>>11858816RVD escaped the ire of Vince from pure talent and charisma alone and from the ECW lineage. People naturally gravitated to Rob and it was self-evident. Booker and Michaels were the only two that would be able to actually wrestle a match against him in a meaningful way at the time, but Rob's individualism and his non-conformity and lack of desire to politic his way in the back lead to his downfall as much as the weed and vicodin getting caught on his and Sabu's person did.