Day: February 18, 2025

Written by Derek Coward on February 18, 2025

Big Van Vader was the ring name of American professional wrestler Leon Allen White. His career spanned almost 40 years, and he rose to stardom in the 1980s in New Japan Pro-Wrestling, where he was the first non-Japanese wrestler to hold the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. He passed away on June 18, 2018.