Bam Bam Bigelow - Bret Hart in WWF, Vince McMahon Steroid Trial & Shawn Michaels
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- Bam Bam Bigelow talks wrestling Bret Hart in WWF, how the Vince McMahon Steroid Trial went down, Shawn Michaels & WCW invasion. Full Shoot ➡ TitleMatchNetwo...
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Bam Bam Bigelow (RIP) talks about what it was like to wrestle vs Bret Hart in the WWF. Also, how Vince McMahon acted during his infamous steroid scandal in 1991. What was the heat between Bret Hart & Shawn Michaels? Bam Bam also discusses why he thinks Vince McMahon sent the Outsiders (Scott Hall, Kevin Nash) to WCW just to steal money from Ted Turner, only to return to WWF later.
This Bam Bam Bigelow Shoot Interview was conducted in April 1998. Licensed/distributed by Title Match Network.
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Bigelow and Bret always said genuine things about each other.
If Bam Bam FINALLY gets in the WWE HOF, I can see Hart being his presenter.
Bam Bam should definitely be inducted into the hall of fame for his contributions and his in ring work. He was one of the boys always. He worked great matches with Bret,tatanka,Sid,carried Lawrence Taylor to a descent match and had great tag matches. In my opinion he's the best big man in terms of weight ever and maybe Vader a close second. Always open and cool and relaxed in his shoots. I miss Scott Bigelow. He doesn't get the acknowledgement and credit he truly deserves.
Just go back and watch his work from ECW. He could have great matches with anybody. He even saved some kids from a burning building at one point. Solid dude
@@gerilynnlaporte9346 Scotty Bigelow sounds like a really good guy.
I would say DDP but he's affiliated with AEW.
geri lynn laporte I can think of at least 10 big men who were worlds better than Bam.
Since watching bam bam interviews I respect him alot more then I ever did.
Really? I thought he came off as a self entitled asshole. Especially when talking about ppl he didn’t like, like Shawn Michaels.
@@KelticTim Shawn being the biggest self-entitled arsehole in the business, lol.
back in the day he was the annoying pretty boy ahole
K T well, Shawn Michaels never saved three children from a burning building. Bam Bam did. Shawn was a huge piece of shit. Bam Bam is one of the nicest people i’ve ever met, (i live 20 minutes from Asbury Park) i use to run into him sometimes. He would always give me a couple minutes to talk to him and if he saw me before i saw him he would sneak up on me and mess with me. Funny and kind, Bammer was a really awesome person.
Not surprising to see anyone say that. When someone plays a heel or "monster" very well its easy to think thats a part of their natural person.
Their match at King of the Ring was great!
And the match they had in Spain. They had always great chemistry.
@@Baastilein31 The match from Spain is the better one.
RIP the Beast from the East!
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Hart has said working with Bam Bam was a night off. Same with Yokozuna.
He said they were the 2 most agile "big" guys in the business
It amazes me that this shoot was in early 98! I didn't even know wrestlers were doing shoots this early
I thought the dame thing. I figured this interview was in the early 2000s.
me too
Howard Stern was having wrestlers on and breaking kayfabe around the same time. Also another show called Off The Record in Canada.
There's also a really good Hart Foundation shoot around this same time. It should still be on YT.
The match he had with Bret at King of the Ring 1993 was legendary
Bret had no problem dropping the belt, but it was after Shawn’s disrespect, that all bets were off.
Bam Bam Bigelow. A very underrated talent.
Bam Bam Bigelow speaks the truth!!
Vince McMahon has a horrible track record of failure EXCEPT for Wrestling.
And even some of that success was in spite of his efforts.
He’s failing with Raw.
What his track record lately has been a complete failure in wrestling
XFL was one it
I like how frank and believable Bam Bam was in these.
I don’t want WCW to go down because I can have somewhere to go if it doesn’t work out hrtr. Ain’t that the truth Bam Bam
Bam Bam on Vince: everything he touches outside the wrestling world turns to shit that's his track record. Sooo true!!!
Everything he touches INSIDE the wrestling World Turns to shit also
Steroids is in every sport Wrestling was the fall guy at that time.
New Jersey badass right here, RIP, shore represent 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻.
Bret didnt wanna put shawn over cause shawn never .... ever wanted to put anyone over (outside the kliq) mainly when shawn refused to put Davy Boy over for the EUROPEAN title in his own country which in the biz is an unspoken no no
Bret agreed to do it initially, however, HBK reciprocated that with a "Thanks, but I wouldn't do the same for you". I am on Hart's side on this one.
@@Neethan3247 it was what the boss wanted. end of
@@rubberchix Might have been what the boss wanted but even Vince knew he was wrong to lie to Bret, which is why he (Vince) went to face Bret in the locker room (also because Taker told Vince he had better go explain himself to Bret). Bret settled things when he knocked out Vince. "end of"
@@rubberchix
The boss was wrong. Bret had full creative control clause in his contract which stipulated that he could drop the title to anyone and in any way.
@@Neethan3247 also, Bret did not even have to show up that night for the PPV because he had already fulfilled all the days that was required of him on his contract (he was already over by twenty or thirty days). He could have phone in and said he was not going to show up.
He Called So Much Shit that went Down over the Years, and Still going Today!!!
Such a great interview, I can’t believe he’s been gone so long.
Always liked Bam Bam.
Shame he is no longer with us!
The Beast From The East R.I.P. Bam Bam!!!
"Fe Fi Fo Fum. What beanstalk you fall from?!" (Major Payne)
He had to have been tired of being asked about Shawn/the kliq
Bam Bam is one charismatic guy. Hes just cool as fuck in these interviews
Bam was a real dude!!!
Coming from the hogan warrior superficial era bam bam to me just looked like a big bald weirdo but growing up and seeing shoots and who he actually is he's my favorite wrestler now. I've gone back and watched a bunch of his matches and they're all good
He could move for a big man for sure
Bam is awesome and such a jersey guy
No clue how Koko B Ware is in the HOF and Bam Bam is not
Unreal lol
How Drew Carey is in the HOF and Bam Bam Bigelow isn't.....
The WWE HOF is nothing more than an elbow rubbing contest. The better you could do it, the higher your chances of getting in. Bam Bam should have been in back in the early 2000s. It's a total joke.
Bigelow is cool in these interviews
Bret Hart is the goat of Professional wrestling.
FACT!
The only goat is the 3:16. Don’t say other wise. Austin tops in every category.
@@DANNY10MADRID Austin was great don't get me wrong, but in terms of wrestling ability, he doesn't outwork Bret. Austin was clearly better on the mic, but Bret was the best worker. Period.
@@scotto132 To be the goat, its not about in ring, so get your facts straight. Austin out sold Bret in merch, feuds, like his, and vince which is argubaly the greatest fued of all time, pops, who gets better ovations then Austin? Era, like Bret being in the worse era of the 90s, and argubaly Bret had no competition, in which who was always second fiddle, the undertaker, unlike when Shawn arrived as a main eventer, Bret was put aside, and unlike Austin the attitude era was his era, and without Austin there is no attitude era. Bret could only wrestle, and thats not what the pro wrestling like the WWF/WWE is about. It's about who gets you over, and Bret wasnt even much of a better champion over Shawn, or even Sid. Do i also need to mention matches that are most memorable? Austin > Bret in any way, shape or form, other than in ring, so that clearly makes Austin over Bret. Oh do i also need to mention the most popular superstar of all time? K
@@scotto132 Professional Wrestling isnt about In ring only, and if anything its about entertainment.
OPINION! Though I do share that opinion.
Married with Children made me love BBB
My minds foggy, which ep was he on? I remember Kng Kong Bundy both playing himself AND one of Pegs inbred relatives lol
How is that as he never did the show. King Kong bundy did the show?
Was he in an episode?? Can't remember unfortunately
...Unless you’re a drug addict, then your money’s gone. Describing the majority of the roster 1985-2005ish
Jacques Rougeau said in a shoot that Bam Bam used to bully Dink the Clown
5:52 bam bam called it in 1998 wow exactly what nash,hogan,hall ended doing to wcw.
Vince murdering Bret's brother, you know, that's just bidness. I mean, you know, people get wacked.
Always felt the same way
Always thought this too
Bam Bam would be an awsome manager in today's wrestling
He would if he was still alive
Hearing so much about it now it's downright amazing shawn dropped it to Austin at mania. It's amazing they got that to happen. Sucks to see Bam Bam so messed up here
I'd really have paid to see Bob Backlund stretch Shawn Michaels.
I nearly did a spit take at the thought.
What a class act, gotta watch his matches again, love he said he would knock out diesel, razor ramone, and Shawn micheals, all douches.
I always thought that the Montreal thing was a Work
When he said it was all a work I believe him . I just don’t think Bret was in on it .
Vince got Bret the deal to leave
He wasn’t in wwe or wcw at the time he was in ecw how would he know
Terrible that he went 😭 n the ridiculous way that he went. He could still be working today if he wanted to. He was so awesome. To be able to do what he could do at his size was incredible. Wish I could've gotten the chance to meet him
The coolest
I didn't want to see WCW to go down either so I can have another place to go- 🤔
Loved bam bams look so unique
how ironic he hates the heartbreak kid but loves bret lol.
Good point but I also fall on the same side lol
Hart was alot more respectable and a decent guy then and Michael's was cheeky brash and full of himself......
CKTV you were not a wrestler your going by what you heard or read not what you know for a fact !
@@ctnative203
Majority of folks backstage, aside from the Klique, preferred Bret
@@Neethan3247 I think Xpac and Nash low key preferred Bret as well.
So sad...he described himself in his last few words!
Good guy
I like him he’s tells it real
My uncle was friends with bambam before he really made it back in nj. They didn't a jail stint together. Always said Bam Bam was cool as hell and man I never seen anything to suggest otherwise
Love bam bam
When you go back and think about it shawn was a complete twat who didn't want to drop the belt to anyone its amazing that no one beat the shit out of him in the ring for real.
Nice
Bret Hart vs Bam Bam Bigelow King of the Ring 1995 was exciting
Little correction, it was KOTR 1993
1995 King of the Ring was with Mabel. The worse King of the Ring winner ever.
How old was he here to have zero grays in his beard?
He was around 39-40 when this interview was produced
BAM BAM
I love how all these guys say Vince is a good businessman. Ummm Ico Pro, The Body Building League, XFL, the fall of the business under HHH, XFL again. And giving up a prized asset that could have kept international sales up thru the 90s and 2000s Bret Hart. If you want to say he wasn't over in the US that's fine. But fuuuuck he was over everywhere else, and still is.
But the thing is real money is $
Although 1992-1997 he still made more money in US than anyone in WWF but Vince was clear he did not want Bret in the direction WWF was going as he was opposed to it
If not for the Starrcade 1999, even Bret wouldn't be so bitter about his move
But now all parties have reconciled. Let's just put this underneath
3B !!
The bodybuilding shit twice and failed. Now XFL twice and failed. Second XFL probably would’ve lasted a few seasons if COVID never happened.
Vince McMahon Jr doing that now he a silent owner of impact wrestling n aew
That doesn't really make sense for the Outsiders to go to WCW to make more money, fuck everything up and then come back for what could be less money than they were actually getting in WCW.
Very cool post, cool shoot and RIP to BAM BAM, he actually lived and sadly passed away not far from where I make my home these days. Great channel, I’m subscribing now. Feel free to check out our channel where every Friday we stream new events and matches of the classic stars you grew up watching. We use superstars from the 70s, 80s and 90s, streaming matches with old school audio bytes of match commentary, promos, old school venues such as Nitro, RAW and Saturday Nights Main Event, but with NEW results and angles.
Need some help with a question. What does that mean when the boys paid for the trial, the WBF and Hogans movie. I'd like to think I'm pretty knowledgeable about the behind the scenes stuff but I don't know what he means. Is it because Vince uses WWE money? Only thing I can think of and technically it doesn't belong to the boys. It does but legally it doesn't
Basically any money that went to fight the steroid trial, make a movie or fund the WBF always came indirectly out of the wrestler's pockets. It could have been accomplished a number of ways - slashing salaries that year, reducing the roster, taking away other perks that the company traditionally paid for etc. Not sure what their deals were specifically at the time but I'm certain the losses were passed down to everyone but the owner.
@@TitleMatchWrestling thank You! I was close. In a perfect world a billionaire should have to use some of that billion they have to pay for things. Like getting a forgivable loan for a business. If you don't have nothing and the business is a success then sure forgivable loan I agreed with.... but..... your a billionaire, you should not be allowed to get a forgivable loan.
WWE is cool
Without Stampede Wrestling by Stu Hart there would be no World Wrestling Federation. Bret's father sold Stampede Wrestling to Vince's father ...
The rest is history.
Bret Hitman Hart the Goat Wrestler.
After the departure of Bret Hitman Hart from the World Wrestling Federation, they lost an entire generation of wrestling fans ... I didn't see wrestling again.
It's good to see old and quality matches here ..
The Excellence of Execu-Shawn 4 life ..
Long Live the 80's and the 90's of WWF...
WWE is a joke..
unless you're a drug addict.... this guy knows
That is quite the conspiracy theory from Bam Bam! That Hall & Nash were going down to WCW to bleed them dry for cash flow.......
Who knows..... Vince is just the type to be upset when someone else may be doing well if he is able to do something about it!! And..... Nitro was still pretty new......
I never knew Bam Bam was so into money. I always thought wrestling was about legacy. Almost like a college coach. You make it until you can make millions then it’s not about the money. It’s about championships and legacy. If you become a millionaire and say fuck it I don’t want to do it the books we read on you your legacy will be forever tarnished. Like Scottie Pippen not going in the game against the Knicks in the playoffs 25 years later. So having that attitude isn’t progressive at all. Both Shawn and Bret had great careers so for them it worked out. It’s just him saying it like that very cut and dry.
Bret was always about legacy... he says it in all his interviews
for majority of the wrestlers it was all about the money as there wasnt much in the business to begin with. its a sport that is predetermined. so when you get asked to job, you just get down and do it as part of your job. your boss may even chuck you a few dollars for taking the fall. theres only a few wrestlers like bret that treat it as real. bret kept salaries down because he didnt demand more than he should have. he was quite happy and content with getting an average salary but at the same time being made made event and protecting his image. i uppose its something to be admired of and to be proud of but for majority of the wrestlers this wasnt the case. it was about as making as much money as you can
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