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Post by greyfmdan on Sept 22, 2021 22:08:09 GMT -5
Wasn’t that because of WWE were worried about being copyrighted by Lucasfilm, so referred to him as “The Man they call Vader” as a precaution. That sounds vaguely familiar. I think I also read that they initially were going to have "The Mastodon" be his primary name. I’ve long wondered why they didn’t just keep calling him Big Van Vader. Was there an issue with the ownership of that name? I do remember early during his WWF run, Davey Boy calling him Big Van in a promo, but that was the only time I remember hearing him called that in WWF. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2021 8:28:57 GMT -5
That sounds vaguely familiar. I think I also read that they initially were going to have "The Mastodon" be his primary name. I’ve long wondered why they didn’t just keep calling him Big Van Vader. Was there an issue with the ownership of that name? I do remember early during his WWF run, Davey Boy calling him Big Van in a promo, but that was the only time I remember hearing him called that in WWF. I think they'd pretty much stopped calling him Big Van in WCW for his last couple years in the company. |
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Post by fg on Sept 23, 2021 9:17:46 GMT -5
That sounds vaguely familiar. I think I also read that they initially were going to have "The Mastodon" be his primary name. I’ve long wondered why they didn’t just keep calling him Big Van Vader. Was there an issue with the ownership of that name? I do remember early during his WWF run, Davey Boy calling him Big Van in a promo, but that was the only time I remember hearing him called that in WWF. Owen hart during his KOR 96 commentary referred to him as Big Van Vader. |
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Post by Kyle Butler on Sept 23, 2021 16:14:08 GMT -5
I’ve long wondered why they didn’t just keep calling him Big Van Vader. Was there an issue with the ownership of that name? I do remember early during his WWF run, Davey Boy calling him Big Van in a promo, but that was the only time I remember hearing him called that in WWF. Owen hart during his KOR 96 commentary referred to him as Big Van Vader. Side note: LOVE Owen’s commentary on that show |
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Post by johnnyk9 on Sept 26, 2021 16:09:54 GMT -5
Respect
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Post by Rave on Sept 26, 2021 16:48:50 GMT -5
That sounds vaguely familiar. I think I also read that they initially were going to have "The Mastodon" be his primary name. I’ve long wondered why they didn’t just keep calling him Big Van Vader. Was there an issue with the ownership of that name? I remember hearing that New Japan owned that name, which was why WCW backed off using it. |
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Post by Hit Girl on Sept 26, 2021 16:50:59 GMT -5
I thought he was Native Swedish.
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Post by Cvslfc123 on Sept 27, 2021 10:42:45 GMT -5
They probably did it to help Tatanka himself as he always got confused about ethnic groups. Remember in 2006 when he wanted to revenge on the white man then went after Bobby Lashley?
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