WWE Hall of Famer RVD (Rob Van Dam) recently had a conversation with Sportskeeda Wrestling on AEW and what he first thought of the relatively new pro wrestling company. According to RVD, despite having a lot of money since the owner of AEW is also the owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars, he thought just as every other pro wrestling company has done in the past AEW will have one huge event and they would be done, but they have proven overtime that they are the next big thing outside of the WWE.
RVD said:
“Pretty cool, they’re groundbreaking.” “When they first came out, they just stood as good a chance as everybody else in my mind because even though I heard they had a lot of money, this guy owns [the Jacksonville Jaguars], even with all of that, that wasn’t anything new. Happens all the time, every once in a while somebody comes up and they think they’re going to be the next big thing and usually, they have one show, if that, and then they’re done.”
“AEW started and I thought they were just going to be another one of those companies, and they certainly weren’t. It’s amazing that they draw as many fans as they do and that’s on TV and in person. The crowds are so much bigger than IMPACT Wrestling or a lot of the independents outside of WWE. So they’ve stepped up and they really are the next big thing.”
RVD also talked about how top AEW Star MJF has really caught the attention of the fans and how he has really shown his commitment in his persona that he doesn't even break character, which shows that MJF has truly become a top heel.
RVD said:
“I think MJF really has the fans’ attention.” “He’s super committed from what I understand, he was at a comic convention of some kind and on his own without the production crew behind him or anything, he walked into a room full of black people but they had a black person on stage and he said, ‘Does anybody have any questions on Black Lives Matter?’ Like, what a heel. He’s just committed, he doesn’t laugh at himself or break character that I know.”
You can check out RVD's comments in the video below. H/T to Wrestling Inc. for transcribing the above quotes.
