Rob Van Dam recently discussed his five star frog splash and how he was unable to hit the move the same on every opponent.
While the likes of Eddie Guerrero, D’Lo Brown and Montez Ford have all utilised the move as a finisher, many are a fan of RVD’s version as the WWE Hall of Famer was known to sell the impact after landing on his opponent. According to Van Dam, this was because there were times when he was legitimately winded afterwards.
Speaking with Chris Van Vliet, Rob Van Dam admitted that when it came to hitting the move on the larger opponents there was no way to soften the impact, adding that he was still ok to hit the move as he knew it was the end of the match:
“Yeah, well that’s inconsistent as far as that goes. I mean, you can tell sometimes my face hits or whatever, but sometimes I could be winded or could be fine, or it could be a pretty solid hit. When I would do Frog Splash to Big Show and same thing to Mark Henry, there was no way that I was going to be able to reach the ground with my extremities. Not my knees, not my hands, elbows, nothing. It would just be like boom, because they’re three feet tall when they’re on their back.
So I would go [groans] it would just knock all the wind out of me, and I knew that that was going to happen, but it was part of it, and hopefully it was worth it. Hopefully it was the last move of the night.”
Has Rob Van Dam Retired?
With decades of wear and tear on his body along with finding success in multiple promotions, Van Dam has competed on a reduced schedule in the past few years. During the same interview, Rob Van Dam detailed whether or not he had retired from wrestling.
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