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Move to Vader (wrestler)?
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Yeah. Japanese doesn't even have a v sound, nor does it have words ending in r. LordApofisu (talk) 16:06, 22 October 2022 (UTC)
An entire chart for one random match? Who even put that there in the first place? 173.2.64.195 (talk) 00:46, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
Either the number mentioned is the opening should be higher than 8 since that figure doesn't include the CWA title, or the article needs to be rewritten to cease referring to it as the CWA WORLD Heavyweight Championship. I have no idea if CWA's title is considered a world title by most reputable sources, but either it is and should be reflected in the world title count, or it's not and should not be called such in the article.76.226.114.226 (talk) 21:02, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
I left "Allen" in there but have requested a citation supporting it. Someone had put a link to cagematch next to it, but that only lists "Leon White" as an alter ego.
I added a cite for his being drafted in 78 but that only says "Leon White" so we still need to locate a reliable source affirming his middle name to be Allen. Ranze (talk) 16:20, 12 September 2016 (UTC)
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Per Twitter and other Pro Wrestling news sources, he passed away on Monday of pneumonia. 50.234.51.222 (talk)
And WWE hardly mentioned his death on TV. The only time it was mentioned by WWE on TV was the opening of tonight’s Raw. Cowboysfan3214 (talk) 00:12, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
We've been at the unambiguous "Big Van Vader" for ten years since deciding to go with the name that he worked under longest and won the most gold with, and now one guy decides to go with the WWF version on today of all days. I tried to undo it, but the computer claimed this was already undone (which doesn't seem true, at least on this browser). So let's discuss this nonsense and see if newer editors like it or not. InedibleHulk (talk) 18:28, 20 June 2018 (UTC)
While many supposedly reliable sources repeated this at the time of his death (three guesses where they got that information from) this is simply not true. SBNation say he played just one season (although admitting Bleacher Report (who are listed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Sources#Unreliable sources) say he did play in the Super Bowl). Leon White appears nowhere on the NFL's Super Bowl XIV page which included all substitutes and people who did not play. Similarly he doesn't appear on the complete list of NFL players, the Leon White that does appear is Leon White (linebacker). If Vader did play in the Super Bowl it would be recorded by the NFL, and sources written at the time should be able to confirm it. That they do not demonstrates the reality of the situation, no matter what sources written almost 30 years later say. 2A02:C7D:3C72:D200:511B:E498:B73D:6D09 (talk) 20:54, 15 December 2018 (UTC)
"Widely regarded as one of the greatest" is what our source says.[1] @TheManTheyCallAdam:, please either bring a WP:RS source for "Widely regarded as the greatest" or stop trying to force that into the article. NebY (talk) 13:02, 4 September 2022 (UTC)
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