Did Vince McMahon Ever Want To Trade Rob Van Dam?

Did the CEO of WWE Vince McMahon ever want to trade former WWE Superstar Rob Van Dam? This question was recently asked to the former WWE wrestler in 2 Scoops Of, As we well know, RVD has always been RVD. And according to The Chairman, he never had the intention of making changes to his character.

Rob Van Dam has always been RVD
“It wasn’t Vince, but I felt like a lot of other people were trying to get me to change a little and adapt more to conformity. I always had problems with that. That part was a struggle for me, especially transitioning into business. There were several times when I felt like I was being screwed with bad intentions, and sometimes I wanted to fight just to defend myself in the industry.

There were strange things they wanted me to do that I wouldn’t do. It’s weird when you’re responsible for your character because they know you as this person. It’s not like acting on a soap opera, people have known me as Rob Van Dam for many years, and now someone else is writing what I would do, my actions, my conversations and my thoughts, and they don’t understand me. They never understood me and were always confused because I was different.

“Michael Hayes once said: ‘Other people don’t understand you, but I understand you. You’re like a surfer dude, right?’ ‘I’m not a surfer, what are you talking about?’ They wanted him to wear different outfits. They didn’t like customization, that was a problem at one time. There were a few times when they wanted to pull me aside and work on my promos.

At that time, he was too stubborn. ‘Look, you hired me for what I do, let me do it, let me be myself.’ They wanted me to get angry, very angry, grrr. I was like, ‘You have everyone else who may be angry, I’m sending a message to people, people look up to me. I don’t think you should let yourself get carried away by anger.’ They said, ‘This guy is lost, let’s get someone else to talk to him.’ “There was a lot of that.”