What if RVD never had the drug arrest and didn't have to drop the WWE and ECW championships?

Back in MMVI (2006) Rob Van Dam won the WWE Championship and was crowned the ECW Championship. Leading into Saturdays Night Main Event (could be wrong there), he was going to face Edge and Cena in a triple threat defending the WWE Championship. However, while driving (With Sabu) he got pulled over for speeding and then arrested for possesions of drugs. Now, in accordance to the Wellness policy he had to be suspended for thirty days. So, the triple threat came early (good match if I remember) and he lost to Edge and then he lost the ECW belt on Tuesday to Show.

So, What if that drug arrest never happened? What if Van Dam never had to get suspended and drop his title belts? Just like the All Time thread I posted earlier, I'm going to wait untill a reply before giving my answer. As I want to ensure discussion to happen.

I think Van Dam would still be in WWECW today. I could see a great rivalry between him and Christian for the WWECW title.

Y2J X wrote:

Back in MMVI (2006) Rob Van Dam won the WWE Championship and was crowned the ECW Championship. Leading into Saturdays Night Main Event (could be wrong there), he was going to face Edge and Cena in a triple threat defending the WWE Championship. However, while driving (With Sabu) he got pulled over for speeding and then arrested for possesions of drugs. Now, in accordance to the Wellness policy he had to be suspended for thirty days. So, the triple threat came early (good match if I remember) and he lost to Edge and then he lost the ECW belt on Tuesday to Show.

So, What if that drug arrest never happened? What if Van Dam never had to get suspended and drop his title belts? Just like the All Time thread I posted earlier, I'm going to wait untill a reply before giving my answer. As I want to ensure discussion to happen.

That Triple Threat was a hell of a match. I don't think RVD would still be a part of WWECW because he really hates what has happened to the ECW brand. I do think he would have had a much longer title run and it would still be a part of the WWE today.

RVD would not be in WWE still. He would be where he is right now. He stated that being out of WWE is what he wanted so I feel he would be where he is today. Sure, He would of not left in 2006 but he would have left maybe 07 or 08.

Well, at least his exit from WWE would have been more gracefull. He would not have been "put out" by Orton's punt to the head.

Time I put my two cents in...

ayatollahofrocknrolla wrote:

I think Van Dam would still be in WWECW today. I could see a great rivalry between him and Christian for the WWECW title.

I really doubt Van Dam would still be with WWE. His leave from WWE didn't really have to do with his drug arrest and dropping both belts. It came from the journel Rob Van Dam was using. I remember him saying how he started reading all the entries, and would keep make these realizations through them and keep calling Sandman up about it (which I don't think he was too happy about as it was about three in the morning [if memory serves correctly]). That, all the stuff he wrote about WWE and how they pissed him off (like controlling how much money he could make [merchandising, Wrestlemania 23, I'll explain if asked]) and all this stuff (e.g. he really hated travel and the schedule). While, I would like a rivalry between him and Christian, as both shown before in the past that they could have great matches against eachothers, it wouldn't be even if he never got the drug arrest.

Concrete Jesus wrote:

Y2J X wrote:

Back in MMVI (2006) Rob Van Dam won the WWE Championship and was crowned the ECW Championship. Leading into Saturdays Night Main Event (could be wrong there), he was going to face Edge and Cena in a triple threat defending the WWE Championship. However, while driving (With Sabu) he got pulled over for speeding and then arrested for possesions of drugs. Now, in accordance to the Wellness policy he had to be suspended for thirty days. So, the triple threat came early (good match if I remember) and he lost to Edge and then he lost the ECW belt on Tuesday to Show.

So, What if that drug arrest never happened? What if Van Dam never had to get suspended and drop his title belts? Just like the All Time thread I posted earlier, I'm going to wait untill a reply before giving my answer. As I want to ensure discussion to happen.

That Triple Threat was a hell of a match. I don't think RVD would still be a part of WWECW because he really hates what has happened to the ECW brand. I do think he would have had a much longer title run and it would still be a part of the WWE today.

Indeed it was. What exactly do you mean when you said, "it would still be a part of the WWE today"? Rob Van Dam or WWECW (as it's apparantely being dismantled)? Van Dam, no way. He wouldn't be in WWE today, this really didn't have to do with his reasons for leaving the WWE. If WWECW, I get on to that later. I do agree he would have a longer reign though. I'll get into that later.

Sykesy wrote:

RVD would not be in WWE still. He would be where he is right now. He stated that being out of WWE is what he wanted so I feel he would be where he is today. Sure, He would of not left in 2006 but he would have left maybe 07 or 08.

Van Dam left in MMVII (2007), not MMVI (2006). As Wrestlemania 23 was in MMVII (2007) and he was on that show. But yeah, he wouldn't be in WWE today.

Concrete Jesus wrote:

Well, at least his exit from WWE would have been more gracefull. He would not have been "put out" by Orton's punt to the head.

I don't see how his leave was disgracefull or anything. Orton was gaining a ton of momentum at the time and the punt kick was really gaining credit as a finisher. They used it to take out Shawn Michaels when he needed to take time off for nagging knee injuries. Plus, they had Orton do more damage to Van Dams head and Vince even had Van Dam win the match (Steph wanted him to lose).

As for what I think would happen, first of all, Van Dam would not be in WWE today. Not sure if he would remain in the company longer or not because he really never set out to win the WWE title. Nor was he going to do any ass kissing to get it, but that's not really releavant. Anyways, I doubt that title victory would of changed his opinion too much. He loved it because he was ECW's guy beating WWE's guy for WWE's top belt.

As for his title reigns, I'm not too positive that Van Dam would of kept the WWE championship too much longer. He might of possible lost in at Saturdays Night Main Event honestly. The focus was really about Cena and Edge, while his role wasn't at all minor, it didn't really seem as Van Dam was the big focus. I figure Van Dams ECW title reign would last much longer though, and he would of faced Big Show, and maybe Sabu at Summerslam for the belt. Although, Van Dam could of kept it past SNME but I don't think he'd of holded it past Summerslam. I think Van Dam was giving the belt to help establish WWECW as a brand and Van Dam as their leading star. I might even argue that Decemeber to Dismember might of been a bigger success. If he was giving a fairly decent WWE title reign, while also promoting the ECW title belt, WWECW could of garnered more interest from the WWE fans.

If this had happened, then it is possibly that Decemeber to Dismember might have drew more buyrates wise. Now, if I remember, Paul Heyman was released due to the low buyrates for the PPV, so he could possibly still be within the WWE. Although, I think he definitely would've of quit by this point. Well, that's my view on this.