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Originally Posted by Gouda
Now everyone seems to be saying that he was better in ECW and was "toned down" I say to you: If you have to be allowed to do all these presumably crazy and dangerous moves to have a good match, how good of a wrestler does that make you?
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It wasn't the fact that they were crazy and dangerous moves, it was the fact that they stood out so much from everything everyone else was doing. For the past couple years McMahon and company have been trying to bring us back to a more mat based style of wrestling, something that RVD just wasn't put on this Earth to do. Thus, he's been reduced to his few high spots, and whatever offense he takes from his opponent. Gone are the days of his innovations and great moves.
I remember RVD used to do this fireman's carry front roll into the corner then hitting the split legged moonsault, all in one beautiful crisp motion. He doesn't do that anymore.
It's plainly obvious that he has been toned down, and not because he's "dangerous," but because he simply isn't what WWE higher ups want.