One night in 1997, after an Extreme Championship Wrestling show in South Philly at what's now known as the 2300 Arena, a young Rob Van Dam was sitting at the bar of the old Holiday Inn at the Sports Complex, and he felt a rumble in his stomach.

Van Dam, an acrobatic rising star known as the "Whole F'n Show," got an offer from an ECW fan sitting next to him to ride over to Geno's for a cheesesteak. None of the other wrestlers wanted to leave the hotel. Van Dam took the invitation and buckled up for a quintessential Philly experience he's never forgotten.

"I got in the car with this guy I didn't know, and that motherf***er ran every single stop sign," Van Dam said. "I don't mean like he slowed down and looked. He kept the gas pedal on and treated the entire thing as if he had the right of

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