Rob Van Dam Net Worth

What is Rob Van Dam's Net Worth?

Rob Van Dam is an American professional wrestler who has a net worth of $2 million. Signed to a Legends contract with WWE, Rob Van Dam is among the most popular wrestlers in the world thanks to his acrobatic, kick-heavy ring style and multiple WWE championship titles. He is also known for his accomplished tenures in ECW and TNA, where he won various championships.

Early Life and Education

Rob Van Dam was born Robert Szatkowski on December 18, 1970 in Battle Creek, Michigan. He attended Pennfield Senior High School and studied martial arts at two dojos in the area, receiving instruction in karate, kickboxing, and taekwondo, among other disciplines.

Start of Professional Wrestling Career

In 1989, Szatkowski began training as a wrestler under professional wrestler the Sheik. He went on to make his debut in 1990 by defeating Dango Nguyen. Szatkowski wrestled in a variety of independent promotions throughout Michigan, including the USWA and SAPW. In 1992, with Chaz Rocco, he won his first professional championship, the SAPW Tag Team Championship. Also that year, Szatkowski signed with World Championship Wrestling; he made his WCW debut in early 1993 under the ring name Robbie V. Between 1993 and 1997, he did 10 tours of Japan with All Japan Pro Wrestling.

Extreme Championship Wrestling, 1996-2001

Van Dam achieved widespread fame during his tenure in Extreme Championship Wrestling in the second half of the 1990s. Managed by Bill Alfonso, he had high-profile feuds with Jerry Lynn and Sabu, the latter of whom he ended up forming a powerful tag team with. Van Dam and Sabu went on to win two ECW World Tag Team Championships in 1998. Also that year, Van Dam won the ECW World Television Championship by defeating Bam Bam Bigelow; he would hold that title for a record 700 days until he vacated it due to an injury in 2000. Van Dam made his final appearance in ECW in early 2001, at the last Guilty as Charged pay-per-view event. There, he defeated rival Jerry Lynn. ECW closed down not long after that.

WWF/WWE, 2001-2007

Following a return to All Japan Pro Wrestling for an 11th career tour in early 2001, Van Dam signed with the World Wrestling Federation. He became involved in the Invasion storyline, in which several former WCW and ECW wrestlers came together to battle against WWF wrestlers. After the end of the Invasion, Van Dam wrestled both solo and in tag teams. He racked up numerous titles during this time, including the WWE Hardcore Championship, the WWE Intercontinental Championship, the WWE European Championship, and two World Tag Team Championships, the first with Kane and the second with Booker T. In the spring of 2006, at WrestleMania 22, Van Dam won the Money in the Bank ladder match. He subsequently challenged John Cena at the ECW One Night Stand pay-per-view event, and defeated Cena to claim the WWE Championship. Two days after that, Van Dam was awarded the reactivated ECW World Heavyweight Championship. In 2007, he left WWE on account of feeling burned out.

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Independent Circuit, 2007-2010

After leaving WWE, Van Dam spent some years on the independent circuit. He wrestled throughout the world, with stints in Associação Portuguesa de Wrestling, Nu-Wrestling Evolution, the Inoki Genome Federation, and American Wrestling Rampage. In AWR, Van Dam won the No Limits Wrestling Championship, which he later regained when it was renamed the AWR World Heavyweight Championship.

Further Wrestling Career

In 2010, Van Dam signed with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Just months after his debut in the promotion, he beat AJ Styles to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. Van Dam remained with TNA until 2013, departing after his TNA X Division Championship victory. Following his first stint in TNA, he returned to WWE for a year. Van Dam subsequently went back to the independent circuit and wrestled in such promotions as Pro Wrestling Pride and Insane Championship Wrestling. In PWP, he won the Heavyweight Championship. Van Dam returned to TNA, which had been renamed Impact Wrestling, in 2019; he remained there until 2020. After being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2021, Van Dam made his debut in Pro Wrestling Noah in 2022. Over the next two years, he wrestled in All Elite Wrestling.

Other Media Appearances

Due to his wrestling fame, Van Dam has made appearances in various television series and films. He has shown up in episodes of such shows as "City Guys," "18 Wheels of Justice," "The X-Files," and "V.I.P.," and competed on the game show "Family Feud" during a TNA-themed week. Among his other credits, Van Dam appeared in the 2002 Hong Kong superhero film "Black Mask 2: City of Masks" and starred in the lead role in the 2010 direct-to-DVD action film "Wrong Side of Town."

Personal Life

Van Dam married his first wife, Sonia Delbeck, in 1998. They separated in late 2015 and divorced in 2018. Van Dam went on to marry fellow professional wrestler Katie Forbes in 2021. The pair announced in 2025 that they had twins on the way.

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