[33], At ECW's first pay-per-view event Barely Legal, Van Dam defeated Lance Storm as a last-minute replacement for the injured Chris Candido. [30][31][32] At CyberSlam, the two teams faced each other for the title in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match, in which The Eliminators again retained their title. [124] Van Dam entered into a rivalry with Chris Jericho in October 2003, and the two faced each other in several tag team matches. [66][68] The injury also forced Van Dam to vacate the World Television Championship. [19][20], Van Dam gained attention following a series of matches with long-time rival Sabu, which began with a match at Hostile City Showdown, won by Sabu. [204] At Turning Point, Van Dam defeated Daniels in a No Disqualification match. Rob Van Dam was very well known for being a high-risk taker and regularly put his body on the line to entertain the fans. Van Dam was not advertised and did not show for a large number of ECW events due to the large sum of money owed to him. [15] In WWE in 1992 he wrestled as an enhancement talent against The Mountie under the ring name Matt Burn. On the January 12, 2004 episode of Raw, Van Dam faced Orton in a rematch for the Intercontinental Championship but lost the match. One man who was part of this year's inductees was former WWE and ECW Champion Rob Van Dam. [47] At Hostile City Showdown, Van Dam and Sabu defeated Axl Rotten and Balls Mahoney by disqualification. In 2005, the Rob Van Dam: One of a Kind DVD was released. During his time in ECW, he was managed by Bill Alfonso and had feuds with Jerry Lynn and Sabu, also forming a tag team with the latter. [191] On the following episode of Impact!, Van Dam finally received his shot at Jeff Hardy and the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, but was unable to regain the title. "[271], Szatkowski is a trained kickboxer and martial artist. [46] On June 29, Van Dam and Sabu beat Storm and Candido to win the World Tag Team Championship,[55] which made Van Dam a double champion. [147] On the July 3 episode of Raw, Van Dam lost the WWE Championship to Edge in a triple threat match that also featured John Cena. ", "Random Rampage Thoughts # 5 : The Story Behind the New AWR Championship Belt! The next night on the July 4 episode of ECW, he lost the ECW World Heavyweight Championship to Big Show after Heyman turned on him. [160] The following week the two of them teamed with Eric Young and defeated The Band (Kevin Nash, Scott Hall and Syxx-Pac) in a six-man tag team steel cage match. [225] Van Dam retained the X Division Championship against Austin Aries on November 19 after losing to him via disqualification, following interference from Bully Ray. [173][174] In the attack Van Dam suffered multiple serious storyline injuries at the hands of Abyss including the need for stitches, spinal trauma and possible acute brain damage, which would force him to vacate the TNA World Heavyweight Championship on August 10 at the taping of the August 19 episode of Impact!. Although it looked as if Orton was going to win again, Van Dam gave him a roundhouse kick to the head and was able to push the stretcher across the line for the win. Van Dam went on to win the former, before dropping the Intercontinental Championship back to Benjamin on the May 15 episode of Raw. On the February 6 episode of Raw, Van Dam defeated Carlito in the first round of the 2006 Road to WrestleMania Tournament, but lost in the final round to Triple H, in a triple threat match, which also featured Big Show. [74][75], Despite being a heel, Van Dam was popular with the WWF fans, who were aware of his reputation in ECW. For the episode of, Feuding and teaming with Sabu (1996–1998), Teaming and feuding with Kane (2002–2003), WWE Champion and ECW Champion (2005–2006), Return to the independent circuit (2007–2010), World Heavyweight Champion and EV 2.0 (2010–2011), Pursuit of the Intercontinental Championship and departure (2014−2015), Second return to the independent circuit (2015–2019). Van Dam's team lost the match. Stiamo pur sempre parlando di una disciplina dove sei molto controllato. He is the newly inducted Hall of Famer Rob Van Dam. At The Great American Bash, John Cena defended the title against Van Dam, Booker T, and René Duprée in a Fatal Four-Way match and retained his championship. The Pope, Team Hogan vs. [274], On July 3, 2006, The Ironton Tribune reported that Szatkowski and Terry Brunk (known as Sabu) had been arrested on the previous evening on U.S. Route 52 in Hanging Rock, Ohio. Rob Van Dam, Actor: 3-Headed Shark Attack. Van Dam was then put in a feud with the then-World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio, including Del Rio's personal announcer Ricardo Rodriguez becoming RVD's announcer, facing the champion at Night of Champions (winning via disqualification) and Battleground, but he couldn't win the title. Van Dam is not recognized by WWE's official list of European Champions on their website. [259] The trio would defeat Moose, Page and Alexander in a six-man tag. [195], Van Dam represented TNA at Mexican promotion AAA's Triplemanía XIX pay-per-view on June 18, 2011. Van Dam then hit a Five Star Frog Splash and the pinfall was counted by Paul Heyman, who suddenly ran down the aisle. [2] The name "Rob Van Dam" was given to him in 1991 by Ron Slinker, a promoter in Florida, possibly because of his martial arts experience and his resemblance to actor Jean-Claude Van Damme. [208] Three days later at Genesis, Van Dam was defeated by Gunner and was afterwards stretchered backstage, after taking a DDT onto the concrete floor. Capisci che intendo? During the match, Van Dam performed a Five-Star Frog Splash off of one of the pods/chambers onto Triple H accidentally landing with his knee onto Triple H's throat. [179] Van Dam returned the following week, confronting Abyss and demanding a match against him at Bound for Glory, which Eric Bischoff agreed to give him. After the Invasion ended, Van Dam wrestled the following years as singles and tag team wrestler, winning the Hardcore, Intercontinental, European, Tag Team and World Tag Team Championships. [220] Van Dam defeated Ion to win the X Division Championship for the first time at Bound for Glory. 22 Febbraio 2019 22 Febbraio 2019 Giovanni Liguoro Rob Van Dam, wrestling. [135][140] On the December 9 episode of SmackDown!, Van Dam and Mysterio defeated Duprée and Suzuki to win the WWE Tag Team Championship,[141] and retained the title in a rematch at Armageddon. Guerrero was disqualified after hitting the referee with the Intercontinental Championship; as a result, Van Dam won the match but not the title because a title cannot change hands by disqualification. RVD è una vera e propria leggenda vivente del Pro-Wrestling. debut on March 25 defeating Charlie Haas. In SAPW, he won his first wrestling title, the SAPW Tag Team Championship, in July 1992 with Chaz Rocco. [145] On the June 27 episode of Raw, Van Dam, while still healing, was drafted to the Raw brand in the 2005 draft lottery. He also took part in interviews for the BBC. La sua principale attività nel mondo del cinema è quella di interprete e tra i lavori più interessanti possiamo citare la partecipazione nel film Sniper - Forze speciali (2016) di Fred Olen Ray dove ha interpretato la parte di Vasquez. This time, Van Dam pinned Dreamer to give the victory to his team and to settle their rivalry. [12] He was also in attendance at WrestleMania III as stated on The Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology DVD. [203] Two weeks later, Van Dam prevented Daniels from using a screwdriver to illegally defeat A.J. [88][106] At Survivor Series, Van Dam participated in the first-ever Elimination Chamber match for Triple H's World Heavyweight Championship, but it was won by Shawn Michaels. Regarding his passage in AEW or WWE Rob Van Dam said: "I'm not in talks with Chris Jericho or any other AEW person. Robert Alexander Szatkowski (born December 18, 1970) is an American professional wrestler and actor better known by his ring name Rob Van Dam (frequently abbreviated to RVD). Growing up in Battle Creek, Michigan, Szatkowski studied martial arts at two local dojos. After the match, Van Dam left WWE due to being burnt out and needing time away. Trova rob-van-dam in vendita tra una vasta selezione di su eBay. Vince McMahon told RVD that he "changed the style of the … [20] After his rivalry with Furnas expanded to also include Dan Kroffat, Van Dam wanted a tag team partner of his own. In July 2016, Delbeck filed for divorce from Szatkowski,[266] The divorce was finalized two years later. Conquer. [66][70] Van Dam then attempted to exact revenge on Rhino for forcing his injury. Michaels was disqualified after Triple H hit Van Dam with a Pedigree. [46] At House Party, Van Dam defeated Bam Bam Bigelow. Van Dam confronted the group, later named Immortal, after Hardy had won the World Heavyweight Championship, only to get hit with the title belt. [190] The following month at Against All Odds, Van Dam defeated Matt Hardy in a rematch. Even though their styles are quite different (Sheik being a wild hardcore-style brawler, known for throwing fire, cutting his opponent's forehead's up with foreign objects like a pencil, fork, etc. WWE: Brock Lesnar Eat. [88][105] At No Mercy, Van Dam got his revenge on Flair by defeating him. [111] On the March 31 episode of Raw, Van Dam and Kane defeated World Tag Team Champions Lance Storm and Chief Morley and The Dudley Boyz in a 3-way elimination tag team match to win the World Tag Team Championship. [88] On the August 26 episode of Raw, Van Dam also unified the WWE Hardcore Championship into the WWE Intercontinental Championship by defeating Hardcore Champion Tommy Dreamer in a hardcore title unification match. [115] Van Dam lost the Intercontinental Championship to Orton at Armageddon after interference from Ric Flair. [159] RVD teamed with Jeff Hardy in a tag team match, where they defeated Beer Money, Inc. (Robert Roode and James Storm) on the March 22 episode of Impact!. [66][69] Van Dam feuded with Anton and took his revenge at Heat Wave by defeating Anton after debuting his new finisher called the "Van Terminator". [88][109] On the December 2 episode of Raw, Van Dam lost to Triple H in a #1 contender's match with World Heavyweight Champion Shawn Michaels acting as the special guest referee. [63] After losing the Tag Team titles, Van Dam focused on defending the Television title. He would also appear for AAA and even challenged Dr. Wagner Jr. for the inaugural AAA Latin American Championship at Triplemania XIX, albeit in a losing effort. 4, ECW Blood Sport: The Most Violent Matches, WWE WrestleMania: The Complete Anthology, Vol. In 2011 he worked alongside WWE wrestlers Dave Bautista and Nelson Frazier Jr. in a movie titled Wrong Side of Town which was released the following year. Rob Van Dam nel corso di una sua intervista ha rivelato un consiglio dato da Vince McMahon appena arrivato in. [21] After the match, Van Dam declined to show proper respect for his opponent, leading to a rematch at A Matter of Respect, which was won by Van Dam. [158] RVD got his revenge on Sting the following week by attacking him during his entrance. [172] After successfully defending the championship against Abyss in a Stairway to Janice match on the following special edition of Impact!, named The Whole F'n Show, Van Dam and the other former ECW wrestlers were assaulted by Abyss and Fourtune. At the time, DiBiase was selecting plants from the audience and offering to pay them to perform degrading acts and offered the 16-year-old Szatkowski $100 to enter the ring and kiss his foot, which he did. Later in December, Van Dam once again earned the number one contendership to the ECW World Championship, but this time by a fan poll. [74][81], Van Dam became a face, but lost the Hardcore Championship to The Undertaker at Vengeance. [88][91] At Insurrextion, Van Dam and Guerrero had a rematch for the Intercontinental Championship. [35][37] On June 21, Van Dam and Sabu earned a victory over Dreamer and The Sandman. Szatkowski made his first appearance on WWF television in 1987 in a skit with "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase. 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