“I was supposed to act like I didn’t care that La Parka was beating me,” recalls Bagwell. “Should we have ran the angle...or just have Buff win, do his little dance, and pose with his little hat on? It could be that simple. For some reason, Russo always wanted to put the square peg in the round hole. I mean, all you gotta do is, ‘Buff hits his Blockbuster [finishing move], Buff puts his top hat on, Buff does his Buff strut, Buff hits a double bicep [pose]’, and says ‘look at me’ in the camera. Everybody’s happy. “My point to Russo was, ‘I think there’s more people that would rather see me do
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