Leon White

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Age

Movies

Born: May 14, 1955 – June 18, 2018
From: Lynwood, California, USA

Biography

Leon Allen White better known by his ring names Big Van Vader or Vader, is an American semi-retired professional wrestler. White is best known for his time with New Japan Pro Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling, WWE and All Japan Pro Wrestling in the 1990s. A super-heavyweight wrestler capable of aerial maneuvers such as the moonsault and the dropkick, White was both a face and a heel in several professional wrestling promotions. During his career, he became an eight time world champion, having won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship three times, the IWGP Heavyweight Championship three times and the AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship twice. Vader returned to Japan, wrestling at a NJPW Wrestle Land show. He also worked 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 Beefcake at Spartan Slamfest, a World Wrestling Coalition charity show. The match was held at the Kingston Armory in Kingston, Pennsylvania. After wrestling his last match in 2007, White began working as a high school football coach. O April 29, 2010, White made a return to wrestling under his Vader ring name at the event Vader Time 5 Return of the Emperor. At the event, he teamed with his son Jesse and former tag team partner 2 Cold Scorpio to successfully defeat Makoto Hashi, Tamon Honda and Tatsumi Fujinami in the main event. In May 2016, Will Opsreay and Ricochet faced each other during the NJPW tournament Best of the Super Juniors. During the match, both wrestlers performed a high flying, fast paced sequence. When Vader saw the sequence, he complained in social media about the current direction pro wrestling is taking. During the following weeks, Vader and Ospreay feuded in Twitter, so England-based promotion Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro) booked a match between them. The match took place on August 12, 2016, where Vader defeated Ospreay. Two days later, he made an appearance in Colchester, England for the XWA Wrestling (XWA) promotion, where he defeated "Savvy" Sid Scala. On April 20, 2017, Vader made an appearance in Japan at Korakuen Hall as part of the Dradition show to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the debut of Tatsumi Fujinami. Following a six-man tag team match, Vader collapsed due to being dropped on his head during the match, but he was able to walk backstage under his own power and he remained in Japan as he was scheduled to work two more shows in Fukuoka and Osaka.[On April 22, Vader, Takuma Sano, and Yoshiaki Fujiwara lost a six man tag team match to Koji Kanemoto, Shiro Koshinaka and Tatsumi Fujinami. On April 23, Vader, Riki Choshu, and Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Shiro Koshinaka, Takuma Sano, and Yoshiaki Fujiwara. The final match of his career took place May 25, 2017 at WrestleJam V, where Vader defeated The Ironman. Return to AJPW (2011–2012) In the aftermath of the 2011 natural disasters in Japan, Vader and his son Jesse wrestled on special tribute cards for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) and Pro Wrestling Zero1. On December 7, 2012, Vader returned to AAJPW, teaming with Keiji Mutoh and Kenso to defeat Bambi Killer, Franz Dynamite and Mazada in a six-man tag team match.

Works

98 films

Timeline: The History of WCW – 1993 – As Told By Vader

2014

WWE: Shawn Michaels - Boyhood Dream

2004

WWE Royal Rumble 1998

19986.6

WWE Unforgiven: In Your House

19988.8

WWE In Your House 15: A Cold Day in Hell

19976.7

WWE Fully Loaded: In Your House

19984.7

WWE: The Best Of In Your House

20139.0

WWE Over the Edge: In Your House

19989.3

WCW Clash of The Champions XXX

1995

WCW Bash at the Beach 1994

19946.3

WWE King of the Ring 1998

19987.9

Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows

19987.5

WCW Starrcade 1991

19918.0

WWE WrestleMania 13

19977.5

WWE Badd Blood: In Your House

19977.6

WCW The Great American Bash 1992

1992

WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede

19978.0

WWE Taboo Tuesday 2005

20057.9

WWE: The Best of Raw 15th Anniversary

20078.0

WWE In Your House 13: Final Four

19977.9

WWE Survivor Series 1997

19978.6

WCW Starrcade 1993

19939.0

Bret Hart: The Dungeon Collection

201310.0

WWE Royal Rumble 1997

19977.0

WCW Clash of The Champions XXIX

1994

WWE SummerSlam 1996

19967.8

WWE King of the Ring 1996

19968.3

JCW Bloodymania 6

2012

WWE: The Best of Sting

20147.7

WWE In Your House 9: International Incident

19967.8

The Rise & Fall of WCW

20097.2

WWE Survivor Series 1996

19967.4

WCW All Nighter 1995

1995

WWE Breakdown: In Your House

19987.0

WCW The Great American Bash 1990

19907.7

WCW Bash at the Beach 1995

19952.7

WWE Royal Rumble 1996

19966.0

WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House

19987.3

Sting: Into the Light

20157.3

WWE In Your House 11: Buried Alive

19966.9

The History of the World Heavyweight Championship

20096.0

The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions

20127.5

WCW BattleBowl

19936.0

WWE In Your House 6: Rage in the Cage

19969.0

WWE Ground Zero: In Your House

19978.0

WCW Clash of the Champions XXV

1993

WCW Clash of The Champions XVIII

19926.0

WCW Starrcade 1992

19926.7

WWE WrestleMania XII

19967.0

WWE: Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '90s

20096.9

WCW Slamboree 1993

199310.0

WCW Halloween Havoc 1991

19917.0

WCW Clash of The Champions XXII

199310.0

WCW Beach Blast 1993

199310.0

WCW Clash of The Champions XXVI

1994

WCW Spring Stampede 1994

19949.0

WCW Halloween Havoc 1993

19937.0

WCW SuperBrawl III

1993

WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1

201410.0

WWE In Your House 8: Beware of Dog

19966.8

WCW Starrcade 1994

19947.0

WCW Fall Brawl 1993

1993

WCW Halloween Havoc 1994

19947.0

WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection

2012

WCW Clash of the Champions XXIV

1993

WCW WrestleWar 1991

19918.0

Best Of Raw • Volume Three

1997

WCW: Ric Flair - 2 Decades of Excellence

1995

Best Of Raw • Volume Four

1997

WWE One Night Only

19978.7

WCW Halloween Havoc 1992

19929.5

WCW SuperBrawl IV

19945.0

AWA The Brawl in St. Paul

1986

WWE: True Giants

20147.0

WCW Clash of The Champions XXXI

19955.0

WCW Fall Brawl 1994

1994

WCW Clash of The Champions XX: 20th Anniversary

1992

WCW Slamboree 1994

19947.0

Best Of Raw • Volume Six

1997

WCW Uncensored 1995

19952.0

WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash

201410.0

Ringside with Big Van Vader

2009

WWE In Your House 7: Good Friends, Better Enemies

19968.4

WCW Slamboree 1995

1995

WCW/New Japan Supershow II

1992

AWA Blood on the Sand

1986

WCW'S Greatest Pay-Per-View Matches Volume 1

2014

Best Of Raw • Volume One

1996

WWE: Mick Foley's Greatest Hits & Misses - A Life in Wrestling

20046.4

WCW Clash of The Champions XXIII

1993

WWE Hall Of Fame 2022

20227.7

NOAH: Accomplish Our First Navigation 2001 - Day 9

2001

WCW SuperBrawl V

1995

AJPW Super Power Series 1999 Finals

1999

NOAH: Great Voyage

2000

Deadly Venom: The Best of Sting

199310.0

WWE Action Zone!

1997

RevPro Uprising 2016

2016