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As always, Rob Van Dam speaks his mind regardless of what the consequences of doing so might be. This time RVD shoots on his feelings on the ECW One Night Stand pay-per-view to the U.K. Sun.
Here are some choice excerpts:
"There will definitely be attempts to sabotage the possibility of ECW reaching any stage of progression," Rob revealed.
"There has been all the way, even back before ECW did the Invasion angle.
"It will always be a problem because there are certain voices higher-up that like to flatten out anything that could jeopardise their stronghold, rather than seeing the overall benefit to the industry of something like this.
"So, for sure, there is going to be some turbulence and some swimming up stream.
"But this show has a strong possibility of finishing as the third biggest PPV of the year.
"And if that happens there's one guy in the office who is really good at making decisions and has the best interests of this business in his heart.
"His name is Vince McMahon.
"He's the guy that I want to talk to not all the minions around him, who have their own agendas for their own reasons.
"If this crowd goes off with the 'E-C-Dub' chants, and they will, and if more people buy this then all the other WWE products - then you can be sure I will be bringing you an ECW PPV next year."
"Those guys (Eric Bischoff, Kurt Angle and JBL) are definitely not going to be drawing the ratings for this PPV," he storms.
"They are definitely not selling any seats. Nobody's coming to see them and they have no business being there.
"The original plan was to have only ECW alumni on this show.
"There is no place for somebody pretending they're hardcore when they were never there, whether they've got a sledgehammer in their hand or not!
"The WWE writers are taking part in the show, but us true hardcore ECW guys will vote out anything ridiculous they try to add to it.
"Regardless of what you read on the Internet, this show is all about Paul Heyman and it has to be.
"Even if the WWE only give Paul one tenth of the say so, then we're all going to carry out his plans anyway - because we agree with him.
"That's what sets us apart from the rest of the locker room!"
"But I think it's going to help us out, because ECW will be put on a much larger showcase than ever before.
"We never had the budget for global exposure, whereas WWE can do that for us now - even running a PPV for half the cost with the lights turned down.
"It will be very beneficial on letting the mainstream in on what ECW was all about.
"Also, I'd add, that if ECW was producing this PPV we wouldn't be getting paid for it!"
"Given the fact that the PPV comes two months before I'm clear to wrestle again I won't be able to be the Whole FN Show,"
"I'm planning on definitely getting on the microphone and coming forward to take credit for not only this ECW PPV, but also for my time in ECW, what I achieved and how we changed the entire wrestling industry.
"I'm almost positive that one day we'll see Rob Van Dam v Jerry Lynn again."
"People are saying that if there is a follow-up to One Night Stand, RVD v Jerry Lynn should be the main event - you can be sure I'll be on top of that movement."
"And, if nothing else, some day down the road some promoter is going to want to put that match together again."
To see all of this must read interview, visit: http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2003560001-2005250645,00.html
As always, Rob Van Dam speaks his mind regardless of what the consequences of doing so might be. This time RVD shoots on his feelings on the ECW One Night Stand pay-per-view to the U.K. Sun.
Here are some choice excerpts:
"There will definitely be attempts to sabotage the possibility of ECW reaching any stage of progression," Rob revealed.
"There has been all the way, even back before ECW did the Invasion angle.
"It will always be a problem because there are certain voices higher-up that like to flatten out anything that could jeopardise their stronghold, rather than seeing the overall benefit to the industry of something like this.
"So, for sure, there is going to be some turbulence and some swimming up stream.
"But this show has a strong possibility of finishing as the third biggest PPV of the year.
"And if that happens there's one guy in the office who is really good at making decisions and has the best interests of this business in his heart.
"His name is Vince McMahon.
"He's the guy that I want to talk to not all the minions around him, who have their own agendas for their own reasons.
"If this crowd goes off with the 'E-C-Dub' chants, and they will, and if more people buy this then all the other WWE products - then you can be sure I will be bringing you an ECW PPV next year."
"Those guys (Eric Bischoff, Kurt Angle and JBL) are definitely not going to be drawing the ratings for this PPV," he storms.
"They are definitely not selling any seats. Nobody's coming to see them and they have no business being there.
"The original plan was to have only ECW alumni on this show.
"There is no place for somebody pretending they're hardcore when they were never there, whether they've got a sledgehammer in their hand or not!
"The WWE writers are taking part in the show, but us true hardcore ECW guys will vote out anything ridiculous they try to add to it.
"Regardless of what you read on the Internet, this show is all about Paul Heyman and it has to be.
"Even if the WWE only give Paul one tenth of the say so, then we're all going to carry out his plans anyway - because we agree with him.
"That's what sets us apart from the rest of the locker room!"
"But I think it's going to help us out, because ECW will be put on a much larger showcase than ever before.
"We never had the budget for global exposure, whereas WWE can do that for us now - even running a PPV for half the cost with the lights turned down.
"It will be very beneficial on letting the mainstream in on what ECW was all about.
"Also, I'd add, that if ECW was producing this PPV we wouldn't be getting paid for it!"
"Given the fact that the PPV comes two months before I'm clear to wrestle again I won't be able to be the Whole FN Show,"
"I'm planning on definitely getting on the microphone and coming forward to take credit for not only this ECW PPV, but also for my time in ECW, what I achieved and how we changed the entire wrestling industry.
"I'm almost positive that one day we'll see Rob Van Dam v Jerry Lynn again."
"People are saying that if there is a follow-up to One Night Stand, RVD v Jerry Lynn should be the main event - you can be sure I'll be on top of that movement."
"And, if nothing else, some day down the road some promoter is going to want to put that match together again."
To see all of this must read interview, visit: http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2003560001-2005250645,00.html
