The subject of the 4/4/25 episode of Dark Side Of The Ring, former WCW World Heavyweight Champion Big Van Vader, or Vader for short, was a somewhat polarizing figure amongst his peers. He's been ...

as Big Van Vader. In an exclusive clip from the latest episode of Dark Side of the Ring, we see the early rumblings of Vader’s transformation from a pro football player to a full-blown wrestling ...

Before Leon White was Vader, he was a wrestler named Baby Bull. After a rough childhood growing up in Los Angeles, including burglars breaking into his house when he was home alone with his sister ...

Do you know the original vision for the Big Van Vader character? Leon's son Jesse was on hand to lay it all out if not. He described what Japanese wrestling great Antonio Inoki hoped to accomplish ...

"Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert wasn't just a great wrestler but a phenomenal creative mind. However, a tragedy brought it all to a ...

Shawn Michaels, Diesel, Big Van Vader, and more compete in the over-the-top elimination match. The Undertaker battles Bret "Hit Man" Hart for the WWE Championship!