Rob Van Dam
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Rob Van Dam in April 2014
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| Birth name | Robert Alex Szatkowski |
| Born |
December 18, 1970 Battle Creek, Michigan, United States |
| Residence | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Spouse(s) | Sonia Szatkowski (m. 1998) |
| Website | RobVanDam.com |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Robbie V Rob Szatkowski Rob Van Dam Rob Zakowski |
| Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) |
| Billed weight | 237 lb (108 kg) |
| Billed from |
Battle Creek, Michigan Los Angeles, California |
| Trained by | Ed Farhat |
| Debut | 1990 |
Robert Alex "Rob" Szatkowski (born December 18, 1970), better known by his ring name Rob Van Dam (frequently abbreviated to RVD), is an American professional wrestler and occasional actor.
He is best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) in the late 1990s, with the World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment (WWF/E) in the early to mid-2000s, and then with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in the early 2010s. Van Dam has won 21 total championships (including three world championships) and is the only wrestler in history to have held the WWE Championship, the ECW World Championship, and the TNA World Heavyweight Championship (once 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. Between ECW, WWF/WWE, and TNA, Van Dam headlined pay-per-view events in three decades between the 1990s and 2010s, closing the ECW's premier annual event November to Remember in 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.
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