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Leon White

1955-05-14 (69 years old) in Lynwood, California, USA

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.

Movies

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WWE Hall Of Fame 2022
75 %|Apr 1, 2022
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Biography: Shawn Michaels
80 %|May 16, 2021
Documentary
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JCW Bloodymania 6
0 %|Aug 12, 2012
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WWE Taboo Tuesday 2005
77 %|Nov 1, 2005
Action, Drama
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WWE: Shawn Michaels - Boyhood Dream
0 %|Sep 14, 2004
Documentary
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Hitman Hart: Wrestling With Shadows
75 %|Dec 20, 1998
Documentary
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WWE Breakdown: In Your House
70 %|Sep 27, 1998
Action, Drama
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WWE Fully Loaded: In Your House
63 %|Jul 26, 1998
Action, Drama
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WWE Over the Edge: In Your House
90 %|May 31, 1998
Action, Drama
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WWE Royal Rumble 1998
67 %|Jan 18, 1998
Action, Drama
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WWE Survivor Series 1997
88 %|Nov 9, 1997
Action, Drama
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WWE Badd Blood: In Your House
71 %|Oct 5, 1997
Action, Drama
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WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede
90 %|Jul 6, 1997
Action, Drama
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WWE In Your House 15: A Cold Day in Hell
50 %|May 11, 1997
Action, Drama
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WWE WrestleMania 13
75 %|Mar 23, 1997
Action, Drama
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WWE In Your House 13: Final Four
80 %|Feb 16, 1997
Action, Drama
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WWE Royal Rumble 1997
73 %|Jan 19, 1997
Action, Drama
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WWE Action Zone!
0 %|Jan 1, 1997
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WWE Survivor Series 1996
73 %|Nov 17, 1996
Action, Drama
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WWE In Your House 11: Buried Alive
85 %|Oct 20, 1996
Action, Drama
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WWE SummerSlam 1996
85 %|Aug 17, 1996
Action, Drama
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WWE In Your House 9: International Incident
100 %|Jul 21, 1996
Action, Drama
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WCW Bash at the Beach 1995
35 %|Jul 16, 1995
Action
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WCW Slamboree 1995
0 %|May 21, 1995
Action
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WCW Uncensored 1995
20 %|Mar 19, 1995
Action
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WCW SuperBrawl V
0 %|Feb 19, 1995
Action
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WCW Starrcade 1994
0 %|Dec 27, 1994
Action
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WCW Halloween Havoc 1994
0 %|Oct 23, 1994
Action
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WCW Fall Brawl 1994
0 %|Sep 18, 1994
Action
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WCW Spring Stampede 1994
90 %|Apr 17, 1994
Action
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WCW SuperBrawl IV
50 %|Feb 20, 1994
Action
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WCW Starrcade 1993
0 %|Dec 27, 1993
Action
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WCW Fall Brawl 1993
0 %|Sep 19, 1993
Action
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WCW Beach Blast 1993
0 %|Jul 18, 1993
Action
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WCW Slamboree 1993
100 %|May 23, 1993
Action
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WCW SuperBrawl III
0 %|Feb 21, 1993
Action
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WCW Great American Bash '92
0 %|Jul 12, 1992
Action
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WCW/New Japan Supershow II
0 %|Jan 4, 1992
Action
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WCW Halloween Havoc '91
60 %|Oct 27, 1991
Action
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WCW WrestleWar 1991
100 %|Feb 24, 1991
Action
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Biography: Chyna
0 %|Mar 5, 2023
Documentary
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RevPro: Uprising 2016
0 %|Aug 12, 2016
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Sting: Into the Light
73 %|Oct 13, 2015
Documentary
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WWE: The Best of Sting
77 %|Sep 23, 2014
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The Rise & Fall of WCW
71 %|Dec 17, 2009
Documentary
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NOAH: Great Voyage
0 %|Dec 23, 2000
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WWE King of the Ring 1998
84 %|Jun 28, 1998
Action, Drama
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WWE Unforgiven: In Your House
93 %|Apr 25, 1998
Action, Drama
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WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House
71 %|Feb 15, 1998
Action, Drama
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WWE One Night Only
70 %|Sep 20, 1997
Action, Drama
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WWE Ground Zero: In Your House
100 %|Sep 7, 1997
Action, Drama
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WWE King of the Ring 1996
90 %|Jun 23, 1996
Action, Drama
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WWE In Your House 8: Beware of Dog
70 %|May 26, 1996
Action, Drama
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WWE WrestleMania XII
71 %|Mar 31, 1996
Action, Drama
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WWE Royal Rumble 1996
62 %|Jan 21, 1996
Action, Drama
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WCW All Nighter 1995
0 %|Jan 21, 1995
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WCW Bash at the Beach 1994
63 %|Jul 17, 1994
Action
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WCW Slamboree 1994
0 %|May 22, 1994
Action
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WCW Battle Bowl
0 %|Nov 20, 1993
Action
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WCW Halloween Havoc 1993
60 %|Oct 24, 1993
Action
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WCW Starrcade
50 %|Dec 28, 1992
Action
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WCW Halloween Havoc
100 %|Oct 25, 1992
Action
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WCW Starrcade 1991
0 %|Dec 29, 1991
Action
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AWA The Brawl in St. Paul
0 %|Dec 25, 1986
Action, Drama
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AWA Blood on the Sand
0 %|Oct 31, 1986

Series

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Biography: WWE Legends
72 %|Apr 18, 2021
Documentary
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WWE Table For 3
80 %|Aug 6, 2015
Documentary
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WWE Heat
82 %|Aug 2, 1998
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WWE Heat
50 %|Aug 2, 1998
Action & Adventure, Drama
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WWE Raw
67 %|Jan 11, 1993
Reality
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WWE Raw
67 %|Jan 11, 1993
Reality
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WWE Raw
67 %|Jan 11, 1993
Reality
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WWE Raw
67 %|Jan 11, 1993
Reality
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WWF Superstars Of Wrestling
80 %|Sep 6, 1986
Family