10 Wrestlers You Were Too Embarrassed To Admit You Loved

3. Buff Bagwell

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Buff Bagwell was booed out of the building as his July 2001 Monday Night Raw main event with Booker T completely collapsed, but it was his bizarre popularity that earned him the spot in the first place when Vince McMahon publically surveyed his own audience as to whom might be welcome on the flagship show.

'The Stuff' was an inconsistent wrestler on his very best day, but played up to his limited strengths and massive muscles by playing the obnoxious d*ckehad so well it was impossible not to be impressed.

Marcus Alexander Bagwell was a dull babyface as part of the 'American Males' team with Scotty Riggs, but burst out from the chasing pack after electing to join the New World Order. Partnering with Scott Norton and Scott Steiner, Bagwell wore the 'Buff' moniker incredibly well and became bizarrely popular following the splintering of the original line-up.

Ultimately, his legacy was defined more by silliness than serious success. His surname is stuck forever in discussion of WCW suspending his real life mother on a forklift, and Booker T's ability to bounce back from their Raw disaster has left him shouldering the blame. A 1990's boom success story, Buff was was Road Dogg on the losing side of the Monday Night War.

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