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Post by mikey1974 on Apr 15, 2011 19:33:45 GMT -5
getting my Legends 5 Bigelow figure has me reminiscing about him....
for those too young to remember (or just plain old didn't watch WWF in 1987) ,Bam Bam entered the WWF with much fanfare in the summer of 1987...lots of promo's...lots of hype.... a lot of fuss was made over his look,and especially his aerial and agility skills for someone his size....they even did one of those "Manager lineup" things where all the managers at the time were vying for his services,only for him to pick someone new (Sir Oliver Humperdink) and firmly cement his place as one of the companies top face's....Hell,he was in the main event of the first Survivor Series,as part of Hogan's team! and he was even the last Survivor on the team ,eliminating 2 member's of Andre's team before falling victim to the Giant himself...
yet,by early 1988 he had become an afterthought...one of his last televised matches was at WM IV in the title tournament,where he lost to One Man Gang in the first round...shortly thereafter he was gone,and resurfaced in the NWA....
my question is,why? he had a ton of momentum,was seriously over,had a great look and skills,and was in or involved with main-event feud's...only to become a jobber a few months later....anyone know why Vince soured on him so quickly?
i mean,what happened?!
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Post by Lewscher on Apr 15, 2011 20:24:58 GMT -5
Hulkamania brother? i dont know if im in the same time period here  but most likely same as today maybe, people now like jo-mo have all this potntial then drop because they cant out-shine cena, it's only a stab-at theory but whoever was big at the time, must have been more over with vince than bam bam. |
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Post by Rule 30 on Apr 15, 2011 22:21:16 GMT -5
I thought he had a knee injury.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2011 15:13:30 GMT -5
I dont think Vince soured on him folks..... Bigelow badly injured his knee in December of 87 but opted to perform all through WM season and beyond to elevate his fellow performers on the roster. he parted with Vince on good terms to have surgery on what was now a pretty serious knee injury in May of 88.he resurfaced in NWA in late 88 briefly before returning to Japan. Vinces respect for him surfaced again when he was chosen to do the Lawrence Taylor angle. Bam Bam was a  in legend.best big man worker ever.cant wait to get his Legends 5 figure |
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Post by mikey1974 on Apr 16, 2011 15:39:16 GMT -5
okay...thanks! i honestly didn't know about the knee injury...i just knew he suddenly was losing a ton of matches, then he dissappeared for a long time before resurfacing in the NWA....thought maybe Vince soured on him,or he pissed Vince off or something...
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Post by machomadness on Apr 16, 2011 15:59:21 GMT -5
I dont think Vince soured on him folks..... Bigelow badly injured his knee in December of 87 but opted to perform all through WM season and beyond to elevate his fellow performers on the roster. he parted with Vince on good terms to have surgery on what was now a pretty serious knee injury in May of 88.he resurfaced in NWA in late 88 briefly before returning to Japan. Vinces respect for him surfaced again when he was chosen to do the Lawrence Taylor angle. Bam Bam was a in legend. best big man worker ever.cant wait to get his Legends 5 figure BamBam is in that list but its hard to say ever when guys like Vader worked just as well and just as agile and even Andre for being the size he was (in his younger days) |
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Post by DTP. on Apr 16, 2011 18:38:10 GMT -5
I heard around a lot that he was fired due to bad behavior (as a greenhorn, he was said to be quite arrogant).
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Post by Emerald Enthusiast on Apr 16, 2011 22:29:00 GMT -5
getting my Legends 5 Bigelow figure has me reminiscing about him.... for those too young to remember (or just plain old didn't watch WWF in 1987) ,Bam Bam entered the WWF with much fanfare in the summer of 1987...lots of promo's...lots of hype.... a lot of fuss was made over his look,and especially his aerial and agility skills for someone his size....they even did one of those "Manager lineup" things where all the managers at the time were vying for his services,only for him to pick someone new (Sir Oliver Humperdink) and firmly cement his place as one of the companies top face's....Hell,he was in the main event of the first Survivor Series,as part of Hogan's team! and he was even the last Survivor on the team ,eliminating 2 member's of Andre's team before falling victim to the Giant himself... yet,by early 1988 he had become an afterthought...one of his last televised matches was at WM IV in the title tournament,where he lost to One Man Gang in the first round...shortly thereafter he was gone,and resurfaced in the NWA.... my question is,why? he had a ton of momentum,was seriously over,had a great look and skills,and was in or involved with main-event feud's...only to become a jobber a few months later....anyone know why Vince soured on him so quickly? i mean,what happened?! That was due to a knee injury. I'm still trying to figure out why his push into the main event scene alongside Diesel led to him being out of the WWF a few months later. I'm still POed at Vince for letting LT (an out-of-shape LT at that) go over Bam Bam at WM. |
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Post by Sam Hain on Apr 16, 2011 23:24:25 GMT -5
I'm sure the Clique had something to do with Bam Bam's 1995 push ending.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2011 13:20:14 GMT -5
I'm sure the Clique had something to do with Bam Bam's 1995 push ending. yeah and his subsequent departure.I think he had said this himself in some interview somewhere. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2011 13:22:07 GMT -5
I dont think Vince soured on him folks..... Bigelow badly injured his knee in December of 87 but opted to perform all through WM season and beyond to elevate his fellow performers on the roster. he parted with Vince on good terms to have surgery on what was now a pretty serious knee injury in May of 88.he resurfaced in NWA in late 88 briefly before returning to Japan. Vinces respect for him surfaced again when he was chosen to do the Lawrence Taylor angle. Bam Bam was a in legend. best big man worker ever.cant wait to get his Legends 5 figure BamBam is in that list but its hard to say ever when guys like Vader worked just as well and just as agile and even Andre for being the size he was (in his younger days) yes indeed Vader was also great-I have said many times I feel its a close run thing between he and Bam Bam but Bam Bam just pips him at the post. they were a great tag team in Japan. |
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Post by Johnny Wrestling on Apr 17, 2011 19:05:00 GMT -5
Bam Bam Bigelow is a guy I just watch and think of how great of a career he could've had, but yeah, politics destroyed many.
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Post by mikey1974 on Apr 17, 2011 19:09:03 GMT -5
I'm sure the Clique had something to do with Bam Bam's 1995 push ending. yeah and his subsequent departure.I think he had said this himself in some interview somewhere. i can see this too... for a month or 2 there Shawn took some time off right after WM XI ( think he was getting divorced at this time,so i don't know if that was the reason,or part of it, or not) ,and Bam Bam was basically put in his spot as the #2 Face behind Diesel ,and was even teaming with Nash against Sid,Tatanka,and other members of the Million Dollar Corporation.... i'm sure once HBK came back,he wanted his spot back... and Bigelow was left out in the cold.... |
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Post by Johnny Wrestling on Apr 17, 2011 20:41:18 GMT -5
yeah and his subsequent departure.I think he had said this himself in some interview somewhere. i can see this too... for a month or 2 there Shawn took some time off right after WM XI ( think he was getting divorced at this time,so i don't know if that was the reason,or part of it, or not) ,and Bam Bam was basically put in his spot as the #2 Face behind Diesel ,and was even teaming with Nash against Sid,Tatanka,and other members of the Million Dollar Corporation.... i'm sure once HBK came back,he wanted his spot back... and Bigelow was left out in the cold.... Really weird to think of HBK acting like that, after looking how he wanted to put guys over for the past few years. |
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Post by Emerald Enthusiast on Apr 17, 2011 22:35:04 GMT -5
yeah and his subsequent departure.I think he had said this himself in some interview somewhere. i can see this too... for a month or 2 there Shawn took some time off right after WM XI ( think he was getting divorced at this time,so i don't know if that was the reason,or part of it, or not) ,and Bam Bam was basically put in his spot as the #2 Face behind Diesel ,and was even teaming with Nash against Sid,Tatanka,and other members of the Million Dollar Corporation.... i'm sure once HBK came back,he wanted his spot back... and Bigelow was left out in the cold.... So why couldn't WWE find something to do with Bam Bam after the 2DWA were reunited? I know HBK & Diesel were pulling strings back then (and Bam Bam has said he loathes Scott Hall) but were Bam Bam's propsects so dim that nothing could be worked out at all? Anyone seen him explain this? |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2011 7:37:09 GMT -5
I think he just got pissed off.he rpobably seen he as going nowhere and was to become a jobber to the inbound heels.I bet if he had stayed aroudn he would have been jobbed out to Vader as well
Summer of 95 revolved around 3 guys-HBK,Diesel and Razor Ramon.
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Post by Glorydaysofwrestling on Apr 18, 2011 7:43:48 GMT -5
Wow I never knew about the knee injury...I always wondered about this lol.......also he was sweet as hell from 93-95 I wish he stayed around. But thats the kliq for ya....they are still running the biz to this day
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2011 7:47:05 GMT -5
Wow I never knew about the knee injury...I always wondered about this lol.......also he was sweet as hell from 93-95 I wish he stayed around. But thats the kliq for ya....they are still running the biz to this day they sure are. |
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