WWE Hall of Famer Rob Van Dam made his AEW debut during Wednesday night’s AEW Dynamite.
RVD came out as Jerry Lynn and Jack Perry were exchanging words in the ring. RVD then confronted Perry.
Below is an excerpt from Alex Kahrs’ AEW Dynamite recap of how it all went down.
Jerry Lynn comes out to the ring with a mic of his own, telling “Jungle” he doesn’t run the show before saying he won’t come down there and beat up Perry because that would be child abuse. Lynn says he also doesn’t run the show around here, and the doctors won’t be able to clear him…but he called up a good friend who also happens to have wrestled for ECW, and happens to still wrestle.
With that…Rob Van Dam comes out to the stage, with “Walk” by Pantera playing him out to a big pop from the crowd, who chant his initials as RVD heads to the ring, staring down the FTW Champion standing across from him…before Perry leaves the ring, heading up the ramp as Lynn meets his old friend and rival in the ring. Suddenly, Perry comes back to the ring with a steel chair, only to be cut off before he escapes to the crowd!
We reported earlier on Wednesday that AEW was considered bringing in RVD for a match with Jack Perry.