Rob Van Dam Says WWE Has ‘Come Around’ To Acknowledging Legends

Rob Van Dam made an appearance at last week’s ECW-themed WWE NXT, and he recently talked about how WWE is acknowledging legends more. RVD, the Dudley Boys, Nunzio, Francine, Dawn Marie, and Rhyno appeared on the episode of NXT and Van Dam spoke about WWE paying more attention to legends in an episode of Busted Open Radio before the NXT episode.

“It’s an awesome time to be a legend because WWE has come around to where they’re focusing more, putting energy on those who laid the ground before us,” Van Dam said (per Fightful). “And that’s important, and it’s really changed the business for people like you and me, Tommy [Dreamer], and many of our peers. It’s really changed in a good way. Just a few years ago, I don’t even know if the wrestlers knew who used to do it before them, because you just tap into your ego so much to get into this job that you’re thinking of me and nobody else. But to take a moment and say, ‘Hey, let’s show some respect,’ it goes a long way.”

He continued, “It’s a really good time to be a legend. The legends, I feel like they’re gonna be popping up a lot, doing more work, more promotions, be part of the show more, and I love it. I love history. I love how it adds depth, as opposed to erasing the history and acting like it didn’t exist…I do feel like very much like I keep saying, moving forward, even if it’s just on the royalty deals for the legend deals or whatever, I just think it’s gonna be a good year for the legends. They’re gonna get a lot of love and acknowledgment for what they’ve done, and that’s really important.”

RVD appeared on the episode and helped Je’Von Evans pick up a win over Wes Lee.