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Rob van Dam Wiki Biography

Born Robert Alex Szatkowski on the 18th December 1970, in Battle Creek, Michigan USA of part-Polish descent, he is better known to the world as Rob Van Dam, a wrestler who competed in several wrestling promotions, including Extreme Championship Wrestling, World Wrestling Federation/ Entertainment and Total Nonstop action Wrestling. He has won over 20 titles in his career, which have only increased his net worth. His career has been active since the late 1980s.

Have you ever wondered how rich Rob Van Dam is, as of mid-2016? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Van Dam`s net worth is as high as $5 million, an amount earned through his successful career as a wrestler.

Rob grew up in his hometown, and went to Pennfield Senior High School. Since his early days he showed an interest in martial arts, and trained in several disciplines, including, Karate, Tae Kwon Do, Kendo, Kickboxing and Aikido. Before he turned pro and signed a contract with the wrestling promotion, Rob was selected as a plant by Ted DiBiase, and appeared in the ring for the first time to kiss DiBiase`s foot. After that he was a part of several wrestling promotions, including United States Wrestling Association (USWA) and South Atlantic Pro Wrestling (SAPW). He became the tag team champion of the SAPW with Chaz Rocco, then in 1992 he joined World Championship Wrestling, however, he wasn`t quite successful in the particular promotion. Instead, he joined Extreme Championship Wrestling in 1996, and his dominance was about to begin. In his debut appearance in ECW, he won against Axl Rotten, and while in ECW he won the ECW World Tag Team Championship two times, both with Sabu, who first was his arch enemy, and the two fought several battles between themselves.

In 1998 he became the ECW World Television Champion, after defeating Bam Bam Bigalow, and held the title for the next 700 days, setting a record, and achievement which certainly increased his net worth by a large margin. However, in 2000 ECW folded, and he signed a contract with the World Wrestling Federation, later Entertainment. In 2006 he became the WWE Champion by defeating John Cena, which only increased further his net worth. Also he became the WWE Hardcore Champion four times, and WWE Intercontinental Champion six times, and held WWE European Championship belt and WWE Tag Team Championship belt once each. Furthermore, he was the Triple Crown Champion in its fifteenth installment, and he won World Tag Team Championship twice, with Kane, and Booker T. Apart from WWE, Rob had success in Total Nonstop Action, becoming the TNA World Heavyweight Champion by defeating A.J Styles, and he then also the TNA X Division Champion when he defeated Zema Ion, which increased further his net worth.

Apart from his wrestling career, Rob also plays a big part in the entertainment industry; he has appeared in a number of TV series and films, including “Superfights” (1995), which was his debut, “Black Mask 2: City of Masks” (2002), “Wrong Side of Town” (2010), and “Sniper: Special Ops” (2016), among others, all of which also increased his net worth.Regarding his personal life, Rob earned his nickname thanks to his resemblance to famous actor and martial artist Jean Claude Van Damme, given by his promoter Ron Slinker.

When it comes to his love life, Rob has been married to Sonia Van Dam since 1998, but most recently she has apparently filed for divorce.

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Rob van Dam Quick Info

Rob van Dam Trademarks

1. Signature Move: Corkscrew Dropkick
2. Trademark move: Turnbuckle Shoulder Thrust Series into a Monkey Flip
3. Trademark move: Split-Legged Moonsault
4. Trademark move: Lifting Double Underhook Facebuster
5. Trademark move: Flying Thrust Kick
6. Trademark move: Corkscrew Leg Drop (he also does this off the apron to an opponent on the security railing)
7. Trademark move: Cartwheel Moonsault
8. Trademark move: Steam Roller (Rolling Fireman’s Carry Slam)
9. Trademark move: Skateboard (Basball Slide Dropkick to a seated opponent in the corner)
10. Trademark move: Rolling Thunder (Forward roll into a Somersault Senton)
11. Trademark move: Chair Surf (Running Dropkick, driving a steel chair into the face of a seated opponent)
12. Trademark move: 4:20 (Double Leg Drop with Rey Mysterio)
13. Trademark move: VanTerminator (Corner-to-Corner Missile Dropkick, which drives a steel chair into the face of his opponent)
14. Finishing move: Five Star Frog Splash (Frog Splash)
15. Trademark move: Hollywood Star Press (Split-Legged Moonsault)
16. RVD 4:20 Suicide Senton Sault – ECW special – (Rob jumps and flips from the top turnbuckle to nail an opponent out in the third row of an audience)
17. The Van Daminator (spinning spit kick to a chair in an opponet’s face while they catch it and hold it up)
18. Raises both arms, and points to his head with his thumbs. He does this 3 times whilst saying ‘Rob Van Dam’

Rob van Dam Quotes

• (On WWE wrestler Triple H) “He carries himself like his position and championship mean all the world to him. He’s voted most least likely to be chilling at RVD’s pool.”
• (On what he would want put on his tombstone) “One of a kind.”
• Things have a way of just working themselves out.
• Hey, everything is cool when you’re Rob Van Dam.

Rob van Dam Important Facts

• Has been drafted to “Raw” from Smackdown” in the Draft Lottery. [June 2005]
• Defeated Edge at Vengeance to retain the WWE/ECW Title. [June 2006]
• Unifies WWE Intercontinental Title and the WWE European Title to become the Unified Intercontinental Champion [July 2002]
• Announced on WWE.com that Van Dam is suspended for drug possession. For the storyline to suspend him, Van Dam, currently working for the Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) Brand for WWE, “lost” the Extreme Championship Wrestling Champion to Big Show (Paul Wright) with the help of ECW owner Paul Heyman, who then suspended RVD. [July 2006]
• He is now a 4-time Intercontinental Champion and only two away from the 6-time record. [October 2003]
• Will defend WWE/ECW Title on ECW 7/4 against Edge. [July 2006]
• Awarded ECW Championship on ECW’s first broadcast in 5 years by Paul Heyman. [June 2006]
• Now a 5-time Intercontinental Champion after losing the belt to Chris Jericho on a Raw show after interference from Eric Bishoff and winning it back in a cage match issued by Stone Cold Steve Austin on the very same night!!! [November 2003]
• Will take part in the Road to Wrestlemania tournament to decide the #1 contender for the WWE Championship. [February 2006]
• After a draft lottery, he was transfered from RAW to Smackdown! along with five more superstars. [March 2004]
• Along with Rey Mysterio, defended the WWE Tag Team Titles when they defeated Rene Dupree and Kenzo Suzuki at WWE Armageddon. [December 2004]
• Current WWE champion after beating John Cena at ECW One Night Stand. [June 2006]
• Is currently feuding with John Cena and current champ and former partner, Booker T for the WWE U.S. Title. [August 2004]
• Will return to the WWE at Royal Rumble 2006. [January 2006]
• In early 1993, Van Dam joined WCW as Robbie V.
• Former WWE Tag Team Champion.
• Former World Tag Team Champion.
• July 3-4 2006 RVD lost the WWE and ECW World Championships on consecutive nights. He lost the WWE title in a triple threat match against Edge and John Cena on July 3 on the RAW Broadcast after Cena hit the FU on RVD and was pinned by Edge for the 1-2-3. He went on to lose the ECW title the very next night to the Big Show.
• Now uses “Fury of the Storm” by Shadows Fall as his theme song.
• Will face Edge at Vengeance for the WWE Championship.
• On ECW’s first broadcast in 5 years on June 13, 2006, RVD was crowned the new ECW champion when Paul Heyman presented him with the original ECW Heavyweight belt.
• At ECW One Night Stand on June 11, 2006, RVD dethroned John Cena for the WWE Championship in an extremely controversial decision, when ECW owner Paul Heyman came to the ring after interference by Edge and a frog splash by RVD and counted 1-2-3 after 2 officials were knocked out.
• Won the Money in the Bank ladder match at Wrestlemania 22.
• Cashing in the Money in the Bank contract at ECW’s One Night Stand on June 11.
• Claimed his sixth Intercontinental Championship at Backlash, defeating Shelton Benjamin with a Five-Star Frog Splash in a match pitting RVD’s Money in the Bank briefcase against Shelton’s Intercontinental Championship.
• Previous Managers: Ric Flair, Fonzie, Jerry “The King” Lawler.
• At WrestleMania 22, Rob Van Dam climbed the ladder and defeated five other men to win the Money in the Bank Ladder Match, earning a championship opportunity any time in the next year.
• Growing up in Battle Creek, Michigan, Van Dam studied martial arts at two local dojos. He received instruction for Tae Kwon Do, Karate, Aikido, Kendo, and Kick Boxing.
• In 1990, Van Dam competed in the Kalamazoo Tough Man contest, finishing in second place.
• During his ECW days, his entrance theme song was “Walk” by Pantera. Then later he used a cover of the same song by the band Kilgore.
• He owns his own Comic book store called “RVD’s 5 Star Comics and Wrestling” in Lakewood, California (in the Los Angeles/Long Beach area), in the Lakewood Center Mall.
• His favorite match was against Jerry Lynn for the ECW TV title in 1999.
• Drives an Explorer Sport.
• His top three favorite movies are Get Shorty (1995), Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) & Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004).
• Current theme music is “One of a Kind” by Breaking Point.
• Held the ECW Television title for 23 months.
• Notable Title Wins Include: SAPW Tag Team titles; National Wrestling Council Tag Team titles w/Bobby Bradley; ECW Television title; ECW Tag Team titles w/Sabu (2); ASW North American title; WWE Hardcore title (4); WWE Intercontinental title (4); WWE European title – unified with IC title; WWE World Tag Team titles w/Kane; WWE World Tag Team titles w/Booker T
• Never defeated for the ECW Television title. He was forced to relinquish the title when he broke his leg.
• He wears special boots designed to withstand stiff kicks. The boots are primarily worn by wrestlers in Japan due to a lot of the martial arts kicks they recieve. In an interview he stated that if an American wrestler is seen wearing them you can tell they’ve wrestled in Japan.
• In the 80s when he was a teenager, he appeared in a WWF Segment with “The Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase where DiBiase would bribe the audience to do crazy things in order to get his money.
• Unified the WWE Intercontinental Title with the WWE European and Hardcore Titles.
• Was criticized upon first arriving in the WWF that his style was too extreme and his moves were stiff. Many wresters suffered concussions from his Van Daminator move. RVD has since cleaned up his offensive moves and isn’t as stiff as he was in ECW.
• One of the few wrestlers in the last 10 years to hold a pinfall victory over “Stone Cold” Steve Austin.
• Held the WWE Tag Team Titles with Kane, and later with Booker T.
• At the time of ECW’s last days as a wrestling promotion when many of their stars were wrestling without receiving pay, it was reported that ECW Owner, Paul Heyman owed him over $100,000 in back pay. Heyman helped further his career by pushing for the WWF to sign him.
• Was influenced into wrestling by several wrestlers including “Leaping” Lanny Poffo, whose style is similar to Van Dam’s, both in flexability and acrobatics.
• Debut in the WWF in 1997 wrestling a few WWF/ECW cross promotion matches. Ironically his first match in 1997 in the WWF was against an unknown wrestler named Jeff Hardy. Later on when Rob Van Dam returned to the WWF in 2001 his first match was against Jeff Hardy who established himself to be one of the top wrestlers at the time.
• An Air Brush Store located in a mall designs his tights.
• During his brief stint in WCW in the early 90s, he wrestled in the WCW World Television Title Tournament after Scott Steiner vacated the belt. Van Dam was eliminated by Vinnie Vegas (Kevin Nash).
• Was given the name “Rob Van Dam” by a Florida Wrestler/Promoter named Ron Slinker
• He is the only current WWE wrestler to be in the game “Legends of Wrestling”.
• Is fluent in Spanish.
• Is the only professional wrestler ever to appear on the cover of “High Times” Magazine.
• Had a short stint in the old WCW as Robbie V
• Past titles include: ECW World Television ECW Tag Team, WWF Hardcore {3x}, and WWF Intercontinental.
• Inventor of the ‘Van Dam Lift’ for weight lifting. This involves doing a split between two benches and lifting a dumbell from the floor to the waist
• In 1998, the ‘Van Dam Lift’ was approved by the IAWA (International All-Around Weightlifting Association.)
• His own lift, the ‘Van Dam Lift’, is a registered lift open for all competitors to do at any USWA weightlifting meet
• Holds the record for the heaviest weight lifted using the ‘Van Dam Lift’ (166.5 lbs)
• In an unofficial poll among wrestling fans in August 2001, the question was “Which superstar will make it as the next main eventer?” Rob Van Dam won with an astounding 65% of the vote. He beat out other wrestlers Jerry Lynn, Tajiri, Chris Jericho, X-Pac and Chris Kanyon.
• Real-life professional wrestler. The “world television champion”
• Was a heavyweight runner up in the 1990 Kalamazoo, Michigan Toughman Contest
• Holds the record for the longest reign as ECW World TV Champion, holding it from April 4, 1998, to March 4, 2000.

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