Summary

Rob Van Dam looked back at a 1992 WWF Wrestling Challenge squash match where he worked as Matt Burn alongside Mike Casey against Sid. The match ran under three minutes as Sid was being presented as a rising powerhouse on the card.

Van Dam said Sid approached both men in the locker room after the bout, thanked them for helping his presentation, and gave each of them $20. He described it as a memorable act of generosity from Sid.

The appearance was the only time Sid and Van Dam shared the ring.

Quote from Rob Van Dam

"We had the match with him, and he squashed both of us, probably pinned us both at the same time. In the dressing room afterward, Sid came up to me, and he said to [Mike], too, ‘I want you to know that I really appreciate what you did for me out there. I’m trying to make my way up the card. What I want to do is wrestle Hulk Hogan. You guys made me look like a monster out there. You brought me from here [hand low] up to here [raises hand]. I really appreciate that. You guys did a lot for me and I want to thank you.’ He gave us each 20 bucks. ‘I know this ain’t much, but hopefully it’ll help get you down the road a little bit.’ Who does that? I’m definitely a fan of his and had a good experience with him,"

Sid's WWF push and Hall of Fame context

Van Dam's story reinforces that Sid's 1992 WWF run was built around dominant TV squashes, and that mattered because those matches were designed to establish him quickly as a credible threat higher on the card. With Sid now set for the 2026 WWE Hall of Fame legacy wing, this anecdote also adds a personal locker-room detail to how contemporaries remember him.

Sources

As reported by Fightful.