In a recent interview with Bill Pritchard of WrestleZone, IMPACT Wrestling superstar Rob Van Dam discussed his contract status with the company, noting that he is on a per-taping agreement.

“We kind of are, like by a handful of shows, you know, so Scott D’Amore said, hey, I’ve got to figure what month it is, but hey, we’ve got these tapings coming up in August, can you make it, what about these dates, so it’s still like that so we might be two shows ahead and then, at the end you might say, hey what about the next ones, so right now, I’m sort of taking it one step at a time and even though I’m having fun and stuff, I would never allow myself to invest feelings into it to a point where I could hurt emotionally or mentally.

You’ve really got to learn to not give a, can I swear on here, you have to learn what to give a f*** about in life. In this business, there’s plenty of heartbreaks, there’s plenty of promises that are made that are going to not come through and that’s just part of it, how you adjust to that depends on who you are, what your values are and those are all factors on where you get. For me, I’ve always been up front and saying I adjusted by not giving a f*** after a while, so when someone says something’s going to happen, I believe it when it does happen and so, I’m stoked that IMPACT thinks that I’m a worthy investment.

Some people ask, dude you’re not even on the opening of the show, how could they have the biggest star there and not even have you, I don’t know, but you know what, I don’t give a f***, they’re paying me, so I’m doing my part and I hope to see them go and I know they are going to go places, but how they do it, regardless of if it’s different than how I would do it or not, that’s part of my adjustment to make it work.”

The interview is available in full at this link.