Gameplay of the hidden character/wrestler Bam Bam Bigelow in Yuke’s/THQ’s WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2007.
Bam Bam is another one of those journeyman guys who frequently worked between different promotions, particularly WWF and ECW. He was yet another one of those core guys who was introduced to the promotion during 1987, alongside the likes of Ted Dibiase, Rick Rude, the Ultimate Warrior and a bunch of other guys who soon helped to usher in a new era which came to define what we typically think of being the classic heyday of the WWF, between around 1988 to 1991 or so (in terms of the quality anyway, if not necessarily always the popularity). His initial stint in the WWF was bizarrely short, from mid-1987 to mid-1988, namely due to injuries piling up and apparent resentment from the rest of the roster due to the push he was getting. He then went to WCW, where he got a decent push also, challenging for the World Heavyweight Championship against Flair as well as the US title against Barry Windham in a short space of time. However, as he was also working in New Japan around the same time, he didn’t want to sign an exclusivity deal and so left WCW in early 89. He then had a brief second stint there in 1990 also, teaming up with Kevin Sullivan and our good friend Cactus Jack before leaving back by the middle of that year.
In ’91 he went to Herb Abrams’ infamous UWF, lasting a grand total of four months before moving to Mexico to wrestle in the UWA. Wrestling in Japan, the US and Mexico led to Bigelow becoming probably one of the strangest wrestlers of all time, for the simple fact that he was a big guy who did not wrestle like a big guy and had a surprising amount of athleticism as a result, joining the likes of guys like Rob van Dam and Paul Roma where you’ll find yourself saying “how the hell are they capable of that?” when watching them. He returned to the Dubya Dubya Eff in ‘92, where he got a pretty big push, mainly wrestling against Bret for the WWF title but usually coming up short. He was also given Luna Vachon as his valet for whatever reason. This push didn’t last too long however, as by ’94 he ended up in a feud with Bastion fucking Booger of all people, before breaking off ties with Luna Vachon later that year and becoming a part of Ted DiBiase’s Million Dollar Corporation faction, which included the likes of King Kong Bundy and Tatanka, amongst others.
Bigelow’s most notable storyline during his second stint in the WWF however was the infamous main event he had with former NFL player Lawrence Taylor at Wrestlemania XI in 1995, generally considered to be one of the worst PPVs ever in one of the worst years ever in Pro Wrestling. According to Dante Richardson’s Titan Trilogy, Bigelow agreed to do a match with Taylor (and even let him go over) on the promise that he would receive a huge push as a result. Needless to say, this push never materialised because Vince often got bored with his talent and would change his feelings on a whim, meaning that even though Bigelow did a great job at working a competent match with Taylor, it was essentially all for naught. So yes, by being a professional, Bigelow essentially just got himself screwed over by losing to an effective guest star. Well done, Vince. Part of the reason for doing this in the first place, unsurprisingly, was the decreasing popularity of the WWF, and as we all know when Vince gets desperate, out comes the celebrities again, something which hasn’t really changed to this day. Indeed, despite the promise of a push, Bigelow was already gone before the year was even out, losing after a lose to Goldust of all people at Survivor Series that year.
In ’96, Bam Bam went to ECW, but didn’t start making regular appearances until 1997, where he teamed up with The Franchise Shane Douglas and Chris Candido. He was made to job to Spike Dudley of all people at Hardcore Heaven, but at least went on to have more matches with the guy where he repeatedly defeated him. This would change however when he would challenge for Douglas’ ECW Title later that year, and would actually go on to win it, finally getting a bit of top-card push which had been effectively denied for over 10 years by that point. However, even this didn’t last that long, with him dropping the belt to Douglas again at November to Remember only a month and a half later. Luckily, he would go on to win the TV title in ’98, but this reign was also only for about a month before losing it to RVD. He then went on a bit of a winning streak and attempted to challenge Taz for his FTW (Fuck the World, lol) title, as well as challenging for the tag titles, before leaving ECW in late 1998.
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