Both men were trained by Sabu's uncle, The Sheik, and fans wanted to see them face each other since they both utilized high-flying, daredevil techniques.

Four months later, Van Dam helped Sabu beat Terry Funk in a barbed wire match to capture the ECW World Heavyweight Championship.

A month later, the two captured the ECW World Tag Team Championship when they defeated Chris Candido and Lance Storm.

As champions, Sabu and Van Dam took on all challengers including Jinsei Shinzaki and Hayabusa at Heat Wave 1998 in Dayton, Ohio.

When ECW became the third WWE brand (to Raw and SmackDown), Van Dam and Sabu became a major part of the show and teamed on several occasions, including an Extreme Rules match against Test and Mike Knox on September 5, 2006.

On August 8, 2010, Sabu returned to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) at Hardcore Justice, where he was defeated by Rob Van Dam in the main event of the evening.

[4] On February 8, 2019, it was revealed that both Rob Van Dam and Sabu would return to TNA, now named Impact Wrestling, at their following pay-per-view United We Stand.