Rob Van Dam made his AEW debut this past week on Dynamite, confronting Jack Perry, and reuniting with Jerry Lynn.
RVD will face Perry for the FTW Championship in an FTW Rules Match on the August 9th edition of AEW Dynamite.
On a recent edition of his “1 Of A Kind” podcast, RVD discussed his early talks and negotiations with AEW President Tony Khan.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On his first discussions with Tony Khan: “I had only talked to him on the phone before so last night I met him and, obviously he was cool, respectful and he reminded me that he had told me this on the phone a long time ago, that as a fan, he was at the stretcher match of RVD and Sabu in Philadelphia. He said he was there and he said that he, you know, that he felt like that night, you know, was like a big vehicle moment that catapulted me, you know.”
On how Tony Khan was there in person for his Stretcher Match with Sabu: “At the time, it was like my favorite match at the time. I loved it. I remember the match, you know, really well, certain spots of it. But at that time, every match for me was the next one would be my favorite, you know, the next one, especially with Sabu. He was there and that was a real special night for him as a fan too. So pretty cool.”
On finding out Khan was getting the rights to use Pantera’s “Walk”: “That was awesome. Yeah, when I found out that he was gonna have the rights ‘Walk,’ it just like put me in a different vibe. You know what I mean? Just just knowing the reaction that that was going to get and how the fans would be emotionally connected to that, you know, let it play for a few seconds.”
On his confrontation with Jack Perry: “And then it wasn’t until a little while, hour or so, within the first hour when I was at the building when that just changed. I was like, ‘What? Wait, how? Is this updated? Because I just yesterday … sweet!’ I was like, ‘That’s awesome.’ So yeah, I read some of the comments on social media for, for people saying like brought tears to their eyes and stuff like that. It’s pretty cool.”
