page_title: Bam Bam Bigelow
section_title: The Triple Threat (1997–1998)
hierarchical_section_title: Bam Bam Bigelow / Professional wrestling career / Extreme Championship Wrestling (1996, 1997–1998) / The Triple Threat (1997–1998)
caption_attribution_description: A photograph of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bam_Bam_Bigelow" rel="nofollow"&gt;Bam Bam Bigelow&lt;/a&gt; taken at &lt;a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/secondperiod/3369813248/in/set-72157603556100529/"&gt;this show&lt;/a&gt;, October 4, 1998.
context_page_description: Scott Charles Bigelow was an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Bam Bam Bigelow. Recognizable by his close to 400-pound frame and the distinctive flame tattoo that spanned most of his bald head, Bigelow was hailed by former employer WWE in 2013 as "the most natural, agile and physically remarkable big man of the past quarter century", while former co-worker Bret Hart described him as "possibly the best working big man in the business."
  Bigelow is best known for his appearances with New Japan Pro-Wrestling, the World Wrestling Federation, World Championship Wrestling, and Extreme Championship Wrestling between 1987 and 2001. Over the course of his career, he held championships including the ECW World Heavyweight Championship, the ECW World Television Championship, the IWGP Tag Team Championship, and the WCW World Tag Team Championship. Bigelow headlined seven pay-per-views: the first Survivor Series in 1987, Beach Brawl in 1991, King of the Ring in 1993 and 1995, WrestleMania XI in 1995, and the 1997 and 1998 editions of ECW's premier annual event, November to Remember.
context_section_description: In May 1997, Bigelow began appearing regularly with ECW. He was reintroduced at the "Chapter 2" event, begin named the new third member of The Triple Threat alongside Shane Douglas and Chris Candido. He was undefeated until August 1997, when he suffered an upset loss to the diminutive Spike Dudley at Born to be Wired. Bigelow made his ECW pay-per-view return at Hardcore Heaven later that month, defeating Dudley in a rematch. During the match, Bigelow pressed Dudley above his head and hurled him into the ECW Arena audience. Bigelow went on to defeat Dudley in a series of further matches over the following months.
  On the October 20, 1997 episode of ECW Hardcore TV, Rick Rude selected Bigelow as challenger for Shane Douglas' ECW World Heavyweight Championship. Bigelow accepted the match and went on to win the Championship, renouncing his membership in The Triple Threat as a result. Over the course of his reign, Bigelow successfully retained the Championship in bouts with challengers including Al Snow, Chris Candido, Mikey Whipwreck, and Paul Diamond. In the main event of November to Remember on November 30, 1997, Douglas defeated Bigelow to regain the Championship.
  Bigelow continued feuding with The Triple Threat, allying with Taz. At Hostile City Showdown in January 1998, Bigelow and Taz faced The Triple Threat in a handicap match; during the match, Bigelow betrayed Taz, rejoining The Triple Threat. At Living Dangerously on March 1, 1998, Bigelow defeated Taz for the ECW World Television Championship in the Asbury Park Convention Hall in his hometown. During the match, Bigelow collapsed backwards while Taz was applying his Tazmission hold, driving both men through the ring canvas. Bigelow's reign lasted until the April 4, 1998 episode of ECW Hardcore TV where he lost the Championship to Rob Van Dam. 
  After defeating New Jack at Wrestlepalooza, Axl Rotten at It Ain't Seinfeld, and Al Snow at A Matter of Respect, Bigelow unsuccessfully challenged Taz for the ECW FTW Heavyweight Championship in a falls count anywhere match at Heat Wave after both men fell through the entrance ramp. Bigelow subsequently teamed with Candido and then Douglas to unsuccessfully challenge Rob Van Dam and Sabu for the ECW World Tag Team Championship. The feud between The Triple Threat and Taz, Van Dam, and Sabu culminated in a six-man tag team match in the main event of November to Remember, in which Sabu pinned Douglas. This marked Bigelow's final appearance with ECW as he left the promotion to rejoin World Championship Wrestling immediately thereafter.
caption: Bigelow in Extreme Championship Wrestling in 1998.
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