On this date in WCW history: Bam Bam Bigelow debuts on Monday Nitro to call out Goldberg
by Jesse Holland on Nov 16, 2011 10:00 AM EST
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PrintOn November 16, 1998, former WWF superstar Bam Bam Bigelow showed up on WCW Monday Nitro to flip over a few chairs, scream unintelligibly into the stick and demand an audience with Goldberg.
Be careful what you wish for.
While the announce team goes a little hard on the sell, it did happen to be one of the better separations in pro wrestling history, just from the sheer size of the job squad security force shoehorned into the ring to play break-up.
So why did Bam Bam, one of the more agile big men in the business, leave the boys in Stamford? The answer probably won't surprise you.
Find out after the jump.
How about it Cagesiders, how will you remember Bigelow's WCW run -- if at all?
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Bigelow left ECW to go to WCW
Your time line is off about 2 years. After leaving WWF in late 1995 Bam Bam went to ECW but was not a regular in the promotion until 1997. In 1996, he was doing a kinda MMA thing in Japan for while. When he returned full time to the states in ECW, Bigelow began resurrecting his career and was a highly sought after wrestler. What is interesting about his comments regarding the cliq is that in November 1998, the WWF had a MUCH better political climate than WCW. HBK was gone, while Austin, Rock, McMahon, Foley, Taker and HHH, were working in harmony in raising the WWF to new levels. The idea was to bring in Bigelow as part of the Corporation and face off against Austin.
Bigelow for some reason(I believe 750k per year reasons), chose to go to WCW, where the cliq was still in charge with Hogan in Michaels spot as leader, and get into a program with Goldberg.
Considering at the time, Heyman wanted Bigelow to be a huge part of ECW’s future and wanted a longer feud between him and Taz. Vince wanted him to headline against Austin prior to Austin’s neck surgery. Bigelow really chose the wrong path looking back. He left WWF because of the cliq and went to WCW which was notorious for cliqs and had the worst political environment in wrestling history. Sure he made a lot of money but he knew exactly what he was getting himself into.
Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitudes...
I never said he walked out of WWF and into WCW, I simply referred to him as a former WWF superstar and teased his shoot video about why he left them.
It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.
by Jesse Holland on Nov 16, 2011 11:59 AM EST up reply actions
Dear god, did Bam Bam have bad luck.
He becomes a headliner for the WWF during their worst creative and financial period (1995), and walks in on WCW as a headliner for the three worst years any promotion ever went through (1999-2001).
Had Bam Bam been booked properly by WWF, or walked back into the WWF instead of WCW back then, he could’ve been a star on the level of Undertaker. No less than Bret Hart said that Bam Bam was the most underrated worker of his era.
Wish he was still around
"I guess I can’t do anything if you’re just irrational, but to point it out and move on."
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Bam Bam to me
is the biggest miss in wrestling history. Even more than Lex Luger (who could have been bigger but was still pushed very hard). Bam Bam could go and get over with workrate types, could brawl, gave intense promos, looked intimidating as hell, and was really a total package. He should have been somebody to face Hogan as a monster of the month like Bundy and then later on been a main eventer for years.
by AverageJoeEveryman on Nov 16, 2011 2:55 PM EST reply actions
Lex Luger was never really a miss.
Lex couldn’t work for shit, and his promos were never particularly memorable. He had a great physique, and he wasn’t embarrassing at anything up until late period WCW, but can you honestly name one thing about him that was remarkable other than his abs?
If you’re talking about wrestling’s great missed prospects, I’d put Bam Bam, Owen Hart, Barry Windham, and Brian Pillman at the top. Those three guys had more ability than many guys who are now deservedly revered as legends, Bam Bam could’ve been as big as Undertaker, Owen was easily twice as good as Bret in the ring and on the mic, Windham was like Sting, only better in every way, and Pillman was just as good as Austin at every aspect of the business, it should’ve worked out for all three guys, but something big went wrong with each of them. The wrestling world is a worse place today because Bam Bam, Owen, Windham, and Pillman never got what they deserved.
Windham is a great one
He had it all as well and was second generation from a legend to boot. Could go, was big, had great hair, ran with the Horsemen (and the US Express when they were way over). Seems like just too damn many bad decisions and partying catching up with him. Growing up he was my second favorite horseman. Behind Sid. I was young.
by AverageJoeEveryman on Nov 17, 2011 1:17 PM EST up reply actions
Bam Bam was awesome
R.I.P Big man
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