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For the football player of the same name see Leon White (football player).For the Star Wars villain, see Darth Vader.Leon Allen White (born May 14, 1957) better known under his ring names Big Van Vader or Vader, is an American professional wrestler.He was well known for always asking, "What time is it?""It's Time, It's Vader Time!!"World Wrestling Entertainment (Second run, 2005)
2.Before starting with NJPW, White's name was once again changed from Bull Power to Big Van Vader, and he began to wear a mask (though not the red strap for which he is now famous).He was given the name Big Van Vader by promoter Antonio Inoki.There is no connection to Darth Vader; "Big Van Vader" was a manga character created by Go Nagai, who had also created the Jushin Liger anime.Inoki, and Vader was victorious.This led the audience to riot and got NJPW banned from the Sumo Hall, which was its home arena (the ban was later rescinded in 1989).On April 24, 1989, a one night tournament was held for the title.In the first round of the tournament, Vader defeated a young Masa Chono.Tatsumi Fujinami, the man who had the title when it was held up for the tournament, was defeated by Vader in the semifinals.After a final match against Shinya Hashimoto, Vader was declared the new IWGP Heavyweight Champion.On May 25, one month after being crowned champion, Vader lost the title to Russian suplex master Salman Hashimikov.He won the match and, as a result, held the Heavyweight Championship in two separate organizations at the same time.In November, Vader traveled to Mexico to face El Canek in the Universal Wrestling Association for El Canek's UWA Heavyweight Championship.Despite his rival putting on a good battle, Vader's superior strength and significant size advantage gave him the win.The two exchanged very hard punches, and one of them caused White's right eye to actually pop out of its socket, although it was contained by the swelling in his eyelid.White took the time to take off his mask and push the eye back in the socket before finishing the match as planned.Vader's first match under the WCW banner took place on July 8, 1990 at The Great American Bash, where he defeated Tom Zenk in under two minutes.Around this time, Vader began a feud with Stan Hansen in All Japan Pro Wrestling.In early 1991, Vader defeated Tatsumi Fujinami to earn himself a third IWGP Heavyweight Title reign.On March 4, Vader lost the belt back to Fujinami.Rambo ended Vader's CWA Heavyweight Championship reign on July 6, 1991.Vader went on to defeat Fujinami for the CWA Intercontinental Championship but, upon his signing of a WCW contract in 1992, the title was declared vacant.At this point, WCW and NJPW were reaching a tentative working agreement.In May, Vader faced Mutoh, now known as The Great Muta, one on one and received a serious knee injury.This also signaled a decrease in his NJPW time, as Vader began to focus almost entirely on WCW and the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.Vader finally received one on April 12, 1992, but lost after punching out the referee.Sting cracked a pair of ribs in the match after a Vader splash, though he continued to compete infrequently while recuperating.Vader was placed in a feud with Nikita Koloff shortly afterwards.Vader received a rematch with Sting on July 12 at The Great American Bash 1992.At the close of the match, Sting missed a Stinger Splash (and hit his head on the ringpost as a result).This led to a powerbomb by Vader for the three count, making Vader the new WCW World Heavyweight Champion.Vader to drop the title three weeks later to Ron Simmons.Vader was out of action for the fall as he was getting knee surgery.Upon his return, Vader sent Nikita Koloff into retirement and broke the back of jobber Joe Thurman, causing him to become paralyzed for a few hours, in the following weeks.At Starrcade 1992, Vader lost to Sting in the finals of the "King of Cable" tournament.However, just two days later, Vader defeated Ron Simmons by taking advantage of a shoulder injury to regain the World Heavyweight Championship.At SuperBrawl III on February 21, 1993, in a Strap match which Vader dubbed the "White Castle of Fear," Vader defeated Sting.On March 11, 1993, Vader lost the WCW World Heavyweight Championship to Sting in London, England.However, on March 17, Vader was able to defeat Sting and regain the title in Dublin, Ireland.In subsequent weeks, Vader was able to successfully defend his title against Davey Boy Smith, Sting, and Dustin Rhodes.Union of Wrestling Force International (UWFi), where he competed as Super Vader due to legal issues that arose from the Big Van Vader name.By this time, he was simply known as Vader in the United States and Japan.Vader first defeated Salman Hashimikov and then defeated Masahito Kakihara in the quarterfinals.In the semifinals, Vader defeated Kiyoshi Tamura and beat Nobuhiko Takada in the finals to win the tournament and the UWFi World Title.On April 17, 1993, Cactus Jack (Mick Foley) was able to defeat Vader via countout in a match on WCW Saturday Night.The match was heavily edited for broadcast, as WCW did not wish to show the severe bleeding.However, it is shown in full on "Mick Foley's Greatest Hits And Misses" DVD collection (in which Foley claims the viewer can literally hear his nose breaking due to a Vader punch).In a rematch on April 23, Vader powerbombed Cactus onto the concrete floor outside the ring.Foley suffered a concussion and temporary loss of feeling in his left hand and leg.Foley had actually requested time off for knee surgery and to be with his family.In the meantime, Vader began to feud with a new arrival to WCW, Davey Boy Smith.They met at Slamboree in May for Vader's WCW title, where Vader lost by disqualification when he hit Smith with a chair, though he retained the title.Vader and Sid Vicious then formed a partnership and called themselves "The Masters of the Powerbomb."Vader in a Texas Death Match.Cactus stood up to a series of devastating moves near the end of the match, though Vader was able to win when Harley Race stunned Cactus with a cattle prod that kept him down for the count of ten.On March 16, 1994, Mick Foley lost his right ear in a match with Vader in Munich, Germany.Vader had originally been scheduled to face Sid Vicious at Starrcade 1993.Vicious after his stabbing of Arn Anderson in England forced WCW to find a quick replacement.In the storyline, Vader did not take Flair seriously until he agreed to put his career on the line against Vader's title.The match was dominated by Vader, but Flair capitalized on failed interference by Harley Race and Vader's weakened knees to win the match with a rollup to end Vader's third WCW World Heavyweight Championship reign.Vader continued to feud with Flair until SuperBrawl IV, where Flair once again defeated Vader, this time in a "Thundercage" match.Vader claimed in a shoot interview in late 1998 that he was originally booked by Dusty Rhodes to regain the belt from Flair and then feud with Hulk Hogan (who was imminently joining the company) over the title, but that three days before the event, Flair took Dusty's head booker job and changed the ending of the match to himself retaining the title, a decision that left Vader bitter with Flair for many years.Vader then feuded with The Boss, defeating him at Spring Stampede 1994.Sting requested the match rather than be awarded the title after an injury to his original opponent, Rick Rude, and was able to defeat Vader.On August 18th, Vader defeated UWFi World Champion Nobuhiko Takada in arguably the best match of 1994 at a sold out Buddukon Hall to win his first UWFi championship.United States Champion Jim Duggan.In the Starrcade 1994 title match, Vader easily defeated Duggan to win his only United States title.In January 1995, Vader (now alone due to Race having suffered a car accident that put him permanently out of WCW) confronted the World Heavyweight Champion, Hulk Hogan, and informed him that he could not avoid the monster.The two met at SuperBrawl V with Vader managing to kick out of Hogan's leg drop after a count of one.The referee was knocked out before Vader hit the Vader Bomb on Hogan.Ric Flair ran out, made the three count, and attacked Hogan, resulting in Vader's disqualification.However, Flair once again intervened (this time, wearing drag) and managed to cost Vader the match by getting himself carried by Hogan as he touched all four turnbuckle pads.Vader was stripped of the United States Championship on April 23, 1995.However, Vader gained another opportunity to win the World Title from Hogan at Bash at the Beach 1995 in a Steel Cage match.He conspired with Kevin Sullivan and the Dungeon of Doom to gain a psychological edge before the encounter, which Vader lost when Hogan escaped the cage.At Clash of the Champions XXXI, Vader defeated Ric Flair and Arn Anderson in a 2 on 1 handicap match.Following the event, Hogan grew interested in Vader and asked for his assistance in his developing feud with the Dungeon of Doom.Vader complied but the situation never developed as a week or so later Vader was fired from WCW due to a locker room brawl involving Paul Orndorff.The Paul Orndorff incident
During an encounter backstage, White had reportedly been asked by booker Kevin Sullivan and several others to come and do a crucial interview segment.White was speculated during this period to be taking medication for injuries, which resulted in apparent mood swings as a side effect.Sullivan eventually asked Paul Orndorff to approach White regarding the interview.The two were separated in short time.Both men tell very different accounts of this incident, Orndorff stating that he was simply the better man in the fight, and White stating that, fearing for his position in the company, he relented in his assault on Orndorff after taking him off his feet with his first strike.Vader had ended over seven years ago, Antonio Inoki.Inoki was over fifty years old at the time, but the match lasted nearly 14 minutes of Vader pummeling Inoki.In the end, Inoki got the win.In the weeks leading up to the WWF Royal Rumble, Vader's debut was heavily hyped (being billed as "The Man They Call Vader").Vader defeated Savio Vega on the following Monday Night Raw, before assaulting WWF officials.Eventually, WWF President Gorilla Monsoon demanded that Vader cease his attacks, and received a Vader Splash for his efforts.On television, Vader was suspended for his actions.Jim Cornette "campaigned" for Vader's reinstatement, and when Vader returned, Yokozuna had left Cornette's management.At February's In Your House 6: Rage in the Cage, Vader appeared during Yokozuna's match against The British Bulldog.Yokozuna was about to pin The Bulldog, when Vader attacked him, putting him in handcuffs and delivering a severe beating.Vader and Yokozuna at WrestleMania XII.Vader, Owen Hart, and The British Bulldog against Yokozuna, Ahmed Johnson, and Jake Roberts.The stipulation was that if Yokozuna's team won the match, he would have five minutes alone with Jim Corrette in the ring; this never occurred as Vader's team won the match when Vader pinned Jake Roberts after a Vader Bomb.Vader earned a spot in the King of the Ring tournament by defeating Ahmed Johnson, with help from Owen Hart and Goldust.However, Roberts was about to hit him with his finisher, the DDT, when Vader pushed Roberts into the referee in an attempt to escape from the move.The referee declared it intentional and disqualified Vader, and he was eliminated from the tournament.Enraged, Vader attacked Roberts, focusing mainly on his ribs.Later that night, Vader attacked WWF Champion Shawn Michaels after his match.In Your House 9: International Incident.Vader, Owen Hart, and The British Bulldog teamed up against Shawn Michaels, Ahmed Johnson, and Sycho Sid.Vader pinned Shawn Michaels to win the match for his team.Vader faced Michaels again at SummerSlam, where Vader won by count out.This time, Michaels used Cornette's tennis racket and got disqualified.Vader then faced off with The Undertaker at the Royal Rumble.During the match, The Undertaker's former manager, Paul Bearer, attacked him and helped Vader win.Bearer then became Vader's new manager.During the actual Royal Rumble match, Vader was "eliminated" by Steve Austin.February's In Your House 13: Final Four for the WWF Championship.Vader, after bleeding profusely, was eliminated by The Undertaker.Then, Paul Bearer got his two clients, Vader and Mankind (formerly Cactus Jack), to go after the Tag Team Titles, despite the fact that the two men often brawled between themselves.During the interview, presenter Bassam Al Othman asked Vader if wrestling was fake.White was subsequently arrested and charged with assault and using obscene language.He spent ten days under house arrest.On Monday Night Raw, when Jim Ross conducted an interview with Vader.The two faced off at In Your House 15: A Cold Day in Hell.Vader lost the match after he submitted to Shamrock's Ankle Lock and left the ring with his nose broken in four separate places and was unable to walk for several days.As he walked away from the ring following the encounter, Vader made light of Shamrock's nickname by asking the camera, "Who's the World's Most Dangerous Man now?"Vader again received an opportunity to face The Undertaker at In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede (The match was originally booked to be The Undertaker vs.Ahmed Johnson, but Vader was substituted into the match after Johnson was injured prior).The Undertaker delivered two chokeslams (one of which was from the top rope) and beat Vader with the Tombstone Piledriver.On the following night's Raw is War, Vader wrestled The Patriot.The Patriot won the match and then went after Bret Hart, who came to the ringside during the match.Vader attacked The Patriot, and then brought him back into the ring, where he went for the Vader Bomb.Vader got down, picked up the Canadian flag, broke it and started a brawl with Bret Hart.This turned Vader face and served to bring Vader into the USA vs.At Survivor Series, Vader was the leader of Team USA, accompanied by Goldust, Marc Mero, and Steve Blackman as they faced Team Canada, comprised of The British Bulldog, Jim Neidhart, Doug Furnas, and Phil LaFon.During the match, Goldust refused to accept a tag from Vader, and enraged, Vader tossed Goldust into the ring.Goldust then walked out on his team, and Vader eliminated three of Team Canada's four members.However, Team USA lost the match after The Bulldog hit Vader with the ring bell.Goldust and Vader feuded throughout the fall and finally faced off at the Royal Rumble.The match came to a conclusion when Luna Vachon jumped on Vader's back.Vader then delivered a Vader Bomb with Luna on his back to The Artist Formerly Known As Goldust.The Artist Formerly Known As Goldust eliminated Vader from the Royal Rumble match later that night (Vader entered at number 30).During a final encounter between the two on Monday Night Raw, Kane interfered and attacked Vader.Vader lost after a chokeslam and tombstone piledriver by Kane and was subsequently attacked by Kane with a large steel wrench.Vader was taken away on a stretcher and injuries kept him off TV for a while.At Unforgiven, a few months later, Vader returned during Kane's Inferno match against The Undertaker.Kane was attempting to leave when Vader appeared and fought him back to the ring to continue his match with The Undertaker, which Kane lost.Vader and Kane had a rematch at Over the Edge in a Mask vs.Subsequently, Vader had a series of losses.Vader was reduced to the status of a JTTS (Jobber to the Stars).After leaving the WWF, Vader went to All Japan Pro Wrestling.He formed a team with his old foe Stan Hansen.At the beginning of 1999, he won the number 1 contendership to the Triple Crown by defeating Kenta Kobashi.Gary Albright, Yoshihiro Takayama, and Johnny Ace, but during the tournament he drew with Kenta Kobashi and lost to Misawa.In the finals Vader squared off against Kobashi, and again got the best of him to win the tournament.After Vader lost the Triple Crown to Misawa, regained it, and again lost it to Kobashi, he took some time off.TNA Wrestling: Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
On February 19, 2003, Vader appeared in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling to defend Dusty Rhodes, who was attacking the Harris Brothers.He then had problems with Nikita Koloff, whose career Vader ended long ago.However, TNA and Vader soon parted ways.World Wrestling Entertainment (Second run, 2005)
On August 29, 2005, it was announced that Vader had signed a deal with the WWE Legends program.Two months later, on October 31, 2005, Vader appeared on RAW along with Goldust as a heel to assist Jonathan Coachman in his feud with Stone Cold Steve Austin.However, in an embarrassing turn of events, Vader stumbled and fell to the floor upon exiting the ring, visibly cursing as he was helped up by Jonathan Coachman and Goldust.Vader went on to accompany Coach and Goldust at Taboo Tuesday on November 1, where The Coach wrestled against Batista, who had replaced Steve Austin.Both Goldust and Vader became victims of Batista's spinebuster, and Batista won the match by pinning The Coach.Vader has not made an appearance with the WWE since.Independent circuit and Japan
White then returned to Japan, wrestling at a WRESTLELAND show.He would also work in the independent circuit as Big Van Vader, including a tag match against Samoa Joe and Dan Maff in Jersey All Pro Wrestling with Mike Awesome as his tag team partner.On May 12, 2007, Vader faced Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake at Spartan Slamfest, a World Wrestling Coalition charity show for Wyoming Valley West School District."It's time, it's time, it's Vader time!"White's character, who met the Matthews family in various PTA meetings, was portrayed as being obsessed with kayfabe and constantly remaining in character as Vader.Pound Men) that featured a grudge match against his nemesis Jake "The Snake" Roberts; much humor came from the fact that milksop main character Cory Matthews was intimately familiar with Vader's wrestling history while his own son was not.Vader is sometimes featured in the YTMND fad "YTMNOOOO" as the enemy of Darth Vader.The Fatal Fury (video game) character Raiden, also known as "Big Bear," is based on Vader's appearance in Japan.The character Alexander the Grater from Saturday Night Slam Masters (video game) also bears a significant resemblance to Vader.In the Fire Pro Wrestling video game series in Japan, Vader is known as "Saber," and is infamous for his ability to knock out or "CRITICAL" his opponents with a number of his more powerful attacks.In the Saturday Night Slam Masters video game for the Super Nintendo, the character Alexander The Grater is heavily based on Vader's gimmick from the early 90s during his peak.Alexander wore a mask very similar to Vader's elephant mask, and his physical appearance and shape resemble Vader greatly.Have A Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks (p.Have A Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks (p.Have A Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks.This page was last modified on 9 May 2008, at 03:53.Vader in the middle of the '80s, opened a small business which has produced guitar pick ups e.Vader's third demo "Morbid Reich" is acclaimed as one of the best selling death metal demos of all time.Actually, it's considered one of the best selling metal demos in the history of all metal, selling over 10,000 copies!The band initially started off as just a thrash band.Buy their stuffBuy from The End RecordsBuy merchandise on FearshopSearch on Amazon.Thank you for sharing this video!Please login to add to favorites.Please login to add to your playlists.This took about an hour to make.Empire as practice, and was going to use the scene of Vader's pod opening, then just starting scrolling back and forth over the clip, so the pod opened and shut over and over, and the idea came from there.La chroniqu e de Timour ...
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