For those who think that the likes of Hulk Hogan and John Cena never did the J-O-B, Antonio Inoki was that and so, so much more. Inoki is clearly one of the all-time greats of the business, yet he is ...

The wrestling world lost a legend last week with the untimely passing of Leon 'Big Van Vader' White. This night in 1987 was the one on which his legend was born. Vader terrified audiences in the west ...

Do you know the original vision for the Big Van Vader character? Leon's son Jesse was on hand to lay it all out if not. He described what Japanese wrestling great Antonio Inoki hoped to accomplish by ...

It feels almost sacrilegious to taint the great name of Big Van Vader with one of pro wrestling's most memed words, but there is actual lore connected to the character. The Big Van Vader gimmick was ...

Some people will think that this is way too high of a ranking for Vader, that he deserves to be lower on this list if he deserves to be on it at all. That is fine, I don't think my opinion is ...

One of the key figures in the history of Japanese wrestling, Antonio Inoki is among the most respected men in sports-entertainment and a bona fide living legend in his homeland. Born in Yokohama, ...