Bam Bam debuted in the 80s. He was in the Wrestlemania game for the NES which was released in 1989. He’d already been around for a few years before that.

Bret Hart said he always enjoyed working with Bam Bam. He was one of the best big men in the buisness.

One thing that I would say is underrated is this channel I have just literally come across and I'm already watching my third video with you

Bam Bam Bigelow actually debuted around the mid 1980's, being managed by Oliver Humperdink then, in WWF. He teamed with Hulk Hogan many times back then. He was even on the old NES video game that came out in the 1980's. He did not debut in the 1990's.

Curt Hennig, Bam Bam Bigelow, Big Van Vader and all the others on this list. I salute you for the entertainment you provided millions of us over the years. Peace, and RIP to our lost soldiers. 🙏

Mr. Perfect was one of my favorite wrestlers when I was a kid and the main reason was is that I thought he looked like my dad especially when he was in AWA with short hair. RIP Curt Henning you were one of the all time greats who should have been WWE world champion several times.

Great List. Big Van Vader in his prime (early 90s WCW) was the greatest super heavyweight I ever saw. Two wrestlers missing on the list for me -- 2 Cold Scorpio and Lord Steven Regal. Both were FANTASTIC in ring and are always overlooked

I loved Bam Bam Bigelow, shame he didn't get more popular

You never even mentioned what put vader on the map bro... What he did to inoki... The Japanese crowd in stunned silence. A masterpiece

I watched Curt Hennig wrestle in the northwest in the early 80s. Like 1982/83. He was just a skinny kid, but he was already a great in-ring talent.

The thing about growing up is, you realize the guys you idolized growing up were actually schmucks.... Exceptional list!!

I got to meet Bam Bam once in the 90's when I was 10. It was when he was doing the mid-south Memphis independent circuits. He was signing autographs for kids (for free), but because he was a heel; he hid behind the ring entrance curtains so the audience wouldn't see him being nice. My brother and I were terrified of him at first because of seeing his heel performances on television. But he was a really good guy.

Savio vega was massively underrated. He should have had more of a chance

All of these guy’s were absolutely fantastic, and all of them are better than any wrestler you have in wrestling today. How great would wrestling be if all these guy’s showed up now? Thanks for the great video.

Bam Bam was awsome. R.I.P Scott ✌

This video made me subscribe as soon as I heard "Bam Bam" Thank you.

I think the main reason Curt Henning didn’t get the world title run he should have, is…. “That doesn’t work for me, brother. It will hurt the merch numbers”

Just found your channel great content awesome speaking voice thanks for making work go by a little quicker many thanks

Enjoying the content new sub keep ‘em coming 💪

Hugh morris and his backflips of the top top are underrated AF He never gets mentioned

This is the era that I grew up in. Thanks for the nostalgia.

I love Vince's face when he's looking at Goldust.

Yeah out of the whole lost Vader should of been pushed so much more. Although I've heard he was stiff and hurt people but so did the road warriors.

Super great list! I'd like to see another

Great work, as always.

The fact that Bam Bam isn't in the Hall of Fame is a travesty.

Spoke to soon yeah Mr. Perfect should of been a head guy over everyone on this list.

Big van Vader was savage in njpw ajpw and wcw

Vader always reminds me of Juggernaut from the X-Men comics by Marvel.

Val venis was so underrated

I'm surprised Hennig's back problems are not mentioned more. It played a huge role in his never getting the Big Belt. At the height of his popularity in 1991 he had to drop the IC Title to Bret because he needed surgery. Then, later, after his Face Turn in late 1992, Vince had big plans for him in 1993. The Face Turn was the pre-req for winning the Big Strap. It was in the cards for him to win the Royal Rumble and then get his shot in Wrestlemania IX, or for him to win King of the Ring and then vie for the title in later 1993. But, Hogan's machinations to get the Belt back happened for the first scenario, and his back problems returned in summer 1993. From then on his appearances were too sporadic for a big push and by the time he was healthy again he went to the WCW. He had missed his window. It is high praise that Bret Hart said Hennig was the one man he readily admits was better than him in all respects.

Good video

Without knowing what the top of the card even really meant as a young person, Golddust was one of the most interesting/largest characters available. The only thing that kind of ruined Golddust was when he went to WCW

Doink was awesome!

Bam bam was the number one free agent in WWF... when he first came in

I really liked the character of Adam bomb but unlike most people I actually liked him as a baby face. and the Chronicle with Crush was an interesting idea as well.

Bam Bam Bigelow, Adam Bomb, Vader and Mr Perfect deserved much more

I would also add Al Snow, Justin Credible and a few others to this list. But I think some guys are happy enough being mid carders and don't have any ambition to main event WrestleMania. Everyone has their natural level.

Bigelow debuted in the 80's

Perfect, like so many others, peaked at the wrong time in the late 80s and early 90s. Back then WWF title changes were rare. The WWF Championship scene was mostly dominated by Hulk Hogan and whoever his latest foil happened to be. I haven't really followed wrestling much since about 2004 but when I hear how many times guys like Triple H, Cena, Edge etc. held the title, I shake my head because guys like Perfect, DiBiase, Jake, Piper, and Owen never had one reign as champ.

Doink definitely was underrated.

bam bam was fantastic but went for finishes too fast!! but his speed and versatility were great

Even in today’s wrestling world there’s a ton of underrated wrestling that’ll probably be mentioned in a list 10 or 15 years from now

Bam Bam was special!!!! He deserves so much more credit!!

Val Venis reminds me of Baron Corbin both wrestlers we're trapped in the lower midcard

Corino in roh was known as a commentator with Kevin Kelly and Nigel mcguinness

Love how Tazz didn't sell that powerbomb at beginning of video haha 🤦🏻‍♂️ He's known to do that crap.

All of the wrestlers debuted in the 1990's..../.... Bam Bam Bigelow (who got his biggest career push in the 80's). Nice video though :)

Just started watching the video already liking it I'm halfway through getting to the Steve carino park the one thing that confuses me is does Val Venus still have a relationship with Adam Copeland AKA Edge especially after him cheating on his wife edges wife was Val Venus's sister and he cheated on her with Lita I wonder if Venus ever got over the betrayal of his family and is still good contact or communication with Adam Copeland just throwing it out there try to call myself a smart Mart

Carino more than impressive great old school talent in the style of his wrestling his sister is a wrestler his son is a wrestler and his son at the age of 14 was the youngest heavyweight champion of all times thanks to the NWA little known fact and it's true just goes to show how great that man Steve carino is

Corino was the real deal! His work in early ROH is his best! Golden heel!

Add Ravishing Rick Rude to Your list

it depends on what you consider underrated or whatever. arguably, the best " wrestlers" wrestled for the intercontinental title back in the day. that was mr perfect. yea some got the push to heavyweight title, but really the biggest heel or biggest face at the time was who carried the belt. when perfect was in wcw, he was just another name amongst the likes of savage, sting, hogan, hart, goldberg, giant, nash and hall, etc. as far as vader, he got his wcw run, which was his prime. he was still big in wwf, but you had taker, stone cold, rock, mick foley, ron simmons/farooq. same with bam bam. like many others said, he was around way back in the day, and considering his gimmick, he had a pretty good run through all the promotions. i mean it wasnt like he was barry horowitz lol not to mention, bam bam was around in eras where he wasnt the tallest, fattest, most muscular, or most athletic. when you had to be one to get anywhere. and his gimmick was only that he was the beast from the east lmao what the fuck even is that? that could apply to vader too, but vader was an inch or 2 taller and 60lbs heavier, doing the same shit but scarier looking

Val Venus was one of my favorites

Vader's push was halted because he was stiff. Michaels didn't want to work with Vader because he was unsafe and sloppy in the ring. not because he didn't like him. He worked with psycho Sid instead who wasn't in his Clique but was a safe worker. It wasn't just Shawn Michaels who said it. It's one thing when you are using your weight on jobbers in WCW or Japan, and it's another thing when you are messing up spots and roughing up the top guy in the company in the WWE.

I agree with Vader and doink because they were two of my favorites growing up and I still haven't grown up. But yeah they deserve much more the more I learn about Shawn Michaels the less I like that guy

Raven should be in this list. He was one of the best of his era in my opinion, but never really got the credit or titles he would have deserved. Compared to him, Bam Bam Bigelow, Vader and Curt Hennig became "big names".

Bam Bam Bigelow scared the Shit out of me as a kid.

Dean Malenko,Perry Saturn,Brian Pillman

Neither made it to the end but even Chris Jericho would say and I know it because I'm a Calgaryen even Jericho and sellwood say that Lance storm is one of the best technical wrestlers specially because of them being the tag team but they were as a started up and commerce but he'll tell you he's one of the most technically sound individuals inside outside mentoring and training one of the most sound rustlers that do Stu Hart ever produced

Agree with this list. All of these guys are boy stable worthy and really didn't get their due, such a shame really.

Soy fan del Evil Doink. Pudo ser una especie de Joker en los 90

I was at an ROH show in the early 2000's and saw Corino throwing up in a toilet.

Love Corino. Tree of woe baseball slide.

Bam Bam didn’t debut in the 80s he was at wrestle mania 4 in 1988.

A Brummie guy doing wrestling reviews? Hell yeh!

How popular was Tazz in ecw

Coming was awesome for ecw

I would also say sabu...I felt like WWE never gave him the opportunity. He should have been at least international champion and put in the main event from time to time. But I guess his mic skills where not there.

Steve corino is known for his time in ecw and roh

I agree with golddust and Lance storm I mean look at jericho.

Everyone forgets about Stevie Richards

What about Steve Blackman he was very under rated and awesome

Idk man but these stories of talents being held back just make me hate Shawn Michaels more by the day. Dude was an absolute menace to all around him who weren't in his cliq.

vader was awesome - what wwe was thinking

Bigelow debuted in the 80s.

Honorable mention: Kanyon

Nice

Dustin Rhodes didn't debut in the 90s and wrestled in WWE before WCW

Corino would been awesome for wcw

Bam Bam also put over Major Payne

Hakushi gotta be the one

When Val Venus made his debut, wwf magazine did an interview with him. Hidden talent, he can hold a dozen doughnuts with no hands.

Perfect

Bam Bam Bigelow and Curt Hennig were both around in the '80s so why are they on a list of wrestlers that got their start in the '90s?

I wouldn't call him underrated, but Meng deserved a Heavyweight title run in either the WWF or WCW. But I understand why not. Would you tell Meng to drop the title? And would any wrestler try to Montreal Screw job Meng?

Pretty good list, the little confusing though considering that a lot of these guys started in the 80s and one guy did not belong on the list, I love the rest of the entries but Big Van Vader held multiple world championships in the 90s. He had the big gold belt down in WCW and numerous championships in Japan, he may not have ever gotten over in the WWE thanks to the kliq, but the first half of the 90s he was a huge star all over the world.

Val had the greatest gimmick of all gimmicks

Sabu. 🗣ECW ECW ECW !!!!!

If you ask me Val should have been in DX but I guarantee triple h had a say so in that

7:02 That would be a face nowadays.

People remember Val because of his gimmick imo

I never got Mike Awesome in ECW. Like I guess he was a good worker but his gimmick was so bland considering his peers at the time

Nobody was rocking with Gold Dust. That drag queen stuff was too weird. It was 98-99 we weren’t down with that. Plus we had Stone Cold, The Rock, Taker, Mankind to choose from. If not you the NWO, Benoit, Goldberg 110-0 streak. Not one person was rocking with Gold Dust.

B Brian Blair

The Big Valbowski would always get me questions from my old school mom 😂😂😂 "What is this? Is this really a wrestling show, or one of those movies with a story?!" Yeah Ma, all these people in the stands are there to watch an internationally televised live sex show 🤣🤣🤣

Golddust was exactly how dusty Rhodes was

"All the wrestlers on this list debuted in the 1990s"... Bam Bam debuted in 87

Mr perfect should've been a world title

not all of the wrestlers on this list debuted in the 90s