• Continental Wrestling Association
  • AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• Extreme Championship Wrestling
  • ECW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • ECW World Television Championship (1 time)
• NWA Northeast
  • NWA Northeast Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[5]
• New Japan Pro Wrestling
  • IWGP Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Big Van Vader[6]
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked him #68 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003
  • PWI ranked him #36 of the 100 best tag teams of the "PWI Years" with Big Van Vader in 2003
• Universal Superstars of America
  • USA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[5]
• USA Pro Wrestling / USA Xtreme Wrestling
  • USA Pro/UXW Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
• World Championship Wrestling
  • WCW Hardcore Championship (1 time)
  • WCW World Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Diamond Dallas Page and Kanyon as the Jersey Triad1
• World Class Wrestling Association
  • WCWA Television Championship (1 time)
• World Wrestling Federation
  • Slammy Award (1 time)
    • Best Head (1987) with Gene Okerlund
• Wrestle Association R
  • WAR World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Hiromichi Fuyuki and Yoji Anjo
  • Six Man Tag Team Tournament (1994) - with Genichiro Tenryu and Atsushi Onita
• Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
  • Rookie of the Year (1986)
  • Worst Worked Match of the Year (1993) with Bastion Booger and The Headshrinkers vs. The Bushwhackers and Men on a Mission at Survivor Series

1Bigelow defended the title with either Page or Kanyon under the Freebird Rule.