In the days before home internet, WCW did promos of Vader from Japan, showing him coming to the ring in that huge helmet, but oddly never showing his face and never showing him in the ring. It worked...very intriguing, and definitely left the audience wanting more and wondering, Who is this guy?
They showed highlights of the legendary Stan Hansen eyeball match hyping up their Superbrawl match, and Stan had been doing nothing but stomping jobbers. So that was also cool seeing Stan get stomped by an unknown.
Interestingly enough, i read about Vader on an internet message board in 1990 and ordered a New Japan tape with him and got to see him wrestle before he debuted in WCW.
@@60BloodyChamp60Lol around that time Vader wasn't a nobody, He had already been a star in Japan, He had already destroyed Inoki in 1987 and his match vs Hansen when his eye came out was 1990.
@@jesusshuttlesworth8972 lol I don’t believe I said he was a nobody. I said he was an unknown…to the average fan who only watched WCW jobber TV on broadcast stations. Lol. For dramatic effect. Lol.
one of the best themes ever, perfect for Big Van Vader, dude had the most intimidating entrances. up there with Taker, Kane, etc. sad wwe ruined his career, well wwe is pathetic and ruins pretty much everyones career except for very few. I miss the old WCW, ECW! Thank God for AEW, NJPW, IMPACT
just when you hear the start you just know somebody who mean business is gonna come out, the first WCW match i seen as a kid was with Vader i couldn't remember who he was fighting but remember Vader just destroyed him, Big Van Vader was the Man R.I.P
Right this Song and the second he had in WCW was a badass, you just know when he comes out somebody was getting they ass whip? But out of all his songs, I love the two he had in WCW. They was fire, I love the beat to them, I got both of them now on my playlist
Holy crap...does anyone here remember back in the early-mid 90s when the Sci-Fi channel had their little two hour block of Saturday Anime? They'd show edited movies like Patlabor or Crying Freeman. The bumpers during commercial breaks used the fast part of this song!
The second one he made in wcw was fire, but this one is the best of all his songs? This one a ass kicc song? I Agree he should have kept this one? It fit him
This song and his second one he made in WCW was a badass, but this one is the best of all his songs? He should have kept this one, it was fire. And it fit him perfect, and i like how it comes bacc to how is starting off around the 2:13 Mark, that was fire
This song gets the adrenaline flowing.Between this song and the Road Warriors theme,I can’t seem to find them anywhere but on RUclips.I even researched the person(s) who wrote the lyrics.Please let me know where I can find them both.I use them in my workouts.
I remember Mean Mark Callous, good wrestler with a lot of potential. Then around September 1990 he suddenly quit WCW. Wonder what ever became of him :-)
My wedding night music! 0:00-0:16 New wife lying on the bed, wearing a new nightie. 0:17-1:16 That's when I come out of the bathroom, in my white tee with black boxers and socks, and slowly strut to bed. 1:17-2:11 Making a woman out of her! 2:12-3:17 The climax, then going to sleep.
NJPW / WCW (NWA) : Black Elephant Gear with Steam coming out of it. With the legendary Harley Race... This man was Stiff as F@#$ ! In the WWF, the entrance was terrible; he had different music and a "WWF created" version of Vader was presented. It's Time, It's Time... Vader Time !!!!!
Wrestling need another big van Vader hardcore take out wwe non stop R.I.P Vader WCW ruled and this is the best them ever I feel so evil non stop with this them
This was the best wrestler then song in wcw too bad Vince McMahon fucked everything up wish wcw and ecw was back and if you look at wwe all the greats are retiring and just no as electric especially from wwf to wwe
+Smolls Possessor I believe the producer Chris Tsangarides wrote the song himself, he produced the albums of many Rock and Metal bands in the 70's and 80's.
One of the best wrestling themes ever. It really made you feel like a monster was coming!
It's even scarier when you're the opponent because that means the monster is coming for you.
In the days before home internet, WCW did promos of Vader from Japan, showing him coming to the ring in that huge helmet, but oddly never showing his face and never showing him in the ring. It worked...very intriguing, and definitely left the audience wanting more and wondering, Who is this guy?
They showed highlights of the legendary Stan Hansen eyeball match hyping up their Superbrawl match, and Stan had been doing nothing but stomping jobbers. So that was also cool seeing Stan get stomped by an unknown.
Interestingly enough, i read about Vader on an internet message board in 1990 and ordered a New Japan tape with him and got to see him wrestle before he debuted in WCW.
@@60BloodyChamp60Lol around that time Vader wasn't a nobody, He had already been a star in Japan, He had already destroyed Inoki in 1987 and his match vs Hansen when his eye came out was 1990.
@@jesusshuttlesworth8972 lol I don’t believe I said he was a nobody. I said he was an unknown…to the average fan who only watched WCW jobber TV on broadcast stations. Lol. For dramatic effect. Lol.
Damn how long ago was that? I’m in joy old enough to remember him in WCW from bout 94-96. Seemed like he always fought sting and hogan
That smoking mask was the most badass shit ever
One of the greatest themes of all time
Probably the best of the early 1990s in wcw. The holly blondes theme is closw
Judas Priest Nightcrawler opening! 🔥
Stunning steve/Hollywood blondes is best theme ever
Theme represented pure power and destruction. ... just like Big Van Vader
Vader has all the best themes no matter what organization he's in.
@@ajdynamo7166 NOT IN WWE HE WAS BURIED BY KANE HBK
Rest in Peace Leon White...
You touched my heart always...
Im sure thats not all he touched of yours
Beavis & Butthead episode Lawn & Garden as they cut down the tree on Mr. Anderson's house along with several power lines. 😄
Tuesday marks exactly 30 years since Big Van Vader made his mark in the crowd in Baltimore, by squashing Tom Zenk. "Vader!! VADER!!! Feel the power!!"
Beavis & butt-head tree pruning. Mr andersons house.
We're gonna have to charge you extra, sir.
haha yes loved that back in the day
It was also used on the Simpsons, in a scene where Otto caused some disaster with an amusement park ride.
Buzzsaw the Outsider - Bleeding Blue for SDLive we pruned the house too (huh) (huh) (huh)
R.I.P. Leon White aka Vader 1955-2018
R.I.P. Vader and R.I.P. Harley gone but never forgotten
the beginning is from a Judas Priest song, Nightcrawler
Yes, Chris Tsangarides came up with that intro. He reused it for this theme.
@@GorditoCrunch343 who?
Matt The producer for the Painkiller album.
@@GorditoCrunch343 he did WCW themes too?
Matt Just this one. It’s called “Heavenly Thunder” in the production list.
one of the best themes ever, perfect for Big Van Vader, dude had the most intimidating entrances. up there with Taker, Kane, etc. sad wwe ruined his career, well wwe is pathetic and ruins pretty much everyones career except for very few. I miss the old WCW, ECW! Thank God for AEW, NJPW, IMPACT
Best theme he ever had! Why didn't they keep this? It is BADASS!
I like how the beginning part with the thunder and choir is also in the intro for the Judas Priest song, Nightcrawler
Best theme song for the best big man in pro wrestling.
This is how I choose to remember Vader
Not gonna lie, when Vader debuted in WCW, he scared the 💩 out me with that mastodon headdress.
just when you hear the start you just know somebody who mean business is gonna come out, the first WCW match i seen as a kid was with Vader i couldn't remember who he was fighting but remember Vader just destroyed him, Big Van Vader was the Man R.I.P
Right this Song and the second he had in WCW was a badass, you just know when he comes out somebody was getting they ass whip? But out of all his songs, I love the two he had in WCW. They was fire, I love the beat to them, I got both of them now on my playlist
Holy crap...does anyone here remember back in the early-mid 90s when the Sci-Fi channel had their little two hour block of Saturday Anime? They'd show edited movies like Patlabor or Crying Freeman. The bumpers during commercial breaks used the fast part of this song!
Big Van Vader at this time was almost unstoppable. RIP The man they call Vader .
Vader legitimately scared me as a kid and his music did, too.
Lol😂😂😂😂😂
R.I.P The greatest super heavyweight of all time, Vader. :''''(
R.I.P., Vader. You were one of the most iconic wrestlers of all time.
One of my fav riffs to play on the guitar when just warming up a lil , such a bad ass theme
Vader should have never gone to WWF. Shawn Michaels literally derailed his entire career.
This chainsaw kicks ass! Pruning is cool!
Only legends get it
@@Frosty2211 Beavis and Butt-Head lol
Before brock lesnar there was Big van Vader
No Sid Vicoius was more like the Brock Lesnar if the early 1990s
This is better than his other theme song by far. I like his other theme but it’s very redundant. This sounds much better and kick ass.
This one and his second one he made in wcw was fire, just know somebody was about to get there ass whip
This theme was also used at one of the event promos for Halloween Havoc '90 if i'm not mistaking.
Yup! I remember the commercials. Great stuff.
I believe they were doing cross- promoting at the time with Viacom for some MTV stuff so they licensed this out to WCW
“ It’s Coming!!!“
This was also used in a Kids in the Hall promo.
I use this song when i workout sometimes, its a badass song, i love it
He was one of my great-uncle's favorite wrestlers. RIP Uncle Burnis and Leon White.
From 1:18 to 2:10 is the theme mean Mark callous used just before leaving wcw for new York to become the undertaker
Great bad ass theme.
Vader should have kept this theme in wcw.
The second one he made in wcw was fire, but this one is the best of all his songs? This one a ass kicc song? I Agree he should have kept this one? It fit him
This song and his second one he made in WCW was a badass, but this one is the best of all his songs? He should have kept this one, it was fire. And it fit him perfect, and i like how it comes bacc to how is starting off around the 2:13 Mark, that was fire
That mask/melmet prop he wore to the ring reminds me of some of those Transformers Pretenders figures I got as a kid.
This theme is pure Armageddon!
This song gets the adrenaline flowing.Between this song and the Road Warriors theme,I can’t seem to find them anywhere but on RUclips.I even researched the person(s) who wrote the lyrics.Please let me know where I can find them both.I use them in my workouts.
Yeah!!! I remember this one. This fits him well with the mask!!! JAPAN!!!!
This theme was also used for Halloween Havoc 90
whiplash79+ I remember that too that when sid came out like Frankenstein when he was created imagine if Brock would came out to this
Halloween Havoc 90: Terror Rules The Ring
OH MR PICKLES!!
RIP Big Man!
Vader will always be one best and powerbomb that wrestling will ever see WCW WAS HIS BEST T
R I. P. VADER
Much better than his generic second theme. This is how we all remember him.
His second one fire also, but this one was the shit. You just know someone was in trouble
RIP to the The Man they Call Vader 🖖
Best theme of all time
His 2nd theme was best of all time
Lol no
Lol yes
Mark Allcoat this theme is just way better.
Pruning is cool
I wonder if they stopped using this theme because the middle of it was used as Mean Mark's theme at the same time.
I remember Mean Mark Callous, good wrestler with a lot of potential. Then around September 1990 he suddenly quit WCW. Wonder what ever became of him :-)
DIMP11 here became something like “Kane the Undertaker” in WWF but it was just one time before never being seen again.
It was licensed from the writer but stopped being used after they wrote their own theme.
So good. Is that intro the same used in judas priests 'nightcrawler'?
Yes, it is.
Same writer.
I remember his battles with sting
That was classic
What a menacing heel theme
I’m here after watching Vader kick Z Man’s ass at The Great American Bash 1990
Now this is a theme for a monster heel.
R.I.P Vader
My prayers are with Vader because Vader just had heart surgery
He didn't make it😔
I remember this one. The first and only time I heard it was when they did his very first promo.
R.I.P.
My wedding night music!
0:00-0:16 New wife lying on the bed, wearing a new nightie.
0:17-1:16 That's when I come out of the bathroom, in my white tee with black boxers and socks, and slowly strut to bed.
1:17-2:11 Making a woman out of her!
2:12-3:17 The climax, then going to sleep.
HAHAHAHAHAHA!
So, you're admitting that you only lasted three minutes from entrance to exit?
It's a shame you didn't strut out wearing a mastodon vader mask!!
Out f****** standing!
@@YokozunaNumber1 I was probably drunk or something.
NJPW / WCW (NWA) : Black Elephant Gear with Steam coming out of it. With the legendary Harley Race... This man was Stiff as F@#$ ! In the WWF, the entrance was terrible; he had different music and a "WWF created" version of Vader was presented. It's Time, It's Time... Vader Time !!!!!
This is the best them song in wrestling
I wish we could find that one Vader theme that lad lyrics to it. He only used it once or twice in WCW.
R.I.P
Wrestling need another big van Vader hardcore take out wwe non stop R.I.P Vader WCW ruled and this is the best them ever I feel so evil non stop with this them
What's the name of this song I got to find it on Spotify to workout to. Loved Vader
I will get it for you fam
FUCK YEAH
At 1:18 I swear I heard this on Sci-fi in the 90s when they played anime
Sheeeeeet my nigga str8 Metal
Also the undertakers WCW theme when he was mean mark callous
I had a nightmare about this guy as a kid. Got chase through a Mad Butcher grocery store and somehow end up in the ring no escape...
The beginning was sampled for night crawler by Judas Priest.
Definitely needed to cut that faster middle part out.
2nd theme gets a slight edge due to consistency of dread throughout.
I agree that kinda Fucc the song up, but it got Bacc on track at the 2:14 Mark? That was fire. Talking about the first Song
@@jermainecarpenter3189
Fun fact: This song's intro is from a Judas Priest song called Nightcrawler
This man was the equivalent of JAWS!
this sounds almost like nightcrawler (cause it is) but then mixed in with for the love of god
Judas Priest mixed with Ste Vai? 🤔 I think...yup, I like it
1:20. Shit gets f’n real
Mr. Pickles led me here.
RIP Vader!
Same sample was used in the the beginning of night prowler by Judas priest
That mf 🥶 as ice
Almost like a Kane Prequel
This was the best wrestler then song in wcw too bad Vince McMahon fucked everything up wish wcw and ecw was back and if you look at wwe all the greats are retiring and just no as electric especially from wwf to wwe
agreed, RIP Big Van Vader
Vader/Mean Mark theme 1990 RIP Vader 1955-2018
Heyman used this theme for an ECW show
Cause it's a badass song I like it and I don't listen too hard Rocc music
Hot take: this is just the four horsemen theme slowed down.
dear god give us back vader and will give u kevin matthews for impact wrestling !!!
Vader time
Sound like Kanes and ministry takers theme
Rip vader
I need the guitar tabs to this song rn
Ive searched everywhere and it's killing me
It's actually very easy!!
His second theme was BY FAR better and more suited too his character. You knew when you heard it that someone was going too be absolutely annihilated.
Didn't he used this in Japan? And this part was Mean Mark( the undertaker) intro
If WWE owns the rights to this music, why did they change it for the Network?
Because the beginning was reused by Judas Priest for their song Nightcrawler.
Dis the skyscrapers ever use the 2nd part of this theme?
It was used for Mean Mark Callous, the future Undertaker
Try having a dad that was the same size and as massive as Big Van Vader
He does have a son. He runs his Instagram page
Does anyone know what years this one was used? I grew up watching WCW and I only remember the other theme song.
Tim Crawford Great American Bash 91
90
Who composed this song?
Chris tsangrides
This sounds like Megadeth
0:18
Who plays this song?
Almost sounds like a rip off of Spinal Tap's Rock and Roll Creation
What is the name of the band?
+Smolls Possessor The intro appears to be from Judas Priest's Painkiller album "Night Crawler", as for the actual song, I am not sure.
+Smolls Possessor I believe the producer Chris Tsangarides wrote the song himself, he produced the albums of many Rock and Metal bands in the 70's and 80's.
chris tsangarides - heavenly thunder
one of the Undertaker's recycled themes. the Phenom used part of this song for his theme song back when he was Mean Mark Callous
That man in the back of vader looks like donald trump
Don't you disrespect Harley Race like that
James007HungerZone He looks like Thurman Merman with blonde hair.
Trump wishes he was as badass as Harley.