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Post by héad.casé on Feb 17, 2019 8:05:41 GMT -5
Former WCW Star, Buff Bagwell, had a recent discussion with Sitting Ringside podcast where he recounted a ridiculous angle that Eric Bischoff apparently pitched to him back in the day. Bagwell explained that the idea was for his character to die in a scripted plane crash and then return to WCW as a ghost, haunting the roster. The potential angle gained enough momentum that Bagwell even called his close family members to warn them that they may see him "die" on TV. "100% true. MGM Grand was the Halloween Havoc we did - the last one, if not the last Havoc, and Bischoff wanted me to die in a plane crash," Bagwell stated. "I said, 'Eric, I couldn't get you to get the cameras in the hospital to see me injured. Are you kidding me?' And so, he was gonna do it." "I already called my parents and said, 'Hey, you know, get ready for this so that I won't scare you guys, and all that.' I called them few and my wife, and all them to let them know, and they switched it finally to some kind of run in as, I think president Clinton with a mask or something. At the same time, he wanted me to come down like a ghost on wires after the plane crash, too. That was out of his mouth to me." www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2019/02/buff-bagwell-claims-that-eric-bischoff-wanted-him-to-fake-651008/
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Feb 17, 2019 8:12:12 GMT -5
The original Al Wilson angle
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Post by Paul on Feb 17, 2019 8:25:53 GMT -5
This would have been amazing and really no less ridiculous than some of the angles we actually got. I'm kind of sad it didn't happen.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2019 9:54:39 GMT -5
This may have actually made me interested in something that Buff did.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Feb 17, 2019 10:05:43 GMT -5
it says a lot about WCW in its last years that I don't question this story at all.
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Post by TGM on Feb 17, 2019 10:12:47 GMT -5
Hahaha WCW being haunted by the ghost of Buff Bagwell has given me a genuine lol
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Post by RedSmile on Feb 17, 2019 10:22:20 GMT -5
And you're telling me that this wasn't a Russo idea?!?!
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Post by thegatewaydrug on Feb 17, 2019 11:31:14 GMT -5
And you're telling me that this wasn't a Russo idea?!?! Smells like a Disco Inferno original to me.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2019 11:35:47 GMT -5
I wish they did it
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Feb 17, 2019 11:39:16 GMT -5
The fact that we never saw a coffin with that ridiculous hat on it is some bullshit.
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Post by héad.casé on Feb 17, 2019 12:35:55 GMT -5
I can't even remember the angle they actually did do that he mentions with him doing a run in wearing a Clinton mask.
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Post by Prince Petty on Feb 17, 2019 12:53:14 GMT -5
Only fake? Man, WCW just couldn't commit to anything, could they?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2019 12:55:42 GMT -5
I completely believe it.
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Post by Paul on Feb 17, 2019 13:14:41 GMT -5
Remember when the NWO tried to kill The Steiners by running them off the road?
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Post by Hit Girl on Feb 17, 2019 13:32:52 GMT -5
They should have done it, especially if whenever Buff appeared he had a ghostly glow special effect around him.
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Post by Thunderbolt on Feb 17, 2019 13:38:55 GMT -5
I gave a thumbs up to that post just for the fantastic thread title alone.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2019 14:00:19 GMT -5
The last Halloween Havoc Bischoff was around for was 98 as in 99 he was let go in early september and in 2000 he was gone by mid summer.This might be a rare case of a wrestler lying.
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Post by SAJ Forth on Feb 17, 2019 14:59:11 GMT -5
And you're telling me that this wasn't a Russo idea?!?! Surprising.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Feb 17, 2019 15:12:17 GMT -5
Damn, why the f*** they didn't do it
It would have been worth the money for them to create a casket and have to modify it to put a space for his hat at the top
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Post by Perd on Feb 17, 2019 15:35:32 GMT -5
Oh well, his first WWF match was pretty much an on-air death anyways:
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