RIP Bam Bam Bigelow

[eits]

Originally posted by: Scarpozzi
Probably heart-related issue....just a guess.

that's what i'm thinking... heart failure.

 

[bigrash]

Originally posted by: alexjohnson16

Originally posted by: QueBert

Originally posted by: CocoGdog
I don't remember his finishing move. Jake the Snake had the DDT, Bret Hart had the Sharpshooter, Hulk Hogan had his leg drop... All I can really tell was that BBB was a brawler type.

his finisher was The Greeting From Asbury Park. Which is where he was from in New Jersey, my memory is slipping me tonight but I also remember a 2nd submission finisher.

Bigelow's main finisher in his WWF days was the top rope diving headbutt. He also used a moonsault that was pretty sick to watch.

I don't believe he used The Greetings from Asbury Park until his ECW days, though I could be wrong.

that moonsault was crazy! I don't think anyone else his size could do that.

 

[Alprazolam]

Originally posted by: Mucho

Originally posted by: Azraele
Its sort of scary how many of the wrestlers are just found dead in homes/hotels, etc.

Taking steroids is making a Faustian deals, sooner or later you will have to pay up.

Ignorance is a bliss.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: alexjohnson16

Originally posted by: QueBert

Originally posted by: CocoGdog
I don't remember his finishing move. Jake the Snake had the DDT, Bret Hart had the Sharpshooter, Hulk Hogan had his leg drop... All I can really tell was that BBB was a brawler type.

his finisher was The Greeting From Asbury Park. Which is where he was from in New Jersey, my memory is slipping me tonight but I also remember a 2nd submission finisher.

Bigelow's main finisher in his WWF days was the top rope diving headbutt. He also used a moonsault that was pretty sick to watch.

I don't believe he used The Greetings from Asbury Park until his ECW days, though I could be wrong.

yeah that moonsault was scary. for a big man he could move.

Its not a surprise many die in hotels/motels etc. they are on teh road a LOT.

 

[alexjohnson16]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Gee...another dead steriod head. What a shock...:roll:

Read the thread much? It's being treated as a criminal investigation.

 

[shortspanishguy]

Steroid abuse can cause problems. Steroid use is a different story.

 

[theprodigalrebel]

Bam Bam to Ted DiBiase, "You can't fire me, I quit!"

I remember him & Diesel forming a tag-team back in the mid 90s, back when Diesel was feuding with Shawn Michaels I think. The guy was alright and pretty quick for a big guy.

R.I.P

 

[NGC_604]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: eits

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Gee...another dead steriod head. What a shock...:roll:

you think he died of steroids?? have you seen him? he was a fatass...

I'm sure he was roided up when he was doing the fake wrestling. That stuff never extends your life that's for sure.

Again. Have you seen him? He was always a fatass when he wrestled.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Originally posted by: QueBert
if this is true, this is really sad. He was a great wrestler, very quick for his huge size. People can say all the bad sh!t they want to about wrestling, but wrestlers put their bodies thru hell just to entertain the fans.

Bam Bam was a class act, read an interview with him in WWE magazine last year, he had opened up a diner and was the owner/cook.

R.I.P. I'll have to break out the SNES emulator and play some old WWF games in tribute.

You subscribe to WWE magazine? Wow ...

 

[QueBert]

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004

Originally posted by: QueBert
if this is true, this is really sad. He was a great wrestler, very quick for his huge size. People can say all the bad sh!t they want to about wrestling, but wrestlers put their bodies thru hell just to entertain the fans.

Bam Bam was a class act, read an interview with him in WWE magazine last year, he had opened up a diner and was the owner/cook.

R.I.P. I'll have to break out the SNES emulator and play some old WWF games in tribute.

You subscribe to WWE magazine? Wow ...

How does me saying "I read an interview" equal "I subscribe to" I work at a store that has a magazine section, when I was bored I would read magazines to pass time.

wow to your assumption.

 

[JBT]

RIP BBB

 

[Triumph]

Originally posted by: Azraele
Its sort of scary how many of the wrestlers are just found dead in homes/hotels, etc.

Yeah really, Miss Elizabeth, Crash Holly, Rick Rude, Curt Hennig, British Bulldog, Big Boss Man, Road Warrior Hawk, and Eddie Guerrero. Most died of "heart attacks," and that's not even all of them. Every few years, another wrestler seems to die under strange circumstances.

 

[CalvinHobbs]

Originally posted by: eits

Originally posted by: Scarpozzi
Probably heart-related issue....just a guess.

that's what i'm thinking... heart failure.

that was a huge body to supply blood with so...

 

[shortspanishguy]

Originally posted by: Triumph

Originally posted by: Azraele
Its sort of scary how many of the wrestlers are just found dead in homes/hotels, etc.

Yeah really, Miss Elizabeth, Crash Holly, Rick Rude, Curt Hennig, British Bulldog, Big Boss Man, Road Warrior Hawk, and Eddie Guerrero. Most died of "heart attacks," and that's not even all of them. Every few years, another wrestler seems to die under strange circumstances.

Many wrestlers have rec. drug and alcohol problems. Sad.

 

[BMdoobieW]

saddies

I remember watching him in the late 80's / early 90's.

 

[CocoGdog]

Originally posted by: Triumph

Originally posted by: Azraele
Its sort of scary how many of the wrestlers are just found dead in homes/hotels, etc.

Yeah really, Miss Elizabeth, Crash Holly, Rick Rude, Curt Hennig, British Bulldog, Big Boss Man, Road Warrior Hawk, and Eddie Guerrero. Most died of "heart attacks," and that's not even all of them. Every few years, another wrestler seems to die under strange circumstances.

Most "superstars" write books about their expereinces. Problem is, the average joe like me would never buy or read the book. I can just imagine having to go into arenas every night and performing to 1,000,000's of people there and watching on TV.

If you don't have a personality or something sellable like being crazy or super strong, etc., you're not getting on TV or a long term contract. I can also imagine that drugs might make you cope with the pressure, so don't condem them if you don't really know what they went through (steroids, cocaine, etc.).

 

[Alprazolam]

Yeah lets blame steroids, look at the guy. Ha

He was addicted to Oxycontin...

 

[ranmaniac]

A lot of the heart attacks are a result of the combination of taking pain killers (downers), and taking uppers (cocaine etc) to counter the effects of the downers so that they can perform at 100% each time they get in the ring. Also, wrestlers generally carry more muscle/fat than the avg, which places more stress on the heart.

 

[Triumph]

Originally posted by: CocoGdog

Originally posted by: Triumph

Originally posted by: Azraele
Its sort of scary how many of the wrestlers are just found dead in homes/hotels, etc.

Yeah really, Miss Elizabeth, Crash Holly, Rick Rude, Curt Hennig, British Bulldog, Big Boss Man, Road Warrior Hawk, and Eddie Guerrero. Most died of "heart attacks," and that's not even all of them. Every few years, another wrestler seems to die under strange circumstances.

Most "superstars" write books about their expereinces. Problem is, the average joe like me would never buy or read the book. I can just imagine having to go into arenas every night and performing to 1,000,000's of people there and watching on TV.

If you don't have a personality or something sellable like being crazy or super strong, etc., you're not getting on TV or a long term contract. I can also imagine that drugs might make you cope with the pressure, so don't condem them if you don't really know what they went through (steroids, cocaine, etc.).

Who is condemning them?

 

[Azraele]

If you don't have a personality or something sellable like being crazy or super strong, etc., you're not getting on TV or a long term contract. I can also imagine that drugs might make you cope with the pressure, so don't condem them if you don't really know what they went through (steroids, cocaine, etc.).

No one was condemning anybody. But really, they do have choices. They don't have to stick with wrestling if they feel they need to turn to drugs just to "cope." That's no way to live.