Rob Van Dam

Rob Van Dam está bookado para o PPV de Outubro da WWE, o WWE Battlegournd em Buffalo, NY. Segundo fontes, a WWE quer que RVD permaneça a competir regularmente até ao final do ano. Para o PPV estão também bookados John Cena, CM Punk, Randy Orton, Daniel Bryan, Sheamus, Dolph Ziggler and The Shield.

De acordo com o PWInsider, Rob Van Dam assinou um contrato a longo termo com a WWE, na condição de fazer 90 aparições, após as quais lhe seria permitido retirar-se durante um período indeterminado de tempo, para depois voltar e renegociar os termos do contrato.

Rob Van Dam foi entrevistado pelo Marvel.com e falou do seu regresso à WWE. Eis os highlights:

"It's awesome. I predicted that this return to WWE might be the most impactful part of my entire career. It has a lot to do with timing, and a lot to do with being RVD because I have so many years of experience. But it's all positive. All the time I've spent. There's no downside. I don't have that a.g.e. factor that seems to affect a lot of other people. Honestly, my body feels as good as it ever did. Sometimes my back bothers a little bit, but it bothered me even more when I was 23. Sometimes my knee bothers me a little bit. It bothered me even more when I was 30. I feel great. And obviously it shows when I'm in the ring. And the fan response has been off the hook. And, by the way, my position in the company, considering the other wrestlers that are there, versus the wrestlers that were there before, again, works in my favor because all the other guys that were ahead of me that were getting all the attention, all the TV time, well they've dropped off, they're outta the scene; a good time to be the whole damn show."

RVD also talked about SummerSlam's energy and what gets fans excited:

"Well a lot of it has to do with the amount of promotion put into it. I mean everybody knows that WrestleMania is compared to the Super Bowl of wrestling. They do a pay-per-view every month, and a lot of them don’t get so much attention. But they’re all getting bigger and bigger. They’re all growing every year as the fan base grows. SummerSlam is like the big party of the summer, and everybody looks forward to that now, just like they look forward to WrestleMania."

De acordo com novos relatos, não seria de todo surpreendente se RVD vencesse o Título World Heavyweight no Night of Champions. Espera-se que RVD seja extremamente bem recebido em Detroit e, caso a WWE queira mudar o Título de mãos temporariamente ou preparar a transição para Damien Sandow, tal seria a melhor oportunidade.

Relativamente à sua parceria com Ricardo Rodriguez, fontes afirmam que a decisão foi tomada à última hora, pois Rey Mysterio ainda não estava autorizado a regressar aos ringues.

Rob Van Dam em entrevista ao Slam! Wrestling falou do estado anímico do balneário actual da WWE:.....

"The locker room is a different vibe, it's a more positive vibe, guys are not afraid for their position like they used to be. At the end (of his first run with WWE) it was really miserable. Plus, I have more leverage now. I have more seniority with guys like Rock, Hogan, Flair, DX gone. It's different how I'm being treated. I'm in a different point in my life. The travelling is not as hard as it was. I'm enjoying it now. We just had an 18-day tour and I was kind of apprehending that tour, but it wasn't like that at all, it was a pleasure and I enjoyed it a lot."