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RVD should and could of been main eventer in WWE, there's no doubt about it. The potential in his 'Whole F'n Show' character was limitless and if they had booked him in a similar vein to how Heyman had at least booked his character in ECW (over the top cocky, arrogant, exhibitionist) he could of been a major player. The fact is, RVD has not been given the chance to 'develop' as a character. His lines are written for him (when he's given any mic. time) and the company have never been truly behind him in terms of a push, instead opting for the odd 2-week excuse for one.
In my opinion, what Van Dam truly needs is a mouth-piece. Male managers/agents are by large an untapped resource in prgramming at the moment. If possible, I'd do my best to get Bill Alphonso in, hook the two up again (have Fonzy act as the way to Rob over the SD! where he'd thrive, or even bring him in with Rob on Raw and really kick-start his character - mouthing off about how Rob's been held down etc) and BAM, we have an original, interesting character who'd HAVE to be on TV. The combination had money written all over it in ECW, and the same methods on a different scale COULD still be successful.
Will it happen? **** no, but I enjoyed the 5 minutes of imagining IF it could happen. I'm a huge RVD mark and was excited as anyone when he came into WWE in Summer 2001. The waste Vince and booking team have made of such a character is incredible. Van Dam was ECW's biggest draw and developed a fan following and fan reaction within a few weeks effortlessly, that the majority of the roster couldn't generate in years. To see him curtain-jerking and acting as a job man for Orton pisses me off no end (don't get me wrong, I like Randy, but RVD jobbing to him should mean a hell of a lot more than it does).
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