Rob Van Dam Gets Trolled By Fans On His Own Raja Jackson/Matt Riddle Poll, Natalya Claims AJ Lee Will Be Fine When She Returns

Rob Van Dam has found himself in the middle of controversy after weighing in on several hot-button topics both online and on his podcast.

The WWE Hall of Famer first showed support for Raja Jackson following Jackson’s attack on Syko Stu, and more recently defended Matt Riddle after Riddle no-showed a UK charity wrestling event. Riddle has also been under fire for his comments on sexual assault, which ultimately led to him being pulled from an upcoming convention.

RVD then took to Twitter to poll fans about tuning into an upcoming livestream, but the responses largely turned against him. Nearly three-quarters of voters responded with “F*** you,” while only 28.9% indicated they still supported him.

Who’s joining us for Spike Dudley tonight at 9:15 PM ET on https://t.co/nEm2JIwEud?

— Rob Van Dam (@TherealRVD) September 4, 2025

— Natalya says she has no concerns about AJ Lee’s ability to perform if she makes her WWE return.

While Lee’s comeback has not been officially confirmed, it is heavily expected that she will be part of WrestlePalooza.

Speaking on a recent edition of the “Busted Open Radio” podcast, Natalya discussed the possibility of Lee returning to the ring. She said,

“I think she will be able to go. But the biggest thing is that you cannot — Becky (Lynch) needs to have her ass kicked and I think that if A.J. really — if she’s really gonna stand up for (CM) Punk… If I saw my husband getting slapped by Becky Lynch, Becky Lynch would be having her ass handed to her. So I think that there’s an emotional charge. There should be an emotional charge in that person wanting to come back for revenge or redemption that I would love to see that stands out above everything else.

She continued, “I would say, in my personal, professional opinion, I think she is ready to go. Yeah, absolutely, but again, I don’t know where people are training, I don’t know where people’s bodies are at. I saw a picture of her a couple months ago. She looked jacked. Again, I don’t know what she’s been doing behind the scenes because she does live a very private life, and I think that’s awesome. But, from what Becky has been doing, I would expect A.J. to wanna murder Becky in a wrestling sense, the proverbial wrestling sense.”

She added, “When women needed more, A.J. (Lee), Paige, The Bellas, they had the courage to say, ‘We need more!’ I was so paralyzed in my own little, like, ‘I can’t believe they’re saying that.’ They’re tweeting, ‘The girls need more. The girls need more.’ A.J. was getting very, very vocal about it, as well as the twins, as well as Paige, and I was like, ‘Oh, they’re gonna get in trouble, they’re gonna get in trouble…’ When I wrote my book, I was like, ‘F*ck, I am so happy and proud of them for speaking up, standing up for the division when I didn’t have the courage to do that because I was so scared.’ I was so scared of Vince (McMahon) or somebody being mad at me, or the company being mad at me or getting called or getting pulled into Talent Relations that I didn’t wanna piss people off. But during that time, we needed someone to speak up, and say, no, we need more than 30 seconds for a match. Women like Michelle McCool, women like Mickie James, women like Melina, women like Beth Phoenix, like Layla, Maryse, Eve Torres, I’m just naming names. We were all wanting so much more, and not all of us could fight for it but I know we wanted it. So, it takes women that have balls and courage to do that…”