Wizard Magazine's latest issue has an interview with Rob Van Dam. The interview circles more around comic book talk, but does mention some wrestling as well as Van Dam's comments about Playboy. If you read between the lines, Van Dam may prefer more than just wrestling Hardcore.
WIZARD: What's the deal with the long-rumored RVD comic book?
RVD: Right now, it's being penciled. The plan is to release it as a
four-issue series which tells the origin, and then the story goes from
there.
WIZARD: And you're opening a comic store?
RVD: I'm hoping to have RVD's Five-Star Comics open at a mall out here
in Los Angeles in June.
WIZARD: Why open a comic store, since you're actually in shape and don't
live in your mom's basement?
RVD: I've been a huge fan of comic books since I was 7 years old when I
got my first Ghost Rider. It's a passion that I've always had. I want
to do everything I can, using my celebrity, to draw focus onto the
comic book world.
WIZARD: Kevin Smith owns a comic book store. Who'd win if you two fought?
RVD: I could take Jay and Silent Bob on at the same time and kick their
asses. And then steal their stash.
WIZARD: What are you currently reading?
RVD: 100 Bullets is probably the best thing I've read as of late. I
like Alias. I like a lot of what Brian Michael Bendis does. I like
his Ultimate Spider-Man.
WIZARD: What comic book movie should you play the lead in?
RVD: "Ghost Rider." Not saying I'm a better actor than Nicolas Cage,
but I'd kick his ass, too.
WIZARD: I was thinking "Groo."
RVD: Send me the script. I'll check it out.
WIZARD: Who deserves a "Van Terminator" in real life?
RVD: Right now, it's the contractor who's renovating my house. As a
matter of fact, interview me in a couple months and I might tell you
how that "Van Terminator" went.
WIZARD: Who had the best Playboy Pictorial, Sable, Torrie or Chyna?
RVD: The only one that I saw out of those was Sable. I don't read
Playboy because it's too soft.
WIZARD: I was sitting in the movie theater the other day and there were a
bunch of punk high school kids sitting in the back row being really
loud and throwing popcorn at people. I kept thinking "What would Rob
Van Dam do?"
RVD: I would stand up in front of the movie screen so I had
everybody's attention and I'd point at where the popcorn was being
thrown and I'd say, "Watch it, ass----, you're coming close to pissing
me off."
WIZARD: You were in "Bloodmoon" with Frank Gorshin. Did you get to kick the Riddler's ass?
RVD: I was about to one time. I played a dead zombie, I was late to
catch a flight to an ECW match, and all they had to do was get a couple
lines right and I was outta there. And Frank Gorshin and Chuck
Jefferies went over and over and over this scene. They finally got it,
I ran to the airport, and I actually flew on the airplane with all my
makeup on as a zombie. So the Riddler had it coming.
WIZARD: You're the man of a thousand nicknames, like "Mr. PPV," "Mr. Monday Night," "The Whole F'n Show"...so help me think of a nickname for
myself.
RVD: Have you thought about "The Whole F'n Interviewer"? That's all I
know about you so far.
WIZARD: I also like gardening.
RVD: Okay.