Author Topic: Bam Bam Bigelow dead (Read 8278 times)

Texasmame · « **on:** February 03, 2007, 07:57:54 pm »

http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/bambampasses

This happened like two weeks ago?!? How did I miss that?!?

Guy was damn fast and agile for a huge guy. I enjoyed watching his matches.

RIP, big man.

romperwomb · « **Reply #1 on:** February 05, 2007, 09:49:27 pm »

I always liked his head tattoo.

I didn't know Mr. Perfect had died until I heard Randy Savage's tribute song on college radio. What a crappy way to learn about someones death.

Clip of it on amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/music/wma-pop-up/B0000CF348001014/ref=mu_sam_wma_001_014/104-1998744-9120748

Texasmame · « **Reply #2 on:** February 06, 2007, 08:46:16 pm »

Quote from: romperwomb on February 05, 2007, 09:49:27 pm

I always liked his head tattoo.

I didn't know Mr. Perfect had died until I heard Randy Savage's tribute song on college radio. What a crappy way to learn about someones death.

Clip of it on amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/music/wma-pop-up/B0000CF348001014/ref=mu_sam_wma_001_014/104-1998744-9120748

LOL! You ain't kiddin'!

Mattiekrome · « **Reply #3 on:** February 06, 2007, 09:14:04 pm »

The head tattoo ruled, I remember watching Bam Bam as a kid... Very sad

Glaine · « **Reply #4 on:** February 09, 2007, 05:08:41 pm »

Aw man him, Big Boss Man, Sargent Slaughter, classic Long-John Wearing Undertaker. These are the greats. I can't believe I hadn't heard of this. Tis sad.

horseboy · « **Reply #5 on:** February 09, 2007, 05:47:13 pm »

Quote from: Glaine on February 09, 2007, 05:08:41 pm

Aw man him, Big Boss Man, Sargent Slaughter, classic Long-John Wearing Undertaker. These are the greats. I can't believe I hadn't heard of this. Tis sad.

Boss Man Died a couple of years ago, too.

Other recent notables (last 5 years):

Earthquake
Eddie Guerrero
Public Enemy (both of them)
Chris Candido
Hercules
Crash Holly
Road Warrior Hawk
Miss Elizabeth
Mr. Perfect
The British Bulldog

All but Earthquake (cancer) were steroid/drug related.

Mattiekrome · « **Reply #6 on:** February 09, 2007, 06:25:31 pm »

Quote from: horseboy on February 09, 2007, 05:47:13 pm

Quote from: Glaine on February 09, 2007, 05:08:41 pm
Aw man him, Big Boss Man, Sargent Slaughter, classic Long-John Wearing Undertaker. These are the greats. I can't believe I hadn't heard of this. Tis sad.

Boss Man Died a couple of years ago, too.

Other recent notables (last 5 years):

Earthquake
Eddie Guerrero
Public Enemy (both of them)
Chris Candido
Hercules
Crash Holly
Road Warrior Hawk
Miss Elizabeth
Mr. Perfect
The British Bulldog

All but Earthquake (cancer) were steroid/drug related.

Wow, I never realized we lost so many wrestling stars. How come I never heard about any of these (other than Eddie Guerrero + Mr. Perfect). Granted I dont watch nearly the amount of wrestling that I used to, but you would still think that it would at least make the back page of the newspaper $:-\$

Texasmame · « **Reply #7 on:** February 09, 2007, 06:26:09 pm »

Quote from: horseboy on February 09, 2007, 05:47:13 pm

Quote from: Glaine on February 09, 2007, 05:08:41 pm
Aw man him, Big Boss Man, Sargent Slaughter, classic Long-John Wearing Undertaker. These are the greats. I can't believe I hadn't heard of this. Tis sad.

Boss Man Died a couple of years ago, too.

Other recent notables (last 5 years):

Earthquake
Eddie Guerrero
Public Enemy (both of them)
Chris Candido
Hercules
Crash Holly
Road Warrior Hawk
Miss Elizabeth
Mr. Perfect
The British Bulldog

All but Earthquake (cancer) were steroid/drug related.

Rick Rude. . .

Howard_Casto · « **Reply #8 on:** February 09, 2007, 07:48:08 pm »

Not exactly.... the British Bulldog died from complications from a back infection. He was on pain medication because of it, but I wouldn't call that a drug-related death.

Hawk died because of drugs he had done years prior weakening his heart. It wasn't like he o-d and died of it at the time of his death.

I met bam bam once.... seemed like a decent guy. I'll miss him.

horseboy · « **Reply #9 on:** February 09, 2007, 07:54:23 pm »

Quote from: Howard_Casto on February 09, 2007, 07:48:08 pm

Hawk died because of drugs he had done years prior weakening his heart. It wasn't like he o-d and died of it at the time of his death.

Ya, that is what I meant really with the drugs/steroid thing. Crash Holly and Ms. Elizabeth were the only OD's I think.

Oh and Chris Candido died from a blod clot that made it's way to his heart after a broken leg.

ChadTower · « **Reply #10 on:** February 10, 2007, 10:05:47 am »

A massively weakened coke damaged heart. A healthy person probaly wouldn't have died from what happened to Candido. That dude was in and out of rehab like he worked there. So was his wife Sunny.

sodapopinski · « **Reply #11 on:** February 12, 2007, 12:16:54 am »

What about Owen Hart? That certainly was'ent drug/steroid related.

ChadTower · « **Reply #12 on:** February 12, 2007, 09:36:55 am »

That wasn't within the last 5 years.

FrizzleFried · « **Reply #13 on:** February 12, 2007, 09:38:47 am »

Quote from: sodapopinski on February 12, 2007, 12:16:54 am

What about Owen Hart? That certainly was'ent drug/steroid related.

...if only he had the time...

billf · « **Reply #14 on:** February 12, 2007, 10:07:52 am »

Thought you guys might be interested in this link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_in_Sports#Wrestling

ChadTower · « **Reply #15 on:** February 12, 2007, 10:24:13 am »

A lot of those causes of deaths for wrestlers are wrong.

Rude, for example, died of a GHB overdose.

billf · « **Reply #16 on:** February 12, 2007, 10:34:13 am »

Read the actual wiki entry for each for more details about their deaths. For Rude it actually says:

"Rude died on April 20, 1999 after suffering heart failure. His believed cause of death may have been an overdose of Gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) and steroids. An autopsy report showed he died from an overdose of "mixed medications".

ChadTower · « **Reply #17 on:** February 12, 2007, 10:50:51 am »

Wikipedia is made up of individual pages, though, that are only related by the links among them. The wrestlers' death page is a work unto itself and shouldn't have incorrect info. That's about as far as I care about it, though, so

billf · « **Reply #18 on:** February 12, 2007, 11:05:36 am »

What part of the quote from the Rick Rude wiki page is incorrect? I actually didn't watch wrestling, but did recognize the names that were mentioned above. So I did a wiki search and came across that info, hence the reason I posted it. I know wiki isn't the end all and be all of facts, but that entry says he died of heart failure believed to be caused by an overdose of GHB and steroids.

ChadTower · « **Reply #19 on:** February 12, 2007, 11:08:26 am »

I wasn't talking about the Rick Rude page. I was talking about the page that was actually linked here in this thread, which is a separate page from the Rude page and lists cause of death as "heart failure". That's like saying someone shot in the head died of "brain failure".

He died of an overdose of GHB, not heart failure.

billf · « **Reply #20 on:** February 12, 2007, 11:39:57 am »

Quote from: ChadTower on February 12, 2007, 11:08:26 am

I wasn't talking about the Rick Rude page. I was talking about the page that was actually linked here in this thread, which is a separate page from the Rude page and lists cause of death as "heart failure". That's like saying someone shot in the head died of "brain failure".

He died of an overdose of GHB, not heart failure.

Uhmm...okay, whatever.

Texasmame · « **Reply #21 on:** February 12, 2007, 01:15:15 pm »

Plenty of info out there on this. One more link:

http://www.wrestleview.com/info/faq/deaths.shtml

Texasmame · « **Reply #22 on:** February 12, 2007, 01:20:29 pm »

Most "interesting" wrestling death - gotta be Dino Bravo.

ChadTower · « **Reply #23 on:** February 12, 2007, 01:25:13 pm »

Hell no - Adrian Adonis was killed by a moose!

Glaine · « **Reply #24 on:** February 13, 2007, 09:57:17 am »

Wow, thats a neat link. Whole lot of "heart failures".

FrizzleFried · « **Reply #25 on:** February 13, 2007, 10:10:04 am »

Where is Andre the Giant?

horseboy · « **Reply #26 on:** February 13, 2007, 12:54:35 pm »

Quote from: FrizzleFried on February 13, 2007, 10:10:04 am

Where is Andre the Giant?

Old news there. He died in like '93. Cause of Death... being too damn big.

ChadTower · « **Reply #27 on:** February 13, 2007, 02:34:37 pm »

Andre the Giant had untreated pituitary gigantism. An enlarged and unhealthy heart eventually failed.

ChadTower · « **Reply #28 on:** February 19, 2007, 05:09:54 pm »

Mike Awesome. The next one came fast.

horseboy · « **Reply #29 on:** February 19, 2007, 05:39:17 pm »

That sucks.

FrizzleFried · « **Reply #30 on:** February 19, 2007, 08:39:29 pm »

Yah...but it looks like that dumbass offed himself.

horseboy · « **Reply #31 on:** February 19, 2007, 11:40:53 pm »

He was AWESOME, though. Did some pretty crazy ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- for a big guy.

FrizzleFried · « **Reply #32 on:** February 19, 2007, 11:42:49 pm »

Quote from: horseboy on February 19, 2007, 11:40:53 pm

He was AWESOME, though. Did some pretty crazy ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- for a big guy.

I'd say the craziest ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- he ever pulled was hanging himself...

horseboy · « **Reply #33 on:** February 19, 2007, 11:44:16 pm »

Quote from: FrizzleFried on February 19, 2007, 11:42:49 pm

Quote from: horseboy on February 19, 2007, 11:40:53 pm
He was AWESOME, though. Did some pretty crazy ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- for a big guy.

I'd say the craziest ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- he ever pulled was hanging himself...

That's cold dude. True, but cold nonetheless.

ChadTower · « **Reply #34 on:** February 20, 2007, 08:30:17 am »

He had potential. Having had conversations with a lot of guys who worked with him, they all hated it, as he was clumsy, couldn't remember more than a couple spots in a row, and injured people all the time. A guy that size would have made a killing working for Vince if he had any usability whatsoever.

My favorite Mike Awesome moment was when he nearly killed that skinny ICP dude bombing him off the school bus... he wasn't supposed to miss.

shardian · « **Reply #35 on:** February 20, 2007, 09:29:56 am »

Quote from: FrizzleFried on February 12, 2007, 09:38:47 am

Quote from: sodapopinski on February 12, 2007, 12:16:54 am
What about Owen Hart? That certainly was'ent drug/steroid related.

...if only he had the time...

Yah...but it looks like that dumbass offed himself.

I'd say the craziest ---Cleveland steamer--- he ever pulled was hanging himself...

I wonder what people will say about you when you die.
Have some respect dude.
Your disrespectful comments are not cool.

ChadTower · « **Reply #36 on:** February 20, 2007, 09:31:26 am »

I hear he was battling some pretty strong diabetes related depression. Having recently retired because of injury, possibly having money problems, unable to adjust to life off the road, no one at home... it starts to paint a pretty bleak picture of his outlook at the end.

FrizzleFried · « **Reply #37 on:** February 20, 2007, 10:50:40 am »

Quote from: shardian on February 20, 2007, 09:29:56 am

Quote from: FrizzleFried on February 12, 2007, 09:38:47 am
Quote from: sodapopinski on February 12, 2007, 12:16:54 am
What about Owen Hart? That certainly was'ent drug/steroid related.

...if only he had the time...

Yah...but it looks like that dumbass offed himself.

I'd say the craziest ---Cleveland steamer--- he ever pulled was hanging himself...

I wonder what people will say about you when you die.
Have some respect dude.
Your disrespectful comments are not cool.

Shardian,

Hey man, I have little respect for people who take their own lives. I am sure there are a number of people he left behind that are destroyed in one way or another because of his selfish decision.

That said, out of respect for YOU, I will drop it. I apologize if I offended YOU in some way, it was not intentional.

ChadTower · « **Reply #38 on:** March 07, 2007, 08:50:21 am »

Bad News Allen (AKA Bad News Brown). Dead at age 63.

Texasmame · « **Reply #39 on:** March 07, 2007, 04:27:43 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on March 07, 2007, 08:50:21 am

Bad News Allen (AKA Bad News Brown). Dead at age 63.

Separated at birth:

Kimbo Slice

http://www.answers.com/topic/kimbo-slice

Bad News Brown

http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2005/06/16/1091199.html

ChadTower · « **Reply #40 on:** March 07, 2007, 07:34:58 pm »

I didn't know until today that Bad News Brown was an Olympic medalist in Judo. That's badass.

Texasmame · « **Reply #41 on:** March 07, 2007, 10:07:11 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on March 07, 2007, 07:34:58 pm

I didn't know until today that Bad News Brown was an Olympic medalist in Judo. That's badass.

Yup. He was one of those legit background guys (like Angle) who went "pro."

I just remember him as nothing special from his WWF days - kinda a mid-carder. No disrespect meant.

ChadTower · « **Reply #42 on:** March 08, 2007, 08:44:04 am »

His best pro wrestling days were in Stampede in Calgary, agreed.

shardian · « **Reply #43 on:** March 08, 2007, 08:45:18 am »

Speaking of Angle, his name has come up in the current steroids scandal.

Texasmame · « **Reply #44 on:** March 12, 2007, 12:28:20 am »

The Big Cat

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Ladd

Dead from The Big C.

paigeoliver · « **Reply #45 on:** March 12, 2007, 12:52:55 am »

Don't MOST Pro-Wrestlers take steroids? I don't exactly agree with drug use, but pro-wrestling is more performance art than sport. It isn't like they are actually getting any sort of edge, since management decides who wins the match.

ChadTower · « **Reply #46 on:** March 12, 2007, 08:54:08 am »

No, they don't. MOST pro wrestlers are guys who make $50/night a couple times a week and sleep 3-4 to a motel room. They couldn't afford steroids if they wanted to take that path. They're not the 6-4 275 behemoths you see on TV.

Their edge from juice is with management, actually. Big guys sell seats and get TV ratings.

Texasmame · « **Reply #47 on:** March 12, 2007, 08:31:20 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on March 12, 2007, 08:54:08 am

Their edge from juice is with management, actually. Big guys sell seats and get TV ratings.

Well, that was certainly the case in the 80's WWF. Vince pushed no talant monsters thru the roof. My favorite of the huge stiffs from that era - The Powers of Pain. Man, Warlord sucked but I envied that guy's build something major as a 15 year old somewhat skinny kid!

Now, they seem to be focused less on monsters and more on performers.

Not sure if juicing would give you a huge edge in today's wrestling climate. Sure, you still gotta look at least "in great shape" but not so much "Tony Atlas" buff anymore.

shardian · « **Reply #48 on:** March 13, 2007, 08:54:30 am »

If I remember correctly, the WWF steroids thing went public in the mid-90's. Apparently, Vince McMahon was handing them out like candy. When Hulk Hogan went to WCW, he testified against the WWF.

ChadTower · « **Reply #49 on:** March 13, 2007, 09:12:46 am »

Quote from: Texasmame on March 12, 2007, 08:31:20 pm

Well, that was certainly the case in the 80's WWF. Vince pushed no talant monsters thru the roof. My favorite of the huge stiffs from that era - The Powers of Pain. Man, Warlord sucked but I envied that guy's build something major as a 15 year old somewhat skinny kid!

The Powers of Pain were already multi-time NWA World Tag champs when they got to the WWF. Vince didn't create them or push them beyond where they already were.

Quote

Not sure if juicing would give you a huge edge in today's wrestling climate. Sure, you still gotta look at least "in great shape" but not so much "Tony Atlas" buff anymore.

Look at guys like Chris Masters and Bobby Lashley. Orton just put on about 20lb of muscle in the last two months. Batista juices regularly. A LOT of those guys juice just because it's easier on the road to cycle 3 or so times a year than it is to keep that build year round the hard way. Not every juicer is 4% bodyfat and 280lb.

Sharidan, Vince won every case the gov't brought against him during those trials. I'm not saying the guys weren't all juiced but they weren't getting it from Vince. Hell, Vince himself has been a juicer over the years, very obviously.

Texasmame · « **Reply #50 on:** March 13, 2007, 12:53:51 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on March 13, 2007, 09:12:46 am

Quote from: Texasmame on March 12, 2007, 08:31:20 pm
Well, that was certainly the case in the 80's WWF. Vince pushed no talant monsters thru the roof. My favorite of the huge stiffs from that era - The Powers of Pain. Man, Warlord sucked but I envied that guy's build something major as a 15 year old somewhat skinny kid!

The Powers of Pain were already multi-time NWA World Tag champs when they got to the WWF. Vince didn't create them or push them beyond where they already were.

I used to follow the NWA as well, so I was aware of them there. Just used them as a prime example of the huge stiffs that were dominating the sport at the time in general. True, Vince didn't start their particular push.

Quote
Not sure if juicing would give you a huge edge in today's wrestling climate. Sure, you still gotta look at least "in great shape" but not so much "Tony Atlas" buff anymore.

Look at guys like Chris Masters and Bobby Lashley. Orton just put on about 20lb of muscle in the last two months. Batista juices regularly. A LOT of those guys juice just because it's easier on the road to cycle 3 or so times a year than it is to keep that build year round the hard way. Not every juicer is 4% bodyfat and 280lb.

Sharidan, Vince won every case the gov't brought against him during those trials. I'm not saying the guys weren't all juiced but they weren't getting it from Vince. Hell, Vince himself has been a juicer over the years, very obviously.

ChadTower · « **Reply #51 on:** March 13, 2007, 01:06:11 pm »

You definitely don't get the big unathletic dorks you used to get... except for the INHUMANLY BIG unathletic dorks like Khali.

horseboy · « **Reply #52 on:** March 13, 2007, 01:59:03 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on March 13, 2007, 01:06:11 pm

You definitely don't get the big unathletic dorks you used to get... except for the INHUMANLY BIG unathletic dorks like Khali.

He is terrible. He makes John Cena look like Ric Flair circa 1985.

ChadTower · « **Reply #53 on:** March 13, 2007, 02:05:27 pm »

He's old, too, and won't be around long.

chopps · « **Reply #54 on:** March 15, 2007, 02:06:35 am »

add Arnold Skaaland to that list... i only remember him as the manager of bob backland but here is a little artical about him from the wrestling observer...

Arnold Skaaland passes away

by Dave Meltzer

Arnold Skaaland, a fixture on the Northeast wrestling scene dating back to the 1940s, passed away yesterday at the age of 82.

A former part owner of Capital Wrestling Corporation, the parent company of the World Wide Wrestling Federation, Skaaland's public persona during the 70s was as the long-time prelim wrestler who was the public manager of champions Bruno Sammartino and later Bob Backlund. He was also the regular heel manager for Andre the Giant for New Japan Pro Wrestling, where he served the role as Andre's caretaker and Vince McMahon Sr.'s business representative, since McMahon Sr. was Andre's booker.

He promoted wrestling in White Plains and worked the box office and was in charge of taking the receipts from the shows and depositing them during the 60s and 70s, among his other jobs. That job shows the level of trust the other owners would have had in him in such a cut-throat business. We remained working behind the scenes with the company up to the present time.

Texasmame · « **Reply #55 on:** March 15, 2007, 02:18:10 pm »

Awww.

Yeah, I only remember him as Backlund's manager. I can't picture him as a heel manager.

On a related note, I met Backlund once - he lived literally next door my aunt in a condo in Glastonbury, CT briefly while his home was being built. I was like 13 at the time. Big thrill. Nice as could be.

ChadTower · « **Reply #56 on:** June 15, 2007, 07:44:40 pm »

Sherri Martel.

Texasmame · « **Reply #57 on:** June 16, 2007, 05:14:17 am »

Quote from: ChadTower on June 15, 2007, 07:44:40 pm

Sherri Martel.

Good to see this thread again but bad under the circumstances!

How she bite it?

Texasmame · « **Reply #58 on:** June 25, 2007, 09:07:45 pm »

Chris Benoit and family. My first thought was murder/suicide but reports say he wasn't shot to death. Still could be that, but that would be unusual.

ChadTower · « **Reply #59 on:** June 25, 2007, 09:38:17 pm »

Murder suicide doesn't usually include the child.

He flew home yesterday because of a "family emergency", today he and his family are dead. I'm thinking he flew home to protect his family and it didn't go so well.

Texasmame · « **Reply #60 on:** June 25, 2007, 11:42:43 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on June 25, 2007, 09:38:17 pm

Murder suicide doesn't usually include the child.

He flew home yesterday because of a "family emergency", today he and his family are dead. I'm thinking he flew home to protect his family and it didn't go so well.

As far as including the child - can go either way. But, yeah, he may have flown home to protect them. Looks like he should've called the cops, too.

ChadTower · « **Reply #61 on:** June 26, 2007, 08:07:03 am »

Now reports are indicating he killed his wife and son over the weekend - then flew home sunday to kill himself monday.

If he did actually kill his wife and son, eff him.

Texasmame · « **Reply #62 on:** June 26, 2007, 07:55:05 pm »

I'm hearing SHE killed the son and he flew home, killed her then hung himself.

I'm sure the truth will be out in a week or so. Either way, very sad.

ChadTower · « **Reply #63 on:** June 26, 2007, 08:30:37 pm »

The Police say the kid died after she did. As much as two days after she did.


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