Saaaaaaame RVD nails it, even the accent, had me skipping back and creasing for a good 5 minutes 😂
He mimics all wrestlers to a t. Jbl vince Johnny ace hbk stone cold the list goes on
He pretty much exposed what it’s like to be a Mid Card guy on the Roster damn I loved RVD but I hope he loves himself Nd what he did to influence my Generation.
Everything he's talking about sounds like HHH in the beginning lol.
He learned it from HBK
RVD has described most corporate jobs. There are politics, “Kliqs”, layoffs, and bad employees can get pushed while good employees can get buried. Why do ppl act like the WWE is supposed to be different? Everything he said in this video are the same things I’ve seen and heard at my job.
Every job now has a kliq. It’s sad they won’t look at performance or hard work. They judge you if your cool or have common interests as them. Wtf has happened to the work world???????
Cause WWE seems to have this aura around it where everyone thinks everything about it is cool. Just compare what some crummy old office job looks to regular people to how WWE looks to regular people.
@@jairobautista3232 the same thing that's always happened to it. People are interested in self validation more than the job at hand.
His honesty stands out from a lot of wrestlers
I like hearing stories with Rob :) Need more of him talking about whatever 👍
Damn why don't he cut promos like that fer us
You have to be gay with Vince and Triple H
i rather be straight with stephanie. am i right or wrong?
@@eddiew2325 she's really a dude
i was thinking the samething
@@larrystevens8037 its 2020 bro, no one cares. Looks like a chick, I'd do her.
@@larrystevens8037 she'd make your beta bitch ass humble
RVD winning the WWE Championship over Cena will forever be one of the greatest moments in wrestling history
my two favorite wrestlers of all time, i didn’t care who won that match, as long as it HAPPENED.
Met rvd as a kid at a wrestlemania 20 brunch, he was high af but he was friendly and very humble. He deserved more in WWE off his personality alone, his in ring work is god tier
Not only that, it HOLDS UP. Go back and watch his old ECW stuff and it looks absolutely sick compared to today's trash.
Truthfully no. He wasnt really as diciplined. Him and Jeff their pushes got killed by their drug addictions. And well....if you mess up you start back at the back off the line. Just look at how long Orton had to job out after his baby face flop in 2004. He had to wait like 6 years to win the big one.
@@aceventurapetdetective1736 you mug go watch his matches, he was always on point.. every wrestler is a junkie..
@@aceventurapetdetective1736
The sad side of wrestling is wrestlers got hooked on either drugs or something to help with the pain. For rvd it was marijuana and is way less dangerous compared to pills.
Look at test and crash holly. Both died due to overdosing.
Least rvd is still around.
Seems like wrestling as a whole needs to give more time for wrestlers to take a break so shit like that doesn't happen because a lot of wrestlers go out due to overdosing and all they are trying to do is deal with the pain or are just to far down the rabbit hole and got addicted.
@@aceventurapetdetective1736shut up you sound like a fool.
His stone cold impression was 🎯
RVD is a real one point blank period that's why we never got a lot of title shots on God
He literally held every belt in the company
Yeah ecw and wwe champion only man to do that r v d.
Bruh met him at LA Comic Con one year, we just talked about weed. Shit was awesome. Also ran into him in Hollywood one time and from across the street I did the RVD thumb taunt and did it back. Dude is just the best, never full of himself just chill. I appreciate that
Sad they work this way it’s unprofessional and sounds like the mob not a business.
Wrestlers can’t succeed unless they are unique and RVD was a truely unique character and he was successful world wide.
Rob should've seen the brown stain around HHH face to realize how to get ahead.
RVD never needed a belt. His in ring work proved to the fans
RVD was just too damn real for the WWE. Same with Punk and Booker T, too. Guys that should’ve never had to kiss ass to get ahead, because their work spoke for itself. They refuse to kiss ass and “politic”, so they were never allowed to be as big of a star as they should’ve been. It’s a damn shame...
CM punk was ungrateful and acted like a spoiled child
@@KnucklesWTD triple h burner account
@@SAoutlaw imagine being WWE champion for over 400 days and fighting the undertaker but still being upset and complaining about not being used. He was ECW champion and world heavyweight champion. AEW and UFC have humbled him though
@@KnucklesWTD I hate u paul
@@KnucklesWTD Its not black and white, punk wasnt completely buried in wwe like he claims but he definitely was held back from his potential. The fact that miz has a main event and punk doesnt is proof of it, the fact that cena vs laurinitis was main event over punk vs bryan is also proof, unlike other ppl i think these 2 are much more disrespectful than punk jobbing to triple h at night of champs, which is a strange case, where i wouldnt say he was buried but he shouldve gone over.
It sounds like Brice Pritchard was trying to pull a Harvey Weinstein
@@mrsteinbergenson7348 He was trying to check his temperature but not with no thermometer if you know what I mean
I dont think that's the case, Bruce was just trying to say without saying that he needs to suck up to management. Shane on the other hand like always was more upfront of what RVD needed to do.
@@Epsilonsama that's why everyone was cool with Shane he was upfront with everyone.
@@iammaximumstupied All the stories about Shane have been very consistent in what he's like. Seems like the right kind of guy to lead a business. Shame he isn't at the forefront of WWE's creative.
@@Janon48 In Canada we jokingly call it a 'meat' thermometer, just saying.
After R.V.D. read my comment I was told to pick a hand.
RVD was white hot in late 2001 and 2002. Sadly for him, HHH and Shawn Michaels had their own agenda.
I was a writer in Hollywood from 2004 to 2014. I did a lot of freelance and spec work and I would get hired on sitcoms and dramas for maybe a few weeks or a couple months at a time but my real Payday came when I got hired in the second season to work on Boston Legal. It was that comedy lawyer show with Captain Kirk and James Spader. I understand Rob Van Dam's perspective of thinking that certain guys were kissing ass to the writers. He's totally right and it is abhorrent. Shatner would sit in with the writers all the time and he'd be coming by to pitch ideas and nine times out of 10 his ideas were s*** but when you're on a deadline of coming up with new material it doesn't matter where the material comes from if somebody has an idea and it's good enough that there is some meat on the bones that's making your job easier because some weeks you work a hundred hours on the show because you're literally trying to think of funny stuff. If somebody can come along and say hey I had an idea about that and the only thing they want in return is maybe they get a few more lines of dialogue and get featured in the episode a little bit more what do I care? My checks cashed the same whether I worked a hundred hours a week or 50. after the show ended I had made a good chunk of money that I was able to save and invest it and I knocked around Hollywood for a few more years trying to work but I was never able to get another great job like Boston Legal so I moved home to Oklahoma.
Trying to contribute to your own character by submitting ideas isn't "kissing up".... If writers are taking the lazy option and using stuff that they don't genuinely deem worthy that's on them.
The pops he used to get.. man truly underrated. Miss chanting RVD with my thumbs
To be absolutely honest. RVD was one of my favorite wrestlers! I lived his style and his swagger. His personality. He was cool. It was Rob Van Dam! I never liked John Cena lol. He was a cringe. RVD was similar to a Chris Jericho to me. WWE should have done way more for him. He was one of the people’s favorites regardless of the politics. I’m glad he realizes that.
6:27 Holy shit! That short Stone Cold Steve Austin impersonation was incredibly accurate! I swear it God if I was to close my eyes and just listen to that bit I would think it was the real Stone Cold saying that line! That's how good it was.
Can't reach for a brass ring when theres a glass ceiling holding you back.
HHH is punching the air right now lol
Tell me why in a million years did Triple H ever get that push to the top..When he never possessed the skilled talent RVD had..Never cared for him always was a wannabe type to me
Triple h always good on the mic and great at getting reaction from the crowd too maybe that
Triple H was a great talent dude. Great stage presence, top wrestler with the looks and mic skills. Can cut promos as a face or heel. Forget the ass kissing which btw is in every job and is part of the politics, Triple H was more than worthy of being the top talent
Working in WWE is a 🎶"One of a kind!"🎶 Experience..I see what you did there Rob!
Still waiting on 420 Legdrop Edibles or Five Star Frog Splash Edibles. Or One of A Kind Distilleries.
RVD was a once a generation talent ... People talk about Kenny Omega ect now, but RVD was a far superior all around performer.
Who is Omega? Jk RVD is a high flyer.
He was great but ab ridiculously unsafe worker. Always kicking people in the face for real isn’t cool .
@@iorilamia cap.
I would put Omega up there with RVD. Two different styles but are both great performers with incredible skills
@Lynchology101 wow good one!
I imagine conversations between RVD and Vince McMahon to be exactly like the dialogue between Mr Hand and Spiccoli.
For anyone who loves this video, please listen to the episode of the Talk is Jericho Podcast featuring Jon Moxley. It's so odd listening to "Dean Ambrose" look back at his time in WWE. It's pretty much 1:1 with RVD.
Good job RVD not kissing the Mcmahons ass, they do nothing but ruin careers of great wrestlers. Your the Man.Way to do it your way brother.
Basically, you have to white, closet gay and lucky.
Stone cold impression was damn near perfect lol
Even watching as a kid I knew they were holding RVD back. He was the most innovative wrestler I have ever had the priledge of seeing live and proudly wore his merch and you know I pointed my thumbs to my shoulders everytime the announcer would say Rob Van Dam!
They wanted him to boot lick. That shit's in every industry.
After Eddie Guerrero died, RVD’s WWE title win at One Night Stand gave me a flicker of hope that things were back in the right track. Then they suspend him and strip him for some bullshit weed violation, yet Cena can take all the roids he wants and that was fine. The day they fucked over RVD was the day I said fuck the WWE for good.
Was clearly talking about Hunter early on. RVD gives some of the best interviews , that's why he's the Whole Fucking Show.
I met RVD at a TNA fan event where a part of a six - flags theme park was reserved for us. Many wrestlers including him were just roaming around us and talking to us or taking pictures plus we all had a free buffet included as well. I talked to him a little and took a pic with him and he was super cool. Exactly like this interview. I told him that I had read "the secret" book as well and enjoyed it and that got his attention for sure because I had read that he was really into spiritual and metaphysical things like that as I am. Anyway, really cool guy for sure.
Great story
CM PUNK was right. WWE just buries talent if it's you're not a brown nose.
Legend
WWE wanted the man to sell his soul
It was a breathe of fresh air when he won the WWE title in 2006. A good worker, an outsider if you must, was able to break through the red tape into success. It just sucks that he got caught with pot a month later
Well, now they're giving Matt Riddle the lines RVD didn't want to do.
I met him in a place called Preston in England. Really nice friendly guy, had time for everyone
Rvd was one of the few guys during the invasion angle who was over big time. He was incredible in his ring work and the fans loved his relaxed attitude. But wwe had other plans and the rest is history
I want the trees that RVD smoked before this video 💀
RVD, Jericho, Edge, Matt Hardy are awesome to meet in person.
RVD's always been dope for not kissing the asses of the company picked top guys with egos the size of Jupiter.
What a dumb company. I can see why they have lost millions of fans. If you're good then you should be on TV. Simple as that.
For Rob he had to just do one thing.
Not get caught with weed when he was the WWE champion.
He'd have been a main eventer and retired with millions by now.
Bruh talking to Vince isn't political game. He had Bruce Prichard, and freaking Shane telling him to talk to Vince and bond with him more such that the booker of the company gets to know him if he can be a reliable face of the company or not. And clearly it shows that despite Vince wanting to push him by giving him the WWE championship, in the end RVD was unreliable and untrustworthy.
Also how high is Rob while doing this shoot? Who the fuck would go and offer HHH a beer? HHH is well known to not be a drinker.
I hate this narrative that people have about Rob getting his “push” when he got caught with weed. First off all, that “push” came 4-5 years AFTER he was super over. He was one of the only highlights during the invasion angle (2001) he was incredibly over. Then, he got stopped by the HHH in 2002, when everyone knows he should’ve gone over. So by the time he got his “push” in 2006, it was well past due. Don’t get it twisted, he may have won that belt, but they had every intention of taking it off him the next month at Saturday night main event.
So no, even if he didn’t got caught with weed, he wouldn’t have been a main eventer. He didn’t even main event the ppv during his first title defense against edge BEFORE he got caught with weed. Him getting caught with weed just expedited their original plans of putting it on big show and running with him.
That Steve Austin impression was bizarrely spot on (around 6:00 mark)
If RVD played ball he would've been a 5 time world champ at least....it's a toxic culture somewhat
Sounds like people in wwe need to grow up
Man, i fuckin' love RVD
RVD worked his way up only to fuck himself over 😭
Shane: "you should treat my dad like a god like everyone else does."
RVD YOU ARE STILL THE WHOLE F'N SHOW!!!!!!!!!!!
RVD's impersonations are on point!
That Austin impersonation tho, 🤣🤣🤣
Most jobs people try to fit in to get ahead, or tell on their co workers even if it's a lie.
Completely relate to RVD I've been in so many situations where politics would have got me things but it's not me so I just leave them to it
He's always seemed like a cool guy, and this is no different.
Straight respect I would been out there with you smoking a bowl of some fire
There's a difference between playing politics/kissing ass to get ahead and building a more personal relationship with higher ups. Many people are professional and business-like, but when you reach the top the bosses want to feel a more personal connection with you because your job always requires a special degree of trust. Being WWF champion means holding a lot of power and the office wants to know they can trust you in that position, not just work the position. I guess a conversation with Vince to let him know "Hey, if you ever think about taking me to the next level, I'm ready to handle the responsibility. You've seen what I can do. I would be grateful and happy for the opportunity to help this company achieve more." Somethin like that, kind of like what job seekers write in cover letters. It's more personal. Builds a connection with the employer. Because working isn't just business, it's also personal.
A purely business mentality means a potential to leave, cheat, or damage the employer. And Vince knows this. Remember Flair taking the WCW belt to WWF after contract disputes. How about Madusa, aka Alundra Blayze taking the WWF Women's Championship belt and throwing it in the trash live on WCW Nitro in 1995 after being fired due to budget cuts? How many wrestlers have screwed themselves professionally because of drugs and alcohol?
Remember when Michael Corleone tells Tom in the Godfather that he can't trust the capos in his family. ""They're all businessmen." And he couldn't. Remember Steve Jobs trusted Bill Gates as he helped write code for Apple? That he called Microsoft a part of the Apple family? Then furious when he found out about Windows, saying Gates stole from Apple. How about when Steve Jobs got fired by the same CEO he put in charge of Apple in the 80s? A very business-like decision. Obviously, Jobs couldn't trust him either. And how did it work out for Apple? I say again, a personal relationship is necessary for a business relationship to truly flourish.
He could've been one of the G.O.A.T. WWE wrestlers with a long and successful career and could've retired as a fan favourite like the undertaker. but he decided to throw it all away for drug charges. He talks about competition. But never played the game🤷🏻♂️.
Personal relationships in a company that bans you from getting over on your own merit.
Yea right.
That's good and great. I've seen that personal relationship with the boss backfire at more than one job. Higher ups hiring and moving up unqualified people because of that personal relationship.
This was very well written; I'm gonna copy and paste it, ha!
You are basically doubling down on kissing ass and are part of the problem. Have you mailed Xmas gifts to your higher ups already this year cuz , ya know, "trust'
I always liked RVD, something about him was just so chill and wholesome.
Sounds very cut throat. Like every other job 😂
Random comment: Marty Janette should've made a comeback and tag teamed with RVD.
Ty RVD , for explaining American culture.
He isn't exposing WWE or even Vince, this is an American issue and it runs all the way down to your local landscape company, local cop and garbage man, not just the corporate guys...
America is sick!!!
Pretty good summary here:
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Rob van damme is a good dude, and a great wrestler. He is not an ass kisser,, thats why We will always respect him.
Sounds like every workplace I've ever seen
He's literally describing every work environment. Politics isn't necessarily a bad thing. To this day, Vince is reachable by all talent. Xavier Woods was barely doing anything when he met with Vince and pitched the New Day. Building a relationship with your boss and your superiors is incredibly important.
"one of a kind experience" I see what you did there.
0:47 he's talking bout cena
"Dealing with the WWE atmosphere is definitely a ONE OF A KIND experience".... ONE OF A KIND!
Triple h ego is a sickness