In 2016, Van Dam began dating fellow professional wrestler Katie Forbes. In 2021, Forbes and RVD got married. This is his second marriage.
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Robert Alexander Szatkowski (born December 18, 1970, Battle Creek, Michigan, United States) is an American professional wrestler and actor better known by his ring name Rob Van Dam. He is best known for his time in WWE. He has also had stints with ECW and TNA. RVD became popular during his time in ECW where he became known for his high flying moves and daredevilry and became one of the most famous wrestlers in the industry. Van Dam is one of the only two wrestlers in history to have held the WWE, ECW, and TNA world championships, alongside Bobby Lashley.
RVD has also headlined many pay-per-view events for three decades bewteen the 1990s and 2010s, including the 1998 edition of November to Remember and the 2011 edition of TripleMania. He was ranked as the best wrestler by Pro Wrestling Illustrated in 2002 and also was voted “Most Popular Wrestler” by readers of the magazine in 2001 and again in 2002. WWE named him the greatest star in ECW history in 2014. Outside of professional wrestling, Van Dam has performed as an actor in a number of TV shows, including an episode of The X-Files. He also performed in the 2010 movie Wrong Side of Town and the 2015 movie 3-Headed Shark Attack.
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Van Dam was signed to a short-term contract by the World Wrestling Federation. Along with fellow ECW wrestler Tommy Dreamer, he returned to WWF television on July 9, 2001, in Atlanta, Georgia as a heel, and attacked Kane and Chris Jericho. He then defeated Jeff Hardy to become the ‘WWF Hardcore Champion’ at ‘The Invasion.’ On August 13, 2001, he lost the title. However, he regained it 6 days later. On November 18, after his team lost, its members, excluding him, were fired from the company. However, he was allowed to stay, as he was the Hardcore Champion. Before this event, he had challenged The Rock for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship on several occasions but had failed.
In 2016, Van Dam began dating fellow professional wrestler Katie Forbes. In 2021, Forbes and RVD got married. This is his second marriage. Van Dam was first married to Sonia Delbeck on September 6, 1998, the couple separated in December 2015. In July 2016, Delbeck filed for divorce from RVD. The divorce was finalized two years later.
Katie Forbes is an American professional wrestler. She has wrestled for SHINE and Women of Wrestling. During her rookie year, Forbes competed in her first title match for the GLCW Ladies Championship held by Melanie Cruise. Forbes was unsuccessful in her title match challenge. On January 9, 2016, Forbes returned to WildKat New Year – New Rivals!, teaming with Amaiya Jade in a winning tag match against ODB & Savannah Evans. On March 12 at WildKat March Into Mayhem, Forbes teamed with Renee Michelle in a tag match won by Kennadi Brink & Ruby Raze. On June 25, Forbes wrestled and defeated El Saiko Gato at WildKat XX-Rated.
