10 Wrestlers Who Allegedly Got Other Wrestlers FIRED

2. The Kliq / Bam Bam Bigelow

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Having found God later in life - presumably under his finger nail, considering how often he stared at his hands - Shawn Michaels is more likely to be righteous against sh*tty attitudes than get somebody fired in 2022.

That's by the by; Michaels was a very nasty and self-preserving individual, once upon a time, and Bam Bam Bigelow was a victim of his politicking BS. They would have made for terrific dance partners on the New Generation pay-per-view stage. Bam Bam wasn't as stiff as Vader but could go just as hard, which may well have resulted in the best possible version of SummerSlam '96's thrilling if imperfect dynamic.

The great lost Boyhood Dream title defence never happened, if one believes Bam Bam, because the Kliq enjoyed running the competition out of the company. They got off on what was a warped power dynamic to preserve their spots.

Bigelow wasn't fired by the WWF, but he negotiated an early release under the belief that it was inevitable - or that he was as good as not there for how little he was allowed to do.

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