Rob Van Dam Recalls Working ECW Barely Legal In 1997

On the latest edition of his “1 Of A Kind” podcast, WWE Hall of Famer Rob Van Dam revealed how he managed to land a match on the inaugural ECW pay-per-view event, Barely Legal, in 1997.

RVD explained that Eric Bischoff had offered him to wrestle for WCW at the time.

RVD defeated Lance Storm in singles action at ECW Barely Legal 1997.

You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:

On Eric Bischoff offering him a job in WCW before Paul Heyman put him on the first ECW PPV: “Eric Bischoff famously offered me a job that night when I was there [in Savannah, Georgia] visiting my friends. Said ‘I’d love to have you here…’ And I think that was before Paul decided to throw me on the pay-per-view. That’s the way I remember it anyway.”

On being a last-minute replacement at the event for Chris Candido: “If that happened, that happened either way, and Chris wasn’t going to be able to wrestle. I’m just saying, you know? Don’t know for sure that that’s the reason Paul put me on the pay-per-view, but, probably.”

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