5 WWE legends who might work with AEW

#1 Rob Van Dam

RVD has never been much of a fit for WWE's culture.

Rob Van Dam notoriously marches to the beat of his own drum, and was always an awkward fit for the corporate structures of WWE. Indeed, his lone WWE Championship reign and how it played out is a testament to the poor fit as RVD got the push of a lifetime only to get busted for drug possession shortly thereafter, derailing both his big opportunity and WWE’s plans.

Now that he is in his late forties, Van Dam probably doesn’t have a lot of wrestling left in his tank. Like Chris Jericho, though, he could offer a marquee name to help AEW get off the ground working with younger talent and legitimizing the top of the card for the company’s first couple of years. After all, given his popularity in ECW, his lengthy tenure with WWE, and even having worked the top of the card for Impact Wrestling, Van Dam is one of the more recognizable legends out there without any meaningful current connection to WWE.