Bam Bam Bigelow Tattoos - WWE Superstars Tattoo Design
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Bam Bam Bigelow, the heavyweight wrestler with the flame tattooed head, had a professional wrestling career that spanned over two decades. Bigelow gained notoriety in the ring for his strong work ethic, enormous size, and incredible agility.Fast Facts:1. Real Name: Scott Charles Bigelow2. Also known as: The Beast from the East3. Born: September 1, 19614. Height and Weight: 6'3" 325 lbs5. Wrestling debut: August 23, 19856. Finishing move: Flying headbutt off top rope7. Deceased: January 19, 20078. Cause of Death: Lethal dose of cocaine and benzodiazepine.Wrestling DebutAfter training with Larry Sharpe in the early 1980s, Bigelow made his wrestling debut in Memphis, Tennessee in 1985. Although he had a brief stint with the WWE (then known as the WWF) in 1987, he spent most of his early years in Japan, wrestling with New Japan Pro Wrestling.WWEWhen he returned to the WWE in 1992, he took Luna Vachon on as his manager (and love interest) and started feuds with Doink the Clown, Tatanka (whom he later teamed up with) and his most famous rival, NFL's Lawrence Taylor. The rivalry with Taylor culminated in a match at WrestleMania XI that remains the most talked about fight of Bigelow's career.ECW and WCWBigelow left the WWE in 1995 and spent his later years performing with ECW and WCW. He formed the Triple Threat with Shane Douglas and Chris Candido, and the powerful trio won a series of victories, disbanding and reforming through the late 1990s. Bigelow also won the ECW World Heavyweight Championship and the ECW World Television Championship, and in 2003, Pro Wrestling Illustrated ranked him number 68 of the top 500 singles wrestlers.RetirementBam Bam Bigelow officially retired from wrestling in 2004, although his last match wasn't until November of 2006. After retirement he suffered a series of misfortunes in his personal life including a divorce, an arrest, and a near fatal motorcycle accident, which he said left him with a new appreciation of life. He died of a drug overdose on January 19, 2007.
Bam Bam Bigelow Tattoos (source) RANDOM TATTOO QUOTES:Good tattoos aren't cheap and cheap tattoos aren't good. ~Author UnknownYou think it, I ink it. ~Saying of tattooistsTattoo. What a loaded word it is, rife with associations to goons, goofs, bikers, tribal warriors, carnival artists, drunken sailors and floozies. ~Jon Anderson, "Epidermal Dalis," Chicago Tribune, 6 October 1994
