Jim Cornette on Vader In WWF 

what do you mean sell it it was a legit injury Vader was damn good

@@shoeplayisbad1 i didnt say it wasnt a legit injury......it wasnt hidden either.....he made sure people at ring side seen it.

@@shoeplayisbad1 there’s a difference between selling an injury and reacting the way you would react to an authentic injury

I saw that on youtube somewhere. One of the strangest things I've ever seen on video.

Then 10 sentences.. **exhaling cough**

@The Big Red Machine Kane At what?

@@sargeantsaxophone9396 maybe at getting his ass kicked? We all know when he shoot fights he gets his ass kicked.

@The Big Red Machine Kane michaels should have been carrying patterson and briscos bags

@The Big Red Machine Kane the guys career highlight is getting his ass beat by the Undertaker TWICE.hes nowhere near the legacy vader has.

Me too, HBK made himself but he sure didn't make others.

coming to the ring with his mastadon helmet on. prob the best entrances ever

Kanes Dead brother! is a stupid idea for a tag team name!

Underrated? Na, he's seen as a God in Japan and pretty much everyone agrees he's among the best big men ever. He's being praised by just about everybody. "Most underrated" should go to someone who is truly underappreciated in wrestling, a guy that spent decades in the shadow of others or who never tasted fame and fortune, not a legend like Vader.

@Sammy The Shark Yeah, but he was talking about his career as a whole. Anyone with a knowledge of his run in Japan and WCW know he isn't underrated by any means, he's revered by most and he was able to reach legendary status all over the world. I just think it's silly to see him as the most underrated heel ever as the OP said, when the guy is a true legend in two countries. Way too many fans use that term out of love for their favorites, I get it, but in this case it's not appropriate and just plain false.

@Sammy The Shark You can't argue with ppl who think they're smarter than everybody else. Don't waste your time

Jonathan Turbide Gary Albright was underrated

Vader was overrated. He hurt people, he sucked on the mic and he worked the same match every time. HBK made Vader cry backstage. What a bitch!

Good story that. Vader was meant to face someone else, Choshu I think, but that didn't happen. Inoki did a quick decision to have him lose to Vader and have his yers long winning streak ended by Vader in his debut. New Japan was banned from the venue for a few years after that because of the riot.

Seems crazy to me. The New Japan crowd usually looks so much more docile than the American wrestling crowds I've seen. But I only saw New Japan from 2018 to 2020 or so.

@Blast Thunder doesn't know how to work lol you're basing his entire career on his time in the WWF when diva Shawn had the stroke n had it out for him , did you see any of Leons work in Japan n WCW !?? He wasn't at his best in the WWF obviously but who are you to say he doesn't know how to work lol how many world titles did you win in your illustrious career 🙄🤔👌

@Sammy The Shark mid carder in WCW !? Lol okaaaaay also there's always RU-vid for his Japan stuff

Blast Thunder That might be true, but, that's not the point I'm making here. The excuse given was Vader wasn't given the title because his body was breaking down, yet Shawn Vacated the world title due to a knee injury and was given it back, had alleged severe back problems and was given it again before he lost to Austin, between the tag titles, intercontinental, European and world title, Shawn had 10 title reigns and 7 were forfeited. He had an attitude problem, drug problem, refused to work with many people, wouldn't drop titles and had injuries but he still became champion again after all this. All I'm saying is it's hypocritical for the WWE to refuse to put the belt on man who's body is breaking down when they've had multiple champions with severe injuries under their belt before. Austin carried the company with a bad neck, bad hip, bad knees and near deaf in one ear. It's a bullshit excuse to give about Vader, say he was too stiff and the top guy didn't want to work with him, just be honest at this point.

@Blast Thunder he defs took liberties no doubt about it then just said "that's my style" he's not the only person in history to Injure someone half the ppl that ever stepped foot in a ring Injured someone some time or another . I thought he was a great monster heel in WCW some ppl just don't fit the WWF like DDP, Goldberg etc he came in a bad time shud of went to ECW instead

@Sammy The Shark I'm aware it wasn't around not everyone is my age ( mid 30s ) there's millions of ppl that could of watched his stuff on RU-vid , RU-vid has probably been about for over 20 years now so ppl during that time can watch his stuff n have an opinion on if he was a good or bad worker ...

He had a face turn in WWF which I thought was awesome until they ruined him.

that sounds delicious

"That'll be 10.50. THANK YOU, FUCK YOU. BYE "

Double cheese, double mayo, double onion

Ohhhhh I love mayo and onions. Oh and extra bacon too. 💯🇺🇸👍🏼😊

I was just thinking the thumbnails for all Cornette videos are amazing.

I loved when he would do that shuffle.

@Mantorras Montquilla prichard

Find the clip of Cornette having Jim Ross on his show, they both talk about it, too.

@@mrpedantic ok

Pretty sure they were more annoyed that he was a 400+ lb. ex-linebacker who didn't know how to work light

Steve Austin and Xpac both said this in a podcast the wrestlers would call anyone’s attire that stank “Vader time” that was the code term for this stuff stinks

Hilarious!🤣

@@michaelpitt57 Facts 💯

Monsoon chopping him was the best LOL

@@DLRX omg that was funny lol

My mate and me cracked up at school at the monsoon chops to vader🤣🤣

Pretty much, Vader got rushed back before he was ready got buried by hbk and got jobbed until he left for all japan and had great matches again

And funniest thing was watered down Vader was still over in the WWF.. Shawn Michaels was just jealous of the man..

@@kenrickeason definitely, Shawn always hated when guys got over strong and would go to Vince and bitch and get them buried it happened to loads of guys if Shawn's back wasn't fucked up he would probably have done it to Austin as well

I'm glad that didn't happen. I liked their Summerslam match.

ghostface216 there it is. He was injured. He can’t do the matches he used to. He got as good of a run as he was going to get

@@kevinedwards1913 That's b.s. because after his wwf run, he went back to Japan and won several championships there..The wwf just booked him poorly.

Waaaaaaaa? Wwf got him to call himself a fat piece of shit on air. How can anyone call that bad booking?

we was well past his sell by date. he was pretty poor in wwf

@@kevinedwards1913 Bullshit, Vader didn't get a push because Michaels was a pussy and that has been well documented. Even injured, he would still have been the draw for the WWF in 1996. I wish him and Foley would have had a program for a stretch to continue from their WCW days. Sid (Or Austin), Vader, Foley, and Undertaker in a Fatal 4-Way No Holds Barred match would have been epic.

And Shawn made hulk hogan look like a fool and embarrassed him that’s why hulk hogan hate him it was that night the world that didn’t already realize Shawn Michaels was by far more talented and the better performer

@Jeremy May Defys physics, RIP Leon

I saw him do it on a live show in Birmingham England against Ray Traylor. Hell of a match from both big men on a non televised show.

Neil Archer - I'm a Brummie & my biggest wrestling regret is not going to a WCW show on those tours. I've now been to 3 Manias but never saw my favourite ever promotion live.

Shelton Hull Royal rumble 97

Me too, but that might be because I tend to be more intrigued by the history of things that I didn't see. I started watching WWF in 97, so everything from 85 to 96 about WWF always intrigued me. Still does. That's about 90% of what I watch on Peacock.

Vader was not good enough by the time arrived in wwf

@@MephProduction wrong.he left wwf,went to japan and won ajpw triple crown in his first match.wwf held him back.

@@BIGM-gg9ln he only won because he was booked to win.. and looked pretty stupid doing so and during because he was clearly well past his best.

@@MephProduction well what about Styles Samoa Joe Bobby Roode and Bryan Danielson all well passed their best but WWE found a role for them they could have done this with Vader if Shawn wasn't such a whinny little bitch who couldn't take any kind of stiff shot and then cried to Vince about it

Real difficult for us fans who don't know the ins and outs of wrestling. I usually can't tell who's stiff and who isn't watching a match. Those JBL clotheslines always looked stiff though.

Seth Freakin Rollins Fanclub They are more then a decade apart from retirement to first appearance. I don't know much about Cena since I stopped watching in 2000. But I doubt his character could best Vader. You must be too young to remember.

@@wesleywarsmith1113 Honestly that didn't deserve a reply, , and as saying he must be too young to remember, I mean jesus, look at his RU-vid handle lol

@@wesleywarsmith1113 Prime adwr would have beat Cena...He was a the true beasts

Wesley Warsmith, WWF 2000 was of their best years

MorganTyler86 Maybe ,but I was mostly a WCW guy so our best years were 95 to 98. And im sure you understand why I couldn't go further. All my faves just got too old

The reason he was "suspended" was apparently because he was taken off tv to lose the extra weight.

@@jonathanturbide2232 Where did you hear about that? (I got my info from a book called Titan Shattered.) It would have made sense to lose some weight as well admittedly.

@@tempestfennac9687 Well I've read that here and there on the internet and newsletters, apparently Vince was pissed at the way Vader let himself go (compared to his WCW run) and took him off tv to get him in better shape. The suspension couldn't have been done for a surgery of any kind because Vader went back to action in time for Wrestlemania 12, 2 months later. He came back with more energy and a slightly better build, if I recall.

@@jonathanturbide2232 That's interesting. Come to think of it, I think I read about the shoulder surgery in an old issue of Power Slam magazine too (I can't remember which issue it was though).