WWE Hall of Famer Rob Van Dam revealed on his most recent episode of his One Of A Kind Podcast, that he broke both of his heels at the MLW Battle Riot VII event back on April 5 in Los Angeles, California.
RVD explained that when he was eliminated by Matt Riddle, he when he went up to the top rope and was pushed off by Matt Riddle, he landed on his feet, normally he would hug the guardrail and put his weight into it, but misjudged it and landed on his feet. He also noted that x-rays show both of his heels are broke and that he has not been able to walk since.
RVD was a surprise entrant at number 40 in Battle Riot and was eliminated by Matt Riddle, who won the match.
“A lot of people don’t know that I got hurt because it was the very last move in the night. But I went up to the top rope and Matt Riddle pushed me off and then I landed on my feet. Normally I kind of like, hug the guardrail and my weight goes into it. This one I must have misjudged it a little bit, and I just landed on my feet...both heels blew. I thought that my ankles were sprained. I crawled out of there. I haven’t been able to walk since. And so I got the x-rays, both heels broke. It’s not something that I’m not used to, I kind of routinely kind of go through this thing, but, man, it definitely made me cancel a lot of plans that I had for the next few months and Wrestlecon and WrestleMania week, I made it through all the obligations.”
RVD also talks on WrestleMania 41, John Cena, Karrion Kross’ shoot promo and more! You can watch the episode below.