Rob Van Dam had a loud, high-energy entrance in WWE, however the WWE Hall of Famer disliked one key element — the pyro.
Ever since his days in ECW, where he got here out to Pantera’s Walk song, RVD’s entrance got fans off their feet. But, the high-flying star wasn’t a fan of the pyro that followed, which he talked about in a video on his YouTube channel. He said that the smoke from the pyro would often burn his eyes, which might’ve been a hindrance before a wrestling match.
“I used to hate my pyro in WWE and asked them not do to it because it could burn my eyes. It might hurt so bad after I would get — I just thought, I do not need it. Everyone else needs that sh*t, but I do not need it because I assumed mine was [lame] too, it was like sparklers or something in comparison with the budget they put into it. Don’t even do it,” said RVD.
RVD, though, looking back on it in hindsight, thinks that his entrance could have been a tad boring without the pyro.
“I feel I’m more into it now, having, , the gift of the larger picture now. Probably would have been boring to come back out without it,” he added.
Thankfully for RVD, the pyro didn’t cause any injuries, unlike for others in the professional wrestling business, reminiscent of The Undertaker, whose coat caught fire during an entrance, or Chris Jericho, who suffered minor burns during one in AEW.