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Buff Bagwell amuses me; funny interview.
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Topic Started: Sep 14 2005, 04:05 PM (371 Views)
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Sep 14 2005, 04:05 PM
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If I Told You That, You'd Be As Clever As Me
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Now, lord knows anyone who knows my wrestling habits (i.e. the soon to be old EWR Diary) knows that i can, in fact, tolerate Buff Bagwell, and think another run with a major company wouldn't be the worst thing in the world. Then he goes and does something stupid like give this hilariously self-deluded interview.
An idiotic number of pop-ups for an anti-WWE site.
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Marcus “Buff” Bagwell A “no-show” last week, Buff made a point to say he called Doc last week to apologize for forgetting about his scheduled appearance on Wrestling Weekly September 4. To make amends, he rounded out the big show September 11 to talk past the 8:00 pm cutoff about his views of the business, working the independents, and “crashing” a WWE house show.
Marcus said about the missed show, he always shows, always comes through and confirmed Sunday that “Buff is here.” Les joked that he was probably caught up with a real cute girl and Marcus laughed, “It was actually a really cute guy. A guy named Les Thatcher!”
He alluded to some “personal trouble” as of late, but was not specific about the nature of the trouble. He said he had taken the month of June off to deal with it and he’s back working in the independent circuit. He said with the debut of his Website, www.therealbuff.com, he is on the indie track and making a living doing it. Even though he would like to belong to something and misses being part of a team, he is relatively happy working the indies. And the indies must be happy with him because he is booked every Friday and Saturday for three months solid. He said, “Not many guys can make a living working the independents” but he is paying his bills and he can do it without traveling overseas. He said guys who live out of a nap sack and travel to places like Japan should be admired for their dedication but “I can’t do it.” The long traveling and the paycheck just don’t add up for Marcus anymore.
Les asked Marcus about his start in pro wrestling where he made a meteoric rise from male stripper to indie wrestler to “big league” pro wrestler in a relatively short time. He said he was so green then that when Magnum TA called him to arrange an interview at WCW, he didn’t know who it was. He said Dusty Rhodes hired him on the spot “because I had pretty teeth.” He said everybody at WCW liked him but “Bischoff hated my freakin’ guts!” His initiation with the guys came because he had been in jail more times than most of the locker room, which many of guys considered to be a cool thing. And beginning at age 21, he went on to have a good 10-year run with WCW.
Marcus talked about when a buddy bought tickets to a WWE house show invited him along to watch the show. He said as soon as he walked in the arena in Greenville, NC, people were all over him for autographs and pictures. He said he was trying to act normal but it was a “mad house.” He said the show was going on but no one was watching. Marcus joked that if he were to do it again he would do a RAW show because those are broadcast live. Eventually, Johnny Ace approached him and said, “Why didn’t you call me?” referring to getting tickets for the show. Marcus said, “Your phone don’t ring back.” Johnny asked him to come in the back and Marcus knew that if he said no he would get heat and if he said yes he would get heat. Marcus eventually agreed to go backstage and talked over an hour with them. About the meeting, he said three months ago they said they would call him the next day.
Marcus was critical of the current WWE product. He said, “I’m not a mark, but I do want to see a match.” He said every match on Nitro was big and every match on RAW is WAR was big and now that WWE is the only company, they feature matches like Chris Benoit vs. Eugene. He doesn’t mind seeing pretty girls, but most of the show is dominated by the Divas. But asked if he would accept an offer from WWE, he said, “Absolutely, I would.” Marcus added that they would have to make it worth his while financially though. Compared to what he’s making in the indies, he would require making a couple hundred thousand a year if he were to accept.
He knows that to the young guys just starting out, the $100,000 salary sounds great but these guys have to sleep four to a room and four to a car just to make it. He said about McMahon, “I don’t think he would give me enough money.” Back in 2001 when WWE bought the fledgling WCW, Marcus did sign with WWE, taking a $50,000 pay cut in order to “seem like a team player.” He said, “Team player didn’t work.” He was soon released. He wishes he had done like many of the other WCW guys did and kept the $50,000 Vince offered and stayed at home instead.
When he talked about his release, he said he was brought into a room with Johnny Ace, Vince McMahon, and Jim Ross. He thought to himself, “Oh boy.” Finally he asked them directly, “Are you firing me?” They replied, “No, we’re going to release you.” Never one to stay quiet in any situation, Marcus asked them what the difference was. They answered if they release him they won’t have to re-do his contract when they bring him back in three months. Jim Ross added that they wished they could capture the heat he had backstage and put it in front of an audience. Marcus laughed that at the time he suggested that they start making some heat.
I just love the sly dig at Benoit in there. Buff, the only place you'll see yourself in the WWE - is my EWR Diary.
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Scrooge McSuck
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Sep 14 2005, 04:09 PM
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I'll get you next time, toilet!
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And the only place he'll see WWE in my eyes is... Dave's EWR diary, because I wouldn't use him to save his life. :P
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Sep 14 2005, 04:32 PM
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If I Told You That, You'd Be As Clever As Me
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- Scrooge McSuck,Sep 15 2005
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And the only place he'll see WWE in my eyes is... Dave's EWR diary, because I wouldn't use him to save his life. :P
I cant believe I lost that fucking game
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Scrooge McSuck
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Sep 14 2005, 04:46 PM
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I'll get you next time, toilet!
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You could always back track a month or two into your new game with your previous storylines, and just work from there. It's annoying and boring, but it should help.
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Sep 14 2005, 05:35 PM
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I've seen Buff on roughly 20 or so indy shows since the demise of WCW, and not a good performance yet. He does normally pop the crowd, and for the most part, he's kept his looks. Still, that neck injury killed his in-ring career. Oh yeah, he still does the "I'm Buff, and I'm the stuff" garbage. Old.
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Sep 14 2005, 05:40 PM
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I'll get you next time, toilet!
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In short, Bagwell's character is as fresh as a 40 year old turd.
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Sep 14 2005, 05:42 PM
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I've seen Ricky Morton out perform him about 10 times in the past few years, and the Barbarian at least 6 or 7 times.
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Scrooge McSuck
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Sep 14 2005, 05:52 PM
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I'll get you next time, toilet!
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Ouch... when a past-his-prime Barbarian is working harder than you, I think that's a sure sign you either suck or don't care anymore.
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