Big Van Vader, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Big Van Vader

American professional wrestler

Date of Birth: 14-May-1955

Place of Birth: Lynwood, California, United States

Date of Death: 18-Jun-2018

Profession: actor, television actor, film actor, professional wrestler

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

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About Big Van Vader

  • Leon Allen White (May 14, 1955 – June 18, 2018), better known by his ring names Big Van Vader or simply Vader, was an American professional wrestler and professional football player.
  • He performed for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), and All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) during the 1990s and 2000s.
  • According to CBS Sports, White is "widely regarded as one of the greatest super-heavyweight pro wrestlers of all time".White performed as a monstrous wrestler capable of aerial maneuvers: his diving moonsault was voted the "Best Wrestling Maneuver" of 1993 by Wrestling Observer Newsletter (WON) readers.
  • Among other accolades in WCW and Japan, he won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and the WCW World Heavyweight Championship three times each, the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship twice, the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship once, and won the battle royal main event of the 1993 Battlebowl pay-per-view.
  • Vader was inducted into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame in 1996.

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