WWE Hall Of Famer Discusses Potential Retirement

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A WWE Hall of Famer has discussed his potential retirement.

On the September 23 edition of AEW Collision, Rob Van Dam and HOOK defeated “Daddy Magic” Matt Menard and “Cool Hand” Angelo Parker.

This marked RVD’s second match for All Elite Wrestling since debuting on the 200th episode of AEW Dynamite.

With stints spanning WWE, ECW and TNA/IMPACT Wrestling, Van Dam is in the fourth decade of his storied career.

Speaking on Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Rob Van Dam was asked about potentially winding down his in-ring career. He answered:

“Not really. I mean, you know, sometimes the thought goes through my head. If I’m having a bad travel day, for instance, I’m done, I hate this, I just want to be home, traveling sucks.”

“I’ll have those moments inside my head. But they usually don’t last that long. I used to think I was gonna retire. That was like several years ago, and I thought I was probably close to hanging the boots up. Now, I just don’t even think I will.”

“I think I’ll be like Dory Funk Jr. and just [keep going], and I may quit taking bookings. But I don’t think I’m gonna make a big deal out of being retired because the credibility of wrestlers retiring is so broad anyway.”

“You know, so I don’t [know]. Sabu used to say, it’d be cool if we did a retirement tour, and we went around the world and wrestled for all the companies that we’ve wrestled for. But the timing of that didn’t work out too well, because he finished up before me.” 

It is not known whether Rob Van Dam will return to AEW programming moving forward.

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