{"id":33462,"date":"2017-12-23T09:05:22","date_gmt":"2017-12-23T15:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=33462"},"modified":"2017-12-23T07:46:38","modified_gmt":"2017-12-23T13:46:38","slug":"buff-bagwell-looks-back-wwe-taking-wcw-released-wwe-way-handled-jim-ross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2017\/12\/23\/buff-bagwell-looks-back-wwe-taking-wcw-released-wwe-way-handled-jim-ross\/","title":{"rendered":"Buff Bagwell looks back on WWE taking over WCW, being released by WWE, and the way it was handled by Jim Ross"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-1407400407\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><strong>CBS Sports Local interview with\u00a0Buff Bagwell<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Host: Chuck Carroll<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Full interview available at <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.cbslocal.com\/2017\/12\/21\/buff-bagwell-wcw-wwf-tna-pro-wrestler-retire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sports.cbslocal.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Whether the WCW crew was given a heads up that WWE was taking over:<\/b> &#8220;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 and the belt. We knew it was bad, but we just didn\u2019t know how bad. Then Shane [McMahon] calls a meeting in five minutes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In five minutes 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. He said, &#8216;Hey, 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.&#8217; &#8220;That was it.<\/p>\n<p><b>On rumors of his release being due to a poor match with Booker T, his fight with Shane Helms, and even Bagwell&#8217;s mom calling Jim Ross:<\/b> &#8220;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, &#8216;Tell your mother not to ring our phone no more.&#8217; Give him a warning.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I basically ended up getting released for \u2026 I don\u2019t know. I raised my hand to find out why I was getting fired. They called it released. I said, &#8216;Well, what do I do with a release?&#8217; And they said it means they could bring me back in three months. I knew that was (garbage), but I still told myself, &#8216;I\u2019m going to shake hands, smile and get out of the room before you start crying.&#8217; I 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, &#8216;What do you want, Marc?&#8217; I went from Buff Bagwell to, &#8216;What do you want, Marc?&#8217; I said, &#8216;Jim, let me totally clear the air here. You guys asked me to call you back in three months. I waited three months and three weeks, almost four months, and did what y\u2019all told me to do.&#8217; I was scared I\u2019d get heat for that, but I said \u201cI did what you asked me to do.\u201d Then he said, &#8216;We have no openings. 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