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Rob Van Dam
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American professional wrestler and actor (born 1970)
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Rob Van Dam is an American and Polish professional wrestler, actor, and television and film actor. Born Robert Van Dam on December 18, 1970, in Battle Creek, Michigan, he began his work period in 1990 and concluded it in 2023. He holds citizenship in the United States and Poland. His professional career included employment with TNA iMPACT!, and he was trained by head coach Ed Farhat.
In addition to wrestling, Van Dam has worked as a kickboxer. He speaks English and Polish, with English being his native language. He has two children. His official website is robvandam.com.
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Film & TV
Battle Creek, Michigan, USA
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…
Known for
- Night of the Living Dead — Harris2026
- JCW Strangle-Mania: Viva Las Violence 2026 — Rob Van Dam2026
- Sabu — Self2025
- Nevermore: The Raven Effect — Rob Van Dam2025
- Saturday Night's Main Event - John Cena's Final Match — Rob Van Dam2025
- The Realtor — The Dominator2024
- CyberFight Festival 2022 — Rob Van Dam2022
- F1RST Wrestling Saturday Night Nitro — Rob Van Dam2022
- Hey! (EW) — RVD2022
- Assault on VA-33 — Zero2021
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Key facts
- Born
- Robert Szatkowski , ( 1970-12-18 ) December 18, 1970 (age 55) , Battle Creek, Michigan , U.S.
- Spouses
- Sonya Delbeck ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1998 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2018 ) Katie Forbes ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2021 )
- Website
- robvandam .com
- Ring name s
- Matt Burn , Rob Szatkowski , Rob Van Dam , Robbie V
- Billed height
- 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
- Billed weight
- 235 lb (107 kg)
- Billed from
- Battle Creek, Michigan , Los Angeles, California
- Trained by
- The Sheik
- Channel
- 1 Of A Kind With RVD
- Years active
- 2023–present
- Genre
- Professional wrestling
- Subscribers
- 17.4 thousand
- Views
- 1.1 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Robert
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Poland
- Place of birth
- Battle Creek
- Occupation
- kickboxer
- Employer
- TNA iMPACT!
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Official website
- www.robvandam.com
- Image
- Rob-van-dam.jpg
- Height
- 183
- Number of children
- 2
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- Commons category
- Rob Van Dam
- date of birth
- 1970-12-18
- head coach
- Ed Farhat
- start of work period
- 1990-00-00
- social media followers
- 1068864
- writing language
- English language
- end of work period
- 2023-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Robert Szatkowski (born December 18, 1970) better known by his ring name Rob Van Dam (frequently abbreviated to RVD) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE under a Legends contract. Known for his unique ring style—which includes his variety of kicks, acrobatic movements—and flexibility, Van Dam is one of the most popular wrestlers in the world. He is also known for his tenures in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).
Van Dam gained mainstream popularity in ECW during the latter half of the 1990s. 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. They won the ECW World Tag Team Championship twice. On April 4, 1998, Van Dam defeated Bam Bam Bigelow to win the ECW Television Championship, a title he held for 700 days until he vacated the championship due to an injury on March 4, 2000.
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