Rob Van Dam Had Talks For John Cena’s WWE Retirement Tour

Rob Van Dam says he was close to a match with John Cena as part of Cena’s WWE retirement tour.

Rob Van Dam and John Cena headlined the second ECW One Night Stand in 2006, with Cena putting the WWE Championship on the line in front of a hostile crowd. In the end, Van Dam came out on top of a match that’s widely seen as one of the best in Cena’s legendary career.

It’s no surprise that RVD was interested in revisiting the rivalry one more time before Cena hangs up his jorts for good later in 2025. Speaking to TMZ’s Inside The Ring, the star revealed he was in talks with WWE about making it happen, but an injury in April put an end to the possibility.

“Let me tell you this, I wanted to be one of the return matches for John Cena on his retirement tour. I was talking to them. There was a lot of interest. Without giving away too many details, you know, we were probably going to do it. And then I broke my heels.”

“I Don’t Really Get What The Product Is Becoming” – Rob Van Dam On WWE Return

When asked if he could still make a return to WWE for a short run, he said it was possible, but he changes his mind “every few days.”

“Sure, it’s possible. I think anything’s possible. And I’m not ruling anything out. Personally, as far as whether I want to continue or not after my heels are completely 100 percent, I change my mind like every few days about it.”

Van Dam went on to admit he doesn’t “get” what the product is becoming, explaining that the fans of his era are running the show now.

“I don’t really get [what] the product is becoming. And here’s one thing too, I feel like the fans that grew up watching my era felt like they knew how it worked in a certain way. And now they’re the ones running it, so they’ve changed it to actually how they think that it was run. And now we got the next fans that have been watching them that are coming up that are going to be running it

With everything changing, RVD is conflicted over whether he wants to get back in the ring.

“It’s changing so much into something that seems so far away from the competitive — and maybe it’s for the best. Maybe they’re fixing things about the business, I don’t know. But for me personally, sometimes I feel like, ‘Yeah, you know, I could go. I feel great. I could go show the people that, you know, I can still do what I could do, hopefully it’ll motivate, inspire some people, maybe.’ And then at other times, I feel like maybe I’d rather just be attached to the old-school wrestling and remembered for that.”

While RVD isn’t sure about returning to WWE, John Cena made it clear that he will finish his career there in 2025. Next up on his retirement tour is Brock Lesnar, who challenged him to a match at Wrestlepalooza after attacking the 17-time World Champion on SamckDown.

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H/T to F4WOnline for the above transcription.