“He’s a little stiff” – WWE legend on facing John Cena in the ring

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In 2006, John Cena defended his WWE Championship against Rob Van Dam at ECW One Night Stand. The match became famous for the raunchy partisan crowd in favor of RVD, and it erupted when he won the Championship.

The Hall of Famer revisited the iconic match for a new WWE Vault retrospective video. The Whole F’n Show talked about working with Cena and praised his strength and awareness.

“He’s champ for a reason. He knows exactly where he is at in the story that’s being produced. Of course, he’s very strong,” he said.

The former ECW Champion then pointed out being put in a submission hold by Cena was hard and called the move stiff.

“And I don’t know if a lot of people will say this, but, and this might be the pothead calling the kettle black, but he’s a little stiff when he put his submission on me, where he’s got you in the headlock and he’s got your feet and on your stomach down there going, ah! There’s not even room to scream because there’s no air left. Because he was like folding my body in half,” he added.

RVD was in talks for a match against John Cena last year

John Cena bid goodbye to his active in-ring career with WWE last year following a year-long retirement tour. During this run, he faced some of his rivals from the past as CM Punk and Randy Orton squared off against him.

During an interview with TMZ Sports, Rob Van Dam revealed that he was also in talks with WWE for a match against The Last Real Champion.

RVD said there was a lot of interest in the match and they were likely going to do it, but he suffered a severe double heel fracture, derailing those plans.

If you use quotes from this article, please credit WWE Vault and give an H/T to Sportskeeda Wrestling for the transcription.