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#3 Rob Van Dam Appears on Monday Night RAW - 2019

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After a five year absence of wrestling for an active wrestling company on television, the legendary Rob Van Dam returned to Impact Wrestling earlier this year.

RVD would officially announce on April 3 of this year that he had signed a short-term contract to return to the company, and would see him perform for them up until at least the Bound For Glory event this coming October. So despite being under contract, RVD would surprisingly (although barely leaked out) make an appearance on the recent WWE RAW reunion special.

The special episode of WWE RAW saw legends of the past return for the evening. While the majority of them had been announced by WWE beforehand, RVD's appearance wasn't. RVD appeared ringside during Rey Mysterio's match with Sami Zayn, and along with other legends, blocked Zayn's attempted exit from the match.

It was later reported that RVD was allowed to make the appearance with the Impact office's approval. While nothing has happened as of this writing, it will be interesting to see of impact made a deal over the appearance, similar to that of Ric Flair and Christian in 2012.

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