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Rob Van Dam on Beating John Cena for the WWE Title at ECW One Night Stand: Wrestling History

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4.7797 Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Rob Van Dam looks back at one of the most unforgettable moments in WWE history—defeating John Cena for the WWE Championship at ECW One Night Stand 2006. RVD breaks down the electric Hammerstein Ballroom atmosphere, the hostile New York crowd, and what it meant to win the WWE Title in front of ECW’s most passionate fans. From backstage emotions to the historical significance of that night, this is a rare inside look at the match that defined an era and cemented RVD’s legacy.

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0:00.0

Welcome back to the wrestling history channel. I'm Steve Fall, and on today's edition, I'm going to give you a classic interview with one of your favorite wrestlers. Enjoy.

0:11.0

But on today's edition, I'm talking to WWE Hall of Famer, world champion Rob Van Dam. Please don't sue me for doing the hand thing, please.

0:22.5

Did, can you imagine how much bank I would have if that was,

0:26.8

if everybody was liable every time they did this to pay me some money?

0:30.3

Have you ever tried to trademark that, though?

0:32.4

Well, no, the thought comes to my, to my mind when I hear,

0:36.5

when I see another celebrity do it,

0:38.1

because my fans will send it to me when it's a golfer, football player, you know,

0:42.8

somebody, whoever, that's a fan when they score a goal or whatever they do and they do that,

0:48.0

you know, and it's, it's flattering to know they're a fan of mine, and I made it popular,

0:53.1

but I don't know about, I mean,

0:55.2

actually, if you did the history of it, you probably could probably find somebody that might

1:00.5

have done it before. Every once in a while, I see a picture of Mr. Warner for Paul Orndorff,

1:05.6

and he's doing the side version, you know? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Wait a minute, I thought, I

1:09.9

thought I made that up, but I see him doing that. So, you know, it's, it's hard to, it's hard to be original. And, and, and that's something I've been fortunate with throughout my career is there's so many ways I've been able to approach the business differently with different moves and, you know, just a different,

1:29.6

a whole different mindset and approach. But I've always been kind of fascinated with that,

1:35.5

that there's still room to find a move than nobody's seen before when it's the same,

1:40.5

you know, two-legged wrestlers in there with four sides to a ring for decades.

1:46.1

Right.

1:46.4

It is interesting.

1:47.3

But go back to what you said a second ago.

1:49.2

DDP did get, he got JZ into trouble because JZ started to using the diamond sign.

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