2001 Buff Bagwell Full WCW SHOOT Interview

In 1991, Bagwell was hired by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling, where he wrestled under his full name. Bagwell made his WCW debut on November 5 in a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Dark_match, losing to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Graham_(wrestler).https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buff_Bagwell#cite_note-WCWbio-2https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buff_Bagwell#cite_note-Guttman-8https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buff_Bagwell#cite_note-Accl3359-9 He would then wrestle a tryout match on November 11 and made his televised debut as a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_(professional_wrestling) at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clash_of_the_Champions_XVII, where he was interviewed by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missy_Hyatt. He made his televised in-ring debut by defeating https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rip_Rogers on the December 14 episode of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_Saturday_Night. Bagwell made his pay-per-view debut at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starrcade_(1991), where he was paired with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Garvin against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Hayes_(wrestler) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy_Smothers in a Lethal Lottery match, which he and Garvin won after Bagwell hit Smothers with the fisherman suplex to qualify for the Battlebowl battle royal later in the night, which https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sting_(wrestler) won. Bagwell received his first title shot on the January 11, 1992 episode of World Championship Wrestling against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Cold_Steve_Austin for the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Television_Championship, but failed to win the title as the match ended in a ten-minute time limit draw. Bagwell would then begin feuding with the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Taylor, which led to a match between the two at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SuperBrawl_II, which Bagwell won.
Bagwell participated in a tournament for the vacant World Television Championship on the February 20, 1993 episode of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_Worldwide, where he lost to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxx_Payne in the first round. On the February 20 episode of Saturday Night, Bagwell teamed with