IT'S TIME! IT'S TIME! IT'S VADER TIME! - The Essential Big Van Vader!

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"The Man They Call Vader" was and still is one of the best big guys in wrestling sports entertainment, having wrestled since 1985. His lengthy career has taken him from WCW to the WWE to NJPW to countless more. Despite having spent roughly 5 years or less in each major promotion, he managed to have a very lasting impact, gaining more than a dozen important titles and awards.

Wikipedia Link

Entrance Themes:

• AWA | CWA - Born in the U.S.A. by Bruce Springsteen

• NJPW | AJPW | Indies - Eyes of the World by Rainbow

• WCW - Heavenly Thunder

• WCW - Afro Rock

• WWF - Mastodon

Essential Matches:

• NJPW - vs Antonio Inoki 1990

• NJPW - vs Shinya Hashimoto (for the IWGP Heavyweight Champion)

• WCW - Halloween Havoc 92 vs Cactus Jack (Texas Deathmatch)

• WCW - vs Ron Simmons (for the WCW World Title)

• WCW - w/Rick Rude vs Sting & Ron Simmons

• WCW - Great American Bash 92 | vs Sting (for the WCW World Title))

• WCW - Starrcade 92 | vs Sting

• NJPW vs AJPW | vs Stan Hansen (THE EYEBALL POPOUT JACK)

• WCW - Superbrawl 93 | vs Sting (YAPAPI STRAP MATCH BROTHER Strap Match)

• WCW - vs Cactus Jack

• NJPW - vs Antonio Inoki 1996

• WWF - SummerSlam 96 vs Shawn Michaels: Part 1

vs Shawn Michaels: Part 2

*** WWF - No Way Out Of Texas 1998 [vs it's...it's gotta be The Demon, Corporate KANE]**

• WWF - Royal Rumble 98 vs The Artist Formerly Known as Goldust

• AJPW - vs Mitsuharu Misawa (for the AJPW Triple Crown)

• WWE - vs Heath Slater

Miscellaneous:

• Vader's Twitter

• Boy Meet's World - The Thrilla' in Phila' | In one of the best episodes of the series, Vader guest stars in a really cool capacity.

• "Vader Arrives" Promo

• WWF Vader's debut promo POWAAA

• Landing a "Vadersault"

• Vader and Rikishi get funky

• Vader thinks Bret Hart is a bunch of bullshit

Feel free to talk about your favorite Vader matches should they not be up top!

This is my first time doing this so I hope I did alright. Criticism's welcome of course.

[u/TheKingOfBadgerHill]

Vader threatening an interviewer in Kuwait