At 6'4" and 400 pounds, with a bald head completely covered in tattoos, Bam Bam Bigelow is one of the most intimidating and recognizable figures in wrestling history. He was also one of the most agile and athletic "big man" wrestlers any of us have ever seen, doing moves men his size had no business performing. Before Vader was catching everyone's attention by jumping from the top rope, Bigelow was doing cartwheels and also jumping from the top rope, but it's usually Vader that people recognize for being such an agile "monster", which is ironic, considering Vader and Bigelow have teamed together before. As mentioned earlier, a lot of that has to do with Vader being a three-time WCW World Champion (to go with five Heavyweight Title reigns in Japan), while Bigelow's career peak, title-wise, was a month-and-a-half run as the ECW Champion. Bam Bam could have been another in a long line of great heel challengers for Hulk Hogan in the 1980s, but they have never had a match with each other, oddly enough. They've teamed up a few times, including being on the same team at the 1987 Survivor Series. The closest they've had to a singles match is when Hogan and Goldberg teamed up to defeat Bigelow, Diamond Dallas Page, and Kanyon in a Handicap Match on Nitro in the summer of 1999. While we don't know what it is that kept them from feuding in the WWF, it's safe to say that a big-time match never came to fruition.
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