Buff Bagwell On His Leg Amputation, Sobriety, DDP, One More Match, WCW
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What led to Buff Bagwell's leg amputation?
Chris VanVleet!
Well, Marcus, great to see you. Good to see you, brother. How are you feeling? I feel great. I mean, man, I... I'm blessed. Uh, I'm not sure who has their leg amputated and five months later says they're blessed, but I am blessed. It has been, it's been crazy what this journey I've been on with this thing, but it's, it's, it's all came at me at once. Like, From the leg getting amputated to my sobriety to my relationship with Jesus Christ to my relationship with Stacey. I have 12 grandchildren. Wham! And I love it all. I love that.
How did Buff Bagwell achieve sobriety after addiction?
What went into the decision to allow Maven to film your leg getting amputated? Great question. You know, just to be honest with you, ratings. I felt like it would be the best way to let people know, and we could get a rub off of the YouTube channel. I like Maven a lot, a lot. Funny story about Maven, and this probably is actually the true answer behind what you just said. Chase Brogan, my YouTube producer, said, called me up and give me this bill that a thousand other people have gave me. And I said, brother, there's no money in that. There's no money in it. It's very hard to make money, if any, and it just don't work. And he goes, but you're sober now. And it hit me. I went, okay. So I'm listening.
What role did DDP play in Buff's recovery journey?
So he flies into town and puts a Maven video on, a Maven video on. I'm looking and I'm watching and I was not impressed at all. And he goes, Hey, that guy makes $200,000 a year on YouTube. And, um, And I said, well, two things. Number one, I don't believe he makes $200,000 a year. That's number one. And number two, if he does make $200,000 a year, we'll make four. We'll make four. Because what I'm looking at, if that's 200 grand I'm looking at, then we'll do four. i was wrong on both he did make that money and we're not going to double him yeah it's some kind of crazy magic in the bottle thing that guy has got it's it is he puts a video out about waffle house it gets a million views i put one out that i think personally is a little better and it gets 30 000 views it's crazy
I will say this. I've been doing YouTube for a long time. Nobody does it better than Maven. What is the magic?
What challenges did Buff face after his leg amputation?
The magic is his producer, Zach, and his YouTube. Have you ever met Zach? Many times. Zach is wonderful. Zach is the magic behind Maven's YouTube channel. You know what it starts with? It starts with title and thumbnail. So if you can hook them with the title, if you can sell them on that, it's like a headline. Right. Thousands of videos you're going to see on your YouTube feed, if not more, every single day. What grabs you? What's going to grab you? I lost my leg. Pretty good one. Pretty good, right?
How has Buff's mindset changed since his surgery?
Right. So like, how can you sell people on that title and that thumbnail to get them to watch your video? Right. Because you could have the greatest video of all time. You could be solving all of the world's problems. And they could miss it. If your title and thumbnail aren't good. I get it. But then once you're clicked into the video, Maven's just so engaging. He tells stories in a great way. He's going to hit a million subscribers this year. I know. It's unbelievable. And he's a great guy. He's a great guy.
What does Buff Bagwell envision for his wrestling career now?
And I think that comes through in shows as well. But to answer the question of, you know, why did we go to Maven? Yeah. I think mainly because that's who we modeled. Maybe that's who everybody models their YouTube channel after or should. It is now. Or should. And that's who we modeled ours after. And there's room for that. there's room for that. He gave us all, he first thing he told me was thumbnail and, and a title. And, but, but it's something about the way they do it. It's a little different in it. And it's maybe they've already hooked that audience or something, but it's very impressive. I'm very impressed by Maven and Zach.
How did Buff create the Blockbuster move in wrestling?
And, but the truth, my answer to that would be, I just really feel like we could have got the word out. Good. with Maven being a bigger, more viewers or subscribers, and we would get a little rub from that. So did you reach out to Maven and you said, here's where I'm at with my leg, and I want you to document this?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What led to Buff Bagwell's leg amputation?
0:00–1:10
2
How did Buff Bagwell achieve sobriety after addiction?
1:10–2:08
3
What role did DDP play in Buff's recovery journey?
2:08–3:24
4
What challenges did Buff face after his leg amputation?
3:24–3:51
5
How has Buff's mindset changed since his surgery?
3:51–4:16
6
What does Buff Bagwell envision for his wrestling career now?
4:16–4:56
7
How did Buff create the Blockbuster move in wrestling?
4:56–5:50
8
What are Buff Bagwell's reflections on his wrestling legacy?
5:50–1:07:23
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