During the latest edition of his “1 Of A Kind” podcast, Rob Van Dam opined on a variety of topics, including being frustrated with his WWE pay early on.
According to the “Whole F’n Show” himself, he was in the bathroom with Pat Patterson when they got talking about what the future would hold for RVD. We’ll let him explain it!
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On voicing his frustration with his early pay: “Shortly after this conversation [with Ross], I was in Pittsburgh at the Mellon Arena … I’m in the bathroom standing in the urinal, and Pat Patterson’s in there, and me, we’re the only ones in the bathroom. Actually, now that I think about it, I think I was trying to roll a doobie or something.
“Anyway, he says, ‘Hey, kid, you’re going to make a lot of money here in this business.’ And I said to him, ‘If you say so.’ And he didn’t like the response. He said, ‘What?’ I said, ‘No, if you say so. Sounds good. I’ll believe it when I see it.’ He goes, ‘I don’t like that answer. You’re telling me you don’t believe in yourself?’ And I’m like, ‘No, I believe in me, but I don’t know if that’s going to equate to making a lot of money, based on what I’ve been making here so far. I got paid a lot more before I came here.’”
On what he would have done differently: “Now, having the bigger picture, I can tie all these events together and see where the office might have thought that I was just like, ‘eh,’ where I should have said, ‘A rocket ship on my back? Yes! Yes! Yes! I’m getting a rocket ship, I’m going to prove to you this isn’t a mistake! You’re never going to regret doing this! I’m going to be the best rocket ship player you’ve ever had,’ but that’s not me.”
