[2000-11-15-WCW-Thunder] Buff Bagwell vs Goldberg

[soup23]

A weird Bagwell promo that I think was supposed to come off as a face promo but he just seems like a whiner asking the bookers for the chances the likes of Sting, Jarrett and Luger received. Luger is also backstage ripping up Goldberg’s book. Match is another Goldberg squash and he looks impressive press slamming Buff seconds into the match. Buff gets a bit of offense but goes down to the Jackhammer relatively quickly. Goldberg does raise Buff’s hand afterwards as a show of respect. *

 

[GSR]

A sit down interview between Mike Tenay and Buff Bagwell where Tenay notes it’s evident that Buff is one frustrated individual at the moment.  He says that Sting and he are the two longest tenured wrestlers in WCW and he’s seen the company grow from where there were just 700 fans in attendance to 50,000 fans at the Georgia Dome.  Now they’re trying to turn the ship back around and he knows if he’s given the opportunity he can help them do that.  He compares his situation with Jeff Jarrett, who has only been back in WCW a little over a year, and wants the same chances that he, Scott Steiner and Sting have been given, before challenging Jarrett to a match at Mayhem.

Another plug for Goldberg’s book as Gene Okerlund finds Lex Luger reading it in the back.  Lex claims that it’s riveting and one of those books that you can’t put down once you’ve picked it up, although takes exception to the fact that there is no mention of him, what with him being the one who discovered Goldberg at his Main Event Fitness gym in Atlanta.  He thinks it’s rather ironic that after starting Goldberg’s career, come Mayhem, he’ll be the one who ends it too.

Goldberg is showing Bagwell some respect here and we have a much slower opening than usual as they circle each other around the ring.  A few knees to the mid-section followed by a huge gorilla press slam with Goldberg dropping him chest first to the mat.  Bagwell ducks a clothesline, knee to the gut and lands a double underhook DDT.  That has no effect as Goldberg is straight back to his feet, although Buff dances and poses thinking he’s got this one in the bag.  When he turns around he turns into a spear.  Jackhammer and you know the rest!  Goldberg is about to leave but returns to the ring to helps Bagwell up in another show of respect between the two.