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Line 1: {{Short description|American professional wrestler and football player (1955–2018)}} {{ {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} ▲{{redirects|Vader (wrestler)|other uses|Vader (disambiguation){{!}}Vader}} {{Infobox person | birthname = Leon Allen White<ref name=NFL/> Line 169: ==Professional wrestling style and persona== [[File:Vader-Michaels in 1996.jpg|thumb|right|Vader performing a ''Vader Bomb'' on [[Shawn Michaels]]]] White is considered one of the greatest super-heavyweight professional wrestlers of all time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theringer.com/2018/6/20/17486696/big-van-vader-leon-white-obituary|title=Remembering Big Van Vader|last=Bateman|first=Oliver Lee|date=June 20, 2018|access-date=August 17, 2019|publisher=[[The Ringer (website)|The Ringer]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=King of the Ring: The Harley Race Story|last1=Race|first1=Harley|last2=Tritz|first2=Gerry|isbn=1-58261-818-6|publisher=[[Sports Publishing]]|date=2004|quote=In fact, he might be the best big man to ever enter the ring.}}</ref> He used his size and weight as part of his moves making them look much more painful than when performed by someone half his size. For example, his finishing move, called the Vader Bomb,<ref name="WWEalumni"/> which is a [[Professional wrestling aerial techniques#Corner slingshot splash|corner slingshot splash]], when he would bounce off the middle rope and land on a prone opponent.<ref name=PuroCentral/> He was also noted for his impressive agility, as he can perform a simple [[dropkick]] despite his {{convert|450|lb|kg|abbr=on}} frame.<ref name="WWEalumni"/> One of his signature moves was the ''Vader Sault'',<ref name="WWEalumni"/> [[Moonsault# ==Other media== Line 179: ===Television appearances=== * ''[[Boy Meets World]]'' (1995, 1996) as Francis Albert Leslie 'Frankie' Stecchino * ''[[Baywatch]]'' (1996) "Bash at the Beach" as himself (1 episode)<ref name=IMDB/> Line 237: ** [[Battlebowl|BattleBowl (1993)]]<ref>[http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/bbwcw.html Solie's Title Histories: WCW] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313120903/http://solie.org/titlehistories/bbwcw.html |date=March 13, 2016}}. Solie.org. Retrieved February 20, 2016.</ref> * '''[[WWE|World Wrestling Federation/WWE]]''' **[[WWE Hall of Fame]] ([[WWE Hall of Fame (2022)|Class of 2022]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mundowrestling.es/vader-entra-al-hall-of-fame-de-wwe/ |title=Vader entra al Hall of Fame de WWE | ** [[Slammy Award]] (1 time) *** Crime of the Century ([[1996 Slammy Awards|1996]])<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110908073222/http://www.100megsfree4.com/wiawrestling/pages/wwf/slammy.htm WWE Slammy Awards]. 100megsfree4.com</ref> – {{small|Assault on WWF President [[Gorilla Monsoon]]}} | |||