Ranking Every Major Monday Night Wars Jump From WORST To BEST
8. Vader
Vader looked like a monster precisely three times in his hugely disappointing two year WWF run. His killer first two nights in marked the arrival of a deadly new force—before he succumbed to injury and politics.
He stiffed Savio Vega in the face with clubbing blows before, in an awesome spot, staring a hole through the 1-2-3 Kid while in the process of casually wiping the sh*t that was Doug Gilbert from his shoe. He eliminated a ‘Squat Teamer’ but not before d*mn near lifting his head off by way of his trademark gruesome upward strike to the ear. Eliminated by Shawn Michaels before returning to the ring in a rage, the following scene resembled a dangerous shift for the Animal Control Service.
The next night on RAW, in an angle of seminal, transgressive violence, Vader brutalised the beloved Gorilla Monsoon from behind. The Mastodon looked dangerous and ugly enough putting his claws on his fellow competitors: this was so disturbing as to be harrowing, called perfectly by Vince McMahon and his histrionic, repeated pleas of “That’s Gorilla Monsoon!”
The WWF tranquillised the animal upon his return from suspension (surgery), but what a tremendous debut this was.
Inimitable, sadly.