Athletes - Scott Bigelow

Home > Listing Index > Athletes > Scott Bigelow

	Athletes - Scott Bigelow

Scott C. Bigelow (born September 1, 1961 in Asbury Park, New Jersey) is an American former professional wrestler, better known as Bam Bam Bigelow. Bigelow is normally regarded as one of the most agile big men in wrestling history. He is easily recognizable due to the tattoo which covers his head. His stage name is derived from the name of Bamm-Bamm Rubble, a Flintstones character.

Wrestling career

Bigelow was trained as a wrestler by "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers and then at Larry Sharpe's "Monster Factory" in Mount Laurel, New Jersey. He debuted in Memphis 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 the name 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 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 Tag Team Championships. In 1992 he left NJPW and wrestled for several other Japanese promotions, such as WAR.

In 1993 Bigelow returned to the WWF, but ran afoul of The Clique, who at the time had a real-life rivalry with Bigelow's friend Chris Candido, and were claiming that Candido's wife Tammy Lynn Sytch had had an affair. He feuded with Doink the Clown and Tatanka before joining Ted DiBiase's Million Dollar Corporation and engaging in a highly-publicised feud with football player Lawrence Taylor. Bigelow was defeated by Taylor at WrestleMania XI in a match where Bigelow was paid $250,000 and Taylor $1,000,000. Shortly after, Bigelow quit Ted DiBiase's Dollar Corporation, turned Babyface, and teamed with Diesel.

Bigelow left the WWF in 1995 and joined Extreme Championship Wrestling, where he reformed The Triple Threat with Shane Douglas and Chris Candido. 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.

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 alumnus 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.

In July 2000 Bigelow received second degree burns over 40% of his body (and was hospitalized for two weeks as a result) while rescuing children from a forest fire.

Bigelow remained with WCW until the company was purchased by the WWF in 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 finally retiring on November 19, 2004.

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.

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 is still in a relationship with Bigelow.

[ Visit the complete Wikipedia entry for Scott Bigelow ]

This page is based on the copyrighted Wikipedia article Scott Bigelow; it is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.

Searches on eBay