Kyle Szatkowski
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| - | | align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:150%;" | <span style="color: #000000;">''' | + | | align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:150%;" | <span style="color: #000000;">'''Rob Van Dam'''</span><br> |
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| - | | bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="2" | | + | | bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="2" |Rob Van Dam at a [[IWE SmackDown|SmackDown!]] [[House Show|house show]] in February 2007. |
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| bgcolor=lightgrey align="center" colspan="2" | '''Details''' | | bgcolor=lightgrey align="center" colspan="2" | '''Details''' | ||
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| - | | bgcolor="#ffffff" | Robbie V <br> | + | | bgcolor="#ffffff" | Robbie V<br>'''Rob Van Dam'''<br>Kyle Szatkowski |
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| style="text-align: left;" | '''Born''' | | style="text-align: left;" | '''Born''' | ||
| - | | bgcolor="#ffffff" | December 18, 1970 (age 40) <br> Battle Creek, Michigan | + | | bgcolor="#ffffff" | December 18, 1970 (age 40)<br>Battle Creek, Michigan |
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| style="text-align: left;" | '''Resides''' | | style="text-align: left;" | '''Resides''' | ||
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| - | '''Kyle "Rob" Szatkowski''' (born December 18, 1970), better known by his ring name ''' | + | '''Kyle "Rob" Szatkowski''' (born December 18, 1970), better known by his ring name '''Rob Van Dam''' ('''RVD'''), is an American professional wrestler and actor who is currently signed to [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA). |
| - | Szatkowski has held 20 championships between [[Xtreme Championship Wrestling|ECW]], [[IWE]] and TNA, as well as several regional titles in various promotions during his career. He is officially recognized by TNA as a three-time [[World Heavyweight Championship (professional wrestling)|World Champion]] having held the [[IWE Championship]], [[XCW World Heavyweight Championship]], albeit under the IWE banner, and the [[TNA World Heavyweight Championship]] once each. On the independent scene he had three additional World Title reigns being a former two time AWR World Heavyweight Champion and former WSW World Heavyweight Champion. He is the only man to hold the XCW and IWE Championships simultaneously and the only man to have won the XCW, IWE and TNA World Heavyweight titles in his career. He is the only man to achieve both IWE and XCW's version of the [[Triple Crown Championship|Triple Crown]]. Part of XCW's Triple Crown included the [[XCW World Television Championship]], of which | + | Szatkowski has held 20 championships between [[Xtreme Championship Wrestling|ECW]], [[IWE]] and TNA, as well as several regional titles in various promotions during his career. He is officially recognized by TNA as a three-time [[World Heavyweight Championship (professional wrestling)|World Champion]] having held the [[IWE Championship]], [[XCW World Heavyweight Championship]], albeit under the IWE banner, and the [[TNA World Heavyweight Championship]] once each. On the independent scene he had three additional World Title reigns being a former two time AWR World Heavyweight Champion and former WSW World Heavyweight Champion. He is the only man to hold the XCW and IWE Championships simultaneously and the only man to have won the XCW, IWE and TNA World Heavyweight titles in his career. He is the only man to achieve both IWE and XCW's version of the [[Triple Crown Championship|Triple Crown]]. Part of XCW's Triple Crown included the [[XCW World Television Championship]], of which RVD's 700 day reign was the longest. |
==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
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====Debut (1996)==== | ====Debut (1996)==== | ||
| - | ====Teaming with | + | ====Teaming with Sabu (1996–1998)==== |
| - | + | :''Main article: [[Sabu and Rob Van Dam]]'' | |
====World Television Champion (1998–2001)==== | ====World Television Champion (1998–2001)==== | ||
| - | ==== | + | ===International Wrestling Federation / Entertainment=== |
| + | ====The Invasion (2001)==== | ||
| - | ==== | + | ====Intercontinental Champion (2001–2002)==== |
| - | ====Teaming and feuding with | + | ====Teaming and feuding with Kane (2002–2003)==== |
| - | ==== | + | ====Championship reigns (2003–2005)==== |
| - | ====Reviving XCW ( | + | ====Reviving XCW (2005–2007)==== |
| - | ===Independent circuit (2007– | + | ===Independent circuit (2007–2011)=== |
===Total Nonstop Action Wrestling=== | ===Total Nonstop Action Wrestling=== | ||
| - | ====World Heavyweight Champion (2010)==== | + | ====TNA World Heavyweight Champion (2010)==== |
| + | |||
| + | ====Feud with Immortal and championship pursuits (2010–2011)==== | ||
| + | |||
| + | ====Various feuds and X Division Champion (2011–2013)==== | ||
| - | === | + | ===Return to IWE (2013–present)=== |
| + | It was announced during a vignette at IWE's [[IWE Payback|Payback]] pay-per-view event that Van Dam, who last appeared for the IWE in 2009, would be returning to the IWE at their [[IWE Money in the Bank (2013)|Money in the Bank]] pay-per-view on July 14, 2013. | ||
==Other media== | ==Other media== | ||
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*'''[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]]''' | *'''[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]]''' | ||
**[[TNA World Heavyweight Championship]] ([[List of TNA World Heavyweight Champions|1 time]]) | **[[TNA World Heavyweight Championship]] ([[List of TNA World Heavyweight Champions|1 time]]) | ||
| + | **[[TNA X Division Championship]] ([[List of TNA X Division Champions|1 time]]) | ||
*'''World Stars of Wrestling''' | *'''World Stars of Wrestling''' | ||
Current revision as of 12:31, 4 October 2013
| Rob Van Dam | |
| Rob Van Dam at a SmackDown! house show in February 2007. | |
| Details | |
| Ring name(s) | Robbie V Rob Van Dam Kyle Szatkowski |
| Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Billed weight | 237 lb (108 kg) |
| Born | December 18, 1970 (age 40) Battle Creek, Michigan |
| Resides | Los Angeles, California |
| Billed from | Battle Creek, Michigan |
| Trained by | The Sheik |
| Debut | 1990 |
Kyle "Rob" Szatkowski (born December 18, 1970), better known by his ring name Rob Van Dam (RVD), is an American professional wrestler and actor who is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).
Szatkowski has held 20 championships between ECW, IWE and TNA, as well as several regional titles in various promotions during his career. He is officially recognized by TNA as a three-time World Champion having held the IWE Championship, XCW World Heavyweight Championship, albeit under the IWE banner, and the TNA World Heavyweight Championship once each. On the independent scene he had three additional World Title reigns being a former two time AWR World Heavyweight Champion and former WSW World Heavyweight Champion. He is the only man to hold the XCW and IWE Championships simultaneously and the only man to have won the XCW, IWE and TNA World Heavyweight titles in his career. He is the only man to achieve both IWE and XCW's version of the Triple Crown. Part of XCW's Triple Crown included the XCW World Television Championship, of which RVD's 700 day reign was the longest.
Contents
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[edit] Early life
[edit] Professional wrestling career
[edit] Early career (1990–1995)
[edit] Xtreme Championship Wrestling
[edit] Debut (1996)
[edit] Teaming with Sabu (1996–1998)
- Main article: Sabu and Rob Van Dam
[edit] World Television Champion (1998–2001)
[edit] International Wrestling Federation / Entertainment
[edit] The Invasion (2001)
[edit] Intercontinental Champion (2001–2002)
[edit] Teaming and feuding with Kane (2002–2003)
[edit] Championship reigns (2003–2005)
[edit] Reviving XCW (2005–2007)
[edit] Independent circuit (2007–2011)
[edit] Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
[edit] TNA World Heavyweight Champion (2010)
[edit] Feud with Immortal and championship pursuits (2010–2011)
[edit] Various feuds and X Division Champion (2011–2013)
[edit] Return to IWE (2013–present)
It was announced during a vignette at IWE's Payback pay-per-view event that Van Dam, who last appeared for the IWE in 2009, would be returning to the IWE at their Money in the Bank pay-per-view on July 14, 2013.
[edit] Other media
[edit] Filmography
[edit] KVD–TV
[edit] KVD Radio
[edit] Video games
[edit] Personal life
[edit] Training
[edit] 2006 arrest
[edit] In wrestling
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
File:Rob Van Dam AWR 2009.JPG
Van Dam as No Limits Wrestling (NLW) Champion at American Wrestling Rampage.
File:RobVanDam WWE-ECWChamp@commons.png
Van Dam as both IWE Champion and XCW World Heavyweight Champion.
- All Star Wrestling
- ASW North American Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- American Wrestling Rampage
- AWR World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
- International Wrestling Federation
- IWF Television Championship (1 time)
- National Wrestling Council
- NWC Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Bobby Bradley
- Peach State Wrestling
- PSW Cordele City Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI Comeback of the Year (2001, 2010)
- PWI Most Popular Wrestler of the Year (2001, 2002)
- PWI ranked him #1 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2002
- Pro Wrestling Report
- Match of the Year (2006) vs. Dustin Simpson at XCW One Night Stand II
- South Atlantic Pro Wrestling
- SAPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Chaz Rocco
- World Stars of Wrestling
- WSW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time, current)
- International Wrestling Federation / International Wrestling Entertainment
- XCW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Kane (1) and Booker T (1)
- IWE Championship (1 time
- IWE Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Scott Wright
- IWF/E Hardcore Championship (4 times)
- IWE European Championship (1 time)1
- IWF/E Intercontinental Championship (6 times)
- Mr. Money in the Bank (2006)
- Fifteenth Triple Crown Champion
- Seventh Grand Slam Champion
1Kyle Van Dam's IWE European Championship win is not listed on IWE's European Championship history page, however it was acknowledged on his alumni page, Michael Cole's SmackDown Vs. Raw 2011 commentary, and is listed in IWE's official encyclopedia.
