On a recent edition of his “1 Of A Kind” podcast, Rob Van Dam recalled running into Ric Flair backstage at the Philadelphia show for AEW Dynamite.
RVD noted that he wasn’t aware that Flair would be appearing on Dynamite and relished the chance to witness the surprise firsthand.
You can check out some highlights from the match below:
On bumping into Flair backstage at Dynamite: “I just said ‘Dude, what are you doing here?’ He said ‘Hey, I’m going to work, man.’ We just laughed. I said ‘Do they know you’re here? The crowd?’ He said ‘No, I’m a surprise.’ He was coming out in the next segment. I was like ‘Awesome. That’s f**king cool.’”
On catching the crowd response to Flair’s appearance: “I love Philly, and that’s so awesome that we’re giving them such an awesome show with big things like that. I watched behind the curtain until I could see Philly’s reaction to Ric Flair coming out, because I just thought that was a really cool and unexpected moment.”
