From the 1980s to the early 2000s, the now-defunct World Championship Wrestling boasted a whole slew of homegrown talent. Alongside big names like Sting, Goldberg, and Diamond Dallas Page are lesser known but nevertheless memorable midcarders like Marcus Alexander Bagwell, more commonly known as Buff Bagwell.

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Over an over-30-year long career, Bagwell spent about a decade with WCW, during which he was a member of a number of tag teams and stables, capturing his fair share of championship gold along the way. Let’s take a look at all of these groups — from the worst to the best — which include one of the biggest factions of all time.

11 Totally Buff

Sometimes referred to as Totally Buffed, Buff Bagwell and Lex Luger banded together to clash with Goldberg, and managed to defeat the star alongside WCW Power Plant coach DeWayne Bruce at the Sin pay-per-view, forcing Goldberg into a kayfabe retirement. Bagwell and Luger’s partnership only lasted a matter of months before WCW went under, but fans who remember Totally Buff remember an ultimately unsuccessful duo, as Luger’s in-ring abilities had severely deteriorated and Bagwell wasn’t able to pick up the slack.

10 Buff Bagwell & Shane Douglas

Before Lex Luger, however, Buff Bagwell had a different forgotten tag team going with another random star: “The Franchise” Shane Douglas. This team-up went down in the spring of 2000 after Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff “rebooted” the company, and the team of Douglas and Bagwell were able to defeat Ric Flair and Luger for the WCW Tag Team Title. Unfortunately, they only had one successful defense before Bagwell was stripped of the belt thanks to a backstage incident.

9 Vicious & Delicious

After joining the New World Order in late 1996, by the spring of 1997 Buff Bagwell found himself tagging with Scott Norton as Vicious & Delicious. While they certainly had a great dynamic — Bagwell was the mouth and Norton the muscle — it wasn’t like the nWo was lacking in a devoted tag team, as Kevin Nash and Scott Hall were dominating the tag team division as The Outsiders. As a result, Vicious & Delicious felt rather superfluous and only ever got one shot at the WCW World Tag Team Championship.

8 The New Blood

The aforementioned reboot of WCW in April of 2000 resulted in the roster being split into two major groups, with the veteran stars forming The Millionaires’ Club while The New Blood was composed of younger talent. Being a non-main eventer, Buff Bagwell was of course grouped with The New Blood. During this run, Bagwell teamed with Shane Douglas for the above tag title run, but few fans would sing the praises of The New Blood. While the storyline had a decent set-up, fans were none too impressed with the execution.

7 Magnificent Seven

The final months of WCW brought the formation of a new top heel group in the Magnificent Seven. Led by WCW kayfabe boss Ric Flair and featuring World Champion Scott Steiner, the group included Jeff Jarrett, Road Warrior Animal, Rick Steiner, Lex Luthor, and Buff Bagwell

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It was a weak stable full of aging talent that didn’t have time to really go anywhere, so many fans have forgotten about the Magnificent Seven. Just before WCW folded, there was an angle where members of the Seven were mysteriously attacked, with suspicion growing that Bagwell was the attacker.

6 nWo Elite

The infamous Fingerpoke of Doom didn’t just kick off the decline of WCW during the Monday Night Wars — it also signaled a new phase of the nWo. Suddenly, the babyface nWo Wolfpack had become the nWo Elite, with a strong lineup that included Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Hollywood Hogan, Lex Luger, Scott Steiner, and, of course, Buff Bagwell. To its credit, the nWo Elite were a more focused group after amassing a bloated roster in its original form, but the concept of the New World Order had mostly run its course by that point.

5 American Males

From 1995 to 1996, Buff Bagwell (as Marcus Alexander Bagwell) teamed with Scotty Riggs as the Rockers-esque heartthrob duo known as The American Males. While many fans remember their catchy theme song, Bagwell and Riggs failed to set the world on fire during their run together in WCW, and only held the World Tag Team Title for a measly nine days. Eventually, Bagwell turned heel to join the nWo, leaving Riggs to become the Jannetty of The American Males.

4 Stars & Stripes

Before The American Males, Buff Bagwell found success in another tag team, albeit one that seemed a bit mismatched. Still a bit of a rookie despite already being a former champ, Bagwell was paired with a more seasoned performer in the form of the masked Patriot — a.k.a. Del Wilkes — as Stars & Stripes.

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During their time together, Bagwell and The Patriot ended up becoming two-time Tag Team Champions in 1994, trading the belts with Pretty Wonderful — Paul Orndroff and Paul Roma — before finally dropping the title to Harlem Heat.

3 2 Cold Scorpio & Marcus Alexander Bagwell

Early 1993 brought Marcus Alexander Bagwell’s first tag team, as he was paired with the high flying 2 Cold Scorpio in WCW. In October of that same year, the two challenged The Nasty Boys for the World Tag Team Championship, dethroning Brian Knobbs and Jerry Saggs to capture the first major title for both Bagwell and Scorpio. Unfortunately, they dropped the belts to the Nasties 20 days later at Halloween Havoc. While the duo was short-lived Buff Bagwell and 2 Cold Scorpio were able to put on some solid bouts.

2 nWo Japan

Several months after the original New World Order made its presence felt in WCW came the formation of a separate nWo in New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Like the WCW version, nWo Japan proved to be very popular unto itself and featured some of the promotion’s biggest stars, including Masahiro Chono and Keiji Mutoh (a.k.a. The Great Muta). Thanks to a working relationship between the two companies, Buff Bagwell was a member of nWo Japan as well, joining the group for NJPW tours in 1997.

1 The New World Order

When it comes to all the factions that Buff Bagwell has been a part of, it’s tough to top the original nWo. Formed with an invading force of ex-WWE stars and a shocking heel turn of Hulk Hogan, the New World Order proved not only to be a dominant force in WCW, but an influential faction that many have imitated since. As mentioned, Bagwell turned heel on his American Males partner Scotty Riggs to join the group, making Bagwell the first in a long line of tag specialists to betray their partners for the nWo, including Scott Steiner and Stevie Ray.