Buff Bagwell: Getting fired by Vince, being a gigalo, his mom winning WCW gold, more
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4-time Emmy award winning entertainment reporter Chris Van Vliet talks to Buff Bagwell before AIW Wrestling's JT Lightning Invitational Tournament in Cleveland. He says he still doesn't know why he was fired from WWE, comments on his mom Judy Bagwell winning the WCW Tag Team Championship, his new job on the Showtime show Gigolos and his advice for up and coming wrestlers.
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I honestly don't even know why I'm writing this. But il give it a go, I had the pleasure of mettimg Marc. He is a sincere, humble man. I asked him for an autograph for my little nephew and then he asked me for my address, I was a little shock. But didn't hesitate and wrote it down, a few days later I got a later from him and a picture singed to Diego. My respects and wish him the best of luck.
wow awesome story
That’s mad cool
Well now your nephew is NWO #wolfpac
I can believe that I met him in Bessemer Alabama with my elderly mother and he was nice to me and hugged my mama made her smile wide as the Grand Canyon
Robert Ortiz Aww be truly seems like a sweet man. That was very nice of him
He looks exactly the same. I mean EXACTLY. 1997/98 was 17 and 18 years ago, and he hasn't aged a bit.
MC RIDDLA1 he probably doesn't do drugs
Bro. Eyes hairline are covered
I met him a few years ago. It's not camera trickery. He actually looks great
@@playboi7045 He has a bad drug habit.
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I remember playing wcw vs nwo on my Nintendo 64 as a kid. My brothers favorite was Buff Bagwell...good times lol
ThePieMan305 Great game
Loved that game i played as goldberg n sting alot. Its good to see buff n good health too
+ThePieMan305 lmao he was my favorite too i used him all the time
ThePieMan I liked that weird Frankenstein guy that had two finishers. Damn he was cool!
Felonious kapers me too What was his name!!!???
Buff and Steiner were two of the best at wrestling promos/entertainers
It was funny when Buff called him "big poppa DUMP" xD
@@chattingesque372 yea :))))
Great interview! I wasn't really planning to watch the whole thing, but it kept my interest all the way through.
Grantflip LOL - Amen...just happened to me.
I think its because Bagwell isn't fucked up that he cant speak properly or isn't whining about every motherfucking thing in his career like others do. Even the negative stuff he made light of.
Same
I've always thought that Vince really screwed up by not signing Buff Bagwell to a real contract. The guy had a ton of potential, and it's almost like he was tailor made for WWF. You see how well guys like Jericho and Eddie Guerrero, and Rey Mysterio did after the transition, to deny that to Bagwell was just plain stupid.
Agreed n coulda had a match with Val Venis.
Maybe big pappa pump had something to do with it. Who knows.
@@BradyIsAfagInHeat No, because McMahon and company threw Scott Steiner under the bus to make triple lame look good and then they got rid of him too.
Can't compare Buff Bagwell to legends like Eddie and Jericho, he wasn't even that good a wrestler which was why he got fired so quickly and had one of the worst attitudes backstage
Well he assaulted a work colleague(Shane Helms), he wonders why they kept him home that weekend I’m guessing HR and management we’re doing an investigation. Buff is delusional to believe otherwise!
Buff just seems like the nicest guy around in every interview. really changes my view on his career
Bagwell is truly a walking miracle. This is guy I give a tremendous amount of credit. Comes back and proves never to give up or quit.
Was never a Bagwell fan in WCW, but the guy does a real good interview. Explains things and wrestling terms in real good detail without rambling on like some guys do.
He looks great for his age
The dude has barely aged since the 90's.
Never took his hat off, either.
+GrantH I know right lol.
+Wag Dawgwag yea but his hair has barely recessed he still looks the same lol
Yeah. I'm the same age as Buff and RVD. Working out and staying Natty simultaneously is a human-beings fountain of youth. People i first meet always think i'm many years younger than my chronological age.
He has admitted to use of steroids
He seems like a pretty straight up dude. The kind of guy you could hang out with and drink a beer. I know he has stories for days about the WCW era. When wrestling was still worth a shit
He's a lovable loon.
WWE should hire Chris as an announcer. The way he delivers certain questions and comes off approachable and cool as a pickle is great to watch.
Buff on the other hand needs to take his ass to church lol
cool as a pickle...totally using that haha.
Chris isn't so good. I could out announce him with my microphone tied behind my back. He thinks he's the feature. Bagwell is the feature.
Why church?
This was actually an excellent interview with Buff Bagwell! I still feel he has plenty to offer in the ring and I think he can make a good comeback if he wrestled in Japan!
Buff Bagwell he was a lot better than he got credit for, and at one point he was one of my favorites in WCW. He had charisma and mic skills, that's for sure! I loved when he hit The Blockbuster on his opponent.
this guy is so cool and down to earth
I wouldn't mind seeing Buff make a comeback to the WWE as a mid-carder, a position like RVD is in now.
never gonna happen, wwe hates him for some reason
so his mom can call in for him
Wow, Buff looks good and my goodness he's been through some rough times but I'm so glad that he's gotten back to being the Buff we all remember! I used to love watching this guy in WCW and felt he was overlooked. Thanks for another great interview, Chris!
I was a big Buff Bagwell fan. He got some of the biggest pops from fans when he came out. Its like they went out of their way to bury this guy.
I have TONS of respect for this guy, he got dealt a really shitty hand by the WWE but is still rocking it.
This guy seems like a great guy. I'm happy he's happy.
i met him in one of his shows, he's a real cool guy to talk with, he's very open
Buff Bagwell Was Such An Underrated Talent! Great Ring Generalship And Great Charisma Behind The Mic!
Buff is a great interview. He always tells the same story over and over, word for word, but it always sounds interesting
That was a hell of an interview!
I can see why this guy has 3 Emmy's. Now all he needs is a SLAMMY! lol
Holy shot bagwell looks phenomenal. Literally looks the same as when he was in WCW. Amazing
That must have been crazy. Walking into the building for nitro, and a bunch of WWF trucks are outside the building.
Just like "The Wrestler." Stuck in a moment of time, forever.
not really . people want to know about the past so these guys talk about it.
@@davidyu3533 Yes really. Buff literally makes a living capitalizing on his fame from the 90's. He's still there.
i always liked buff bagwell his entrance dance was so legendary it got me to like wrestling when i saw my cuzin imitate it so cooly back then, always wondered why i never saw him much :(
used to love watching Buff growing up! super cool dude outside of the ring. wcw was the shit
I picked fights with wrestlers, no showed events and got my mom to cover for me, and wrestled terribly when I was there to wrestle.
But I have no idea why I was fired...
The most real comment here.
AS A KID I NEVER WAS BIG ON WCW, I WAS A WWF FAN. WHEN I FLICKED ON WCW HERE AND THERE I SAW BUFF. HE WAS ENTERTAINING EVEN BACK THAN, PRETTY GOOD IN THE RING. A GOOD POOP FROM THE CROWD. I WONDER WHY HE WAS NEVER IN TNA. I HAVE NOTHING BUT RESPECT FOR BUFF.
THERE'S NOTHING I LIKE MORE THAN A GOOD POOP FROM A CROWD.
TNA probably didn't want a wrestler that gets the crowd pooping. Why are you yelling?
I'M YELLING BECAUSE THAT OTHER GUY IS YELLING.
Thought I was responding to Brujo, sorry. Hmm, Brujo 'GOOD POOP' Hernandez -- sounds like a jobber gimmick from WCW/lWo.
he was in TNA a few times but was only there for one off appearances in battle royals. no promos or anything just come out and wrestle
not sure why WWE didn't bring him back, he woulda fit well in the WWE during the 2000's
no, he burned his bridges with WWE management like few others have. He's on the very-short-list of wrestlers who will never (and in the words of Chris Jericho) EEEEEVER get called back again.
FerretJohn
how thou? from this interview he didn't mention anything of that sort and he seemed geniuoly honest. he said he had a meeting with vince and all he said was that he was being released. you're wrong if you think he wouldn't of fit in well, he was a very colorful and fun guy to watch.
but obviously now he wouldn't get a call, he's way past his prime and i'm sure wwe doesn't want to deal with his injuries either
OneButton Dash Read the post just above yours for a short description of how he got fired, then listen a little more carefully to this interview. Multiple inconsistencies in Bagwells statements, saying pilots in Desert Storm was touching his picture for luck? Even if Desert Storm wasn't well over by that time the ego to make that claim was just staggering. Bagwell was a midcard wrestler who gained success more by being friends with Nash, Steiner, and Luger and playing the backstage politics. When he moved to the WWE he thought he could play the same games he did in WCW, he was wrong
FerretJohn Never say never. They brought Bret Hart back, Brock Lesner back, even Ultimate Warrior back.
because he was terrible when they turned wwe into wcw after raw went off the air his matches were terrible, so they got rid of him. his bs and crap he pulled in wcw dont help either since he only got pushed cause was friends with guys with actual talent.
Good to see Bagwell I grew up on WCW ...I miss the good old days
looks like Buff really is The American Male lol; i hear you on the old days brother, if only we could travel back
"Fighter pilots touched my picture before going off to battle..." Buff seems like a nice guy, but he might be a little delusional 😂
Nope. It was true.
Yeah he is a little in love with himself. He also says he could have been the top babyface in the world X'D. He was a decent mid card but he's dreaming if he thinks he had anything on the popularity of the main eventers in both WCW and WWF at the time.
All wrestlers are a little delusional. They're competing in a fixed competition, after all.
"I'm buff and I'm on stuff" lol
i mean it's nothing anyone hasn't known since 1997
Best interview I've seen so far. Buff bagwell see like a cool dude to hangout with.
I met him traveling back from Iraq in 2004 when I was serving over there. We were on an airplane together. He was awesome. He came back and talked to me for probably 30 minutes. Answered every question I had, including some pretty personal ones! Great dude!
A Buff Bagwell story about his WWE experience belongs on the Mt Rushmore of greatest stories ever told by Buff Bagwell.
Followed by his neck stories, telling us his age, “not hesitating in climbing that hill”, etc
He reminds me exactly of a guy i know here in town. he acts exactly like him.
he could still be in @WWE today
Desert Storm was in 1991. Buff Bagwell's neck injury happened in 1998, which is when he said soldiers who were wrestling fans during Desert Storm liked him and wanted him to return as a face after his neck injury. None of this adds up at all.
thank you- I was specifically looking here to bring this up if no one else had already
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Roids man, roids.
He was probably thinking of Kosovo and misspoke.
Buff's not the sharpest knife in the set. I'm thinking he's just not thinking.
I miss Buff Bagwell..
He really seems like a nice guy
He really seems stand up. Glad that he pulled himself out of that funk and made a comeback. These guys really go through a lot.
Buff would be great for a once-in-a-while match up against some rookies from NXT! Buff has proven that wrestlers should overcome their adversaties. With Sean O'Haire's recent passing, Buff shows you can overcome your depressions and keep on moving forward! Buff is the Stuff!
Perhaps Marc Bagwell is a legit nice guy. I was a Buff Bagwell fan going into the early 2000s. I do think his time lines are a bit off. Social media was NOT big in 2001 and he was still a random, white meat babyface during Desert Storm. Also, history/hindsight has shown us that Shane McMahon "owning" WCW was a work from WWF's side.
oh god buff really cracks me up..such an awesome storyteller..
Jim Ross has a story of Buff's mom calling in sick for him. I find it hard to believe he doesn't know why he got fired.
I’ve always liked Buff as a wrestler.
He was a great character
wouldn't have guessed a guy that went by buff bagwell would be so well spoken. if he wasn't such a nice guy, wwe probably would have had a place for him. at least he can sleep well at night knowing he took the high road. good for him.
He seems like a good guy. Too many fucking serious wrestlers outside of the ring.
Greetings from Europe.. Well done Mr. Buff Bagwell Great Interview, Open, Honest, Genuine 'n' all round Nice Guy.. Here's Wishing you nothing but Good Karma from here on out.. You gave a lot of Kids a lot of Fun through out your Wrasslin Dayz, it's only right that YOU reap what you sowed - good times...
we still love you buff
Buffs still a badass. Glad to see hes still around, and doing well.
He's always been a good talker and wrestler. I think he was one of the best new talent wcw had. Always wondered what happened to him. I'm glad he's feeling better. Class act. Gl buff the stuff.lol
I found Buff Bagwell very entertaining when I was a kid.
The greatest wrestler of all times Bagwell he's buff and he's the stuff fat girls can't get enough
Very interesting, buff was very open. Seems like a nice guy.
Buff was always one of my favorites of the nWo. Always wondered what happened to him.
really nice interview
Desert Storm was 1991. Buff broke his neck around 1996 . His story of fighter pilots touching his picture before going into battle. WTF?
Was always a fan of Bagwell in WCW. Seems like a genuine good guy here.
Awesome Interview Marcus.....class act for real
Wow and I thought Vincent(Virgil) looked great for his age..I feel like I am watching a WCW promo from 1998-99 with his Buff Daddy gimmick lol
His goofy walk still cracks me up.
The story about his mom calling JR about him being hurt and won't be able to make it cracks me up😂
I expected Buff Bagwell in the WWF till now....too bad cause he could have had major feud matches with Kurt Angle, Stone Cold, Booker T and ''The Game'' or Edge.
Buff was a great character...Always enjoyed watching him...
Seems very honest in every interview
I remember when he and Scotty Riggs had their feud and broke up (as many tag groups tend to), and we first saw Bagwell execute the Blockbuster. It was one of the coolest finishes I had seen at the time.
OMFG that neck break 14 years later is some scary shit almost like a HEX
Buff's mom was NOT tag team champion when WCW went out of business. She was Tag champ with Rick Steiner two years before WCW went out of business. The WCW champions when WCW went out was the Natural Born Thrillers Chuck Palumbo and Sean O'Haire.
I see a lot of wrestlers respect this interviewing guy
"I'm just a gigolo and everywhere I go
People know the part I'm playing
Paid for every dance, selling each romance
Ooh, what they're sayin'"
Gigolo, gigolo, gigolo...
Quality stuff man, keep up the good work!
How did the interviewer not burst into laughter the second he said that fighter pilots touched his photo before they went into battle? I was fuckin crying
Goddamn man. vliet is getting the good shit on his show. keep it up boy.
Great interview
10:46 Buff was right. TNA is not a major wrestling company that can compete with WWE. Hopefully their will be another wrestling company that can compete with WWE in the future.
Never going to happen. TNA was on the rise for a few years then took a crap. They care currently pushing TNA into the old ECW, even bringing a bunch of those guys back. Will be better than the TNA of the past few years, but a niche, not a competitor for WWE. If a competitor rises, Vince will just buy them.
That's impossible, because most anyone who wants to compete with WWE directly can only conjugate about as well as you can.
4 year's on and AEW have arrived
@@jamesmitchell1909 aew
He might have confused Desert Storm with Kosovo/Yugoslavia. Or Bosnia. Or something.
Dude has not aged one single day. Holy shit.
Shit he looks exactly the same as he did in 1998
You don't know why you got fired? Let me refresh your memory... You tried pushing around Shane Helms at the WWE gym, telling Helms he was too small to be a success like you and he should go home, and then you slapped him. Pat Patterson heard what you did and told McMahon, McMahon told the APA to give you a humility lesson and stiff you. You then had your mom call Jim Ross and tell him that you couldn't make it to your commitments. That was why they fired you (this isn't grade school, unless you're completely incapable of doing so bosses expect YOU to call in, not your mom), Then the the WWE gave you a generous severence package with a standard 90 day no-compete clause (a holdover from the Monday Night Wars, to prevent talent stealing), which you ignored and booked yourself into an indy show a week later, causing them to revoke your severence pay. Does that help you remember now?
I was at a Smackdown in Tacoma during the Invasion angle... as the main event went home the Invasion ran in and all hell broke loose... as the cameras went off the show kept on, slowly the majority of the action spilled outta the ring, leavin' only Bagwell in there with Farooq and Bradshaw... for the next five minutes solid we all watched them boys beat the ever-lovin' shit outta Buff Bagwell, to the point where a couple WWF guys tried to stop it and got tossed as well... they left him layin' there in the middle of the ring in a broken heap and the staff and medics dragged him out... it was INSANE... then, Bagwell was never heard from again lol...
James kong ahh, the angry rantings of the totally ignorant. To answer your question, yes there are different rules for different people, as it is in the real world so is it in the wrestling world. You don't like it? Tough, deal with it. Shawn had 10 times the drawing power Bagwell did, not to mention a YEARS more seniority in the company, and whatever he did to Shane Helms, if he did anything at all, was nowhere near as bad as Buff trying to physically bully him like some pathetic grade-schooler
lol... You hear a few things on a couple different podcasts and you think you have the dude's life all figured out. Maybe you should get a life yourself and find out that the things people talk about you is mostly bullshit.
PhenomZ Judging by the fact that you started the conversation with a "lol" and the deteriorating grammar at the end I'd say you were born somewhere around the time Bagwell got fired. Regardless of your age, I did not get this from listening to podcasts, it was reported on multiple wrestling news sites at the time it occured, I have heard it mentioned during other interviews, most especially from Jim Ross relating his conversation with Mrs Bagwell afterward, all of which pretty much confirmed the original story. My life is good, maybe you should try and get one.
James kong A cheap 'faggot' insult from someone whose birth certificate was an apology letter from a condom factory? No, no offence taken. I already knew your intellectual level from your earlier post, the fact that would equate use proper grammar as a homophobic insult does not surprise me.
Love you Buff.... Looking much better than your contemporaries
I feel sorry for him.
seems like an awesome guy
Dudes drinking from the fountain of youth
Dudes shooting from the syringe of roids.
buff bagwell off the chain
That was a really interesting interview. Buff is still the stuff for sure! Does not age it seems. Interesting to hear about the WWF buy out and how they all knew nothing. Crazy really.
He should be back to wrestling on WWE....
He was only on WWE for 2 weeks. I wouldnt exactly call that "home".
Wait a minute Buff said when WCW went out of business Rick Steiner and his mom were tag champs but in a different interview he says him and Luger were champs
Seems like a nice guy. Never liked his character until he turned heel. The "Buff" character was pretty entertaining
This is a classic interview! If I had a promotion, I'd gladly put Buff on TV with a hot mic. This guy has a natural heel personality; more so now than his nWo days! Someone needs to capitalize.
Really good interview.
I want his hat!
I met Buff at Wtestlecon . He was so down to earth and cool. Plus we look a like lol He's just bigger ;)
aww man i miss this dude, he was awesome, sounds like a cool dude too.
Shut up please so I can watch it
Fighter pilots touching bagwells picture before they went into battle 😂 😂 he’s buff, he’s the stuff and he makes maverick look like fluff
Wrestling should've stayed with multiple companies. Vince should've never gotten greedy he should've bought WCW secretly but kept it running. That way they can do whatever they want but Vince kicks back and collects the checks. He should've never killed WCW. WCW was a huge part of my childhood and I wish they were still around today. Sometimes I try to visit WCW. Com to see the old website again but it's gone