Vince Russo reflected on an incident that happened on WWE RAW several years ago involving Vader.

The former WCW World Heavyweight Champion was supposed to kick off the show, but was nowhere to be found backstage when the show aired. He showed up a few minutes later completely dazed and unsteady.

In a recent interview with wrestling buddy, former WWE writer Vince Russo shared that Vader was under the RAW stage as the pyro left to start the show. He suffered no serious injuries and was able to participate in his match.

“I guess the funniest backstage story, bro, who’ll never forget it was so funny, was that we were about to go live with RAW and Vader was in the first one. match. And we’re all at the gorilla position and Vader’s nowhere to be found. And Vince [McMahon] shout out loud and we count down 5-4-3-2… buddy we hit the pyro, we tapped Vader’s music, we have no idea where he is buddy. ” (1:18:15-1:18:50)

Vince Russo continued:

“All of a sudden he’s coming out from under the stage, literally bouncing off the walls not knowing where he is. Bro, he was under the stage when the pyro went off. So if he was getting hot down there , whatever he did , bro the pyro went off right next to him he was practically deafened he was definitely knocked out and then he had to go out and work his match it was a pretty funny story i don’t care will always remember.(1:18:51-1:19:30)

Vader was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in April this year

The Mastodon is considered one of the best big men in wrestling history. He held many top titles during his career, such as the IWGP Heavyweight, IWGP Tag Team, WCW World Heavyweight, and WCW United States Heavyweight Championship.

During his career he has shared the ring with many iconic stars such as The Undertaker, Sting and Hulk Hogan. He was posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame during WrestleMania 38 weekend.

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