Rob Van Dam shares return update, considering wrestling more in 2026
Rob Van Dam says he’s feeling good after suffering an injury last April.
RVD hasn’t wrestled since he broke both his heels in the MLW Battle Riot match on April 5th, 2025. He was a surprise entrant in the match, entering in at number 40. He was eliminated when Matt Riddle pushed him off the top turnbuckle to the floor. RVD landed on his feet, breaking both of his heels.
During his recent podcast, RVD teased that he might wrestle more in 2026.
“I am right now just wondering, maybe I’ll wrestle a little more than I thought I would this year,” RVD said when mentioning he’s receiving a lot of booking requests.
When asked how he’s feeling, RVD responded, “I feel awesome. Yeah. Training really hard and training good, sleeping good.”
RVD says that the injury he suffered at last year’s Battle Riot is no longer preventing him from training.
“The last match I had was in April when I broke both of them for MLW. And so it’s been a bit of a comeback. I haven’t wrestled since then. I imagine my feet will be probably a little bit sore, but they’re not holding me back now from running, training, spinning, kicking.”
RVD talking about his return is available below:
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