J.R.'s Family Bar-B-Q

Bam Bam Bigelow, 42, has been found dead in his home in Pasco Country, Florida of unknown causes it was reported Friday afternoon.

Bam Bam was found dead by his girlfriend in their home in Hudson, Florida. The Police are investigating Bigelow’s death.

I remember Bam Bam as one of the top super heavyweights ever. For a man who topped the scales at nearly 400 pounds and with his shaved, tattooed skull Bam Bam was an extraordinary athlete with a million dollar look. Few men I have ever seen on any athletic field of Bigelow’s size were as agile and athletically gifted as the New Jersey native.

It seems like only a few days ago when Larry Sharpe, who trained Bigelow in the Monster Factory, was making calls to many of the promoters around the country about this big monster that he was training. Bam Bam’s first publicity photos were damn impressive.

Scott “Bam Bam” Bigelow made significant contributions in the WWE, WCW, ECW and in New Japan Pro Wrestling to name a few of the places he worked in a career that began in the early 80’s.

I will always have the greatest respect for the amazing match Bigelow had with NFL Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor at Wrestlemania 11 in Hartford, Connecticut. Bam Bam spent hours working with Pat Patterson, who refereed the match at ‘Mania, preparing to perform in the main event at the biggest wrestling event in the world against a man who was having his FIRST match. Bigelow came through with flying colors.

Bam Bam was very proud of his efforts with LT at ‘Mania 11 and was genuinely touched and had tear filled eyes from the outpouring of congratulations and kind words in the locker room from his peers after the LT match. The big guy who looked like a killer had a kind and gentle heart.

I can never remember having a cross word with Bam Bam in all the years I knew him which was the bulk of his tenure in the business. If you treated Scott like a man and was honest and respectful to him he reciprocated. It was that simple.

Bigelow did some of his most entertaining work after Wrestlemania 11 in ECW and had a memorable run with Tazz.

Bam Bam had a variety of ring injuries and survived a near fatal motorcycle accident and those injuries and other issues plagued the big guy off and on for years.

Scott “Bam Bam” Bigelow will be remembered as an extraordinary athlete and one of the great “big men” of all time much akin to Ernie Ladd, Don Leo Jonathan, Gorilla Monsoon, Vader, and Andre the Giant, among others I am sure I have inadvertently neglected.

We will miss you big fella. God Bless You. Our sincere condolences to the family and friends of the late Scott “Bam Bam” Bigelow.

Jim Ross