Buff Bagwell On Being Fired From WWE

Former WCW & WWE Superstar Buff Bagwell joins Chris to discuss the end of WCW and getting fired from the WWE after only one match with Booker T.

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[Eric-ewjt]

Buff looks a lot better, healthy. not slurring like in a lot of his older interviews. DDP has helped alot of people the WWF crowd was naturally going to be hostile towards WCW talent

[gabrieldiaz]

Mr. Buff Bagwell, the manliest that thing to do is stay sober and live life. Congratulations

[painfan]

The Invasion itself was a failure, not Bagwells fault at all.

[MBFModernHomesteading]

Buff looking great these days, happy for him.

[SGWAWRESTLINGSHOOTS]

Stand up guy. Met him years ago. Said he never refuses an autograph or photo because he remembers what it was like to not be famous, and he loves his fans…

[michaeljackson]

Buff Bugwell was in WCW for over a decade, and lasted only a week in WWE. Besides Booker T and DDP, he was the biggest name they had on the Alliance. He should have not been fired at all that early

[__RYN__]

Vince made an example of Buff Bagwell. I love the story of Pritchard telling Buff to not look into the camera

[Foxo-Matti]

They gave them a match without story or anything, of course people didn't care. The InVasion could have been great.

[thrasher]

Buff had a lot of potential and definitely could have been a main eventer long term. Loved him in WCW. WWE really dropped the ball on that one.

[TheJohno]

I remember watching WWE that night and saying to myself that they were screwing up. Having Buff and Booker T fight was kind of dumb in itself. They should have been teamed up on someone else. The Invasion thing could have gone good if Vinnie Mac wasn't so hell bent on punishing everyone that he saw as solid WCW people. Some people just don't know when they've won...

[ajw]

There is more to the story if his mother really called in for him. A lot people don't mention that Buff Bagwell's mom was his business partner. That is why she probably called in for him if that is true. Lance Storm claimed she was his agent, and Mike Graham said they ran a company together. The story about his mom stuck probably because he didn't refer to her as his agent Judy. There are so many stories of people in WWE allegedly having bad attitudes anytime they're looked down upon. WWE isn't always correct because they have a history of backstage altercations and scams that cross a line. I heard another story that wrestlers played a prank on Buff making him think they had special treatment, and Buff had the office called wanting more of the same. Buff confirmed that upon his time in WWE that wrestlers repeatedly tampered with his top hat. I'm sure Buff had issues, although not enough to blackball him throughout top wrestling promotions. He was likely made an example out of because there was so much spite towards WCW wrestlers that came over at certain time frames. I think Buff was a talent that deserved to main event in WCW, not saying he could be a consistent main eventer. I never thought his match with Booker was bad and more people agreed as time went on.

[mcwhortermcwhorter]

I want mark bagwell to stay on the right track and do something great with himself.

[nightshadeii]

Justice for Buff. He really did get screwed.

[kickflipdemon]

i been wwe guy since 02 and just watched some wcw 99 to the end and buff was definitely the stuff

[davidruble]

Buff def got screwed and I feel for this dude still. I though he was the coolest out of everyone who came over in the invasion angle and as a kid I couldn’t understand where buff was and why he wasn’t in wwf anymore. I hope good things come his way soon

[BigtimeJuicer]

The WWF completely missed the boat on Buff Bagwell! He was so over with the WCW/NWO crowd, it was nuts! Vince just wanted to bury those guys! Karma is hitting him hard right now though!

[souldrum]

Buff was awesome! He was one of my favorites in WCW.

[eurynomeiposdraven]

The fans were designed for years to hate anything and everything about wcw

[lanceparker]

Sean O'Haire had that "it" factor. WWE really dropped the ball on him.

[dynamicvoltage]

Buff was put in a really stupid position. They basically made the match babyface vs babyface. Everyone knows that Buff is infinitely better as a heel. He's a horrible babyface. He should have come out and cut a promo on WWE, saying how "WCW would never come to a hick town like this"...get some freaking HEAT. The match had no heat. No one cared who won or lost.