Ex-pro wrestling star Buff Bagwell gets right leg amputated: 'This is hard'

Pro wrestling great Buff Bagwell underwent surgery to have his right leg amputated above his right knee his friend Steve Stasiak wrote on social media on Friday Bagwell whose real name is Marcus Bagwell due to complications from injuries he suffered in a car crash in Stasiak wrote on Facebook Stasiak commented the injuries never fully healed CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COM 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 bulk people never even hear about This one this is hard Stasiak s post read For him For everyone who knows and loves him The injuries from his accident never fully healed He gave it everything he had to avoid this outcome but that fight led him here And now begins a whole new kind of battle Buff was one of the brightest stars of a wild era in wrestling He made you look He made you care But it s who he is as a person past the lights past the persona that I hope people think about in the present day NAOMI LEAVES EVOLUTION AS WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPION AFTER CASHING IN MONEY IN THE BANK CONTRACTThe pro wrestling world offered their thoughts and prayers for Bagwell on social media as word reached X that he had had the surgery Bagwell competed in World Championship Wrestling WCW from to and then briefly in WWE after WWE bought its rival North American promotion He also competed for Total Nonstop Action wrestling and others He was a five-time WCW tag-team champion and was ranked No in Pro Wrestling Illustrated s Top wrestlers of Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter