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Wrestling Legend Rob Van Dam Opens Up About Career & Injuries In Unflinching REELZ Documentary

Rob Van Dam has always had the heartfelt ability to connect with the people he’s trying to entertain.

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When he started out in professional wrestling, Van Dam was in the Philadelphia-based Extreme Championship Wrestling, where he worked his way into one of the top attractions in packed houses that included about 1,500 fans.

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He then went to WWE and became a household name. But no matter how many people were in the auditoriums, the “RVD” chants would be loud and clear because fans loved him — then came the injuries.

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wrestling legend rob van dam opens up about career and injuries in unflinching reelz documentary
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In his documentary Rob Van Dam: Headstrong, Van Dam reveals he's had hundreds of concussions throughout a wrestling career that spans 30 years and thousands of matches.

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“All of my injuries in my wrestling career that the fans know about have been written in,” Van Dam says. “And my pride says, 'Dude, I wanted to go down in history as being like, one of the toughest guys that never got hurt, regardless of my very physical car-crashing style.'”

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The repeated head injuries added up and in the film, Van Dam opens up on his life-changing diagnosis of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE).

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“You know, I mean I throw myself into every bump that I take,” Van Dam continues. “My whole career, everyone said I’d have a really short career because of my style and the fact that I’ve gone so long past everybody else that said that ... they look up to me, like, ‘Wow I guess you have something we don’t.’”

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“It is pretty weird that right now I have this lasting concussion," adds the athlete, "and we’re talking about could it end my career."

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Wrestling legend Van Dam’s candid and unflinching documentary Headstrong comes to REELZ on November 13th at 8ET/PT.

Watch REELZ on DIRECTV 238, Dish Network 299, Verizon FiOS 692, AT&T U-verse 1799 and in HD on cable systems and streaming services nationwide. Find REELZ on your local cable or satellite provider at reelz.com/get-reelz/

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