Rob Van Dam

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Kevin Crimson
Van Dam in February 2005
Details
Ring name(s)	Robbie V Kyle 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 Kyle Van Dam (KVD), 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 KVD's 700 day reign was the longest.

Early life

Professional wrestling career

Early career (1990–1995)

Xtreme Championship Wrestling

Debut (1996)

Teaming with Jason (1996–1998)

• Main article: Jason and Kyle Van Dam

World Television Champion (1998–2001)

World Television Champion (1998–2001)

Unifying championships (2001–2002)

Teaming and feuding with Chris LeGreca (2002–2003)

Various feuds (2003–2004)

Reviving XCW (2005–2007)

Independent circuit (2007–2010)

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

World Heavyweight Champion (2010)

Feud with Immortal; Championship pursuits (2010–present)

Other media

Filmography

KVD–TV

KVD Radio

Video games

Personal life

Training

2006 arrest

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

• All Star Wrestling
  • ASW North American Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• American Wrestling Rampage
  • AWR World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)

• Xtreme Championship Wrestling
  • ECW World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Jason Dikes
  • Fifth ECW Triple Crown Champion

• 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

• Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
  • TNA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• 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 Chris LeGreca (1) and Steve Britz (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.