WWE part-timer Rob Van Dam recently spoke to Chris Jericho on his “Talk is Jericho” podcast about how he almost stuck around longer in TNA, but essentially they took too long to get a deal signed.
RVD said that his three-year contract with TNA ended last year, and even though they used up all of his dates, they still continued to use him. When it came time to renegotiate a new deal with TNA, they talked about every single term. He said that he was really looking forward to the deal, but then the company started slacking and they kept giving him the run-around. Officials then started to pass the blame around as to why the company was taking so long until RVD had finally had enough.
“I got to a point where I was offended,” RVD admitted. “It struck my ego. So I was just like, ‘Well, screw them!’”
RVD said it was then when he reached out to World Wrestling Entertainment.
