2016 and 2017 were tough for former WCW World Heavyweight Champion and WWE star (Big Van) Vader, from the announcement that a doctor had given him only two years to live, the unsure reality of what a ...

Big Van Vader may have millions of fans and less than two years to live from health complications, but “known gangster” and MMA legend Chael Sonnen is not impressed. The one-time Big Van Vader fan ...

Leon White, the former professional wrestler known as Big Van Vader, has died at age 63, according to Fox News and WWE.com. White began wrestling professionally in the American Wrestling Association ...

The Man They Call Vader is, of course, very well known to wrestling fans. Heck, thanks to his legendary turn on “Boy Meets World,” he’s well known to an entire generation of television watchers. He’s ...

Leon White, the longtime pro wrestling star known as Big Van Vader, has died, the WWE confirmed Wednesday. He was 63.White's son made the announcement on the wrestling star's Twitter account, saying ...

The 61-year-old wrestler tweeted the news to his 32,000 followers on Monday, revealing that doctors diagnosed him with congestive heart failure. READ: MMA Fighter Kimbo Slice Dies at 42 "Told by two ...

Wrestler Ric Flair is mourning the death of one-time opponent Big Van Vader at the age of 63. Big Van Vader, whose real name was Leon White, died after battling "a severe case of Pneumonia, " his son, ...

Former WCW and WWE superstar Leon White, a.k.a. Big Van Vader a.k.a. Vader, passed away Monday night from pneumonia. He was 63. One of White's children tweeted from his account to deliver the news ...

WWE legend and, in my opinion, someone who belongs in the Hall of Fame, Vader (also known as Big Van Vader) took to Twitter on Monday night to announce some very sad news regarding his health and ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Click to share on X (Opens in new window) WWE legend Leon White, otherwise known by his stage name Big ...