WWE: Has RVD’s return been successful?

Rob Van Dam

Starting with Dwayne ‘The Rock‘ Johnson; he has made a handful of appearances, and every time he performed on a PPV, it was in the main event. Not to forget the fact that he headlined two WrestleManias in succession and held the WWE title for a couple of months! Although the argument could be made that RVD isn’t as ‘popular’ as Dwayne, he certainly deserves to be a main eventer, or at least perform on major PPVs, instead of being bumped off the card.

When it comes to the other part timer who is Brock Lesnar, he had signed a similar deal to Dwayne. Lesnar makes high – profile appearances, and almost all of his matches were quasi main events on major PPVs such as WrestleMania and SummerSlam.

Once again, there arises an opinion that RVD isn’t as popular as Lesnar, but once again, the fact remains that RVD returned to the WWE after 6 years, and hence, should have been given the opportunity to perform on the main card of a major PPV such as SummerSlam.

This past week on RAW, RVD was revealed as Ricardo’s new “client”, and this might lead to a program with the World Heavyweight champion, Alberto Del Rio. Although RVD will be feuding for the World title, there is little doubt in my mind that he will be used to put over Alberto Del Rio till Rey Mysterio is healthy once again, and returns to feud with Del Rio. A competitor of RVD’s caliber deserves more than to wrestle on pre – shows and be an afterthought.

So to answer my question, it hasn’t been all bad, but is mediocre at best. If WWE does decide to put the big gold belt on RVD, it will lead to an interesting period in the WWE, but I highly doubt that will happen.

A triple threat match between RVD, Alberto Del Rio and Christian at the next PPV can result in it being the best match of the year! The biggest question still remains; where will RVD go from here? One can only hope that his feud with Alberto Del Rio will lead to a long program with him in the main event scene.