Rob Van Dam

Rob Van Dam (frequently abbreviated to RVD), is an American professional wrestler and occasional actor
currently signed with WWE. He also works part-time at Riverfront Sports complex in Scranton, PA in his spare time.

Van Dam is best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) in the late 1990s, with the World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment (WWF, now WWE) in the early to mid-2000s, and then with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in the early 2010s.

Between ECW, WWF/E and TNA Van Dam has won 21 total championships(including being a three-time world champion) and is the only wrestler in history to have held the WWE Championship, the ECW World Heavyweight Championship, and the TNA World Heavyweight Championship (including holding the WWE and ECW titles simultaneously within WWE).

Van Dam is also the 2006 Money in the Bank winner, a WWE Triple Crown Champion, and a WWE Grand Slam Champion. Van Dam gained his mainstream popularity by 1998 when he won the ECW World Television Championship, which he held for a record 700 days. Van Dam was called by the fans as Mr. Pay-Per-View and The Whole Fucking/F’n/Dam Show. Between

ECW, WWF/WWE, and TNA, Van Dam headlined major pay-per-view events in three decades between the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s, closing the ECW’s premier annual event November to Remember 1998. Van Dam is also a five time world tag team champion (two ECW, two WWE World Tag Team, and one WWE Tag Team).

He is a six-time WWE Intercontinental Champion and was the final holder of the WWE Hardcore Championship and the last WWE European Champion, unifying both titles with his Intercontinental Championship. He is also a former TNA X Division Champion.

In 2001, Van Dam was ranked the number one wrestler in the world by Pro Wrestling Illustrated. He was voted “Most Popular Wrestler” by readers of the magazine in 2001 and again in 2002. WWE has named him the greatest star in ECW history

Notable Matches

vs John Cena at ECW One Night Stand 2006

vs Jerry Lynn at ECW Hardcore Heaven 1999

Team WWF vs The Alliance

vs Chris Jericho at Unforgiven 2001

vs Jeff Hardy at Invasion 2001

vs Eddie Guerrero on Raw, May 27th 2002

vs Christian on Raw, September 29th 2003

Wrestlemania 22 Money in the Bank

Notable Feuds

vs Jerry Lynn

vs Sabu

vs Taz

vs The Triple Threat

vs Rhino

vs Eddie Guerrero

vs Brock Lesnar

vs Kane

vs Christian

vs Chris Jericho

Other Notable Achievements

ECW World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Sabu

WWF/E Hardcore Championship (4 times)

WWE European Championship (1 time)

World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Kane (1) and Booker T (1)

WWE Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Rey Mysterio

TNA X Division Championship (1 time)

ASW North American Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

AWR World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

AWR No Limits Championship (1 time)

IWF Television Championship (1 time)

NWC Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Bobby Bradley

PSW Cordele City Heavyweight Championship (2 times)

SAPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Chaz Rocco

WSW World Championship (1 time)