Rob Van Dam Reveals How AEW Kept His Return A Secret, Konnan/AAA

On a recent edition of his “1 of a Kind” podcast, Rob Van Dam discussed his AEW debut, explaining how Tony Khan’s company was able to keep it a secret. The information still leaked a few hours before Dynamite went live, and fans began chanting RVD’s name before he appeared. The WWE Hall of Famer said,

“It was a pretty good reaction from the crowd. I was concerned that the surprise would be blown because it usually is, and it didn’t get too far out. Even a lot of the boys were surprised, and they went through so much trouble to hide me. Even after we pulled into the garage, they put me in a wheelchair and put a black curtain over the top of me and pushed me all the way back to this room and I just had my own room, so I was like, ‘I’m not gonna fuck it up after they went through all that trouble’ and so I just stayed into my room until after my appearance. I was still seeing guys at the end of the night, Jeff Hardy and Matt and Brian Cage and they were still surprised. Everyone kept the lid on it pretty good.”

On a recent edition of the “Under the Ring” podcast, Konnan spoke about Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide’s television deal negotiations in the United States, noting that the promotion will hopefully bag a deal in 2024. He said,

“Hopefully, next year, I can’t get into details, but we’re negotiating to come into the United States in a major way, hopefully with a TV deal, and show people what Mexican Lucha libre is all about. You won’t see what you see in the United States, which is basically Mexican wrestlers within the confines of an American style. You’re gonna see straight Lucha libre like you saw, maybe if you ever saw Lucha Underground.”

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