OmegaK2099
Gettin' It In
"In his hand was a Ruger, dipped in a Lex like Luger"
Theres a reason why countless lyrics are about Lex Luger.
Luger beating Hoegan for the belt in 97 seemed so epic at the time
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Theres a reason why countless lyrics are about Lex Luger.
Had me ready to put everybody at school in the rack the next day Bischoff subtly said that the tanning reason was bullshyt on his podcast and hinted that Sting was drinking or doing drugs heavy at the time. Which makes sense, why would a guy with white face paint who hides in the shadows and rafters go to the beach or a tanning bed?
Torture Rack is one of my favorite submission finishers. Has anyone even used it regularly after Lex?
There was a Luger interview I watched where he said found out he was winning right before he went through the curtain. Eric wanted to pop a rating in that city.
Always felt like Luger gets too much hate in hindsight. No he was never going to be on Hogan/Austin level but overall he had a solid run with some dope moments like this. The torture rack was one of those things that people who didn’t really follow wrestling even knew about in the 90s.
Because it's easy to rhyme with Ruger lol."In his hand was a Ruger, dipped in a Lex like Luger"
Theres a reason why countless lyrics are about Lex Luger.
OmegaK2099
Gettin' It In
Because when you "Flex" you always gotta do it like Luger.
wcw was never "great" at making the story they wanted to tell clear in my opinion. With Luger during this period, there was a really good story there, just they didn't hype it enough. thats where vince used to shine.
going back to war games 96, where Luger is the one to submit and cost wcw the win vs the nwo, he was at his low point. from there they had him basically on a redemption tour on nitro. racking everyone. at one point he would rack a 300 lb guy one week, then 400 lb another, then there was once a guy like 500 lbs. it took him THREE tries to get him up, the crowd was into it every try. Luger was SUPER over in 1997.
But yes, simple formula definitely worked in this case. win, go over strong with your finish.
XannyWarbucks
Superstar
I thought they did.
War Games 96- August 97, Luger was practically the top face on the roster.
You have him losing War Games, Sting walks out, having to go face Arn who blames him, Giant turns on NWO and nobody trusts him until Luger says he does, they win the titles only to get fukked over, Luger once again has to face the whole NWO in Uncensored (Sting comes byke though.
), wins a four corners match against his partner giving him that 1 on 1 with Hogan, Hogan ducks him and starts to try and get in his head with Rodman, Luger makes HOGAN tap out clean in a tag match, even though Rodman was the other guy in it, and from there you get to August. The whole point was that Luger blamed himself for Sting walking out and then took a stance against NWO above anyone else. Macho got jumped a million times until he just joined. Luger was taking those beatings and kept coming back. When Giant turned on NWO, it showed growth because Luger knew that he already fukked Sting over by judging.
Then, the rest is just classic, heel running like a bytch while Luger has to wait on his shot. When it came down to it, this was like a 11-month story line. The only unfortunate thing is that they clearly had nothing for Luger even though he was objectively the biggest face after Sting. Yeah, even bigger than Flair at the time.
OmegaK2099
Gettin' It In
August 1996 to December 1997, you couldn't help but be a Lex luger fan. So many moments.
XannyWarbucks
Superstar
His theme hit too.
OmegaK2099
Gettin' It In
Their was something about hearing the guitar in that theme that let's you know you were about to see something special once he gets into the ring and starts beating dudes up.
staticshock
Veteran
Prime Nitro with fans throwing stuff in the ring