This makes no fukking sense.
So, nwa misbooks luger...and then he transitions to wwf...and its a telltale sign to why wwf was inferior?? And its creates why people migrate to wcw????
Wtf?
back in the day,..nwa was the higher quality product incomparison to the wwf.
yet,..when flair migrated after dispute to the wwf.
the ghost and stigma of flair being so dominate in the nwa territories, hurt luger's draw.
as well as an errant heel turn from one of the best perrennial nwa bf's of all time.
to one of the worst heel hw champion runs quality and draw wise in nwa's history.
that stigma and awful misguided heel turn and the pisspoor quality of his turn after flair left. cast a dark shadow on luger. as he never was viewed as credibl, as a champion.
plus as a heel, luger lacked the workrate as a heel to be dominant as well. which spelled disaster,..as well as his lack of skills as a talker.
later,..after he fled from his diasterous run in the nwa as champion.
to the delight of the smart wrasslin community. he soon emerged back in the ring after a failed competitve body builder stint. which also made him look weaker and also an injury from an accident hurt him as well.
the comparison to flair was now in full effect. as flair had persevered the worst possible situations and injuries from numerous accidents in car or plane.
luger's comparison to flair, may have been unfair or warranted depending on the side or stance you took.
yet, in the common fans eyes, he was marginalized by never going over flair.
plus an anemiac heel turn when he finally was booked as champion.
when luger came into the wwf. his heel persona was still as poor or worse than it was in the nwa. which resulted in backlash of the same type from the nwa. yet this time he was in the much larger drawing wwf. who had fan/mark perception of being better. so, when luger never ramped up and was even worse than his nwa run. plus no rack, moniker or anything that made him a popular bf. it spelled disaster for the wwf and for luger as a domestic gateway large me draw. as it stigma'd the wwf,..which made it possible for hogun to go to wcw.
this also is why when the nwo arose.
it was the nwa or wcw's way to squelch the misconcieved wwf is better perception of the gateway fan. as diesel and razor,..now hall & nash amd hogun completed the best promotion jumpmand heel turn draw wise in the history of wrasin. after hogun failed as an inferior wwf style bf in the higher quality wcw roster and ranks as a champion.
if luger would have come into the wwf as luger, the perrennial bf.
he could have changed his stigma and aided wwf perception wise.
that is also why luger is bashed on both sides.
as he was a litmus test that exposed the wwf and also nwa's herd's ineptitude to not succumb to flair. flair's loss and luger next heel run is also how wcw,...was soon able to wrassle away, the nwa's talent as well.
as the nwa fell to wcw because of its inability to give the hw title and duke to talent other than flair. which branded the promotion,..and made it difficult when he left for anyone to come after him and be successful.
art barr
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wcw LITERALLY took luger from wwf, on the debut of nitro, with no warning...luger can go broke for all vince cares and rightfully so.
outside of several moments, Lex Luger was pretty much a non-factor in the 90's for the most part, and by the time the Monday Night Wars was starting to kick in, he REALLY wasn't worth a damn...never was a fan of dude
yea thats it.