10 Original Failed WWE Pushes You Completely Forgot About
3. The Battle For Bam Bam
A war was waged in 1987 between some of WWE's most devious minds, all for the services of a flame-headed hybrid star.
Bam Bam Bigelow brought size, strength, athleticism and f*cking fire tattooed on his skull to the company with murmurings that this unique collection of attributes would be enough to unseat Hulk Hogan as the organisation's top star. To this end, they sent out Jimmy Hart, Slick, Bobby Heenan and others to campaign for his signature.
In the end, the monstrous-looking star was a good egg after all. He chose fellow new arrival Oliver Humperdink over last manager standing Slick as a way to set up an early angle with Nikolai Volkoff, and he was off and running in a career that bizarrely went nowhere fast.
Booked to last longest in Hulk Hogan's 1987 Survivor Series team before linking arms with 'The Hulkster' himself in taped tag matches ahead of WrestleMania IV, Bigelow was gone from the company just two months after the 'Show Of Shows amidst creative and contractual disinterest on both sides.
None of the above was mentioned when he was reinstalled as a killer heel after finally returning to the company four years later.