Impact Wrestling star Heath has said that Big Van Vader wanted to hit him with the moonsault on RAW 1000 in 2012.
In the run-up to the momentous episode, Heath (then Heath Slater) had been facing wrestling legends each week.
Speaking to Stories with Brisco and Bradshaw, Heath discussed the Vader match which happened on the June 11, 2012 Raw:
“I remember being there with Vader, he was so kind, very nice gentleman, very nice to me. I don’t know about ‘91 Vader, but I know that he was more of a gentle soul when I got to face him. He was very nice,” Heath added. “But what really blew my mind, was we were talking about the match, and I’m like, ‘bro, whatever you want to do, I don’t care. Let’s just have fun.’
“But then at the end, Rotunda was like, ‘so the finish, do you just want to do your Vader Bomb or do you want to do your powerbomb?’ Vader literally looked at Rotunda and was like, ‘I think I can do the moonsault.’ Brother, I did one of these shaking of the heads, like, no. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I know he nails it and he can do it, but this is 2012.”
Slater would lose the match to Vader who will be posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame this Friday.
