Leon White

Leon White

Birthday: 1955-05-14

Deathday: 2018-06-18

Place of birth: Lynwood, California, USA

Also known as: Big Van Vader, Baby Bull, Bull Power, Leon White, Super Vader, Vader, Vader 1

imdb_id: nm0925120

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.

Played in movies:

WWE In Your House 6: Rage in the Cage

Score: 10.0

WWE Ground Zero: In Your House

Score: 10.0

WCW Halloween Havoc '92

Score: 10.0

WCW Clash of The Champions XXII

Score: 10.0

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

Score: 10.0

Bret Hart: The Dungeon Collection

Score: 10.0

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

Score: 10.0

Deadly Venom: The Best of Sting

Score: 10.0

WCW Slamboree 1993

Score: 10.0

WCW Beach Blast 1993

Score: 10.0

WCW WrestleWar 1991

Score: 10.0

WWE In Your House 9: International Incident

Score: 10.0

WCW Great American Bash '90: New Revolution

Score: 10.0

WWE: The Best of Raw 15th Anniversary

Score: 9.5

WWE Unforgiven: In Your House

Score: 9.3

WWE King of the Ring 1996

Score: 9.0

WWE: The Best Of In Your House

Score: 9.0

WCW Spring Stampede 1994

Score: 9.0

WWE Over the Edge: In Your House

Score: 9.0

WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede

Score: 9.0

WWE Survivor Series 1997

Score: 8.8

WWE In Your House 7: Good Friends, Better Enemies

Score: 8.5

WWE SummerSlam 1996

Score: 8.5

WWE King of the Ring 1998

Score: 8.4

WWE In Your House 13: Final Four

Score: 8.0

WWE In Your House 11: Buried Alive

Score: 8.0

WWE: The Best of Sting

Score: 7.7

WWE Taboo Tuesday 2005

Score: 7.7

WWE Hall Of Fame 2022

Score: 7.7

WWE WrestleMania 13

Score: 7.6

Hitman Hart: Wrestling With Shadows

Score: 7.5

The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions

Score: 7.5

Sting: Into the Light

Score: 7.3

WWE Survivor Series 1996

Score: 7.3

WWE WrestleMania XII

Score: 7.2

The Rise & Fall of WCW

Score: 7.2

WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House

Score: 7.1

WWE Badd Blood: In Your House

Score: 7.1

WWE One Night Only

Score: 7.0

WWE In Your House 8: Beware of Dog

Score: 7.0

WWE: True Giants

Score: 7.0

WWE Breakdown: In Your House

Score: 7.0

WWE: Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '90s

Score: 6.9

WWE Royal Rumble 1997

Score: 6.9

WCW Starrcade 1992

Score: 6.5

WWE Royal Rumble 1998

Score: 6.4

WCW Bash at the Beach 1994

Score: 6.3

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

Score: 6.3

WCW Halloween Havoc 1993

Score: 6.0

WCW Halloween Havoc '91

Score: 6.0

WWE Royal Rumble 1996

Score: 5.5

WWE: The History Of The World Heavyweight Championship

Score: 5.3

WCW Clash of The Champions XXXI

Score: 5.0

WCW SuperBrawl IV

Score: 5.0

WWE Fully Loaded: In Your House

Score: 5.0

WWE In Your House 15: A Cold Day in Hell

Score: 5.0

WCW Bash at the Beach 1995

Score: 3.5

WCW Uncensored 1995

Score: 2.0

WCW: Ric Flar - 2 Decades of Excellence

Score: 0.0

Biography: Chyna

Score: 0.0

WCW All Nighter 1995

Score: 0.0

NOAH: Great Voyage

Score: 0.0

NOAH: Accomplish Our First Navigation 2001 - Day 9

Score: 0.0

WCW Clash of The Champions XXX

Score: 0.0

WCW Clash of The Champions XXIX

Score: 0.0

WCW Slamboree 1994

Score: 0.0

WCW Clash of The Champions XXVI

Score: 0.0

WCW Clash of the Champions XXV

Score: 0.0

WCW Battle Bowl

Score: 0.0

WCW Clash of the Champions XXIV

Score: 0.0

WCW Clash of The Champions XXIII

Score: 0.0

WCW Starrcade 1991

Score: 0.0

AWA The Brawl in St. Paul

Score: 0.0

AWA Blood on the Sand

Score: 0.0

WCW Clash of The Champions XVIII

Score: 0.0

AJPW Super Power Series 1999 Finals

Score: 0.0

WCW Clash of The Champions XX: 20th Anniversary

Score: 0.0

WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection

Score: 0.0

RevPro: Uprising 2016

Score: 0.0

JCW Bloodymania 6

Score: 0.0

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

Score: 0.0

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

Score: 0.0

Ringside with Big Van Vader

Score: 0.0

Best Of Raw • Volume Six

Score: 0.0

WWE: Shawn Michaels - Boyhood Dream

Score: 0.0

Best Of Raw • Volume Four

Score: 0.0

Best Of Raw • Volume Three

Score: 0.0

WCW Slamboree 1995

Score: 0.0

WCW SuperBrawl V

Score: 0.0

Best Of Raw • Volume One

Score: 0.0

WCW Starrcade 1994

Score: 0.0

WCW Halloween Havoc 1994

Score: 0.0

WCW Fall Brawl 1994

Score: 0.0

WCW Starrcade 1993

Score: 0.0

WCW Fall Brawl 1993

Score: 0.0

WCW SuperBrawl III

Score: 0.0

WCW Great American Bash '92

Score: 0.0

WCW/New Japan Supershow II

Score: 0.0

WWE Action Zone!

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Boy Meets World

Score: 8.2

Dark Side of the Ring

Score: 8.2

WWF Superstars

Score: 8.0

WWE Table For 3

Score: 8.0

Biography: WWE Legends

Score: 7.2

Raw

Score: 6.8

Raw

Score: 6.8

Raw

Score: 6.8

WWE Heat

Score: 5.1

WWE Old School

Score: 0.0