“I Don’t Think It’s Cool”: Jim Ross Believes “Bad Advice” Led to WWE Hall of Famer’s Unceremonious Exit in 1997

There have been a number of unexpected walkouts from WWE. Rob Van Dam’s walkout in 1997 may not be that talked about it was important nonetheless. An ex-WWE personality also recently commented on the situation, recalling the history.

In his podcast, ‘Grilling JR’, Jim Ross also talked about RVD’s walkout. Although it has been several years since the event occurred, Ross is still hot about the issue. The commentator gave unfiltered opinions on the walkout while predicting what could’ve caused it.

Ex-WWE commentator reveals his opinion on RVD

Rob Van Dam made his wrestling debut in 1990. Like several other iconic wrestlers, VD was also trained by The Sheikh. Eddie Farhat was a good choice for the future wrestler because of Farhat’s reputation in mentorship. He had already mentored wrestlers that went on to become notable faces like Dusty Rhodes and Randy Poffo. According to Ross, this mentorship could have had an influence on RVD decisions.

In 1997, RVD was working for Paul Heyman’s ECW. During the ECW invasion storyline, he was introduced to WWE. However, when he was supposed to lose a match to Road Dogg, he decided not to do the job walkout, thinking it would make ECW look bad.

In his podcast, Ross discussed this topic. The commentator couldn’t help but give his opinion on the former wrestler’s walkout.

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“I thought he got bad advice. Here’s the deal… Should he had put Road Dogg over? If that’s what the booker wanted, yeah! This is the right thing to do! I could argue that point,” said the commentator, recalling the incident. He further explained that RVD’s mentor, The Shiekh gave him ‘bad advice’. “I’m sure that Eddie Farhat had influenced and had a bearing on that decision that Rob was making… I don’t think it’s cool when you don’t wanna finish the project,” added Jim Ross.

In a 2016 interview, the wrestler explained that he did so because Heyman gave him that advice. Probably the manager got greedy and did not want RVD to leave the promotion.

However, Rob Van Dam later joined WWE permanently in 2001. He went on to build his wrestling career significantly in the company. Eventually down the road, he got inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.

What do you think about Ross’ take on the walk-out? Do you think Farhat was involved as much as Heyman?

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