Vader Regrets His Cryptic Tweets, But Would Rather Die In the Ring

Former WWE and WCW superstar Vader recently appeared on the Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling podcast and addressed a number of issues concerning his health, as well as other aspects of his life.

In recent weeks, Vader sent out some cryptic messages saying that he only had a few days to live. He said that he regrets sending out the tweets, and did so because he had a lot of anger regarding the situation.

“I really kind of regret tweeting it out. In other words when I got diagnosed and was told, “Leon, you have a bad heart and you have congestive heart failure and we feel your time is limited and you have maybe a couple of years left…two years or less to live”. I remember getting very angry and said this has got to be bulls–t because I don’t feel bad and I remember getting extremely angry.”

Despite all of these complications, Vader continues to take bookings and to wrestle. But why does he do it?

“I kind of wish I hadn’t brought it up, and I am continuing to wrestle. Someone said, ‘Aren’t you afraid? Why would you get a booking (to wrestle) at this point when you’ve had this type of diagnosis?’ I said, ‘Brother, where would you rather die in a bed at home, or in the hospital, or would you rather die in front of 10,000 people having fun in the ring?”

One of the major things that Vader says got his life back on track was DDP Yoga.

“He reached out to me and made his home and his knowledge of diet and his knowledge of this DDP Yoga available to me as a format to lose weight. It has become very important to me. I was about 400 pounds when I got the diagnosis of the congestive heart failure and since that time with DDP’s help with not just how much you heat but the quality of food and there is just some real simplistic lessons to learn and I would really advise everyone to figure out exactly what you are buying at the store because it is not really quality food.”