Bam Bam Bigelow
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| Bam Bam Bigelow | |
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| Ring name(s) | Bam Bam Bigelow Crusher Yurkof |
| Real name | Scott Bigelow |
| Billed height | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) |
| Billed weight | 160 kg (350 lb; 25 st) |
| Born | 1961/9/1 Asbury Park, New Jersey |
| Died | 2007/1 Hudson, Florida (found dead on 2007/01/19 after missing for several days) |
| Shishō | Larry Sharpe |
| Debut | 1985 |
| Retired | 2004/11 |
Scott "Bam Bam" Bigelow was an American professional wrestler.
Biography
After being trained at Larry Sharpe's "Monster Factory" in New Jersey, Scott Bigelow started wrestling as "Crusher Yurkof" in Memphis with Sharpe as his manager and won the prestigeous AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship there. He then moved to Dallas, where he won World Class Television Championship. It was during this time when New Japan Pro-Wrestling discovered him. After his Japanese debut in 1987/1, he soon became the top gaijin star of the promotion. Though he left briefly for WWF later in the same year, he returned to New Japan in 1988. Soon after winning IWGP Tag Team Championship with Big Van Vader in 1992, he again left New Japan for WWF. On 1995/4/2, he wrestled against former NFL star Lawrence Taylor at WrestleMania XI in Hartford, Connecticut.
After leaving WWF in 1995, he continued to wrestle WAR in Japan as well as Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling and won numerous championships until offically retired in 2004/11.
On 2007/1/19, Bigelow, one of the top gaijin stars in the history of puroresu, was found dead at his home in Hudson, Florida. He was 45.
