| Rob Van Dam |
| Rob Van Dam
Height: 6’ Weight: 236 lbs. Real name: Robert Alexander "Rob" Szatkowski Hometown: Battle Creek, Michigan Pro debut: 1990 Finishing move: Five-Star Frog Splash (Frog splash, turning in midair if target is not perpendicular to flight path), Van Daminator (Spinning heel-kick, driving a steel chair or other foreign object into the face of the opponent), Van Terminator (Corner-to-corner missile dropkick, driving a steel chair or other foreign object into the face of the opponent) Other aliases: Robbie V, The Whole F’n Show, Mister Monday Night, Mister Pay-Per View, The Whole Dam Show, Mister Thursday Night Favorite quote: "I'm R-V-D!" Career highlights: ASW North American Heavyweight Champion, ECW World Heavyweight Champion, ECW TV Champion, ECW World Tag Team Champion (w/Sabu), IWF TV Champion, NWC Tag Team Champion (w/Bobby Bradley), PSW Cordele City Heavyweight Champion, SAPW Tag Team Champion (with Chaz Rocco), WWE Heavyweight Champion, WWE Intercontinental Champion (6), WWE Hardcore Champion (4), WWE European Champion, WWE World Tag Team Champion (2), WWE Tag Team Champion (w/Rey Mysterio) Trained by: The Sheik WWE profile: Arguably the most uniquely gifted athlete ever to compete in professional wrestling, Rob Van Dam can do things that no other wrestler can do, has done or ever will do. RVD is also known as "The Whole F'n Show," because ECW fans feel seeing RVD wrestle is alone worth the price of the ticket. Rob Van Dam's one of a kind offensive arsenal includes Rolling Thunder, The Van Daminator and the mind-blowing Van Terminator. Distinguishing himself from other wrestlers by exhibiting his martial arts skills and uncanny flexibility, RVD first gained fame inside the squared circle of ECW. Rob Van Dam and Sabu were both trained by Sabu's uncle, The Sheik and had a tenuous relationship that resulted in epic extreme battle with one another and two ECW World Tag Team Championship reigns. In fact, at one time, Rob Van Dam was a co-holder of the ECW World Tag Team Championship and The ECW World Television Champion simultaneously. RVD held the ECW World Television Championship for a record-breaking 23 months and his championship reign was ended only because Rob Van Dam broke his ankle and was forced to relinquish the championship. Since signing with WWE in July 2001, Rob Van Dam has been equally impressive, racking up 2 World Tag Team Championships, a WWE Tag Team Championship, and 6 WWE Intercontinental Championships which saw RVD unify the Intercontinental Championship with the WWE Hardcore Championship and WWE European Championships before retiring both of those titles. As successful as Rob Van Dam had been, he entered WrestleMania 22 still known as the greatest wrestler never to have held a World Heavyweight Championship. However, RVD won the Money in the Bank ladder match at WrestleMania 22 for the right to challenge the WWE Champion. RVD then cashed in his championship match at ECW One Night Stand on June 11, 2006 and defeated John Cena for the WWE Championship in an Extreme Rules match. Rob Van Dam vowed to re-christen the title as the ECW World Heavyweight Championship. On the world premier of ECW on SciFi on June 13, 2006, ECW Representative, Paul Heyman finally awarded Rob Van Dam with the ECW World Heavyweight Championship belt that had eluded RVD for over ten years. Rather than throwing down the WWE Championship, RVD chose to wear both belts because the ECW World Heavyweight Championship is the greatest achievement in his career, and WWE Championship belt amuses him because "it spins." |
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