Rob Van Dam compares returning to the 2300 Arena to coming home.
WWE Hall of Famer Rob Van Dam was one of ECW's top stars, and he is set to appear at NXT's 2300 Arena event on November 6th, which will be held at ECW's former home. On the October 29th episode of NXT, the veteran teased that Je'Von Evans and Wes Lee gave him an idea for what he wanted to do. However, his role on the show has not been confirmed.
Speaking on Busted Open Radio, Rob Van Dam commented on his upcoming appearance at NXT's 2300 Arena show on November 6th.
“I am in Philly. I’m excited to see [the fans]. Hopefully they’re excited to see RVD. That stuff we did years ago in the ECW Arena, it is never gonna die. We made history, and it’s still impacting the industry today. All the young guys now grew up watching us, they’re all ECW fans, they all loved it. So I think it’s so cool that WWE is acknowledging, not just the history, but also making it relevant today. Some of us guys can still move," Rob Van Dam said.
Rob Van Dam was later asked to comment on how he felt about returning to the 2300 Arena, and he compared it to coming home. He said that his energy felt different there. Rob Van Dam also highlighted how WWE doing an ECW-inspired event added credibility to its legacy.
"It is a lot like you would imagine. It is like returning home in a way. My energy feels different there than it does when I’m in any random arenas or venues across the country or world. There, there’s a special feeling. I don’t know. It sounds cliche to say this, but I kind of feel like I helped build it. I feel like all of us [ECW] originals that really brought the energy, I feel like that’s our home, like we deserve to be there more than other wrestlers who were just fans of it that are excited to be there at the time. I feel like it adds depth to the whole history and importance and credibility of ECW and the whole reason that people won’t let it die. It adds credibility when you do an ECW kind of event, and you have the actual ECW guys on it. What they did this week for the NXT show, they changed the opening, that was pretty cool. Pretty significant historically, that’s really giving us a lot of love," Rob Van Dam said.
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