Ranking All 50 WWE World Heavyweight Champions - From Worst To Best

37. Rob Van Dam

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Rob Van Dam may ultimately only have been a boy-popping choice to close 2006's inferior sequel to the original ECW One Night Stand pay-per-view, but his external silliness breeding internal mistrust brought his one and only WWE Championship reign to an abrupt and disappointing conclusion.

Pulled over for speeding between shows, the smell of marijuana from Van Dam and Sabu's vehicle convinced the police officer to take a closer look. The results of his finidings directly impacted results on WWE television. RVD was toppled for both his belts over a 48 period that crushed his main event career.

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation nearly 8 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 62,000,000 total downloads. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett