Um, deadly flaw in your argument, and be careful of it; a new fan doesn't entirely encompass the amount of the contingency that is "wrestling fans". Sure, the fan will say The Undertaker, because he has only seen matches of that man's history. There's a common theory of War that the to the victor goes the spoils, and that losers of war tend to have their history erased from society. So happens to be the case of Vader. Most of Vader's prime was spent within the confines of WCW and Japan, where he worked as an absolute beast, and was undoubtedly the best big men on the planet. The man has put on matches the likes of which will probably never be duplicated, and while The Undertaker's matches included a few showings of agility, Vader was far deeper as an actual wrestler, and offered more than the one dimensional attack that plagued The Undertaker of his early career. Unfortunately, that multi-dimensional attack often becomes overlooked by Vince, because of Vince's tendency to overlook vanquished foes, and the overseas promotions.
Question... Have you ever heard the name Big Daddy? In England, this man amounted to same pop of Hulk Hogan in his prime, I kid you not. Look at my post on his archrival, Giant Haystacks, in the JTMFTG, and watch the Daddy/Haystacks match. You'll see it under the category Loch Ness. Anyway, unfortunately, Big Daddy tends to be overlooked by most fans, especially the ones that come down the street. However, to the intelligent fan, who's well read, and knows his stuff on Big Daddy, he'll be able to expound on this man, and exactly what he did for European wrestling. Without him, you wouldn't be hearing about names like Finlay, Regal, Davey Boy, and yes, Dynamite Kid. Yet, because he never worked with Vince, and Vince doesn't have his tapes to go by, most fans know nothing of him.
That same fate has befallen Vader... We may be aware of his stint in WCW and WWE, but the stint in WCW tends to be overlooked, as Vince did not create it. And surely you hear little to nothing regarding Japan, as Vince has no ties to it, nor does he hold any of the footage of Japanese promotions. If Vince did, we'd hear of names such as Big Daddy, and we'd be aware of men like Vader and Bam Bam, and their additions to the wrestling business. It ultimately boils down to the fact that Vince did not create them, and therefore, we have nothing to go by in terms of a new fan's descriptions of the names. We're aware of the name, yet because Vince doesn't hold the entire vault of footage, nor can he claim responsibility for the men, we're left out in the cold.
My advice; Don't buy into everything McMahon puts out. Read a lot, and read outside of the WWE. Watch some of Vader's matches on youtube, especially some of them with names like Chono, Hansen (Here's looking at you, Lariat), Bam Bam, Chono, Kawada, and other such names. Learn from a man like IC, who's extremely well versed in the ways of internationals, and Tastycles, who happens to be a very well versed man himself. I'd recommend spotting out Tasty myself, or IC in this case in particular. Nevertheless, read outside of Vince's creation, and you'll find wrestlers the likes of which you will never know.
PS. My vote's for John Tenta...... Ok, not really...
