WWE Hall of Famer Rob Van Dam (RVD) recently appeared on an episode of his “1 Of A Kind” podcast, where he discussed a number of topics including how he believes WWE may have resurrected the old territory days with their new WWE ID program.
RVD said, “If WWE continues to do this and partners with, and therefore legitimizes, certain organizations it could be like the old territory days, you know? Where companies all over the country could be under the umbrella of WWE, and that would leave the others to then be outlaws. That’s what I used to call the ones that were, not part of the big machine, and it could be just like a — that’d be interesting, just to see the history go back to where it came from. Which happens a lot, you know, and full circle. So I can see it. It looks pretty cool. WWE is on the grow, and you got to have places to put that growing energy. And man, they’re just a machine, for — they’re always finding new ways to grow and to put their growth into.”
On the new energy in WWE:
“Yeah, it seemed like it for the most part. yes. You know, it’s really — like those conversations. It’s really about the substance of wrestling, and thankfully yes that’s what NXT, and hopefully all the products of WWE will will contain in their foundation. Because without it, man. It just it gets to be — well, everything but wrestling.”
You can check out the complete podcast in the video below.
(H/T to 411Mania.com for transcribing the above quotes)
