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Wrestling legend loses leg years after car accident

World Championship Wrestling legend Marcus 'Buff' Bagwell has had his right leg amputated. Article content Bagwell, a five-time World Tag Team champion with WCW, shared the news ahead of the surgery last week. Article content With his fiancee Stacy Brown, Bagwell said in a YouTube video that the leg had to be amputated nearly five years after an August 2020 car crash. Article content Bagwell detailed how he was inebriated at the time of the crash and hit a structure behind a mall, with part of the building collapsing on him, injuring his kneecap. Article content Article content He was in hospital for seven weeks and has since had 21 surgeries. Article content He added that he's been sober for nearly three years now after going to rehab in August 2022. Article content Article content Article content 'I thought I was going to be able to get my leg back. I thought I was going to be able again to once fix it,' Bagwell said on the video. 'I've got a relationship with Jesus Christ, my Lord and Saviour. I got a great relationship with Stacy — let's fix this leg. And it just… it just didn't happen.' Article content Bagwell says he has had '39 or 40 surgeries,' including 'knee replacements, flap surgeries, (and) extensor mechanism repairs.' Article content He said 'everything happens for a reason. I'm not like depressed… I fought the fight. I look down and I can say, I tried.' Article content Despite the amputation, Bagwell said he still wants to get back into the squared circle. He told former wrestler Maven Huff he wants to get back into the ring. Article content 'You don't have to give up with something like this. This is something that I am taking by the horns, man. And I'm going to show the world that you can have just as good a life with or without a leg.' Article content Bagwell's friend Steve Stasiak shared a photo of Bagwell after his operation. Article content 'I've known Buff a long time. I've seen him in the spotlight, I've seen him behind the scenes, and I've seen him fight through things most people never even hear about. This one… this is hard. For him. For everyone who knows and loves him,' Stasiak wrote. Article content View this post on Instagram A post shared by (@nodqdotcom)