Rob Van Dam comments on having a Legends Deal with WWE.
Rob Van Dam has wrestled for AEW multiple times, but he has made appearances for WWE as well in recent months. He has not competed for AEW since the April 20th taping of AEW Rampage, and he appeared on the September 13th episode of WWE SmackDown.
In a recent interview with the Cheap Heat Productions Podcast, Rob Van Dam said that he was on a WWE Legends Deal. This led some to assume that he had signed a new contract, but the WWE Hall of Famer has clarified his comments.
Speaking on his 1 of a Kind Podcast with Dominic DeAngelo, Rob Van Dam was asked about his comments regarding his Legends Deal.
“Yeah, I saw today that it’s news, people are congratulating me and stuff. Okay, I just liked a comment anyway. It’s what I do. They think I’m confirming something whenever I like it, but I try to like all the comments. But yeah, a lot of congratulations, and then I did mention on that one, yeah, it is true, in 2021 I did a legends deal," Rob Van Dam said.
DeAngelo noted that it seemed like some people have limitations on what they can do, but others could "go do stuff" while being on a Legends Deal. Rob Van Dam said that he thought it was a flexible template that depended on everyone's individual circumstances.
“I think it’s a flexible template that they have, and depending on everybody’s individual circumstances, you might say, ‘Hey, I already signed with these two video games already,’ so I think they have them excluded from it or something like that. Or if you say, ‘I want to do it, but I don’t want to give you guys exclusivity to action figures because I got five other companies that are doing it,’ then they might say, ‘Well, then we don’t want to sign you up.’ But also, they gotta pay you, even if you’re not under the contract. If they’re selling your likeness, they owe it to you anyway, but they’re not obligated tomorrow make anything new with you if you don’t have a Legends Deal," Rob Van Dam said.
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