Buff Bagwell believes he still has a match or two left in him, even after leg amputation.
Former WCW World Tag Team Champion Buff Bagwell was a recent guest on the INSIGHT with Chris Van Vliet podcast. During the conversation, he opened up about what led to his right leg needing to be amputated in July 2025. Bagwell, who’s now wearing a prosthetic leg worth $135,000, shared that he believes he still has a couple of matches left in him.
“I know I could wrestle again, another match or two, but if I can’t do it, I’m not going to do it. And I’m not sure that’s possible. I don’t want to be ugly. If it’s ugly at all, I’m not going to do it. So, for example, this $135,000 leg. Because of this, there’s no way to make steps look good. So that will be the first thing you got to conquer, is getting in [the ring] or sliding in and getting up fast.
“But again, if I can’t do those things without them being I’m not going to do it, but I think I can. I think I can do it where it’s not ugly. I just don’t know yet, so we’re definitely going to, in the next couple of months, I’m going to get in the ring and just see what I can do. But I really do think no matter what I will do one match just because that’s one of my goals,” Buff Bagwell said.
Buff Bagwell is documenting his journey
Speaking further, Buff Bagwell said he has connected with former WWE star Zach Gowen, who had his left leg amputated when he was eight years old.
“Several times. Zach’s a great guy, and he’s been very helpful with everything. And it’s just a different situation all around. One is he’s had his leg for years.”
Buff Bagwell revealed that he recently started walking without a cane, something he initially thought was impossible. He got to a point where he’s five months removed from surgery and feels better and better every day
He also said that he’s documenting his journey. It’s called Still Buff and will show his:
“Whole journey of God, sobriety and my leg, the whole journey of that. Because in that order, no matter what order you come up with for you sobriety, for your career, for your business, for your children, the number one thing should always be God, and in mine, it was God, Stacy, and then myself. In that order, I was able to put together three years and four months of sobriety, and that’s been magical for me in that order,” Buff Bagwell said.
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