RVD interview

God

Super Moderator

Highlites:
On his videogame habits…

I don't play too many current videogames. I never learned how to play any of the current systems. As a kid I was a fan, and I still 'ooh and aw' when I walk into an arcade at the mall and I have all of the systems at home but they are mostly for relatives or kids who come over to visit or play. The only time I actually get to play the games is when I'm doing something at an appearance like Wrestlemania where we have a contest where we play against each other or against the fans.

On what to expect from his character fighting in the crowd in WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2007…

When I'm out in the crowd, I'm just as comfortable as when I'm in the ring because I'm not afraid of hitting the floor any different than hitting the canvas. So you can expect to see a moonsault off of anything moonsaultable out there. I'll be looking around at the railings or whatever else is around there. And one thing about being in the crowd…there's always chairs nearby.

On what legend he would include in the next game…

I guess it's not a WWE wrestler but the Sheik comes to mind. The Original Sheik, of course he trained me and has passed so it would be interesting to see that. He deserves to be in the Hall of Fame and so I'm going to stick with that.

On if the return of ECW can live up to what people remember about the product…

I'm very optimistic about a lot of stuff but I don't have any definites yet and I don't know exactly what to expect. I have a lot of questions, but the ECW spirit has never died, even when the idea had been vacated for months and months at a time, it was almost like a burning ember that would catch flame again. It looks like it's going to burn the house down right now.

On the Self Destruction of the Ultimate Warrior DVD…

I watched the DVD and found it very entertaining. I felt the overall message might have been intended to make me as the watcher feel like Ultimate Warrior destroyed himself or that he was less than admirable, but it didn't come across that way at all. Watching the DVD brings out the mark in all of us who used to watch Ultimate Warrior back in the day. Watching him when he was at his peak, when he was doing those truly crazy promos, and he was nuts, but it reminded me of being a kid and watching that, and it actually made me thankful for the time that he was here. Hearing the wrestlers perspective, the guys that had to wrestle with him at the time, they have a completely different story because he was the one making the money and they were the ones dancing around him making him look good. There have been other wrestlers that fit his exact same shoes since then, but watching what he did have to offer, his uniqueness, his one of a kind nature, which it was, was definitely, definitely entertaining. I enjoyed the DVD and I wonder, of course, just like everybody else, what kind of feelings came out from the ripple effects of him and everyone shooting on each other.


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