It's Vader Time!

**Zeeboe** · 03-29-2012, 10:35 AM

Vader was a pretty interesting character. I've heard all kinds of stories about him over the years, and many of these stories are documented, so I feel he deserves his own thread.

The first story I'd like to share involves a match Vader had with Ken Shamrock back in 1997. This was a very stiff match. It was also Ken Shamrock's first match, and because he was so green, the story is that Vince McMahon chose Vader to wrestle Ken Shamrock to punish him for being stiff against (almost) the entire locker room and he knew because Shamrock was use to competing in the UFC, and doing things the UFC way, and was a rookie in WWE, he'd most likely inadvertently hurt Vader.

I also read that Shamrock knew Vader was a legit tough guy, and supposedly some of the boys warned Shamrock that Vader may be rough with him in the ring to "initiate" him into the WWE, so Shamrock decided to take quick action against him and let Vader know he was no push-over.

Not knowing how to work a match properly, and between possibly the fact that Shamrock was trying to prove to Vader that he wasn't going to just let Vader beat on him for real, Ken was as stiff as hell with Vader. If you watch the match closely, you can see Vader telling Shamrock "to ease up, ease up." Shamrock ended up breaking Vader's nose in four places and Vader couldn't walk for several days after the match since Shamrock gave him several stiff kicks to his legs which you can see in the match. I think this is one of these types of matches that some people will say "Yeah, all those other matches are fake, but this one was real."

A few seconds before the end, Vader was finally fed-up with Shamrock and hit him with a hard clothesline, almost knocking him out. After that point, Shamrock finally eased up and the match finished smoothly. At the end of the match, the viewer can see, Vader was clearly angry and in pain, and Shamrock also looked like he was about collapse.

03-29-2012, 10:35 AM	#1
Zeeboe Posts: 6,269	It's Vader Time! Vader was a pretty interesting character. I've heard all kinds of stories about him over the years, and many of these stories are documented, so I feel he deserves his own thread. The first story I'd like to share involves a match Vader had with Ken Shamrock back in 1997. This was a very stiff match. It was also Ken Shamrock's first match, and because he was so green, the story is that Vince McMahon chose Vader to wrestle Ken Shamrock to punish him for being stiff against (almost) the entire locker room and he knew because Shamrock was use to competing in the UFC, and doing things the UFC way, and was a rookie in WWE, he'd most likely inadvertently hurt Vader. I also read that Shamrock knew Vader was a legit tough guy, and supposedly some of the boys warned Shamrock that Vader may be rough with him in the ring to "initiate" him into the WWE, so Shamrock decided to take quick action against him and let Vader know he was no push-over. Not knowing how to work a match properly, and between possibly the fact that Shamrock was trying to prove to Vader that he wasn't going to just let Vader beat on him for real, Ken was as stiff as hell with Vader. If you watch the match closely, you can see Vader telling Shamrock "to ease up, ease up." Shamrock ended up breaking Vader's nose in four places and Vader couldn't walk for several days after the match since Shamrock gave him several stiff kicks to his legs which you can see in the match. I think this is one of these types of matches that some people will say "Yeah, all those other matches are fake, but this one was real." A few seconds before the end, Vader was finally fed-up with Shamrock and hit him with a hard clothesline, almost knocking him out. After that point, Shamrock finally eased up and the match finished smoothly. At the end of the match, the viewer can see, Vader was clearly angry and in pain, and Shamrock also looked like he was about collapse.