Vince McMahon almost didn’t put Rob Van Dam into the WWE Hall of Fame because he thought he was already in.
Rob Van Dam was a guest this week on Busted Open Radio with Tommy Dreamer and Bully Ray to discuss a wide variety of subjects. When asked about his WWE Hall of Fame induction, RVD revealed a funny story about Vince McMahon thinking he was already inducted.
“You know, whenever that 203 area code shows up on my cellphone, I try not to identify my feelings about it, you know,” RVD said. “It was Johnny Ace [John Laurinaitis] and he just said, ‘hey, Vince wanted me to call you and see if you’d be interested in being inducted into the Hall of Fame this year?’ Of course, I was like, ‘yeah, it’d be an honor. Absolutely.’
“And I learned that – I think it was Michael Hayes that told me, that they were sitting around the table, like they do, when it came up, and I guess Vince said something to the effect of, ‘too bad RVD is already in the Hall of Fame, or he’d be a good candidate for this year.’ And someone said, and I think it was Michael Hayes, ‘Vince, RVD is not in the Hall of Fame.’ He thought I was.” [H/T: Wrestling Inc.]
Rob Van Dam was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2021, prior to WrestleMania 37.
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