Big Van Vader for The Hall of fame!
 

IT'S TIME! IT'S TIME! IT'S VADER TIME!!! Seriously he was a multi-time World heavyweight champion and a star in both WCW and WWF. With all the names going around of former WCW guys that could be put in,Vaders name is as good as the rest. What say ye ole people of TPWW? Discuss below.

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Allow me to preface the following video by saying I love Vader, and believe he belongs in the Hall of Fame without a doubt. He would be in mine.

With that said:

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Wasn't this after he retired though? A little unfair there Xero. But funny none the less.

Vader breaking poor jobber Joe Thurman's back in 1992

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Not sure if it exists already (I haven't seen it) but I would love to read an autobiography by Vader.

Damn I had never seen Vader hit the moonsault from the second rope before. Fucking awesome

Vader was just getting his monster push in WCW when i first started watching wrestling, huge mark for him! Loved his matches with Foley & Sting.

Hell yeah!!!

I can sum up my love for Vader like this:

Vader's first appearance with the gimmick in the US. He comes down the aisle with the helmet that shoots steam and all that. It was officially the most AWESOME thing I had ever seen at the time (and it's still up there on the most Awesome things I've ever seen in my life.). He could have been a generic big man and the helmet alone would have made him something special.

Vader,however, is NOT a generic big man. He took the helmet and proceeded to move faster than any 400 lb. man had any right to move. He was basically a bigger, faster Bam Bam Bigelow in his prime.

And let's face it, anyone who gets their eye knocked out of the socket by Stan Fucking Hansen, puts it back in, and keeps going is a bad ass.

Here's Vader in the AWA as Leon "The Baby Bull" White in the mid 80's going against Bruiser Brody

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HELL YES... Vader for the HOF for sure!!!

Definitely deserves to go in the HOF! I've always loved Vader and his matches, workrate and speed for a man of his size is incredible.

Never realised the Berzerker made a similar sound to Brody. :-\

yeah John Nord was a protege of Brody's if I recall correctly