WrestleZone is reporting via PWInsider. According to PWInsider. With a possible world championship run on the horizon, RVD is the perfect guy to break the WCW monotony that has become Impact Wrestling over the last year or so. At the Royal Rumble , Van Dam made a surprise appearance as the 25th entrant in the Royal Rumble match before he was eventually eliminated by Chris Jericho.
On the following night he defended his newly won title against Lance Cade. Then just seconds after his debut victory Sting attacked him with his signature baseball bat. RVD got his revenge on Sting the following week by attacking him during his entrance. On the March 22 edition of Impact! Robert Roode and James Storm. On the April 5 edition of Impact! The night after Lockdown on the April 19, edition of Impact! After succeeding in his first televised title defense against Desmond Wolfe, Styles attacked Van Dam, announcing the invocation of the rematch clause for Sacrifice.
At Sacrifice Van Dam defeated Styles in a rematch. Anderson in a four-way match to retain the World Heavyweight Championship. On the following edition of Impact! At the event on August 8 Van Dam defeated former tag team partner and rival Sabu in a non-title Hardcore Rules match, after his originally planned match with Jerry Lynn was scrapped due to Lynn suffering a back injury.
After successfully defending the championship against Abyss in a Stairway to Janice match on the following edition of Impact! 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 edition of Impact!
In reality, Van Dam was running out of dates per year on his contract and was therefore taken off television. Van Dam returned via telephone interview on the September 16 episode of Impact! Zone the following week, against his doctor's orders. 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.
Van Dam confronted the group, later named Immortal, after Hardy had won the World Heavyweight Championship, only to get hit with the title belt. On the October 21 episode of Impact! Bischoff claimed that someone from EV 2. Later, he and Sabu were defeated in a tag team match by Beer Money, Inc. After the match Van Dam and Sabu began shoving each other and had to be separated from each other by the rest of EV 2.
After two more weeks of dissension between Van Dam and the rest of EV 2. At the pay—per—view Van Dam defeated Dreamer and afterwards made peace with him. On the following episode of Impact! Rhino turned heel by attacking Van Dam and Dreamer, revealing himself as the traitor Van Dam had been looking for.
Anderson, which led to Jeff losing the title. Anderson to a double count out in a World Heavyweight Championship number one contender's match. The following month at Sacrifice, Van Dam again failed to regain the title, this time in a singles match with Sting.
In the main event of the show, Van Dam was defeated by Dr. Wagner, Jr. Van Dam lost the match via disqualification, when Jerry Lynn entered the ring, costing him not only the match, but also several places in the tournament's standings.
Styles in similar fashion on the August 18 Impact Wrestling. Lynn turned on Van Dam on the September 1 Impact Wrestling , costing him his match with Gunner and, in the process, eliminating him from the finals of the Bound for Glory Series.
The following week Lynn explained his turn by claiming that he was tired of being in Van Dam's shadow. Two weeks later, Van Dam prevented Daniels from using a screwdriver to illegally defeat A. Styles in a singles match which would cost Daniels the match. After wrestling to a double count out on the January 5 , , edition of Impact Wrestling , Gunner made a failed attempt to piledrive Van Dam into the concrete floor after Van Dam back body dropped him onto it. Three days later at Genesis, Van Dam was defeated by Gunner and was afterwards stretchered backstage, after taking a DDT onto the concrete floor.
After a near three-month absence Van Dam resumed working live events in late March. Van Dam received his title opportunity in a ladder match on May 13 at Sacrifice, but was defeated by the defending champion, Bobby Roode. Anderson in a three-way number one contender's match, also involving Jeff Hardy.
He wrestled his final match in the tournament on the September 6 Impact Wrestling , losing to Bully Ray, thus finishing fifth and narrowly missing the semifinals of the tournament. The match was won by Christian who put Van Dam down before eventually pinning Orton to win the match. On the August 12 episode of Raw, Van Dam won a twenty-man battle royal, by last eliminating Mark Henry to become the number one contender to the United States Championship.
Van Dam received his title shot on August 18, during the SummerSlam pre-show, where he defeated Ambrose via disqualification after Roman Reigns speared Van Dam, not winning the title as a result. The title match took place on September 15 at Night of Champions , where Van Dam won the match via disqualification, but did not win the title. The following night it was announced that Van Dam had taken some time off. On the May 19 Raw Van Dam won a Beat the Clock challenge match by defeating Alberto Del Rio in the fastest time, to become the number one contender for the Intercontinental Championship at Payback, although he lost to Barrett at the event.
On July 1 edition of Main Event Van Dam was announced as a participant in a battle royal at Battleground for the vacant Intercontinental Championship, but he suffered an injury and was unable to compete. Van Dam returned to the ring on the August 4 edition of Raw where he was scheduled to compete against Seth Rollins in a Beat the Clock challenge match , but was switched with Heath Slater by the order of The Authority.
Van Dam has appeared on numerous television shows and in films. He also appeared on V. On July 26, , he appeared as himself on Spy TV , and again later that year he appeared as himself in Ultimate Revenge on December 2.
He also appeared on Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling in teaching finishing moves to the celebrities. He recently finished working alongside fellow professional wrestler Dave Batista in an upcoming movie titled Wrong Side of Town. Van Dam officially announced on his website's blog that he is in the process of creating an online show entitled RVD-TV.
On this show, he will give his fans a glimpse at what his life is like outside of the wrestling business. A preview for this upcoming series can now be found on the homepage of his website. The show will be filmed at his home in California where he has been spending most of his time since temporarily retiring. Van Dam is expected to announce some of his other future projects through the show, such as his upcoming DVD. The first episode was an hour long before becoming a two-hour weekly radio show.
Szatkowski was married to Sonya. During his wrestling career, Sonya often traveled on the road with Rob and appeared at ringside during events in which Rob took part. Ranked on the list of most popular Wrestler.
Also ranked in the elit list of famous celebrity born in United States. Rob Van Dam celebrates birthday on December 18 of every year. Lawler began to call Van Dam Mr. Monday Night on an episode of Raw which became a moniker that would stay with Van Dam, changing to suit the day of the week of whichever program was being broadcast.
He is the inventor of the Van Dam Lift, a weightlifting technique that involves performing a split which he took up in his early teens between two benches and lifting a dumbbell from the floor to the waist. Szatkowski is of Belgian and Polish ancestry. Szatkowski married Sonia Delbeck on September 6, , the couple separated in December In July , Delbeck filed for divorce from Szatkowski, The divorce was finalized two years later. Since , Szatkowski has been dating fellow professional wrestler Katie Forbes.
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