Big Van Vader denies retirement rumors

CAIRO - 7 June 2017: Wrestler Big Van Vader announced on Twitter Monday that he is not retiring and will continue his career in wrestling.

Van Vader, 63, announced in November he had congestive heart failure and had only two years to live. On Sunday, June 4 he announced he would be leaving behind his greatest love for a chance to see his future grandchildren.

The comment led media outlets to speculate that Van Vader had announced his retirement.

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With Great Sorrow I leave my first born my greatest love of All for a chance to exist inthe same plain of existance of my Gr Ch yet to exist

— Big Van Vader (@itsvadertime) June 4, 2017

The next day he again took to Twitter, saying he had not wrestled his last match and would not do so for years to come.

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As usual some one got it wrong I have not wrestled my last match Lord wilinng not for yrs yet Love it when u got them guessing https://t.co/0s5ozMmDK5

— Big Van Vader (@itsvadertime) June 5, 2017

“Rumors are false, still working, still wrestling,“ Van Vader said in another tweet

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Rumors r false still working still wrestling https://t.co/kjm2VdrR57

— Big Van Vader (@itsvadertime) June 5, 2017

Van Vader collapsed in April in a match in Japan. He said he had been dropped on his head and suffered a concussion.

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The main event match@ Koreguen Hall Tokyo in a spot with Fujinamii Iwas dropped on my head which knocked me out giving me a concussion

— Big Van Vader (@itsvadertime) April 21, 2017

Van Vader started Wrestling in 1985 after a short career in American football ended by a Patella rupture.