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=== Early career (1990β1992) === {{Professional wrestling sidebar}}Szatkowski began training as a wrestler under [[The Sheik (wrestler)|The Sheik]] in 1989.<ref name="Dunn"/> He made his wrestling debut in 1990, defeating Dango Nguyen.<ref name="SLAM">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/vandam.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150519202857/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/vandam.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 19, 2015| title=Rob Van Dam Bio|access-date=April 28, 2008|publisher=Slam! Sports}}</ref> He wrestled in many independent promotions across [[Michigan]], including the [[United States Wrestling Association]] (USWA) and [[South Atlantic Pro Wrestling]] (SAPW). In SAPW, he won his first wrestling [[Championship (professional wrestling)|championship]], the [[SAPW Tag Team Championship]], in July 1992 with Chaz Rocco.<ref name="biouswa">{{cite web|url=http://www.accelerator3359.com/Wrestling/bios/vandam.html#uswa|title=Rob Van Dam|website=www.accelerator3359.com}}</ref> He also wrestled in several independent promotions across America, and in [[All Japan Pro Wrestling]], where he challenged for the [[World Junior Heavyweight Championship (AJPW)|World Junior Heavyweight Championship]] on several occasions.<ref name="rvdindies">{{cite web|url=http://www.accelerator3359.com/Wrestling/bios/vandam.html#indy|title=Rob Van Dam|website=www.accelerator3359.com}}</ref> In the [[World Wrestling Federation]] in 1992 he wrestled as an enhancement talent against [[Jacques Rougeau|The Mountie]] under the ring name Matt Burn.<ref name="auto"/>
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