Bam Bam Bigelow
| Bam Bam Bigelow | |
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Bigelow in 1998
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| Birth name | Scott Charles Bigelow |
| Born |
September 1, 1961 Asbury Park, New Jersey |
| Died | January 19, 2007 (aged 45) Hudson, Florida |
| Cause of death | Drug overdose |
| Spouse(s) | Dana Fisher (divorced in 2000) |
| Children | 3 |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Bam Bam Bigelow Bruce Bigelow Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow Crusher Yurkof |
| Billed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Billed weight | 390 lb (180 kg) |
| Billed from | Asbury Park, New Jersey |
| Trained by | Larry Sharpe |
| Debut | 1986 |
| Retired | 2006 |
Scott Charles Bigelow (September 1, 1961 – January 19, 2007) was an American professional wrestler, best known by the ring name Bam Bam Bigelow. During his professional wrestling career spanning twenty-one years, Bigelow worked in major wrestling promotions, including the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), the original Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) promotion, and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). He was recognizable by his size of nearly 390 pounds (180 kg), and a distinctive flame tattoo that spanned most of his bald head. Bigelow was known by the nickname, "The Beast from the East".
Bigelow held multiple championships in both ECW and WCW, and thirteen throughout his career. Among other accolades, he was a one-time ECW World Heavyweight Champion, and a two-time WCW World Tag Team Champion. Bigelow headlined ECW's premier annual pay-per-view event, November to Remember, twice. Although he never held a WWF title, Bigelow headlined multiple pay-per-view events for the promotion, including WrestleMania XI. Ryan Murphy of WWE (formerly the WWF), in a 2013 publication, described Bigelow as "the most natural, agile and physically remarkable big man of the past quarter century."
After training in Larry Sharpe's Monster Factory in New Jersey, Bigelow debuted as an athletic and agile monster heel in the Memphis territory of Jerry Lawler and Jerry Jarrett in the summer of 1986. Billed as "the Beast of the East" and referred to as "the Bammer" by announcer Lance Russell, Bigelow was slowly established as an unstoppable force who challenged then-champion Jerry Lawler. Bigelow was featured in an article in the September 15, 1986 issue of Sports Illustrated
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