History Wrestling / RobVanDam

* SpotMonkey: Except spot monkey is too small a term for it. Rob Van Dam does sell the Five-Star Frog Splash after hitting it and does have good {{wrestling psychology}}. Where his story telling tends to fall short is in the rest of the angle beyond the match. His feuds with La Resistance, Unmasked Kane and Evolution highlighted how much more everyone else wrestled according to the on going events compared to RVD, who generally went at about the same intensity level and whatnot no matter what.

* SpotMonkey: A borderline case, in which he does sell the Five-Star Frog Splash after hitting one.

* TheStoner: His gimmick, which extends into real life.

As you might have guessed, he has an uncanny resemblance to JeanClaudeVanDamme. Super uncanny, hyper flexible guys known more for their [[HolyShitQuotient cool stunts]] than [[DullSurprise acting ability]] and have had drug problems that have harmed both of their careers. He was given the name by wrestler Ron Slinker.

As you might have guessed, he has an uncanny resemblance to JeanClaudeVanDamme. Super uncanny, hyper flexible guys known more for their [[{{HSQ}} cool stunts]] than [[DullSurprise acting ability]] and have had drug problems that have harmed both of their careers. He was given the name by wrestler Ron Slinker.

!!Tropes associated with Rob Van Dam:

** Rob's problem isn't so much that he can't sell a move, it's that he can't sell a story. Rob can't act enraged for the life of him. He always plays the passive stoner role, even against Abyss ''who tried to kill him'', and wouldn't stop playing to the crowd during a supposed blood feud. His promos consist of him saying he's going to kick your ass, talking himself up, and then pointing to himself and saying "Rob. Van. Dam." Repeatedly, JeffHardy, his best friend that betrayed him was hiding behind Eric Bischoff, and all Rob can muster is a "Dude, I totally want to fight Jeff, man." Eric then said no, and Rob (who had threatened to beat the match out of Bischoff) promptly did nothing; though you could blame that on bad booking, he looked completely fine with all of it.
** I think it's just his personality; not all people can go off the deep end at a moment's notice.
*** Except the whole story was, he demanded vengeance against Abyss for nearly murdering him weeks before, acting like he was going to rip Abyss to shreds. Once the match happens, it's the standard RVD match he's done for years.

'''Rob Van Dam''' (real name: Robert Szatkowski) is a [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]] who currently works for Wrestling/{{TNA}}, but he became famous when he wrestled for Wrestling/{{ECW}}, and later, the Wrestling/{{WWE}}. One of RVD's most famous accomplishments in ECW was that he held the ECW World Television Championship for 700 consecutive days, the longest reign of any ECW title holder, and made the title as important as the ECW World Heavyweight Championship.

* BadassLonghair

* RedBaron: The Whole [F'n/Damn] Show, Mr. Pay-Per-View, Mr. [Monday/Tuesday/Thursday/Friday] Night (whether he appears on ''Raw'', {{ECW}}, {{TNA}} [=iMPACT!=], or ''Smackdown'').

* TheRival[=/=]VitriolicBestBuds: Sabu (in the ring and in RealLife).

As you might have guessed, he has an uncanny resemblance to JeanClaudeVanDamme. Super uncanny, hyper flexible guys known more for their [[{{HSQ}} cool stunts]] than [[DullSurprise acting ability]] and have had drug problems that have harmed both of their careers.

'''Rob Van Dam''' (real name: Robert Szatkowski) is a [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]] who currently works for {{TNA}}, but he became famous when he wrestled for {{ECW}}, and later, the Wrestling/{{WWE}}. http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/RobVanDam_4703.jpg

One of RVD's most famous accomplishments in ECW was that he held the ECW World Television Championship for 700 consecutive days, the longest reign of any ECW title holder, and made the title as important as the ECW World Heavyweight Championship.

You can learn more about RobVanDam at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Van_Dam The Other Wiki]].

!!'''Tropes associated with Rob Van Dam:'''

'''Rob Van Dam''' (real name: Robert Szatkowski) is a [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]] who currently works for {{TNA}}, but he became famous when he wrestled for {{ECW}}, and later, the Wrestling/{{WWE}}.

* LightningBruiser

'''Rob Van Dam''' (real name: Robert Szatkowski) is a [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]] who currently works for {{TNA}}, but he became famous when he wrestled for {{ECW}}, and later, the {{WWE}}.

* BrilliantButLazy: The most frequent complaint leveled at RVD by the IWC, who most find to be a great performer when he puts forth his best effort, but has been called out for not evolving his ring style, personality, or skill on the mic.

* FinishingMove: The Five-Star Frog Splash was the main one, but he also had the Van Daminator (jumping spinning back kick to an opponent holding a chair) and the Van Terminator (a "coast-to-coast"[[hottip:*: From one corner to an adjacent corner]] drop kick into a downed opponent with a steel chair over their face).

* {{Leitmotif}}: During his time in ECW, he used Music/{{Pantera}}'s "Walk" as his entrance theme. In WWE, "One of a Kind". In TNA, his theme is a heavy metal ExpositoryThemeTune of sorts, which covers his nickname ("The Whole F'n Show!") and his signature moves ("Van Daminator! Van Terminator! [[{{Botchamania}} Van]] [[{{Futurama}} Crushinator]]!")

** I think it's just his personality; not all people can go off the deep end at a moment's notice.

* PunctuatedForEmphasis: RVD's catchphrase involved emphasizing each word while pointing to himself with both thumbs: ROB! VAN! DAM!

* {{Leitmotif}}: During his time in ECW, he used Music/{{Pantera}}'s "Walk" as his entrance theme. In WWE, "One of a Kind". In TNA, his theme is a heavy metal ExpositoryThemeTune, which covers his nickname ("The Whole F'n Show!") and his signature moves ("Van Daminator! Van Terminator! [[{{Botchamania}} Van]] [[{{Futurama}} Crushinator]]!"

* {{Leitmotif}}: During his time in ECW, he used Music/{{Pantera}}'s "Walk" as his entrance theme. In WWE? "One of a Kind".

* PunctuatedForEmphasis: RVD's catchphrase involved emphasizing each word: ROB! VAN! DAM!

** Rob's problem isn't so much that he can't sell a move so much as he can't sell a story. Rob can't act enraged for the life of him. He always plays the passive stoner role even against Abyss ''who tried to kill him'' and wouldn't stop playing to the crowd during a supposed blood feud. His promos consist of him saying he's going to kick your ass, talking himself up, and then pointing to himself and saying "Rob. Van. Dam." Repeatedly, JeffHardy, his best friend that betrayed him was hiding behind Eric Bischoff and all Rob can muster is a "Dude, I totally want to fight Jeff man." Eric then said no, and Rob (who had threatened to beat the match out of Bischoff), promptly did nothing, though you could blame that on bad booking, he looked completely fine with all of it.
** I think it's just his personality, not all people can go off the deep end at a moment's notice.
*** Except the whole story was he demanded vengeance against Abyss for nearly murdering weeks before, acting like he was going to rip Abyss to shreds. Once the match happens, it's the standard RVD match he's done for years.