It's time It's time Its' Vader time

[Vice honcho room temperature]

Best part of the night for me.

[lewis1711]

Dude has gotten really fat but he can still go. Total nostalgia markout for me as well - vader was a staple on raw when I first started watching pro-wrestling.

If they bring back sid I WILL cream myself.

[mystikz]

he didn't really look bigger than before.

great moment, so glad to see him get a reaction like that.

I instantly thought of when he was on Boy Meets World.

really though who would have thought Vader would have the best part of a raw in 2012?

[Vice honcho room temperature]

I would have loved a power bomb

[Jimichiro Likes Erick Rowan]

Maybe his outfit was doing him some favors, but I thought he looked better than he did in 1998. He looked smaller than I remember... He looked like he was about the same height as Heath Slater as well.

[Orange]

Incredible mark out moment, and he still looked great.

[Krimzon]

Jun 12, 2012 0:46:32 GMT -5 lewis1711 said:

Dude has gotten really fat but he can still go. Total nostalgia markout for me as well - vader was a staple on raw when I first started watching pro-wrestling.

If they bring back sid I WILL cream myself.

He didn't get fat. He just got back up to his wrestling weight after losing 112 pounds in a 33-day coma.

[Orange]

Yikes, that sounds awful. A coma from what?

[GuyOfOwnage]

I'd read the rumors, and Slater's pre-match promo cemented them, so I saw it coming. But still, it didn't stop me from marking like hell when his music hit.

[Krimzon]

Jun 12, 2012 0:53:30 GMT -5 Orange said:

Yikes, that sounds awful. A coma from what?

After effect of infected double knee replacement surgery scars. After being bed-ridden for half a year, he passed out on a plane to Japan.

[Vice honcho room temperature]

I'd buy a Vader DVD

[Ecks Ecks Ringout Ecks Ecks]

Thinking on it, they should bring in a different legend every week just to beat the crap out of Heath Slater.

[Essential1]

It was a fun match and I always like seeing a blast from the past. I would say though he didn't look very tall next to Heath Slater who is only about 6 foot 1 max.

[Non Banjoble Tokens]

Jun 12, 2012 0:59:44 GMT -5 Ecks Ecks Ringout Ecks Ecks said:

Thinking on it, they should bring in a different legend every week just to beat the crap out of Heath Slater.

And with all of them, Heath should make a remark involving his name that reveals who that legend is going to be. One week he can come out and say something about he would last forever in the military or something and call himself Sgt. Slater and then BAM!! Slaughter comes out.

[Vice honcho room temperature]

The fact the crowd was chanting for him made me so happy

[hargh]

"Let's go Vader!"
"You've still got it!"
"Vader bomb!"

[BoilerRoomBrawler]

So Heath Slater becomes an inverted Legend Killer? I think I can dig that.

[MichaelMartini]

Jun 12, 2012 0:59:04 GMT -5 Vice honcho room temperature said:

I'd buy a Vader DVD

If it's mainly WCW and Japan then so would I.

[sdoyle7798]

Jun 12, 2012 0:57:11 GMT -5 Krimzon said:

Jun 12, 2012 0:53:30 GMT -5 Orange said:

Yikes, that sounds awful. A coma from what?

After effect of infected double knee replacement surgery scars. After being bed-ridden for half a year, he passed out on a plane to Japan.

That explains why it looked like he had a little trouble getting up to his feet when he was going from laying/kneeling on the mat.

He looked a little "jiggly" when he bent over the rail to talk to the fans on the way to the ring, but the man is almost 60, so that can be overlooked. And was by this guy.

Loved the return.

[misconduct was wrong]

I enjoyed it. But it does say something when a retired guy that hasn't been heard from in years gets the biggest pop of the night.

On a side note, I wonder if an old guy making one last run against the younger generation would work. Kinda like Dark Knight Returns. I'd like to see that tried with Stone Cold.