Van Dam gone after ONS
 

RVD Done With WWE After One Night Stand; New Details
Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

As things currently stand, Rob Van Dam will be finished with WWE after the One Night Stand pay-per-view on June 3rd in Jacksonville, Florida. While WWE Vice President of Talent Relations John Laurinaitis was told to re-sign RVD and made an effort to do so, negotiations have ended, and RVD will be leaving the company.

Bad blood has brewing between Laurinaitis and RVD since Laurinaitis was going over the new company policy that talent could not leave the arena on TV days due to the fact that Sylvan Grenier got a speeding ticket after rushing back to the arena after leaving to go to the gym. During the meeting, RVD sarcastically asked the question if they could go to the gym in the morning before the shows.

Perhaps the breaking point in Van Dam’s relationship with WWE occurred after he learned of the re-forming of ECW and asked to get off of the RAW brand to head the resurrection of ECW and what really happened after that. Also, RVD had asked for time off after signing, citing how WWE offered Big Show a deal where he’d be paid for merchandising rights without having to work for a year. People within WWE felt that to be a dangerous precedent and refused to add that stipulation to his contract.

RVD felt that WWE had limited what he can do in the ring and refused to push him in comparison to Bobby Lashley, when Van Dam felt like he was over way more than Lashley. While RVD’s WWE finale will be before his contract actually expires, he’ll be paid until the end of his contract, but will be off of television to prevent him from working with TNA fresh off his stint with WWE.

At this point RVD is looking at working a limited schedule and make some money from special appearances and autograph signings. RVD also wants to take some time to spend with his wife, whom he has said to love to death, and hates being away from.

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RVD Vs Jerry Lynn

Coming soon!

Gonna miss him kinda.

Don't think your going to find it that hard to find him somewhere else to be honest.

I'm looking forward to seeing matches where road agents haven't told him what to do spot for spot

you think he'll be in TNA?

I'd put my baby on it

THAT WILL BE SO BIZARRE

You know....

ROH is running a show in Detroit come September....

I could see ROH bringing him in for some shows... Especially the Japan shows... And having him in Detroit makes sense...

If the idiot actually asked to go from raw to ecw then he should know he's not gonna get a brilliant contract. Anyway, i hope to see him in tna, he'd be more suited to it and would have some good matches with aj styles

Sigh.

He was being pushed JUST FUCKING FINE until he GOT HIMSELF ARRESTED and EMBARRASSED THE GOD DAMN COMPANY!!!

You know what, FUCK RVD. Fuck him in the ASSHOLE. Fuck him in the asshole with a BIG RUBBER DICK. Fuck him in the asshole with a big rubber dick and then BREAK IT OFF and HIT HIM IN THE HEAD with it.

What is it, ECW, WWE, any of it, that makes RVD interesting? Why should I give a damn about him? The answer is I don't. I've seen him in the little company and the big, and he's useless as far as entertaining me. He's a spot monkey that appeals to the ECW fans, and a stoner that appeals to disaffected, pot-smoking, 4:20-muttering dumbasses. I'm not going to miss him one bit, and the TV time he takes up on ECW would be better served showing close-ups of Ariel.

Yup. RVD is the victim here. Not like he was on top until he got caught and arrested for pot.

i just want to see him in tna.now,bitch!

Yeah, I wanted to see Angle in TNA too.

I'm still waiting. :mad:

I hope he doesn't go to TNA, ROH would be such a better fit.

Would he be able to use Rob Van Dam in TNA?

Or are they gonna have to call him something else?

Why not, Kurt Angle can be Kurt Angle... :shifty:

Don West: OH MY GOD! IT'S RIP VAN DAM! THIS IS SO BIZARRE!

RVD should have left 3 years ago only there was no where to go and still really isnt.

TNA is as good as bein on ECW or better for him, he might get the push he deserved 2 years ago, and he wont be limited to what he can do and not do in the ring, my only worry is that hell be booked worse then he was in ECW

Rob Dan Vam
Rom Dam Van
Brother Rob :shifty:
Rob Van Dammit

Just throwing out some ideas.

I'm not sure whether he owns it or not. I've heard that when WWE asked talent if they wanted to own their trademark for whatever reason, Rob put his hand up, but I'm looking at the US P&TO website and it says the registrant is WWE.

Guess we'll find out soon enough if he's Rob Van Dam or Rob Van Dyke.

I would like to point AGAIN out that he GOT that push a year ago, and that he held it to his lips, lit it and smoked it up while in a car with Sabu.

Brother Rob, lol

If JBL smoked a joint and got caught what would have happened? If Austin would have got caught driving drunk what would have happened?

So you're on the Paris Hilton train then; it's okay to do something against the law/rules if someone else does it? Talk to me when either of those things actually does happen. The man was getting pushed at the top of the newest and hottest product WWE had, and he decided to break the law, and he got caught, and to top it all off he did it at a time when WWE was really hyping their "wellness policy" as something solid and enforced. He killed his own push, and I'm sick of everyone acting like he got screwed Montreal-style.

WWE owns Rob Van Dam and they may also own RVD, in which case he'll probably go by Robbie V again.

Whatever, Rob Van Dam is not as good as the IWC makes him out to be. Oh, WWE won't let him work superstiff and bust people open in every god damn match, they are holding him down. Oh, WWE won't let him smoke pot and promote a drug culture, they are holding him down. Oh, WWE made RVD a dual World Champion and were pushing him to the moon and looking to do it for a long time, the are holding him down.

Seriously, WWE can lose RVD and make a new guy to take his place. WWE is still the only promotion to make stars.

This is awesome. I'm kinda sad to see him leave... but when he gets out it'll be like "yes... finally free".

Yeah, as free as an escapee from a Siberian prison.

I think the problem also came from the fact the WWE had just released to the press about its Drug Awareness whatever program and then that next week their champion gets arrested

its a shame to see him go.

he really was one of the 1st people to really catch my attention when i rejoined the wrestling community in 2002ish.
But since Invasion and his "feud" with HHH, he really hasn't done a thing to impress me. i did like when he, chris masters, carlito, ric flair and shelton B were all in the midcard chasing the intercontinental title tho but after that I didn't care much for him.
tbh, i really don't see van dam as the face of ECW and never did. Initially i saw the face of ECW as being Angle and now its clearly Punk.

Anyway, RVD screwed RVD, no two ways about it

Finally I can stop watching ECW...but then again...I might have to start watching TNA...again :shifty:

So is this why he's been doing anti wwe promos lately? So when he shows up in TNA it'll just be rehashed shit.

Rollin Victor Dangerous!

He can come out on a skateboard, WOAH DUDES!

Yeah, welcome to a week ago.

lol @ Rob Von Dammit

I can see it now...

"DID YOU SEE THAT TENAY? JEFF JARRET JUST PINNED THIS NEWCOMER, ROARING VINNIE DUNG! "

Rob Von Doom.

He can cut promos where he shakes his fist and shouts "NONE CAN CONTEND WITH THE WILL OF DOOM!"

And then TNA can steal Stevie Richards from WWE and have him feud with Rob Von Doom, who can then shake his fist and yell "RICHARDSSSS!!!"

Hey, RVD IS a comic book fan.

DVR

Every match he would lose via cheating, and would demand that they go back and watch the replay and restart the match/declare him the winner.

"Everyone Tivos TNA for DVR!"

LOL, that sounds like a classic Jericho WCW move.

Have you heard the responses that RVD gets from crowds all over the world? It's pretty clear that RVD appeals to more than just ECW fans & potheads.

Did I say he "only" appealed to those people? No. Those are the people he appeals to most, the people that make his pops more noticable than, say, Scotty Too Hotty. The Worm gets a pretty big reaction too, you know. I've been sick of this Van Dam cocksucking ever since the Invasion. He's gotten more than he deserved from WWE as far as I'm concerned, especially when I would have fired his useless ass after the arrest business.

That's like a 7 on the Kano Spaz-o-Meter right there

ROD VAN DAMNE is in TNA! Hey WWE,put that in your pipe and smoke it :shifty:

It's been six years in the making.

The name discussion reminded me of this thread:

http://tpww.net/forums/showthread.php?t=51620

Kip Van Dam

Well, I'm glad you clarified your point because in your original statement you just happened to fail to mention that RVD is MAD over with casual wrestling fans all around the world.

While you never said 'only' you did insinuate that the only people who enjoy RVD are ECW fans and potheads by ommiting any mention of the other millions of people around the world who cheer for RVD.

RVD os MAD over because of exposure and a certain amount of consistency (until his absence that ended a year and a half ago, he had been pretty much constant since 2001.) Put anyone out there that long as a face, and as long as they aren't abysmally bad at what they do, they'll get equal reaction. And crowd reaction does not make a useful wrestler. Ron Simmons gets mad crowd reaction saying "damn," does that mean the entire show should be built around that? Van Dam is a solid midcarder with a good and useful following, but there are a dozen guys on the roster that get equally good reactions that DON'T get arrested for smoking pot in the middle of their pushes.

Embarrassed the company? It barely made internet news and did nothing to affect the share price. Randy Orton has done worse time and time again and I wouldn't even say he embarrassed the company. Only himself.

And RVD should have kept his spot purely because he protected Sabu's gimmick to the cop and did all the talking for him :D

Ok, definitely an overstatement, but still, at a time when WWE was trying to put over their wellness policy, he may as well have been seen wiping his ass with a copy of it.

Okay... I'll give you that one.

Maybe instead of "embarrassed the company" I could have said "publicly made a mockery of the wellness policy."

They made a mockery of their own wellness policy enough long before then.

The wellness policy pretty much mocks itself, but its a different issue when you have an arrest report to show for your actions.

Especially when you've just been made a dual world champion.

Maybe he should repent and become straight-edge like CM Punk...

:shifty:


heh heh heh

I have to agree with Pidgett, here. It's no different than "breaking KAYFABE." Sure, it's a joke, and everyone knew wrestling was fake, but you weren't supposed to say it.

RVD didn't just address the elephant in the room, he went up and proceeded to blow it. Only a total moron would expect this not to bite him in the ass.

RVD blew an elephant? Was this in the Observer?

Rude Van Dude

"Why don't all you FAT, OVERWEIGHT, OUT OF SHAPE PORKERS quiet down while I take my bong out and show these ladies what a REAL MAN tokes like!"

Are you serious?

Come on Pepsi Man, it's OBVIOUS that Angle has always been the face of ECW...just watch the original ONS? :roll:

:shifty:

The way Angle was pushed during the beginning of WWECW (after ONS2), I would agree that Angle was the face of ECW, even more so than Van Dam.

Robert Vandal Damm

Van Dam's name is safe for the smae reason Christians is.

1. Way to use a faulty comparison between RVD & Simmons
2. I never argued that Van Dam didn't fuck up his own push

There's the solution. Just have Simmons quit with RVD and form a tag team with TNA:

Rob Van DAMN!

:shifty:

I do hate to see him go, and hope something better happens in the future for him, even if I don't really want to see him in TNA. ROH sounds good though.

But like I've said before, going back to his arrest. Even though people debate what should have happened to him, my say is that he got caught doing something that everyone knew he did. I'm not saying he's innocent, but he just shouldn't have been doing it at that time. He did mess up his push by getting caught, but I still think that he shouldn't have gotten in as much trouble as he did.

I agree that that was certainly WWE's intention...but it was also a prime example of WWE ramming a square peg into a circular hole and breaking the "Hammer of History" in the process.

WRONG!

Rob Van Dam is a trademark of WWE, to which Rob consented.

Please, and I'm being very sincere, prove this.

Yeah, to be honest with you, I was kind of surprised Rob ever agreed to that, even before all this contract negotiation shit came up.

Christian only got away with it because WWE trademarked only "Christian".

They also own "RVD", so using the initials as a way to promote him is out too.

Nope, exclusive to TPWW.

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/2987/rvdblowuj7.gif

DVR!

Don Vin Ron!

Don West's long lost cousin!

Don Vin Ron : You know TNA...there's a reason my last name isn't WEST...it's because of things *pause* DON west did to me. *pause* A long time ago...

Tenay : What did you do Don?

Don : What I'm about to do right now AGAIN!

Don West leaves his commentary position and walks into the ring.

Don Vin Ron : I ain the same person anymore Don. Come one step closer and you'll know what VIN RON is made of!

Don West : TOTAL NON STOP ACTION?

*takes off belt(

Don West : I'm gonna spank you for embarassing me like this on IMPACT!

Don swings his belt but his pants fall off and the fans start laughing.

Don Vin Ron : I told you not to come any closer Don! I ain't the one embarassed now am I?

Don Vin Ron then steals Don West's pants.

Don Vin Ron : And Mr. West, if you want these back, you can have them on the next PPV in an ELECTRIFIED PANTS ON A POLE MATCH!

Tenay : THIS IS WRESTLING!

Don West *points at Don Vin Ron and does the *cutthroat* motion with his hand*

Tenay : Next Pay Per View these two will meet in the first ever ELECTRIFIED PANTS ON A POLE MATCH!

Have you ever read that whole list of stuff they can use his name on...

Greeting cards, children's activity books (stay inside the lines on the joint), pencil sharpeners (wtf?), customized personal checks (an RVD checkbook is JUST what I've always wanted), paper hats and other party favors...

Wow...:nono:

I'm not seeing any reason he work under the name, only that merchandise would be out of the question. As for Christian he was allowed to use the name due to the fact he worked under the name BEFORE WWE. Which would be the case if Van Dam hadn't given away the legal rights to it.

Again, T-shirts and what not are out of the question. But I didn't see anything that would qualify that he couldn't work under the name.

Can you offer any clarity?

That orange one in the back makes me think of Cheetos. RVD's got the munchies, man.

http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield...ate=lb1mq.38.4

Sorry, figured one covered them all.

So yeah, there's 100% proof he can't use the name anywhere else.

Pretty proofy.

Shit.

Stub your toe?

Links don't work anymore. Doesn't really matter.

Of course if he could use Rob Van Dam, on TNA tv, his name would be "Rob Van (BLEEP)". I don't think they can cuss to TNA.
The show is on cable at 9 pm and they bleep out "ass".
What the hell is up with that?

The United States Patent and Trademark Office lists Rob Stantiwitz or however he spells his last name as a party to WWE's trademarks. Which means that he had to have been on board with it.

It also gives his name as a registered trademark for almost any application you can name.

Xero got here first, but since you asked me to prove it, I figured I'd point out that I did my homework before that statement, and actually, did my homework before the last time this one came up.

He can't. Period.

He should legally change his name... worked for Warrior

Stantiwitz Tititwizt Dimiwitz

West: OH MY GOD, IT'S STD!

Tenay: The rumors are true, THE IMPACT ZONE has been infected with STD!

West: THAT'S SO BIZARRE!

STD throws a chair to West and hits him with "The Herpinator."

ROB...VAN...WARRIOR!

Tenay : DESTRUCITY ON STING!

West : STING HAS BEEN OBLITERATED BY THE POWERS OF DESTRUCITY!

Pretty stupid of Rob Van Dam to give away his name to the WWE and then decide that he is going to leave the WWE.

The return of Robbie V.

Rob VD has a ring to it...

:shifty:

Clearly he was high when the WWE trademarked his name

RVD : RVD IS COMIN TO TNA! GET REDDY TO CHANT R-V-D!

WWE : Uh no Rob. We trademarked your name. You can't use RVD, Rob Van Damn or any variation of it. Remember?

*RVD starts to remember*

*fuzzy memory*

http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.co...mcmahon/12.jpg

Vince : GOOD MORNING ROB! GLAD YOU SIGNED THE TRADEMARK PAPERS FOR YOUR NAME LAST NIGHT!

RVD : http://gallery.ksilebo.com/d/5027-2/1143439398189.jpg

RVD is not very bright, period. I love the guy and all, but come on, he's dumber'n a fucking post sometimes.

I'd rather not watch Lynn/Van Dam again. I'd rather watch RVD blow himself for forty minutes.

Oh wait.

rvd had problems with the wwe before the pot bust like when he would not go on the uso tour with the wwe and he was a stiff worker. rvd screwed up 2 years ago when he signed another deal with the wwe.