I agree, but it was RVD's excessive marijuana use that kept him from a lot of opportunities and reaching that status. He has admitted it himself during a podcast
Prime RVD (2001-2003) should have been WWE champion! The storyline with Stone Cold during the whole invasion mess proved he was a main event caliber player and the ridiculous pop he got when he fougt HHH should have been enough to pull the trigger on a title run then!
Completely agree, in 2001 RVD was the hottest thing in the WWF/Vince dropped the ball and didn't take advantage of his popularity and should have put the belt on him by 2002.
@@savannahnicholson2031 I am interested in Chris Jericho. He is a legend and one of the best wrestlers still in it. I prefer to see him as a heel as I think that is when he is at his best. I especially enjoyed his Feud with Shawn Michaels
I don't know why everybody thinks AEW is going to save the wrestling business or that they are going to put the WWE out of business. AEW is a new promotion just getting started. Right now they are just like TNA was back in the days getting famous wrestlers from other promotions. As a business whole they are not even close to being a competition with the WWE. I am excited and looking forward to see what AEW can and will do as a promotion but until AEW can produce and make their own Stars such as the WWE has continuously done, nobody should be thinking that AEW is going to put the WWE out of business
@Juice It’s not that I think AEW will put WWE out of business, that’ll never happen, in fact I think it’ll probably make them better out of necessity. When you have no other competition, in terms of appealing to fans or attracting talent, it can actually hurt your business because you don’t have to compete with anyone, the fans & talent have no real alternative. While i won’t go into all the reasons why I think this, my point was that when you hear various wrestlers, from various eras talk about HHH burying people just out of spite, allowing his ego to influence what goes on in the ring, keeping people he doesn’t like down (ie coming out of ‘retirement’ just to beat a younger talent, then going back into ‘retirement), that sort of practice is not going to attract/maintain not only the fans, but the talent the fans want to see. Now that there is a viable alternative for both fans & talent, if he continues to do what he’s done in the past, it’ll cost the WWE both fans & talent.
He learned from some of the best politicians in the clique. Think about it, all the clique members eventually went on to bury people through sheer political sway
RVD and HBK not having a special attraction match for WrestleManian XX was utterly criminal. WWE should have had RVD feud with Booker T, Kurt Angle, HBK, Sabu, Benoit, Guerrero and Jerry Lynn in the company, but HHH had a tendency to bury people who outshone him.
Admittedly I was a young teen during RVD's WWE run, however I definitely perceived him as being a SUPERSTAR, and one of the WWE's top babyface. Idk, but he was definately one of my favorite wrestlers during that time period, and I never did see any of RVD's pre-WWE matches!
Probably so but he would have had some good feuds with the Belt and could have done a massive program with someone like Edge. It definitely tarnished his rep at the time.
Amazing video, absolutely wonderful vids for any fan of the sport to watch, this is hands down the best wrestling vid content on RUclips other than AEW clips. Please please please make an in depth series on the career of Dustin Rhodes or Chris Jericho. Thanks dudes and keep up the kick ass work :D
It wasn't an initial burial the second time, the company hyped his return for weeks for the money in the bank match and he did well if my memory serves me correctly
RVD was very talented and had all the characteristics of being champion but it was his excessive marijuana use that hindered his career in the WWE. This was admitted by RVD himself in a podcast.
He hit the nail right on the head, RVDs most successful and disappointing point in his wwe career was when he won and then lost the wwe and ecw championship shortly after all because of weed, he was the Ricky Williams of wrestling lol
What didn't help RVD is he didn't have a relationship with Vince McMahon as it's a proven necessity to have to have a decent/multiple run as champion. It's ridiculous really as the only thing that matter is the fans reaction to talent but we all know as of late, that means sweet FA to WWE Great upload as always WB
WWF had a working-relationship with ECW since day one; throughout the '90s. WWF would send ECW wrestlers which needed working on; whilst WWF were able to pick and choose which talent they wanted from ECW. Bruce Prichard was the guy who liaised with Heyman (Vince M was very 'hands off'). When Russo became head of creative, he became the liaison guy and the first talent he signed up were the Dudleys.
I'd have to go back and check...but I cant recall an exceptional RVD match in WWE. The Cena match was more a product of situation and environment. I'm sure there are good matches with Guerrero, Jericho, Edge...Benoit...
Rob Van Dam The Invasion Rob Van Dam makes his WWF debut as apart of the Intercontinental Title Tournament at Invasion with a tournament being held to crown a new champion following HHH needing to vacate the title following his injury,crushing Edge's dreams. RVD,Edge,and Christian meet for the Intercontinental Title at Summerslam with RVD getting the win over Edge and Christian to retain the Intercontinental Title. RVD,Edge,and Christian have a rematch at Unforgiven with RVD retaining once again by pinning Christian,with this seeing Edge and Christian grow more frustrated with one another. RVD and Edge meet in a singles match for the Intercontinental Title with Edge defeating RVD to become the new Intercontinental Title holding his first championship ever. RVD participates in the Survivor Series Elimination Match where he does the unthinkable and even eliminates the Big Show but this leads to the Worlds Largest Athlete unleashing his wrath. RVD and Big Show meet at Vengeance with RVD defeating Big Show in singles competition but Big Show delivers a massive Chokeslam to RVD outside of the stage. RVD and Big Show face off at Royal Rumble 2002 inside the Rumble but Big Show gets his ultimate revenge by eliminating RVD from the Rumble. RVD and Big Show face off in a Falls Count Anywhere Match at No Way Out with RVD defeating Big Show after delivering a massive Five Star Frog Splash to Big Show outside the ring. RVD competes in the Intercontinental Title Ladder Match with RVD becoming the new Intercontinental Champion being his second reign with the title.
Say what you say about rvd.(not talking about you. I love you vids). RVD was/us a great performer in the ring. I know people who don't like his character. I'm a fan
Rvd was literally one of the best wrestlers in history. Period.
All packed in with a "individual" mindset, one of a kind truly
The Whole F'in Show
He really was. His moves were always exciting and helped build the match.
I agree. He had pretty good matches with almost everybody he went against.
RVD was ridiculously underrated and underused in WWE. He had everything that would have made a solidified wresting legend.
I agree, but it was RVD's excessive marijuana use that kept him from a lot of opportunities and reaching that status. He has admitted it himself during a podcast
@@juice5435 True, but if he used roids Vince would have loved him.
It certainly didn't help that he never improved his ring-psychology or that he wasn't much of a politician backstage (an absolute necessity).
nah not underused, we can't use that label for everyone
And you could write a book on all those talented wrestlers who were underused , exploited and wasted in wwe thanks to Vinnir and his wwe creatives ..
Prime RVD (2001-2003) should have been WWE champion! The storyline with Stone Cold during the whole invasion mess proved he was a main event caliber player and the ridiculous pop he got when he fougt HHH should have been enough to pull the trigger on a title run then!
WWE doing things that make no sense. The WWE way for decades
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Completely agree, in 2001 RVD was the hottest thing in the WWF/Vince dropped the ball and didn't take advantage of his popularity and should have put the belt on him by 2002.
They didn't want to push him because off his known drug use and when he did become champ he got busted for drugs so had to drop the belt
Painting the house on my day off work and now have something to watch on my tea break
Best wrestling vids on RUclips bro. Always like watching these when I get home from work
Same here
Can we please get an independent part 3 to this video? Also is anyone interested in a Chris Jericho video?
@@savannahnicholson2031
I am interested in Chris Jericho. He is a legend and one of the best wrestlers still in it. I prefer to see him as a heel as I think that is when he is at his best. I especially enjoyed his Feud with Shawn Michaels
Juice I couldn’t agree more,
I agree with the Jericho vid. Or a Glen Jacobs career or just Kane in WWF/WWE
This channel is consistently awesome.
I'll say it again... Truly the best RUclips channel out there. Well played Sir
You should do a part 3 Rob Van Dam and TNA get a hell of a good run in there are some really good matches with sting and a lot of other people
Fav wrestling history channel 😎
Triple H’s ego has done a lot of damage not just to various wrestlers, but to the WWE as a whole. AEW will end up benefiting from his ego in the end.
dwayners13 I agree. I don’t understand why people think he’s going to save the WWE either.
@@NewMadrid01 because he runs nxt and its the only good product wwe has been putting out for at least the last 5 years
I don't know why everybody thinks AEW is going to save the wrestling business or that they are going to put the WWE out of business. AEW is a new promotion just getting started. Right now they are just like TNA was back in the days getting famous wrestlers from other promotions. As a business whole they are not even close to being a competition with the WWE. I am excited and looking forward to see what AEW can and will do as a promotion but until AEW can produce and make their own Stars such as the WWE has continuously done, nobody should be thinking that AEW is going to put the WWE out of business
@Juice It’s not that I think AEW will put WWE out of business, that’ll never happen, in fact I think it’ll probably make them better out of necessity. When you have no other competition, in terms of appealing to fans or attracting talent, it can actually hurt your business because you don’t have to compete with anyone, the fans & talent have no real alternative. While i won’t go into all the reasons why I think this, my point was that when you hear various wrestlers, from various eras talk about HHH burying people just out of spite, allowing his ego to influence what goes on in the ring, keeping people he doesn’t like down (ie coming out of ‘retirement’ just to beat a younger talent, then going back into ‘retirement), that sort of practice is not going to attract/maintain not only the fans, but the talent the fans want to see. Now that there is a viable alternative for both fans & talent, if he continues to do what he’s done in the past, it’ll cost the WWE both fans & talent.
@@dwayners13 what was the last time he done that to a young guy? Just a question.
Good video. I think we can all agree that HHH as the head heel on raw and constantly beating all the fan favourites was bloody unbearable.
Yup, got tired of watching Raw after the Booker T burying.
He learned from some of the best politicians in the clique. Think about it, all the clique members eventually went on to bury people through sheer political sway
Am i the only one binging on these videos? Maaan feels like im watching a movie. kudos wrestling bios
I've been waiting for this. Rob was one of my favourite wrestlers such an enigma in the ring and a chilled out guy outside.
I knew somebody that met him...said he was wit 2 chicks in vegas and was COOL as a fan in person 👍💯
Still kicking ass in impact wresting! Definitely one of a kind.
RVD and HBK not having a special attraction match for WrestleManian XX was utterly criminal.
WWE should have had RVD feud with Booker T, Kurt Angle, HBK, Sabu, Benoit, Guerrero and Jerry Lynn in the company, but HHH had a tendency to bury people who outshone him.
Great video mate. Proper legend ol' RVD
Great videos I was waiting for this one. Thank you and keep up the great videos
The most underused superstar in the WWE EVER
one of many.
@@foxhoundbridges4851 THE MOST UNDERUSED SUPERSTAR IN THE WWE EVER!!!!!
RVD is a legend he's do underrated can u do his TNA run ?
Admittedly I was a young teen during RVD's WWE run, however I definitely perceived him as being a SUPERSTAR, and one of the WWE's top babyface. Idk, but he was definately one of my favorite wrestlers during that time period, and I never did see any of RVD's pre-WWE matches!
Back again with more quality content 🔥
Can't imagine why someone named Ghost 420Gerrard would love a video about RVD. LOL
RVD is one of my favorites ever loved him in ECW and WWE one of the best ever
THANKS for doin an episode on my boy👏👍💯!!!!!!
I wonder what would have happened to RVD's career if he would have not been speeding that fateful night? He could have been huge!
Thing is he was waaaayyy over during the invasion angle. His push was actually a few years late to be honest.
He still would've ended up losing to edge
Probably so but he would have had some good feuds with the Belt and could have done a massive program with someone like Edge. It definitely tarnished his rep at the time.
@@RetroTechUSA right the hardcore matches they could've had bruh smh
Great video! This is the first video I've seen that accurately depicts RVD's inital WWF/E run. Thanks for posting!
By far the best and most interesting wrestling videos on you tube.Keep up the good work
Fav channel to watch on lunch break.
Best channel going right now! Keep up the great work.
At this point, with the attitude era guys past their prime, it should be guys like RVD, Randy Orton, John Cena, and Shamus as THE top players!
RvD and Booker T as a tag team always baffled me.
Amazing video, absolutely wonderful vids for any fan of the sport to watch, this is hands down the best wrestling vid content on RUclips other than AEW clips. Please please please make an in depth series on the career of Dustin Rhodes or Chris Jericho. Thanks dudes and keep up the kick ass work :D
In an alternate universe, RVD and Sabu never got pulled over by the cops and Rob headlined consecutive Wrestlemainias
Great job thanks for the hard work you do
It looks like they turned RVD into a jobber in his second run with WWE.
It wasn't an initial burial the second time, the company hyped his return for weeks for the money in the bank match and he did well if my memory serves me correctly
It was more of a put over the new guys run like the Dudley’s second wwe run
Took me a minute to accept this channel however, dude, you're crushing. Expect more views
Your bios be so on point.
When u finish with Rob, can u do Sabu?
Thanks
maneco88 I would like that too
& Raven
He made one 👍🏾
Yes, I've been waiting on this one
RVD is nice dude and one of the real people, also probably he was one of greatest wrestlers coming with invasion angle
I was hyped for RVD return at Money In the bank.wish he would have became World Champion when he had that short feud with Del Rio
NotiGang!
The WWF/e career of RVD? He should've been used better. There you go
RVD was very talented and had all the characteristics of being champion but it was his excessive marijuana use that hindered his career in the WWE. This was admitted by RVD himself in a podcast.
I was at that Atlanta show, I flipped out.
Thank you for sharing brother
Man u are a legend best videos on here . U d man
He hit the nail right on the head, RVDs most successful and disappointing point in his wwe career was when he won and then lost the wwe and ecw championship shortly after all because of weed, he was the Ricky Williams of wrestling lol
Great job would love to see you do one on Raven covering his ECW, WCW, WWE and TNA career
love the videos really informative stuff I always look forward to these
You could make a video of the career of rob van dam part 3 anyway nice two parts episode of Mr. Monday Night!
Excellent set of videos. Great job👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
I loved RVD, he was so underused during his 2013 run sadly
I am sorry but I feel you should go over his impact days. He is back with them and I feel that there is enough content for a video
Another great video. I would have put a bit more emphasis on his popularity in 2001. There really was a groundswell.
Whole damn show
Would love to see RVD and AJ go at it in their prime
Great video man. Can you do more on rivalries like you did Sting/Hogan and Bret Hart/Stone Cold?
U forgot to mention his WWE Title shot at No Mercy 2001 and his one night only return in the 2009 Royal Rumble match
Not mentioning the triple threat for the WWE title at No Mercy is a big miss
RVD was always a upper midcard guy, wwe honestly used him perfectly, same as Booker T, Jeff Hardy, Chris Jericho(who is the only legit main eventer)
Please do one on both ecw one night stands ppvs soon please!
That song in the beginning would make a better dub than they gave him on the network for ECW
I met RVD in Anaheim, he's really short, but a cool guy!
What didn't help RVD is he didn't have a relationship with Vince McMahon as it's a proven necessity to have to have a decent/multiple run as champion.
It's ridiculous really as the only thing that matter is the fans reaction to talent but we all know as of late, that means sweet FA to WWE
Great upload as always WB
Rob van dam is one of my favorites
Awesome video!
WWF had a working-relationship with ECW since day one; throughout the '90s. WWF would send ECW wrestlers which needed working on; whilst WWF were able to pick and choose which talent they wanted from ECW. Bruce Prichard was the guy who liaised with Heyman (Vince M was very 'hands off'). When Russo became head of creative, he became the liaison guy and the first talent he signed up were the Dudleys.
Hektik videos mate keep it up
Hopefully, AEW can use him well
I'm wondering will there be a part 3 of RVD's career in TNA / Impact Wrestling?
Lol nah
My favorite from ECW
Do a part three on his time in TNA
How typical of Vince to take massively over and talented figure and waste their time.
One of a kind!
You should do some RVD in TNA now that'll be badass
Great video as always, will you cover his career in TNA at all
Van Dam looked in humanly tough in 2002,01
Great video
I really hate that we never got that second match with HBK.
Jeff Jarrett has a long long history of wrestling. Have you done a video on him?
I'd have to go back and check...but I cant recall an exceptional RVD match in WWE.
The Cena match was more a product of situation and environment.
I'm sure there are good matches with Guerrero, Jericho, Edge...Benoit...
Another great video. Have you thought about doing a video on Mark Henry?
Love ya Videos 😎😍
One of a kind
Do raven ecw wcw next
You forgot to mention his brief return at RR 09
Do you not do any impact or tna videos?
Was wondering if he’s related yo jean claude van dame? This guy should be the next Hall of fame
Just watched RVD wrestling on the x-files. Thought I was crazy but wiki checks out. Is there gonna be an x-files career video? 😆
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fight_Club_(The_X-Files)
I remember watching him dominate ECW for years then when he signed to WWE later in his career, they treated him like an NXT reject.
While it is admittedly massively watered down WWE still acknowledges ecw to this day with the one night stand Ppv turned into Xtreme rules
I always thought the Rob Van Damn was a long lost brother of Jean Claude Van Damn. They look alot alike
Shawn still looking for that smile
Wow what a Rob van Damm life , top rare wreastler off all 4 20 👀👍
Rob Van Dam The Invasion
Rob Van Dam makes his WWF debut as apart of the Intercontinental Title Tournament at Invasion with a tournament being held to crown a new champion following HHH needing to vacate the title following his injury,crushing Edge's dreams.
RVD,Edge,and Christian meet for the Intercontinental Title at Summerslam with RVD getting the win over Edge and Christian to retain the Intercontinental Title.
RVD,Edge,and Christian have a rematch at Unforgiven with RVD retaining once again by pinning Christian,with this seeing Edge and Christian grow more frustrated with one another.
RVD and Edge meet in a singles match for the Intercontinental Title with Edge defeating RVD to become the new Intercontinental Title holding his first championship ever.
RVD participates in the Survivor Series Elimination Match where he does the unthinkable and even eliminates the Big Show but this leads to the Worlds Largest Athlete unleashing his wrath.
RVD and Big Show meet at Vengeance with RVD defeating Big Show in singles competition but Big Show delivers a massive Chokeslam to RVD outside of the stage.
RVD and Big Show face off at Royal Rumble 2002 inside the Rumble but Big Show gets his ultimate revenge by eliminating RVD from the Rumble.
RVD and Big Show face off in a Falls Count Anywhere Match at No Way Out with RVD defeating Big Show after delivering a massive Five Star Frog Splash to Big Show outside the ring.
RVD competes in the Intercontinental Title Ladder Match with RVD becoming the new Intercontinental Champion being his second reign with the title.
PLEASE DO A VIDEO ON UMAGA!!! 💚
Say what you say about rvd.(not talking about you. I love you vids). RVD was/us a great performer in the ring. I know people who don't like his character. I'm a fan
People have no reason to dislike him they just like to bitch about real athletes
He really knew how to fight
Pt.3 RVD career in TNA
01 RVD was WWF title material.
HHH would have never done a guy right that openly smoked weed.
Good decision by RVD
Another topper