10 Great Wrestlers Who Were Only In One WWE Royal Rumble
2. Bam Bam Bigelow (1994)
"Agile for a big man" is a big-time cliché in 2021, when almost every prominent pro wrestling giant is a light-footed freak of an athlete capable of feats once considered impossible for human beings of such mass. The era of the big lumbering stiff is over. Keith Lee, WALTER, Lance Archer, and countless others have made "agile for a big man" redundant.
Bam Bam Bigelow was a progenitor of this style. A hulking brute of 390 billed pounds, he broke ground by looking like a cave troll but executed moonsaults, dropkicks, and other feats with grace and poise. This stands as the most important part of his legacy over any individual match, storyline, or feud. Bam Bam and Big Van Vader moonsaulted so that Keith Lee could tope con hilo.
A WWE wrestler from 1992 to 1995, Bigelow's only Rumble opportunity came in his second-last year. He looked great in the '94 match, contributing five eliminations before eventually being punted by eventual co-winner Lex Luger, with the collaborative Diesel elimination his biggest scalp. Bam Bam also lost to Tatanka on the undercard, scoring revenge by putting his rival out of the titular match.