"I understand their loyalty" - Jim Ross says Officials didn't want a former WWE Champion to beat The Undertaker
Jim Ross was back for one more savvy scene of Grilling JR on AdFreeShows.com, and the AEW commentator talked about WWE Survivor Series 2001 and the greatest stories from that time span.
It was accounted for at the time in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that WWE authorities didn't need a recently marked RVD to beat The Undertaker.
Jim Ross responded to the reports and said it was "senseless" for WWE authorities not to book a youthful and hot ability like Rob Van Dam to overcome 'Taker in 2001.
Jim Ross noticed that The Undertaker had no issues losing to RVD, yet the "leaders" needed to ensure The Deadman behind the stage. JR understood that WWE Officials were faithful to The Undertaker as RVD came from the ECW world.
"It is senseless, Conrad. I didn't have a clue about our representatives were so altruistic. So mindful, warm, and they thought it was the right political thing to do. They were attempting to ensure Taker. I comprehend their reliability, and I respect that, however Taker had no issues working together," said Jim Ross.
Survivor Series 2001 was about the WCW Invasion point, and RVD was one of the numerous ECW stars that moved over to the WWE. He immediately won the Hardcore title, and there were plans for him to try and beat The Undertaker on a scene of RAW paving the way to Survivor Series.
In any case, as announced in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, a few WWE specialists felt that RVD going over The Undertaker would give a false impression to the storage space. WWE dropped the arrangement and supplanted the Undertaker with the Big Show, who wound up assuming the misfortune to Rob Van Dam
Jim Ross, notwithstanding, clarified another integral explanation that might have kept RVD from rising right off the bat in the WWE.
Paul Heyman's behind the stage issues in WWE and what it may have meant for RVD
Jim Ross proceeded by uncovering that RVD's nearby relationship with previous ECW supervisor Paul Heyman might have assumed a part in WWE's call to scrap The Undertaker plan.
The regarded veteran expressed that Heyman was not popular with more established WWE Officials and specialists as the straightforward supervisor came from another way of thinking.
As indicated by JR, RVD's in-ring capacities were never questioned inside WWE, however the whiz being supported by Paul Heyman may have been the most concerning issue.
"I imagine that one of RVD's strikes was the way that he was being embraced so firmly by Heyman. That had an issue that Rob's greatest supporter, no quip expected here, was Paul Heyman, and Paul Heyman had a few issues with some more seasoned leaders and more established specialists since he was to a greater degree a contemporary mastermind, he was exceptionally brilliant, and in some cases Paul would come up things that, despite the fact that they might have attempted to shoot openings in, it simply didn't work. He was a savvy fellow. In this way, I imagine that was the issue there on the grounds that you can't say it was Rob Van Dam's capacity. Ransack Van Dam was extraordinary in the ring," added Jim Ross.
Being a Paul Heyman fellow is viewed as important in present-day WWE, however the circumstance wasn't similar almost 20 years prior.
