Buff Bagwell Claims Rick Rude Once Pulled A Gun On Sting

Former WCW star Buff Bagwell has claimed that Rick Rude once pulled a gun on Sting in a bid to convince him to do provide favourable testimony during a court appearance.

Discussing the incident on a video posted to his YouTube channel, Bagwell said:

"Rick Rude met Sting on the side of the road, and with a gun in his hand, said, 'Hey, Sting. I hope you do the right thing at the hearing'. So the ones that don't know about this, Rick Rude injured his neck, and there was some big lawsuit. There was a platform that they were using in Japan or something, and Rick's neck hit it and it caused some damage [his co-host corrected him and said it was Rude’s back]. He tried to sue WCW for it. Me and Sting were super tight during this. Sting was having a really hard time with it. It was a big deal. Rick is a man's man. I was more scared of wrestling Rude in the ring than any guy. It just felt like at any moment, he could snap and kill you, and there was nothing you could do about it. I was scared of Rick Rude, and he was nothing but nice to me and really liked me, but I was petrified of him. He was a man, brother, and I think Steve was a little bit worried about this one because Rick was tough and Sting had to voice his opinion on this topic in court. I'm not even sure how it went and what happened, but I do know that Sting was really upset that he was going to have to tell the truth, and the truth wasn't good for Rick".

"Several guys had these big insurance things with this company called Lloyd's of London. I remember I was even looking into getting it because my peers were doing it and it was paying off. Then something happened and they got rid of all the wrestlers. Lloyd's of London was a big company insuring athletes. Somewhere there was a loophole of pro wrestling being real. Somehow, with all that, guys were getting insured, and then when they would quit, and like, I think this really affected Rick Rude's insurance policy with the Lloyd's of London with this stage thing, and that's why he also needed this to go where it mattered on what Sting said happened. I don't remember the ending to it, but I remember that Steve was going to have to tell the truth, and that was going to make Rick Rude very angry".

Rude defended his WCW International Heavyweight Championship against Sting on a New Japan Pro Wrestling show on May 1, 1994. During the contest, Sting hit Rude with a dive to the outside of the ring, with Rude's back landing awkwardly on the edge of a ringside platform. The injury ended the WWE Hall of Famer's career. He passed away in 1999.

Sting, meanwhile, retired from wrestling at AEW Revolution this past March. He will remain with Tony Khan's company in some capacity, however, after signing a multi-year deal.

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