During his prime, there was no better high-flyer in wrestling than Rob Van Dam. As today is April 20th, a celebrated day amongst marijuana enthusiasts, it has become a popular day for Rob Van Dam to make media appearances. RVD has shared through his social media channels that you can hear him on a popular podcast later today and check out a collection of his matches on the FITE App.
Conrad Thompson and Bruce Pritchard of the “Something to Wrestle With Podcast” decided April 20th was the perfect day to bring RVD on as a guest. The 4-hour session with Rob Van Dam will be released at noon today.
Nearly FOUR hours of @TherealRVD tomorrow at noon eastern at https://t.co/bnz4fd6VBJ! @bruceprichard discusses the HIGHS and the lows on this 4/20 edition of @PrichardShow!
Don't miss our BONUS show 4/26 covering the 1992 Royal Rumble at https://t.co/fmoylI87O4 – YouTube ONLY! pic.twitter.com/vVgDQPQKYn
— Conrad Thompson (@HeyHeyItsConrad) April 20, 2018
Rob Van Dam in 2018
RVD is still wrestling these days, though he doesn’t keep a full schedule. He’s a regular for Pacific Coast Wrestling which operates out of California. His last match for the promotion was on March 18th when he unsuccessfully challenged Pentagon for the promotion’s heavyweight championship.
PCW is releasing a collection of Rob Van Dam’s matches in the promotion through the Fite App today to celebrate 4/20:
On 4/20: watch "RVD’s Greatest Hits” on @FiteTV
See the highest flyer in the game, @TherealRVD, in some of his greatest @PCWULTRA matches!Watch Here: https://t.co/r2PXiaLI8o
— Rob Van Dam (@TherealRVD) April 17, 2018
RVD is a former PCW champion, having held the title for 202 days between November 2016 and June 2017. Pentagon was the promotion’s inaugural champion, having defeated Brian Cage in the finals of a tournament. He lost the title 3 months later to RVD.
RVD would successfully defend the title against Willie Mack and MVP before dropping it to John Hennigan. As for Hennigan, he would defend the title 3x before losing it. Hennigan defeated Pentagon, Jeff Cobb, and Brian Cage. He’d lose the title to Pentagon at the Refuse to Lose event, however. His only title defense came recently against RVD.
The 47-year-old Rob Van Dam also wrestled frequently for the now-defunct 5-Star Wrestling promotion based out of Liverpool. The short-lived promotion brought in several big names for their events, including Rey Mysterio Jr and Jake Hager (FKA Jack Swagger).
