WCW legend Buff Bagwell had his leg amputated 5 years after a horror automobile crash from which he struggled to get better.
Bagwell, 55, stood out in the course of the late Nineteen Nineties and early 2000s when professional wrestling followers loved the notorious Monday Night time Wars between WCW and eventual winners WWE.
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The Georgia native hadn’t wrestled at high stage since 2001 when his transient stint with Vince McMahon’s promotion was ended simply 4 months into his tenure.
The previous nWo member would then make sporadic appearances for the likes of TNA and the impartial circuit, along with his newest efficiency happening in November 2024.
That was 4 years after a shock crash that broken his proper leg so badly he discovered himself in an extended and exhausting battle to not lose it.
Regardless of a number of procedures and years of rehabilitation, nevertheless, Bagwell’s buddy Steve Stasiak introduced on social media his leg needed to be amputated above the knee following issues.
Stasiak posted on Fb: “Yesterday morning, Marcus Bagwell—Buff Bagwell—had his leg amputated above the knee.
“I’ve recognized Buff a very long time. I’ve seen him within the highlight, I’ve seen him behind the scenes, and I’ve seen him battle via issues most individuals by no means even hear about.
“This one… that is exhausting. For him. For everybody who is aware of and loves him.
“The accidents from his 2020 accident by no means totally healed. He gave it all the pieces he needed to keep away from this consequence—however that battle led him right here. And now begins a complete new type of battle.
“Buff was one of many brightest stars of a wild period in wrestling. He made you look. He made you care. However it’s who he’s as an individual—previous the lights, previous the persona—that I hope individuals take into consideration as we speak.
“When you’re studying this, I simply ask that you simply ship slightly love out into the world for Buff. No grand gestures. Simply one thing actual. A thought, a prayer, a second.”
And quite a lot of WWE followers responded to Stasiak’s name by sharing their love and assist following the tragic information.
One posted: “God won’t ever ship a check you could’t deal with.”
One other commented: “Preserve preventing, you bought this.”
A 3rd wrote: “Sending love and prayers.”
This fan stated: “Sending love and constructive ideas and vibes his method.”
And that one said: “I like you brother, By no means give in, By no means Hand over.”
‘I’m gone’
Bagwell beforehand opened up in regards to the accident, which occurred after he consumed alcohol and seemingly blacked out on the wheel.
The Stuff said nobody else acquired damage and shared all the small print in regards to the terrible ordeal he went via following the crash.
The previous heavyweight lifted the lid on his battle with alcohol habit the preceded the crash and the way he managed to realize sobriety in addition to a newfound love for God.
Bagwell not too long ago stated: “I used to be heading residence [from his father’s house] and I had simply had surgical procedure, paradoxically this foot had pins in it and I had acquired this knee scoped for a minor meniscus tear.
‘It was like a dream’
“I had been ingesting, just some beers however no matter occurred, I am taking place the street with a weight loss program coke and I’m gone. I’m gone. However you do not notice you’re gone.
“It was like a dream. I bear in mind hitting vehicles, seeing faces take a look at me. I acquired off on the mistaken exit and one way or the other, I drove via a males’s and girls’s toilet.
“The wreck runied my kneecap. From there, that began this entire journey, making an attempt to repair my leg.
“At one stage, I used to be within the hospital for seven weeks and each three days, I had a surgical procedure. It simply would not get higher.
“I used to be so offended at what occurred. I did not suppose I might get sober however August of 2022 I went to rehab. August 2025, twenty seventh, I shall be three years sober.
“The final three years of my life, I get overwhelmed with pleasure. I’ve been in a position to put collectively three of the perfect years of my life by placing God, Stacey [his fiancee] and myself in that order.
