11. Rob Van Dam Reveals WWE Wanted To Turn Him Heel During His Last Run With The Company
During a recent interview with Sports Illustrated, former WWE Champion Rob Van Dam revealed what plans WWE had for him during his last run with the company. Below are the highlights:
On WWE wanting to turn him heel during his last run with the company:
“The office wanted to put me with Paul Heyman and turn me heel. But I already have one foot out the door in wrestling, so why change to a heel when I’m on my way out? I’ve been so willing to stay strong and stick to my guns for so long when it comes to my beliefs. I’m a symbol to people for a lot of different things, and changing me to a heel, at the last minute, could change that.”
On being a proponent of medical marijuana:
“I have gone my career using it. From personal experience, I can tell you that it works for me. It might not work for everybody, but now that they’re starting to take the first honest look at marijuana and its benefits, they’re finding that it can cure almost anything. It’s like a miraculous plant that Jack Herer used to tell people about way back in the 70’s. Everybody thought he was crazy, but we’re still finding out about all these uses—and the conservatives are still fighting the studies and still fighting the changing of the law.
I was taught in high school that marijuana and acid are the same thing. Now, today in 2016, the federal government still has them both classified as a Schedule 1 drug. It’s amazing, and stuff like that has to change. Once the conservatives find that they can profit on it in some way, they’ll turn and try to own it.”
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