{"id":52968,"date":"2017-12-22T13:28:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T19:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=52968"},"modified":"2017-12-22T13:28:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-22T19:28:00","slug":"interview-highlights-buff-bagwell-details-shane-mcmahons-meeting-wcw-wrestlers-final-nitro-reaction-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/12\/22\/interview-highlights-buff-bagwell-details-shane-mcmahons-meeting-wcw-wrestlers-final-nitro-reaction-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview Highlights: Buff Bagwell details Shane McMahon&#8217;s meeting with WCW wrestlers at the final Nitro, his reaction to being released"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1599711579\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Marcus &#8220;Buff&#8221; Bagwell discusses the end days of WCW, why WWE released him, the infamous Booker T vs. Buff match on Raw, and more in a new interview with Chuck Carroll of CBS Local. Check out the full article <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.cbslocal.com\/2017\/12\/21\/buff-bagwell-wcw-wwf-tna-pro-wrestler-retire\/\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022<b>On whether WCW wrestlers got a heads up that WWE was taking over:\u00a0<\/b>We all pulled up [to Nitro], and we all saw the WWF trucks together, and we all looked at each other and went, that\u2019s not good. We were seeing people crying and taking pictures with Ric [Flair] \u00a0and the belt. We knew it was bad, but we just didn\u2019t know how bad. Then Shane [McMahon] calls a meeting <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_313725620\"><span class=\"aQJ\">in five minutes<\/span><\/span>. <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_313725621\"><span class=\"aQJ\">In five minutes<\/span><\/span> of us trying to find out what was going on, Shane had a meeting, and he comes walking in with the entire company inside this room. It was about 45 seconds long tops.\u00a0He said, \u201cHey, my name\u2019s Shane McMahon. I own the company. My dad bought the company today, so we now own the WCW. We\u2019re going to keep some wrestlers. We\u2019re going to get rid of some wrestlers. We\u2019re going to keep some referees. We\u2019re going to get rid of some referees. We\u2019re going to keep some office talent, and we\u2019re going to fire some office talents. Good luck. See you later.\u201d\u00a0That was it.<\/p>\n<p><b>\u2022On why he was released, and whether the match with Booker T being a stinker to the fight with Shane Helms to a wacky story about his mom calling Jim Ross factored into it:\u00a0<\/b>It couldn\u2019t have been the match, because I\u2019ve wrestled Booker a thousand times and never missed a step until that night. That\u2019s out. If my mom called or not, once again I know she didn\u2019t, but let\u2019s say she did, it\u2019s not worth getting fired over. I think Buff Bagwell deserves, \u201cTell your mother not to ring our phone no more.\u201d Give him a warning.\u00a0I basically ended up getting released for &#8230; I don\u2019t know. I raised my hand to find out why I was getting fired. They called it released. I said, \u201cWell, what do I do with a release?\u201d And they said it means they could bring me back <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_313725622\"><span class=\"aQJ\">in three months<\/span><\/span>. I knew that was (garbage), but I still told myself, \u201cI\u2019m going to shake hands, smile and get out of the room before you start crying.\u201d\u00a0I waited three months and almost four months just to show I wasn\u2019t bothering them. I called up Jim Ross, and he goes \u2026 I swear to God, he went, \u201cWhat do you want, Marc?\u201d I went from Buff Bagwell to, \u201cWhat do you want, Marc?\u201d I said, \u201cJim, let me totally clear the air here. You guys asked me to call you back <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_313725623\"><span class=\"aQJ\">in three months<\/span><\/span>. I waited three months and three weeks, almost four months, and did what y\u2019all told me to do.\u201d I was scared I\u2019d get heat for that, but I said \u201cI did what you asked me to do.\u201d\u00a0Then he said, \u201cWe have no openings. We\u2019ll call you if we do.\u201d Click.<\/p>\n<p><b>\u2022On whether he&#8217;s had a chance work out\u00a0differences with Jim Ross:\u00a0<\/b>No, and there\u2019s no way unless he says, \u201cI lied, I don\u2019t like you, and I was passing the truth along.\u201d And I will thank him for telling the truth, and then he\u2019s off the hook. But for him to defend himself and say he likes me after having dogged me out and viciously calling me a mama\u2019s boy and that I can\u2019t wrestle&#8230; I don\u2019t think it\u2019s fixable. I just don\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the full CBS Local article <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.cbslocal.com\/2017\/12\/21\/buff-bagwell-wcw-wwf-tna-pro-wrestler-retire\/\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>NOW CHECK OUT THE PREVIOUS ARTICLE:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/12\/20\/interview-highlights-rod-hate-smart-discusses-working-vince-mcmahon-xfl-rumors-xfl-return\/\">Interview Highlights: Rod \u201cHe Hate Me\u201d Smart discusses working with Vince McMahon in XFL, rumors of an XFL return, more<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1927380601\"><div id=\"pwtor-3100639180\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Marcus &#8220;Buff&#8221; Bagwell discusses the end days of WCW, why WWE released him, the infamous Booker T vs. Buff match on Raw, and more in a new interview with Chuck Carroll of CBS Local. 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