ABOUT BIG VAN VADER
Super-heavyweight wrester in the WCW and World Wrestling Federation who was billed at 6'4," 450lbs.
He started out in the American Wrestling Association on the advice of a friend who remembered him from his college football days.
After several years in Japan he joined the World Championship Wrestling promotion, where he squared off in a bloody match against Cactus Jack.
He was born Leon Allen White. He had one son, Jesse White, who signed a developmental contract with the WWE. His marriage to Grace Connelly lasted from 1979 until 2007.
In the WWF he wrestled against The Undertaker , losing only after the interference of Paul Bearer, the Undertaker's former manager.