Bam Bam Bigelow found dead in his home

yankeeno7

I remember this guy way back in WWF. No cause of death released yet. The guy was pretty agile for a big dude.

ArnyVee

I read about it earlier. Sucks that he's gone at such a young age.

BobaFett72

yeah, he moved very well for a big load. wonder if the 'roids have caught up to him, or if he has spent too much time at the buffet table.

MPeter

read once that he owned a hamburger restaurant that served 2lb burgers.......probably had a heart attack!

ToppsCo1lector

That's horrible, I remember him when I was growing up. I always thought he deserved more than he got, but chit happens. RIP Bam Bam

megatron

<< <i>yeah, he moved very well for a big load. wonder if the 'roids have caught up to him, or if he has spent too much time at the buffet table. >>



Bam Bam was agile, and a great performer. I always stated he carried too much weight for his big frame. Propably a massive heart attack. Wouldn't be surprised if painkillers were involved. They almost always are when a wrestler dies.

My thoughts to the family

jamesgotpoorman

stevek

I think this is the guy with all the tatoos on the top of his head, right? He never appeared to me to look like a steroid user, he looked "naturally" big in my opinion, but I could be wrong about that. Regardless though of steroids or no steroids, the fact is that big men like that normally don't live to a ripe old age. I know the average lifespan of a pro football player is many years, I believe around ten years shorter than the overall life span of an average male.

gregmo32

Sad. It is amazing to see the short life expectancy of a professional wrestler. A very hard hard life. And Bam Bam was a good one in his prime...

euphoria18

Truely another sad day for wrestling fans.



RIP

Bosox1976

He was dominant on my old WWF Nintendo cartridge. His character was one of the few you could beat Hogan with (via a cartwheel as I recall).

ToppsCo1lector

Mike, I still have that game.

stevek

Scott Charles Bigelow (September 1, 1961 – January 19, 2007) was an American professional wrestler, better known as Bam Bam Bigelow. He was most recognizable due to the tattoo which covered his head. His ring name was derived from the name of Bamm-Bamm Rubble, a Flintstones character.

Contents [hide]
1 Career
2 Later life
2.1 Death
3 Wrestling facts
4 Championships and accomplishments
5 Filmography
6 References



[edit] Career
Bigelow was trained as a wrestler at Larry Sharpe's "Monster Factory" in Mount Laurel Township, New Jersey. He debuted in Memphis, Tennessee in 1985, and was named Crusher Yurkov by Fritz Von Erich so he could play the character of a Russian heel. Upon leaving Memphis, Bigelow adopted various ring names before finially settling on Bam Bam Bigelow.

In late 1987 he was hired by the World Wrestling Federation, and wrestled there for a year before leaving to have knee surgery. He then went to Jim Crockett Promotions briefly to challenge Barry Windham for the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship, and then to Japan to work for Antonio Inoki in New Japan Pro Wrestling, where he formed a tag team with Big Van Vader, and won the IWGP World Tag Team Championship. In 1992 he left NJPW and wrestled for several other Japanese promotions, such as WAR.

In late 1992 Bigelow returned to the WWF and took on Luna Vachon as his manager a few months later. He feuded with Tatanka and Doink the Clown. In mid-1994, he joined Ted DiBiase's Million Dollar Corporation and engaged in a highly-publicised feud with American football player Lawrence Taylor. Bigelow was defeated by Taylor at WrestleMania XI in a match for which Bigelow was paid $250,000 and Taylor $1,000,000. Shortly thereafter, Bigelow quit Ted DiBiase's Million Dollar Corporation, turned babyface, and teamed with Diesel.

Bigelow left the WWF in 1995 and made a few appearances in Extreme Championship Wrestling in early 1996, feuding with Taz. On November 17, 1996 Bigelow competed in a "U-Japan" mixed martial arts event against Kimo Leopoldo. Bigelow was dominated throughout the match, being mounted within the first 10 seconds. He lost to a rear naked choke in the first round. [2]

He returned to ECW in 1997, where he eventually joined the reformed Triple Threat with Chris Candido and leader, Shane Douglas. He was a dominant force in ECW, carrying out feats of strength such as hurling Spike Dudley out of the ring and into the audience and slamming Taz through the ring. He held the ECW World Television Championship and the ECW World Heavyweight Championship during his stay there.

On November 16, 1998 Bigelow debuted in World Championship Wrestling. He initially feuded with WCW World Heavyweight Champion Goldberg before competing in the WCW Hardcore division along with fellow ECW alumni Raven and Hardcore Hak. He formed a stable with Diamond Dallas Page and Chris Kanyon known as the Jersey Triad in May 1999. After the Triad disbanded, Bigelow began feuding with Mike Awesome, who defeated him in an ambulance match at StarrCade 2000.

Bigelow remained with WCW until the company was purchased by the WWF in March 2001, then waited until his Time Warner contract expired in June 2002. Bigelow announced his retirement in November 2002 but returned to the ring, making several appearances for USA Pro Wrestling, before retiring on November 19, 2004.

Bigelow came out of retirment in 2006 to work for ACW wrestling in Florida. In his final wrestling match he won the ACW Tag Team title with partner Ralph Mosca. After his passing the match was made available free online. [3]

For much of his career, Bigelow was addicted to the drug OxyContin. In his most profitable years, he earned between $750,000 and $1.2 million USD. [4]


[edit] Later life
In 2000, Bigelow and his wife, Dana Fisher, with whom he had several children, divorced. In 2005, Fisher sued Bigelow for non-payment of child support. [5]

Also in 2000, Bigelow heroically saved children from a burning home. (other accounts of this story say it was a forest fire or brush fire, but Bigelow himself described it as a burning house) Bigelow had been returning home from an ECW show in Japan and discovered a house on fire near his home. Hearing children screaming inside, he burst into the house and rescued three kids, burning 40% of his body with second degree burns in the process. He spent two months recovering in a hospital. [6]

Upon his retirement, Bigelow moved to Allenhurst, Pennsylvania and opened the eponymous Bam Bam Bigelow restaurant, located in nearby Hamlin Township along State Route 590, which later closed down. He then relocated to Florida, with even his close friend Shane Douglas unaware of his whereabouts. [7]

In May 2004, Bigelow was charged with endangering the welfare of a child through reckless driving. He attributed the incident to a seizure he had suffered and the charges were dropped two months later. In August 2004, he was convicted of possession of cannabis. [8]

On October 2, 2005, Bigelow was hospitalised with a broken nose and several lacerations after crashing his Harley-Davidson motorcycle in Spring Hill, Florida. His passenger at the time, Janis Remiesiewicz (Bigelow's girlfriend), suffered severe injuries and was declared to be in "critical" condition. Larry Coggins, a spokesman for the Florida Highway Patrol, stated that Bigelow would be the focus of a homicide investigation should Remiesiewicz expire, and intimated that Bigelow would likely face charges based on "the factors...that led to this crash". Remiesiewicz eventually made a complete recovery, and was still in a relationship with Bigelow up until his death. [9]


[edit] Death
On the morning of January 19, 2007, Bigelow was found dead in his home by Remiesiewicz at around 10 A.M. in Hudson, Florida. An autopsy is scheduled to be performed.[10]


[edit] Wrestling facts
Finishing and signature moves
Greetings from Asbury Park (Over the shoulder reverse piledriver)
Wham-Bam-Thank You Ma'am (Diving headbutt)
Bigelowsault (Moonsault)
Cobra clutch bulldog
Double underhook backbreaker
Enzuigiri
Gorilla press slam
Headbutt drop
Running somersault senton splash
Running splash
Slingshot splash
Managers
Paul E. Dangerously
Ted DiBiase
Bobby Heenan
Sir Oliver Humperdink
Rick Rude
Larry Sharpe
Luna Vachon
Nicknames[11]
The Beast from The East
The Self-Proclaimed Taz Killer

[edit] Championships and accomplishments
Extreme Championship Wrestling
ECW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
ECW World Television Championship (1 time)
Mid-Southern Wrestling
Mid-Southern Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
National Wrestling Alliance
NWA Northeast Championship (1 time)
New Japan Pro Wrestling
IWGP World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Big Van Vader
Universal Superstars of America
USA Championship (1 time)
USA Xtreme Wrestling / USA Pro Wrestling
UXW/USA Pro Heavyweight Championship (2 time)
World Championship Wrestling
WCW Hardcore Championship (1 time)
WCW World Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Diamond Dallas Page (1), as a member of the Jersey Triad (1)
World Class Championship Wrestling
WCCW Television Championship (1 time)
Wrestle Association R
WAR World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Hiromichi Fuyuki and Youji Anjoh
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
Ranked #68 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI Years in 2003
Ranked #36 of the 100 best tag teams of the PWI Years in 2003 - with Big Van Vader
Wrestling Observer Newsletter
Rookie of the Year (1986)

[edit] Filmography
Ready to Rumble (2000)
Joe's Apartment (1996)
Major Payne (1996)
Snake Eater III: His Law (1992)

[edit] References
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^ Scott "Bam Bam" Bigelow passes away
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