By James Caldwell, Torch assistant editor

Former WWE and ECW wrestler Rob Van Dam recalled an eerie conversation with Chris Benoit about not knowing when to get out of the wrestling business just three weeks before the Benoit Family Tragedy during an interview yesterday on the "Busted Open" Sirius satellite radio show.

RVD wrapped up his WWE career at the "One Night Stand" PPV on June 3, 2007 in a stretcher match against Randy Orton. RVD recalled Benoit talking to him in the locker room that day about RVD being smart to get out of the wrestling business when most wrestlers don't know how to. Chris Benoit then murdered his wife and son before taking his own life the weekend of June 24.

"When I left, the last day that I was in WWE, that match I had with Randy Orton," RVD said, "Chris Benoit in the dressing room said, 'Hey, I just want you to know you have a lot of respect from us for walking away.' I said I wasn't saying I'd never be back. He said, 'No, no, no, f--- that. You know when to walk away. The rest of us don't know when to do it.'"

RVD then recalled Chavo Guerrero following up Benoit's comments. RVD said: "Chavo Guerrero was like, 'What are you going to do? How can you just walk away? I couldn't walk away for two weeks. How are you going to do it?"

RVD said his mentality is different from other pro wrestlers and he won't just take any wrestling booking date that could devalue his drawing power. He suggested he won't be signing with TNA if all they want him to do is elevate someone like Daniels.

"When people say I'm a legend, I'm comfortable with that. If I'm a legend to you, I get that. You've seen me beat the best, you've seen me hang in there with the best," RVD said. "Now if I go hang in there with these young guys that really aren't even proven, I'm not sure you're going to get that same perspective and the same satisfaction out of RVD that you thought you would. You've seen Rob Van Dam beat Big Show, The Rock, Steve Austin, and now you want to see me go over Christopher Daniels and that's really what you want to see? That's confusing to me."

Quotes credit Jason Powell of Prowrestling.net.

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