Rob Szatkowski
Rob Szatkowski
Robert Alexander Szatkowski, better known by his ring name Rob Van Dam (RVD), is an American professional wrestler and actor. Szatkowski has held 20 championships between ECW, WWE, 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 WWE Championship, ECW World Heavyweight Championship, TNA World Heavyweight Championship once each. On the independent scene, he has held the AWR World Heavyweight Championship twice, and he is currently the WSW World Heavyweight Championship. He the only man to hold the ECW and WWE Championships simultaneously, the only man to have won the ECW, WWE, and TNA World Heavyweight titles in his career, and the only man to win both WWE and ECW's version of the Triple Crown. He was also the winner of WWE's Money in the Bank ladder match in 2006 as part of WrestleMania 22.
Known For Acting
Popularity 3.724
Birthday 1970-12-18
Place of Birth Battle Creek, Michigan, USA
Also Known As RVD, Robert Szatkowski, Robbie V, Rob Van Dam, Mr. Monday Night, The Whole F'n Show, The Whole Fuckin' Show,
Wrong Side of Town
2010

Wrong Side of Town

WWE Survivor Series 2001
2001

WWE Survivor Series 2001

The Realtor
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ECW Hardcore Heaven 1997
1997

ECW Hardcore Heaven 1997

ECW Barely Legal 1997
1997

ECW Barely Legal 1997

ECW One Night Stand 2006
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ECW Living Dangerously 1999
1999

ECW Living Dangerously 1999

WWE Royal Rumble 2003
2003

WWE Royal Rumble 2003

WWE Survivor Series 2002
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WWE Survivor Series 2002

WWE SummerSlam 2003
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WWE SummerSlam 2003

WWE SummerSlam 2002
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WWE SummerSlam 2002

WWE Royal Rumble 2004
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WWE Royal Rumble 2004

WWE Survivor Series 2004
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WWE Survivor Series 2004

WWE WrestleMania 22
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WWE WrestleMania 22

WWE WrestleMania 23
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WWE WrestleMania 23

Bloodstained Memoirs
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2004

WWE WrestleMania XX

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WWE Wrestlemania X8

WWE Royal Rumble 2006
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WWE Royal Rumble 2006

WWE Royal Rumble 2009
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WWE Royal Rumble 2009

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TNA Hardcore Justice 2012

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WWE Royal Rumble 2002

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WWE Royal Rumble 2007

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TNA Turning Point 2012

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TNA Final Resolution 2012

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2012

TNA No Surrender 2012

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TNA Genesis 2013
2013

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WWE SummerSlam 2013

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TNA Slammiversary 2012

IMPACT Wrestling: Bash at the Brewery 2
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WWE Money in the Bank 2013
2013

WWE Money in the Bank 2013

WWE Money in the Bank 2014
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WWE Money in the Bank 2014

TNA Turning Point 2011
2011

TNA Turning Point 2011

WWE vs. ECW: Head to Head
2006

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WWE Unforgiven 2001
2001

WWE Unforgiven 2001

WWE Vengeance 2006
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WWE Vengeance 2006

WWE Survivor Series 2006
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WWE Survivor Series 2006

WWE Battleground 2013
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WWE Battleground 2013

TNA The Whole F'N Show
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TNA The Whole F'N Show

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WWE InVasion

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WWE SummerSlam 2001

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WWE No Mercy 2004
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WWE No Mercy 2004

WWE Armageddon 2004
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WWE No Way Out 2002
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WWE Backlash 2002
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WWE Backlash 2002

WWE King of the Ring 2002
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WWE Insurrextion 2002
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WWE Judgment Day 2002
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WWE Unforgiven 2002
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WWE Judgment Day 2003
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WWE Night of Champions 2013
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WWE The Great American Bash 2004
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WWE Judgment Day 2004
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The Ladder Match 2: Crash & Burn
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WWE SummerSlam 2014
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WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
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ECW Fan Cam: December 20, 1996
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ECW Fan Cam: November 23, 1996
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ECW Fan Cam: May 29, 1999
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ECW Fan Cam: October 31, 1997
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ECW Fan Cam: June 3, 2000
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TNA Destination X 2011
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ECW - Unreleased Vol. 2
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Timeline: The History of ECW - 1999 - As Told by Rob Van Dam
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ECW Fan Cam: December 21, 1996
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ECW Fan Cam: February 14, 1997
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ECW Fan Cam: March 22, 1997
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2017

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iMPACT Wrestling: United We Stand 2019
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WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009
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The Essential AJ Styles Collection
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2013

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2008

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2010

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2015

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Tea Time
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TNA Sacrifice 2011
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TNA Lockdown 2012
2012

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TNA Against All Odds 2011
2011

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1999

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1996

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ECW Crossing The Line 1999
1999

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ECW Anarchy Rulz 2000
2000

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ECW Hardcore Heaven 1999
1999

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ECW November to Remember 1996
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ECW House Party 1999
1999

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ECW CyberSlam 1997
1997

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2000

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ECW Fight the Power
1996

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Barbed Wire City: The Unauthorized Story of Extreme Championship Wrestling
2013

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1998

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Bloodmoon
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WWE: The Ladder Match 2 - Crash and Burn
2011

WWE: The Ladder Match 2 - Crash and Burn

WWE: The Rise + Fall of ECW
2004

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TNA Victory Road 2010
2010

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TNA Victory Road 2011
2011

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TNA Lockdown 2010
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TNA Turning Point 2010
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TNA Genesis 2011
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ECW Wrestlepalooza 1998
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ECW It Ain't Seinfeld
1998

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ECW A Matter of Respect 1998
1998

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TNA One Night Only X-Travaganza 2013
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ECW Big Apple Blizzard Blast
1996

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ECW Hostile City Showdown 1996
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TNA One Night Only: Joker's Wild
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ECW Natural Born Killaz
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ECW When Worlds Collide 1996

ECW High Incident
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ECW Crossing The Line Again
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ECW November To Remember 1998
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ECW Wrestlepalooza 1997
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TNA Final Resolution 2010
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IMPACT Wrestling: Hard to Kill
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ECW House Party 1998
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TNA One Night Only: Joker's Wild 2013
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TNA Final Resolution 2011
2011

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TNA Bound For Glory 2010
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TNA Sacrifice 2010
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ECW Living Dangerously 1998
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ECW CyberSlam 1999
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ECW November to Remember 1999
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1993

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1993

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1993

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