Lex Luger won PWI wrestler of the year in 1997

[R=G]

Great look...was never into Luger. Thought he was really lazy in that 92 run. Loved the Narcissist theme though.

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

Luger as U.S. Champion in WCW... whether heel or face was always over and very believable. He had some good matches then too...

 

[threattonature]

Personally I think Sid is the most underrated, but for the same reasons.

Luger 97 as probably the best organic babyface push you can write. For like 9 months he came out second hour of nitro, got the music, pyro, flexed, shook hands with the crowd, beat up a jobber or a midcard heel, hit the torture rack, and popped the crowd as he won. Every week. And his crowd responses kept getting better and better. And the crowd would get so hype when he got a big dude in the rack. Even fukkin roadblock or someone.

There are some Detroit brehs here who were in the house when he beat Hogan for the title on nitro and said to was the biggest pop ever and I believe it. Crowd lost it.

97 most over acts were the outsiders, Austin, luger, Hollywood Hogan, HBK, Bret, flair, Sabu, and RVD, in that order IMO. It is very reasonable for him to be #1 on a 97 list though I'd out hall and nash over him for sure

I think both are underrated and hated on in part because they both treated the business as just that, a business. Lugar was demanding contract wise and pissed others off because his demands were met. Same with Sid where he had no problem bouncing from one company and jumping to the other for a fat check. You know other wrestlers were hating and pissed that these dudes who didn't live wrestling were getting the big checks.

 

[Ed MOTHEREFFING G]

Hold up ..no he wasn't.. fukkin DEAN MALENKO WAS...

I remember he won one year then but it was this year

Luger and the outsiders were ROBBED LOL

 

[Tanahashi Coates]

Flexy Lexy was that dude in 97. You know someone is over as fukk when they get a huge pop in their kayfabe hometown as a heel champ

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

I think both are underrated and hated on in part because they both treated the business as just that, a business. Lugar was demanding contract wise and pissed others off because his demands were met. Same with Sid where he had no problem bouncing from one company and jumping to the other for a fat check. You know other wrestlers were hating and pissed that these dudes who didn't live wrestling were getting the big checks.

Bischoff said he signed him for peanuts (wrestling-wise) when he came back to WCW in 95. Something like 100-150k a year. He just wanted to leave WWF and took a big pay cut.

 

[Playaz Eyez]

1997 was such an amazing year

 

[Da_Eggman]

The Rack was one of the most over finishers ever

 

[Da_Eggman]

Bischoff said he signed him for peanuts (wrestling-wise) when he came back to WCW in 95. Something like 100-150k a year. He just wanted to leave WWF and took a big pay cut.

He didn’t like the wwf schedule of working so many house shows

but by 97 I bet he was getting 500K

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

Always fukked with Lex. Didn't really know anyone who didn't tbh

Maybe it’s the Liz thing but a lot of youtubers and people in the wrestling biz seem very quick to talk down on him as a performer, which is crazy cause he was always over and a top guy.

Yeah he flopped as a potential top babyface in WWE, but he was used wrong. He either should’ve stayed a heel or pushed as a babyface gradually through good angles til he was a believable champion. That real murican hero Hoegan bullshyt wasn’t him.

87-92 NWA and 95-97 WCW he was dope.

And let’s not forget he set off the Monday night war.



Crowd was like when he walked out. Then they started chanting his name.

 

[Killah Ray]

Luger in the puffy white shirt is a top 20 moment in all of wrestling.

 

[CM_Burns]

Luger survived a cage match with Bruiser Brody and lived to tell about it:

I'm always when they tell Brody stories. I never really watched him, but the stories are always about how he would stiff people just because and fukk with everyone to establish his toughness and dominance, and then in the next sentence they act like it's a tragedy that somebody killed him.

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

I'm always when they tell Brody stories. I never really watched him, but the stories are always about how he would stiff people just because and fukk with everyone to establish his toughness and dominance, and then in the next sentence they act like it's a tragedy that somebody killed him.

Reading the book about Brody, dude was more of a stand for himself type of dude with a bit of a heart. You got to understand during the time and even to this very day, bookers treated the wrestlers are a bunch of muscle headed idiots (most of them are), but Brody embodied "fukk you pay me".

Yes dude was a ass at times but he still look out for folks at times. Brody is just a complicated individual that was about his paper.

Something wrestling is missing nowadays in the era where vindication from neckbeards outweighs getting paid and getting out

 

[Reality Check]

Bischoff said he signed him for peanuts (wrestling-wise) when he came back to WCW in 95. Something like 100-150k a year. He just wanted to leave WWF and took a big pay cut.

Bischoff spoke about this on his podcast. Sting had to talk Bischoff into going after him and Bischoff purposely extended a low-ball offer thinking that he'd reject it but he wound up accepting it.

 

[Jim Cornette]

Luger was a trash wrestler lmaoo..

WCW was overhyped... So many trash matches from all these guys, Luger, Hogan, Nash, Piper.. all trash