Vader rightfully gets plaudits for his NJPW run, though ‘Crusher’ Bam Bam Bigelow had a hellacious run there in his own right: two of the great super-heavyweights, former IWGP World Tag Team Champions ‘Big, Bad, and Dangerous’ were an awesome and phenomenally dominant tag team.

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1. Man, I miss watching both of these guys. They were absolute animals in the ring.

2. I feel old seeing how young Bam Bam looks here.

3. Gimme a time machine so I can put them in a ring with Keith Lee

4. what team can be formed to beat these two back then? they had to have a lengthy run with those belts.

5. RIP to both men.

6. Van fucking Vader and Bam Bam.

   Two legit pioneering big men.

   Lost to the Steiner Brothers who in all fairness were ruthless themselves back then

7. Too bad they got wrecked by WWE and in Bam Bam’s case also WCW.

8. RIP to these two

9. How many potatoes did these two hand out that night

10. Too bad we never got Gordy/Williams and vader/ bam bam.

11. Bam Bam is the most criminally underrated professional wrestler in the entire history of professional wrestling. Full Stop.

12. Goldberg and Bam Bam had a great match on Nitro. I wish Goldberg had gotten to work Scott Steiner and Bam Bam in better feuds those were two guys who legit could handle themselves and the matches were much better.

13. Why didn’t they like each other?

14. 2 of the best big men, never got the acclaim they deserved

15. Wait a minute… Did the new WWE tag belts just make a shit replica of these??

16. A these guys have been my favs since I could remember. Bam Bam Bigelow especially, I was bummed out when he lost to LT..back when I could not guess who was going to win lol

17. R.I.P. both of these badasses. Never forgave McMahon and Michaels for fucking with Vader’s head. Then Vince made Vader a glorified jobber at the end of his WWE run. Always been appreciative that Japan saw their worth.