Source: CANOE’s Slam! Sports
Prior to returning to TNA in March, Rob Van Dam had mostly been off American television. Outside of a few cameo appearances in WWE, Van Dam was absent. Still, the fans he saw would tell him how much the wrestling world needed him.
“The fans have always told me, ‘Go back Rob, we need you back! We need you to go back.’ I used to hear it so much, it was as if the fans thought I could save wrestling,” Van Dam said. “They would tell me how lame the storylines have been, how bad the product is with wrestling in general. Everyone would say, ‘Rob, we need you back,’ and I would say, ‘Look, I’m not going to be able to save it, it’s just going to suck for me, too, if I go back.'”
His long layoff was in part due to the fact that he was looking for the best deal. He found that with TNA, calling it the right deal with the right timing.
“Everything was perfect, so while I’m there of course, I’m hoping to be utilized right,” he said.
Van Dam believes he’s helped add believability to TNA because of his choice.
“I added more credibility to TNA even though their wrestlers want to be there now because they figure I wouldn’t be there unless everything was good because of my decision to turn offered work away for the last three years during a recession just to stay home,” he said. “That gave credibility to the fans and wrestlers alike.”
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