What to do...

As GRUT over at IP reported, the legal ramifications of RVD and Sabu's arrests aren't too bad. It's really more about the wrestling ramifications right now. And the first bit of punishment has happened: RVD jobbed the WWE Title to Edge last night on RAW, and rightfully so.

But now what?

I think WWE has three options, and really with Kurt Angle out and the ECW project NEEDING top stars in order to stay viable, the options are limited:

- Job RVD right away to a "new" face -- i.e., someone like CM Punk (who by the way is straightedge and drug-free by all accounts, and has a huge cult following);

- Bring Edge or another WWE name over to ECW as a mega-heel and give them the ECW Title while you take RVD off of TV for a while as 'punishment' for his legal situation;

- Leave it as it is, post something on WWE.com saying that he's either been fined or is wrestling without pay as punishment, but that there was no proof he DID the drugs, was just in possession of them, and that's a criminal matter not a WWE Wellness Policy one. Of course, the Wellness Policy says that arrest/possession can be cause for immediate termination, but it doesn't say that it WILL result in termination.

Whatever happens, if ECW fails right now, it's all on Rob and Sabu; and no - firing them, especially RVD, isn't an option. Whatever you want to say about Vince, his "vision" or any "glass ceiling" that Van Dam had in his way for the five+ years he's been on the WWE roster, Vince wants to make money - period - and RVD was no doubt given a huge chance here to be the key money-maker of the new ECW brand -- and RVD very well may have blown it. Time will tell...