Let's revisit Lex Luger's historic upset of Hollywood Hogan :wow:

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Wouldn't really call it an upset :ld:

Great moment tho, and this is coming from someone who NEVER liked Luger outside of his Wolfpac run
 
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malbaker86 said:
Man i remember watching this live as an 11 year old bruh. shyt is :mjcry: how beautifully executed this was....only for Luger to drop the title the following week i believe
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He more or less had to.

It's just a shame that did nothing with Luger after this. He didn't really do anything in 98-99 until they called him "The Total Package" but even then, he was done.

This was still one of the best storyline arcs in WCW. Lex was a heel, but Sting always held him down and defended him. They were heel and face, respectively, but their friendship went above that. NWO fukkkery starts. Then, NWO claims they have Sting and Luger starts popping shyt about Sting.
Sting comes in Fall Brawl and fukks everybody up and then leaves, because-- fukk WCW. Luger gets absolutely destroyed and is left screaming "IM SORRY, STINGER! STING, COME BACK!" :mjcry:in the cage. Next night, Sting cuts a promo with his back towards the camera and while explaining why he was leaving, he let Lex know that even though Lex was a heel, Sting always stood up for him no matter what and that Lex didn't do the same for him. In the meantime, Luger got blamed for WCW losing (even though he got fukked up) and had to essentially start from the bottom. Dude went through Four Horseman and was the first person to accept Giant back to WCW--realizing that he lost Sting because of this. Him and Giant team up and start giving the work to the Outsiders and Luger is finally accepted by the fans.
At this point, he wins his world title shot, and Hogan is doing whatever he can to delay it. Hogan would come out for most of the Spring popping shyt, but barely ever wrestling. When he finally does, he brings in Rodman. Luger and Giant face them and Luger makes Hogan's bytch-ass tap. :blessed: Proving that despite all the bullshyt that Hogan is putting him through to delay their match-- he's gonna go through all of it just to beat Hogan's ass. :steviej:
Finally, the match happens and Luger is kicking Hogan's ass but then the Outsiders and Savage come out. People in the crowd are already groaning expecting the usual NWO fukk-finish, but Randy Anderson was on some :birdman: "I ain't ringing no fukking bell" and Luger washes all of them. Finally, he lifts that old-racist sunburnt fukker up and makes his bytch ass tap again. :ahh: Not only winning the title but redeeming himself of his past actions. :lawd:
 
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Yeah I made a thread about this recently...one of the GOAT Nitro moments.

They booked Lex so well in 97, then flushed it all down the toilet at Road Wild and Lex was never the same.
 
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Had my middle school going nuts when it happened, everyone was talking about it the next day, from the band geeks to the preppy spoiled kids. WCW's reach in the south was incredible.

Pee Wee Anderson was such a great referee too. But the best part of Luger's win was how he left Dean Malenko hanging on the celebration :mjlol:

 
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Back then we got nitro delayed to Saturday 3pm in Australia. Passed up a party (funnily enough at the house of my then future, now former wife’s (gmb :snoop: )) folks house.

Had the whole damn crib to myself and a 13 yo mamba earmarking out like all fukk cause hoegan got washed.

Always have and always will be fukk hoegan and fukk Luger. Just marked out so hard at seeing that orange fukk lose.

Then he hit him with the :evenstevencena: like 36 hours later Australian time and effectively ended his career :pacspit: to both these fukks

You know the bookings legit when you can make some c*nt mark out like that when he hates both the c*nts in the ring. Was just a little hope spot for WCW at time
 
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XannyWarbucks said:
He more or less had to.

It's just a shame that did nothing with Luger after this. He didn't really do anything in 98-99 until they called him "The Total Package" but even then, he was done.

This was still one of the best storyline arcs in WCW. Lex was a heel, but Sting always held him down and defended him. They were heel and face, respectively, but their friendship went above that. NWO fukkkery starts. Then, NWO claims they have Sting and Luger starts popping shyt about Sting.
Sting comes in Fall Brawl and fukks everybody up and then leaves, because, fukk WCW. Luger gets absolutely destroyed and is left screaming "IM SORRY, STINGER! STING, COME BACK!" :mjcry:in the cage. Next night, Sting cuts a promo with his back towards the camera and while explaining why he was leaving, he let Lex know that even though Lex was a heel, Sting always stood up for him no matter what and that Lex didn't do the same for him. In the meantime, Luger got blamed for WCW losing (even though he got fukked up) and had to essentially start from the bottom. Dude went through Four Horseman and was the first person to accept Giant back to WCW--realizing that he lost Sting because of this. Him and Giant team up and start giving the work to the Outsiders and Luger is finally accepted by the fans.
At this point, he wins his world title shot, and Hogan is doing whatever he can to delay it. Hogan would come out for most of the Spring popping shyt, but barely ever wrestling. When he finally does, he brings in Rodman. Luger and Giant face them and Luger makes Hogan's bytch-ass tap. :blessed: Proving that despite all the bullshyt that Hogan is putting him through to delay their match-- he's gonna go through all of it just to beat Hogan's ass. :steviej:
Finally, the match happens and Luger is kicking Hogan's ass but then the Outsiders and Savage come out. People in the crowd are already groaning expecting the usual NWO fukk-finish, but Randy Anderson was on some :birdman: "I ain't ringing no fukking bell" and Luger washes all of them. Finally, he lifts that old-racist sunburnt fukker up and makes his bytch ass tap again. :ahh: Not only winning the title but redeeming himself of his past actions. :lawd:
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