20 WTF WCW Moments

18. Buff Bagwell 'Shoots'

When Vince Russo took the helm as chief of the writing team in WCW, the general consensus was that he'd improve the product. Very quickly, that started to change when Russo began penning confusing angles like the one in question here. On an episode of Nitro in October, 1999, Buff Bagwell looked out of sorts for his planned match against La Parka. Following the brief encounter, Bagwell approached the commentary table and had some words for Russo. Using an announcer's headset, Buff asked the new writer if he'd done a "good job" for him, and wondered who else he'd have beat him. All of this stemmed from comments Bagwell had made on the internet about getting a push in WCW. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1tz0f_buff-bagwell-vs-la-parka_sport Fans were quiet throughout the match, because the action was far from exciting. In fact, it was deliberately dis-jointed, and Bagwell looked like he didn't want to be there. That was by design, because the story was that he was sickened when he learned Vince Russo had booked him to lose to La Parka. Quite why WCW felt this would be of interest to fans is anyone's guess, and the faux-reality angle was little more than set-up for the debut of Jeff Jarrett.