The following was transcribed by Andy J of www.wrestlingweekly.com:On February 12th, ‘Wrestling Weekly’ hosts Doc Young and Les Thatcher were joined by their featured guest, former WWE & ECW World Champion, Rob Van Dam.
Les begins the interview by talking about how Rob has stepped away from the wrestling business at this time. RVD stated that you can’t wrestle unless you have the “love and the passion to drive you through & it was a long time ago that it got burned out. It just got worse & worse and more challenging. I felt towards the end , I wasn’t able to maintain anymore, I felt myself slipping down hill….I was homesick…”. Rob Van Dam then spoke about leaving WWE, highlighting “I didn’t quit…I finished my job…I just chose not to renew, resign a new contract to commit myself to a new two or three year sentence”.