History Wrestling / BamBamBigelow

%%* BaldOfAwesome: As a {{Face}}

* BadassBeard: To make up for the lack of hair on the top of his head?
* BaldOfAwesome: As a {{Face}} and in RealLife
* BaldOfEvil: The flames tattoo gives this trope a whole new meaning.
* BountyHunter: In real life.

* StoutStrength: While he is mostly remembered for his agility despite his size, he was capable of lifting regular sized wrestlers with ease and prolonged times, he was even able to slam other fatties such as Vader, Earthquake, and Mantour.

* CombinationAttack: In his initial WWF run with Hulk Hogan they had two. First after a leg drop Bigelow, similar to other fatties of the time, would do a big splash with Hulk Hogan pushing him down for more impact. The other would see the two put an arm on the others shoulder and do a double big boot.

Bigelow was found dead on January 19, 2007, in his home in Hudson, Florida. He was 45 years old. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bam_Bam_Bigelow That Other Wiki]] has a more detailed rundown of his two-decade career.

* AlliterativeName: Accepting Crusher Yurkoff

* PunchPunchPunchUhOh: [[DefiedTrope Defied]] - hell, outright ''mocked'' - in a ''Royal Rumble 1994'' match with Tatanka, who typically started "hulking up" in his matches by doing a war dance. With clubbing forearms proving ineffective, Bam Bam shut him up by [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome just kicking the poor bastard in the back of the head]]. And just to rub it in, he mocked the war dance!

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* OnlySaneMan: ''Survivor Series 1993,'' an 8-man tag team match with Wrestling/TheBushwhackers and [[Characters/WWETagTeams Men on a Mission]] dressed up as Wrestling/DoinkTheClown against Bigelow, [[WildSamoan the Headshrinkers (Samu and Fatu [[=Rikishi=]])]] and [[Wrestling/MikeShaw Bastion Booger]] and involving water balloons, banana peels and ''scooters.'' Bam Bam stood out just by wrestling like he always did.

* OnlySaneMan: ''Survivor Series 1993,'' an 8-man tag team match with Wrestling/TheBushwhackers and [[Characters/WWETagTeams Men on a Mission]] dressed up as Wrestling/DoinkTheClown against Bigelow, [[WildSamoan the Headshrinkers (Samu and Fatu [[=Rikishi=]])]] and Bastion Booger and involving water balloons, banana peels and ''scooters.'' Bam Bam stood out just by wrestling like he always did.

* RealSongThemeTune:
** (in New Japan): Music/JohnWilliams' "Theme from ''Film/{{Jaws}}''"
** (in ECW): Music/GunsNRoses' "Welcome to the Jungle"
** Music/BruceDickinson's version of [[Music/{{Scorpions}} "The Zoo"]]

!!! "Tropes from the East":

Bam Bam Bigelow (real name Scott Charles Bigelow, born September 1, 1961) was an American [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]] from New Jersey, commonly referred to as "The Beast From The East." While his most famous run was with the [[{{Wrestling/WWE}} WWF]], he also made appearances for Wrestling/{{WCW}} and Wrestling/{{ECW}} in the 1990s. A big man, nearly 400 pounds, Bam Bam stood out from the other monsters in the business by being [[{{Acrofatic}} particularly agile for his size]], as well as his trademark look: tights with a flame motif to match the tattoo of flames on his skull.

** BaldOfAwesome: As a {{Face}} and in RealLife

* TagTeam: With [[Wrestling/{{Vader}} Big Van Vader]] in Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling

* RedBaron: "The Beast from the East", in Japan "Crusher", "The Jumping Monster".