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We'll Miss You, Bro...
Back in 1980, I was running a night club called Xanadu... It was the place to be... The place was off the hook... I remember Bammer coming in from time to time and, trust me, when I tell you that Bam Bam ran with some BMF’s... So I would always stroll up on Bam from behind gently putting my hand on his shoulder and say... "Bam Bam... Bro... You’re not going to start any sh*t in here tonight ... Right?" He would always turn to me and smile and say... "Come on Page... you know I would never do that to you" and we’d both laugh our asses off... Then we’d head over to the bar and have a few shots... Sometimes more than a few... Some times waaay more than a few... Damn... Often we would talk about our childhood dream of being wrestlers... One night, I was watching one of those cable channels and I’ll be damned... there he was ... The Beast from the East Bam Bam on the TV in Texas... I’ll never forget it... I flipped out... I was so proud of him... Later, I would see him again when he showed up in the WWF... And what a push he got... They put the Hulkster right up against him to give him the big rub, and right away Bam Bam Bigelow was a made man. Scott "Bam Bam" Bigelow was without question one of the Greatest BIGG men of all time... Even at 400 lbs, he could move like a cat... Not many people know this, but Bam was one of my personal inspirations... When I first got in the ring to begin my journey to be a top guy in Pro-Wrestling, there were many times Bam Bam was right there with me... not physically but he was there just the same. Whenever I got down, I would always say to myself... if Bam Bam could it... so could I. Now I know that may sound crazy to some of you who knew Bammer, given the fact that he was way bigger and started way younger than I, but it was about that to me... It was more about if Bam Bam could do it... If I worked hard enough... So could I...
It was truly an honor... But it wasn’t until Bam Bam turned on me when they were breaking up the Triad that I really get to see first hand just how good Scotty Bam Bam Bigelow really was. At 400 lbs he would come off the top rope and I would barely feel a thing... Wow... Trust me that’s HUGE... I had "The Macho Man" Randy Savage come off that top rope on me for almost a year and I pissed blood for 15 out of 16 weeks... In Randy’s case, YOU COULDN’T FAKE GRAVITY... I felt every square inch of him... every night... But when The Beast from the East came down on me I barley felt him at all... I’m sure that it was just because he was looking out for me... just like I would always look out for him... Jersey boys always look out for each other...
Stay Strong... D. Dallas Page
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I need to start this email saying Good-Bye to very good friend of mine... Scott "Bam Bam" Bigelow... It took me awhile to write this email because I wanted to have all of my thoughts together about Bam Bam before I put them on paper... You see, I’ve known Bam Bam Bigelow since he was 18 years old... and believe me at 18 he was a Man... He stood 6’3’’ about 340 lbs and everyone took him seriously. When Bammer was a HS heavy weight Champion, some of his opponents would forfeit the match because they were afraid to face the Beast from the East... Now that’s RESPECT!
I remember when I finally got to “The SHOW” Ted Turner’s WcW at the age of 35... at 36 I tore my rotator cuff and they fired me... When I finally got my job back at 37... Bam Bam called me and told me how proud he was of me for not quitting... He said it’s going to happen bro... Just be you and he laughed... Don’t let them take you out again... And I didn’t ... Later, I would help Bam come into WCW and, along with Kanyon, we would be the the World Tag Team Champions which completed the circle of the two bros from the Jersey Shore... 
His brother Toddy asked me the day of the funeral if I would get up and say a few words... Of course, I was honored... My own brother Rory was with me that day and he asked me what I was going to say... I said "I have no idea. I have nothing prepared." Rory said "Just speak from your heart, bro, that’s when you’re at your best." I watched some of the biggest baddest MF’s get up to speak for Bam and one by one they all broke down... Coming to tears over the loss of a brother... So when it was my turn to go up there you can bet I was all choked up... I still had no idea what I was going to say ... So I grabbed the mic ,looking down at my Biker boots, and for that moment I was taken back to those days at Xanadu... back to when we were kids and I started to talk... To those you who knew Scott Bam Bam Bigelow... You knew he had quite the... REPUTATION ... And then I just look out at the crowd and smiled and everyone blew HUGE... They wanted to laugh, they could cry later... It broke the ice and I was on a roll getting to honor my friend one last time... When I finished speaking every clapped and thanked me for what I had said... It made everyone feel better and that’s what Bam Bam would have wanted... He would want everyone laughing and remember how much fun they had around him... He was a gentle Giant... He was a Man’s... MAN... He was my friend and a brother and he will be sadly missed... 