Bam Bam Bigelow Dead

CGMark · Post by **CGMark** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 11:01 pm

http://www.pwtorch.com/artman/publish/a ... 8950.shtml

Died this morning. linked for the news item.

tjg_marantz · Post by **tjg_marantz** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 11:34 pm

Cesare · Post by **Cesare** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 11:41 pm

jesus fuckin christ.

The first time I ever saw an ECW match was in Worcester around 1996.. Bam Bam Bigelow, like all the other wrestlers in ECW, had to use the public restrooms. I was drunk as fuck and Bam Bam came and used the urinal right next to mine.. he was even talking shit to the people in the bathroom, still in character. I thought that was fucking awesome.

Man.. pro wrestling has to be one of the most fucked up, under-regulated industries in the country. I don't know how he died.. but I bet it wasn't pretty.

Kev199 · Post by **Kev199** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 11:45 pm

I remembered his wrestling. Fun to watch. Hard life though.

ChrisGwinn · Post by **ChrisGwinn** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 11:52 pm

He was my favorite wrestler in some SNES-era wrestling game I used to play.

McNutt · Post by **McNutt** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 1:57 am

I hate seeing all these guys I used to watch die at such early ages. What a shame.

KiloOhm · Post by **KiloOhm** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 8:07 am

Cesare wrote:jesus fuckin christ.

The first time I ever saw an ECW match was in Worcester around 1996.. Bam Bam Bigelow, like all the other wrestlers in ECW, had to use the public restrooms. I was drunk as fuck and Bam Bam came and used the urinal right next to mine.. he was even talking shit to the people in the bathroom, still in character. I thought that was fucking awesome.

Man.. pro wrestling has to be one of the most fucked up, under-regulated industries in the country. I don't know how he died.. but I bet it wasn't pretty.

I saw him wrestle King Kong Bundy (I'm pretty sure it was KKB anyway) in Worcester in the late 80s. Every time they collided the whole ring seemed to move.

I'm not a big wrestling fan (even back then) but he was entertaining.

Odin · Post by **Odin** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 10:48 am

The name is very familiar, but I can't picture this guy. Shame he died so young - sounds like he lived and played hard.

Peacedog · Post by **Peacedog** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 11:11 am

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 11:31 am

Even after reading the article and seeing his pic I dont know who he is. But Ive avoided wrastling since the 80s. I enjoyed it from around 1981-86. my days were filled with Ric Flair, Rowdy Roddy Piper, the Andersons, And Andre and the like.

Odin · Post by **Odin** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 11:43 am

You know, I still can't really picture him, either. Even with a, uh, picture. Odd, that. I was never a huge wrestling fan, but there was definitely a period in the mid-to-late 80s where I watched WWF somewhat regularly and knew all the players. There was at least one competing wrestling franchise that I didn't care for - the one on TBS as I recall. Maybe he was with that outfit.

Still a shame, either way.

Peacedog · Post by **Peacedog** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 12:40 pm

Sith Lord wrote:You know, I still can't really picture him, either. Even with a, uh, picture. Odd, that. I was never a huge wrestling fan, but there was definitely a period in the mid-to-late 80s where I watched WWF somewhat regularly and knew all the players. There was at least one competing wrestling franchise that I didn't care for - the one on TBS as I recall. Maybe he was with that outfit.

Still a shame, either way.

He was WWF for a good while, but like everyone else I think he ultimately did some bouncing around. And while he wore that outfit for some time, I seem to recall not seeing him in it at one point (whether that was before or after he got big I have no idea).

Kadoth Nodens · Post by **Kadoth Nodens** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 1:44 pm

Aww, man. That sucks. He was an inspiration to my fat-kid ass back in the 80s.

pr0ner · Post by **pr0ner** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 4:41 pm

Apparently he died in his sleep.

Pro wrestlers always tend to die way too young.

Coskesh · Post by **Coskesh** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 8:21 pm

He was the guy that would do cartwheels as part of his move, if I remember correctly.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Wed Mar 06, 2019 4:34 pm

KiloOhm wrote: ↑Sat Jan 20, 2007 8:07 am King Kong Bundy

Dead at 63

The death was announced by promoter and longtime friend David Herro. The cause of death and other details were not disclosed.

Mr. Bundy, whose real name was Christopher Pallies, began wrestling in the early 1980s. After early professional appearances as a rustic, rope-belted figure dubbed Big Daddy Bundy, he redefined his character, shaved his head and became known as King Kong Bundy.

The mountainous 6-foot-4 wrestler weighed about 460 pounds during his prime. His ring personality was loud and obnoxious, although other wrestlers considered Mr. Bundy one of the kindest and most generous members of their brotherhood.

During his heyday with the World Wrestling Federation (now WWE) in the 1980s, he was usually cast as a villainous opponent of featured wrestlers such as Hogan and Andre the Giant — one of the few wrestlers bigger than he was. In a match billed as the “Colossal Jostle,” Mr. Bundy wrestled Andre at Madison Square Garden in 1985. When Mr. Bundy’s tag-team partner, Big John Studd, came out of the locker room to attack Andre, Mr. Bundy lost by disqualification.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Wed Mar 06, 2019 6:26 pm

Another childhood memory gone. I remember back then Id see him and think he seemed sickly. I think it was because of his shape and look. I dont know now. I figured back then he'd die before the 80s were out. But he was younger than I thought back then and not sick. RIP. Died same age as my wife

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