Rob Van Dam Reveals He Chose To Pay WWE’s Marijuana Fines Rather Than Quit Smoking

WWE Hall of Famer Rob Van Dam has offered a candid glimpse into his relationship with marijuana during his brief WWE returns in the 2010s, revealing that during his 2014 run, he ultimately decided paying fines was preferable to abstaining.

During the latest episode of his “1 Of A Kind” podcast, the ECW legend detailed how he approached WWE’s marijuana policy differently during his two separate stints with the company.

When I went to WWE for my return in 2013, it was a $1,000 fine at that time if you got busted for smoking marijuana. I decided on my own, ‘You know what? I’ll take a break from smoking.’ Because I hadn’t taken a break in a long time, it looked like a good idea.

Despite stopping a month before his WWE return, Van Dam revealed his system remained saturated with THC, leading to an initial failed test.

I stopped a month before starting with WWE. And when I gave my first piss test, I did fail it still a month later because that’s how dirty my system was. But then I did the 90 days without smoking and just thought, ‘Eh, why not?’

However, when he returned for a five-month stint the following year, the former WWE and ECW Champion took a completely different approach.

And then I left and I came back the next year and I did a five-month deal… This time I was like, ‘Nah, you know what? I’ll just smoke my way through it to pay the fines.’

The result was a few violations during his 2014 run. When asked about difficulties in stopping when he chose to, Rob Van Dam dismissed the notion of addiction.

They say some people have an addictive gene and some don’t. I don’t think I have… I smoke because I love it, and then if I choose not to, it’s always that easy.

The veteran also shared that abstaining in 2013 had minimal effects on his energy levels, though he noted improved information retention as the primary benefit.

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H/t to 411mania.com