I also gave him an 8. He may not be the most technically sound wrestler, but the name of the game is Entertainment, he definitely entertains me.
One knock on him that I didnt get to address in the "RVD sucks" thread is that in his Raw matches, his ring work is incredibly formulaic (as other people have mentioned), but he seems to expand his repertoire on his PPV matches, or when he has a "hardcore" match (like the ladder match against Christian, and the match against Tommy Dreamer where they retired the hardcore belt, which was one of the best matches i've seen live). So, it seems like he only steps it up in "big" matches. I wish he could be a little more consistent
I was a big ECW fan, and to me, anyone who was that over in ECW (watch a couple of old ECW PPV's if you dont believe me) has a special place in my heart :
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