Rob Van Dam gives Shelton Benjamin his flowers.
The Hall of Famer spoke about Benjamin, who was recently released by WWE, on the latest edition of his 1 Of A Kind podcast. Van Dam calls the former multi-time Intercontinental Champion an incredible athlete, adding that he doesn’t know why WWE didn’t do anything with him on that final stretch. Later, RVD says that Benjamin was a joy to work with back in 2005/2006.
Shelton’s a great guy, and an incredible athlete. I have no idea what they were or were not doing with him, but I know that when I worked before with him, back in 2005 or 2006, I always felt like the office really respected him a lot by the push they were giving him. I worked him a lot, and you’re like all at some level of getting pushed or feeling like you’re getting disrespected and not pushed, or getting promises broken to you about being pushed. I just remember he was very good, [a] great athlete, and he knew what he was doing. [He was] a good guy too.
On a recent interview RVD spoke about losing his WWE Hall of Fame ring one week after he got it. You can read about that by clicking here.
