WWE Hall of Famer RVD recently took to an episode of his “1 Of A Kind” podcast, where he talked about a variety of topics such as how he is surprised that Sting is still competing because of what he said during his TNA Hall of Fame induction ceremony speech back in 2012 as he thought "The Icon" Sting was done, but he doesn’t remember if it was Sting talking or if it was TNA.
Rob Van Dam said:
“The reason that I’m really would say that I’m surprised is just because of information that I had gotten and it was during his induction into the TNA Hall of Fame. During the speech. I don’t remember if it was him talking or if it was TNA, which would’ve probably been Dixie’s husband giving the speech. I think it was Sting that was talking and he was saying that he was talking about after his Atlanta run and whatever he did, that he thought he was done and that TNA was just starting to get their first gimmick where they were getting, remember there were pay-per-view only like every week?”
Rob Van Dam also talked about how Sting seemed reluctant to return to in-ring action after giving his TNA Hall of Fame speech in 2010 and that is what surprises him to this day that Sting is competing.
Rob Van Dam said:
“And so the speech alluded to that and said that they reached out to him and he was like, ‘Oh man, you know, I don’t know.’ Then they said, ‘Well, come on, you know, we really need you.’ And he is, ‘Man, I think I’m done. You know, my back and ‘All right, cool. Well we’ll give you this much money.’ And he was like, ‘Alright, for a little bit … And then they were like, ‘Man, we need you to stay a little bit longer.’ And [he] was like, ‘Oh, I think I’m done.’ And they were like, ‘Oh, we’ll give you this much more money.’ And [he] was like, ‘Oh, I guess I could do another year.’ And, and that was the gist of what I got out of his speech for being inducted. So that’s why I would say I’m surprised now because that was 2010.”
You can check out Rob Van Dam's full comments at this link. H/T to Inside The Ropes for transcribing the above quotes.
