6 Superstars Triple H Was Wrong About

#4 Rob Van Dam

Despite entering WWE as a heel member of the Alliance in 2001, Rob Van Dam got over very quickly and was soon being cheered even louder than The Rock. With his ever rising popularity and the Alliance lacking star power, RVD was soon given a prominent push as he was added to the WWF vs. Alliance's top program between Steve Austin and Kurt Angle.

RVD would pin Austin on an episode of SmackDown and be added to their match at No Mercy, making it a triple threat main event for the WWE Championship. And despite his loss, things seem to be going great for RVD. Alas, things would slow down pretty quickly for 'The Whole F'N Show' as the Alliance angle ended.

And it wasn't because the WCW/ECW team was disbanded, but because someone else came back to reclaim his spot -- Triple H. The Game had been out of action for the previous seven months with his torn quad, and as soon as he returned, the spotlight was on him, and RVD went from main eventing pay-per-views to opening the show with William Regal and Goldust.

Allegedly, there were plans for RVD to be featured more prominently, but Triple H didn't think he was ready and convinced the right people so. Coincidentally, RVD would open WrestleMania in 2002, while Triple H would main event it. Later on that year, RVD would challenge Triple H for the World Championship at Unforgiven, but came up short, killing the incredible momentum he had built up all summer.

RVD would go even further down the card by the end of the year, when he accidentally injured Triple H at Survivor Series. Thankfully, Rob Van Dam would eventually become WWE Champion and WWE ECW Champion in 2006, and also held the TNA World Championship in 2010.