yankeesman77
05-17-2007, 10:05 PM
Wade Keller is reporting that RVD is officially done with WWE as of yesterday. WWE felt that keeping RVD around and burying him on TV was not worth it and it was better to get him off TV as soon as possible.
His contract wasn't going to expire until until late June at the earliest but WWE cut that short considering RVD said he would not resign and they had nothing for him until then.
He is expected to sign with TNA after a long deserved summer break, although he may end up back with WWE as the two are still on good terms. Never say never.
Source: www.wrestling-edge.com
Needless to say that with Rob Van Dam out of the picture (as I fully expected) this definitley damages ECW and now can officially be a new ECW Oriiginal show with the likes of CM Punk, Elijah Burke benefitting greatly off of ECW and developing their characters to a further extent. But with RVD gone this definitley hurts the WWE and any chance of restoring any credibility into ECW is this news is exactly true. RVD was a great asset for the WWE and I hope he does well in TNA if he does decide to go down there but I fear that like so many that RVD's character and in ring style will be tainted by the antics of Russo and Mantle. If Rob Van Dam does happen to reappear with the WWE again after this extended break then hopefully he can return on better terms and have more creative control. Maybe with the WWE going through some spring cleaning that they can sign more stars from ROH and the indy underground scene.
His contract wasn't going to expire until until late June at the earliest but WWE cut that short considering RVD said he would not resign and they had nothing for him until then.
He is expected to sign with TNA after a long deserved summer break, although he may end up back with WWE as the two are still on good terms. Never say never.
Source: www.wrestling-edge.com
Needless to say that with Rob Van Dam out of the picture (as I fully expected) this definitley damages ECW and now can officially be a new ECW Oriiginal show with the likes of CM Punk, Elijah Burke benefitting greatly off of ECW and developing their characters to a further extent. But with RVD gone this definitley hurts the WWE and any chance of restoring any credibility into ECW is this news is exactly true. RVD was a great asset for the WWE and I hope he does well in TNA if he does decide to go down there but I fear that like so many that RVD's character and in ring style will be tainted by the antics of Russo and Mantle. If Rob Van Dam does happen to reappear with the WWE again after this extended break then hopefully he can return on better terms and have more creative control. Maybe with the WWE going through some spring cleaning that they can sign more stars from ROH and the indy underground scene.