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Jan. 19, 2026 – Former WCW star Buff Bagwell has opened up about the depths of his addiction, revealing he spent two decades under constant sedation before finally getting clean…In an interview on Insight with Chris Van Vliet filmed at DDP’s Yoga Performance Center in Atlanta, Bagwell disclosed shocking details about his substance abuse …The five-time WCW Tag Team Champion explained that his bodybuilding discipline ironically made him an efficient addict, organizing his substance use with the same precision he applied to his physique.
A bodybuilder makes a really good drug addict or a really bad one, however you want to look at that, but it’s very organized,” Bagwell explained. The turning point came when DDP delivered an ultimatum that would change Bagwell’s life. With only Page and one other friend remaining in his corner, the WWE Hall of Famer made it clear: get help or lose everyone. Dallas said ‘no, no, no, it’s this or I’m out of your life and John is out of your life’ and that was the only two people I had in my life at that stage. So I went and it was the best thing I’ve ever done in my life,” Bagwell recalled.
