Real Name:
Rob Szatkowski
Weight:
237
Height:
6'0"
Hometown:
Battle Creek, Michigan
Year Turned Pro:
1991
CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD:
ECW World Television championship, ECW World Tag Team championship (with Sabu)(3)WWF Hardcore.
Perhaps the most athletically gifted wrestler in the business today, Rob Van Dam wrestles like a mat veteran, performs aerial high-spots like a Luchadore and is well versed in Martial Arts to boot. Van Dam's time in ECW has seen him go from being the company's top heel to their top baby face. When he came to the WWF he was to be a mid card Alliance member but his fan basis makes him one of the top wrestlers in the WWF/Alliance.
Always full of bravado and never lacking in self-confidence Van Dam is a wrestling machine. Partnered with sometimes rival Sabu, Van Dam has run roughshod over almost everyone he's faced in ECW and the WWF including memorable matches with Tommy Dreamer, his former partner Sabu, Jerry Lynn, Jeff Hardy, and Y2J. Not content to use the same moves constantly, Van Dam is always adding new wrinkles to his repertoire his unbelievable Five Star Frog Splash is proof of that.
Call Rob Van Dam what you will -- "Mr. Monday Night," "The Whole F'N Show," "Mr. Pay-Per-View" -- but the "RVD" who helped lead ECW's invasion of the World Wrestling Federation, is better, stronger and wiser.
Van Dam captivated ECW's loyal following with scintillating martial arts skills and eye-popping maneuvers including the Van Dam-inator, the Van Terminator and the Five Star Frog Splash. His magnificent abilities in the ring helped him set an ECW record 23-month reign as World Television Champion. Today, Van Dam says he's at the peak of his career, having fully recovered from a broken fibula that halted it for three months. And that's scary for anyone who thinks they can stop who is has every right to brag about how great he is! Just ask the man who discovered him:
"We built a huge part of ECW around Rob Van Dam," said Paul Heyman. "I have no regrets about that. He is perhaps the most spectacular athlete that his industry has to offer today."
There is no doubt that with the extreme popularity of RVD that he will be a major player in the coming years!
