What if Lex Luger had the support that Roman Reigns gets

[Slystallion]

Why didn't Lex get the same amount of support he clearly had more fan support but didn't didn't even get one title run

Yeah I know Bret was big too but Lex wasn't being booed he got cheered

Roman has been given this ball for what 3 to 4 years...fans ain't all of a sudden gonna just fall in love with him at this point

 

[Beautiful Bobby Eatin]

Because Luger wasnt being made into Cena-lite. He was being made into Hogan-lite. Vinces expectations for Luger were MUCH higher than expectations for Reigns. If Reigns gets booed the use the Cena spin of "at least he gets a reaction". Its the change of the times

 

[CrossBones]

Lex was supposedly a diva to work with and Bruce Prichard as well as Bischoff said he was a narcissist in real life. That never goes over well with the bookers and writers. He couldn't deliver matches like an HBK either, or even Roman for that matter, so what was the point in making him the man? I think the lingering WCW stigma was with him as well as they might have been hesitant to put on someone who made a name for themselves in another company like he did. Lastly, his Real American gimmick was out of nowhere and he couldn't carry it too well.

Could they have pushed him more? Yeah. He still wasn't all that great at anything besides looking like a bodybuilder and having a cool finisher. The crowd liked him, but he never really stood out and tried to go beyond that. He more or less always just showed up. He never gave the company a really strong effort to make himself more believable in the ring, or be more accepted as a face to the crowd. He was always kind of the same person whether he was a good guy or bad guy.

 

[R=G]

Lex was supposedly a diva to work with and Bruce Prichard as well as Bischoff said he was a narcissist in real life. That never goes over well with the bookers and writers. He couldn't deliver matches like an HBK either, or even Roman for that matter, so what was the point in making him the man? I think the lingering WCW stigma was with him as well as they might have been hesitant to put on someone who made a name for themselves in another company like he did. Lastly, his Real American gimmick was out of nowhere and he couldn't carry it too well.

Could they have pushed him more? Yeah. He still wasn't all that great at anything besides looking like a bodybuilder and having a cool finisher. The crowd liked him, but he never really stood out and tried to go beyond that. He more or less always just showed up. He never gave the company a really strong effort to make himself more believable in the ring, or be more accepted as a face to the crowd. He was always kind of the same person whether he was a good guy or bad guy.

Hahaha..they dont a fukk about someone delivering matches. Stone Cold just did a shoot on that with Foley saying Vince didnt give a damn about if the match...he said "did it get over?" instead in gorilla..Austin was saying that when he said he actually liked the last Wyatt/Matt match on PPV that everyone actually disliked and bashed.

Once again..all u kids think workmate tyles the WWE..nah..they got their own agenda. The commentators are gonna put Reigns and Cena matches like their best in history..when have they ever put over Bryan's matches like they did the Roman/Brock match or all the Cena/Owens, Cena/AJ, Cena/Blandy matches...maybe WM XXX and the Gauntlet match night. They talk more about Bryan's heart and never quitting than him putting on near weekly classics with Seth, Cesaro, and Sheamus at the time. Lol.

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

Lex almost had a title reign but apparently he was shooting his mouth off to folks that he was going to win the belt. This made Vince pissed, thus the mid card spot he went. All in all, Lex was a dikk and pretty much soured folks around him including Bruiser Brody who no sold the shyt out of him because "stuff"

 

[Da King]

Luger was more over as a face then Reigns can ever dream of being


I’m still at the mark crowd chanting “you deserve it” while he was trying to get sympathy during his beat down by Draw Lesnar

 

[richaveli83]

He had a dope theme though

 

[CrossBones]

Hahaha..they dont a duck about delivering matches. Stone Cold just did a shoot on that with Foley saying Vince didnt give a damn about if the match...he said "did it get over?" instead in gorilla..Austin was saying that when he said he actually liked the last Wyatt/Matt match on PPV that everyone actually disliked and bashed.

Once again..all u kids think workmate tyles the WWE..nah..they got their own agenda. The commentators are gonna put Reigns and Cena matches like their best in history..when have they ever put over Bryan's matches like they did the Roman/Brock match or all the Cena/Owens, Cena/AJ, Cena/Blandy matches...maybe WM XXX and the Gauntlet match night. They talk more about Bryan's heart and never quitting than him putting on near weekly classics with Seth, Cesaro, and Sheamus at the time. Lol.

It's not about the workrate when I'm talking about delivering a good match, I mean delivering one that the audience cares about. The company isn't trying to impress Meltzer so you're talking about nothing mentioning that. With the WWE It's about capturing the audience's attention and not coming out to crickets when you're in the ring. You're talking about workrate to a company that pushed Hogan, Andre, and to lesser extent guys like Jake the Snake, Ted Dibiase and even Hacksaw lol. Lex never had that momentum or classic character in the WWE like I was saying.


If you don't get heat then they'll look at it like it's on you, and Lex Express was a flop. Luger and his career overall wasn't about to do more than be CARRIED to a good match at his best.

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

He had a dope theme though

Jim JOHNSON on the BEATS ya b*stardS

 

[R=G]

It's not about the workrate when I'm talking about delivering a good match, I mean delivering one that the audience cares about. The company isn't trying to impress Meltzer so you're talking about nothing mentioning that. With the WWE It's about capturing the audience's attention and not coming out to crickets when you're in the ring. You're talking about workrate to a company that pushed Hogan, Andre, and to lesser extent guys like Jake the Snake, Ted Dibiase and even Hacksaw lol. Lex never had that momentum or classic character in the WWE like I was saying.


If you don't get heat then they'll look at it like it's on you, and Lex Express was a flop. Luger and his career overall wasn't about to do more than be CARRIED to a good match at his best.

The Narcissist gimmick did get heat..they just chose to push him as a American try hard.

 

[Eddie Brock]

I remember when he beat Hollywood Hogan for the belt on Nitro and lost it back to him about a month later at Road Wild. I feel like he was most over during the nWo era, but Bischoff was reluctant to put the belt on anyone not named Hogan, Sting or Goldberg

 

[September]

I wish I knew what goes through his mind. Probably just the image of Vince giving him that terrifying smile and throwing bags of money at his face.

 

[Slystallion]

Luger was more over as a face then Reigns can ever dream of being


I’m still at the mark crowd chanting “you deserve it” while he was trying to get sympathy during his beat down by Draw Lesnar

That's what I'm saying, Lex didn't really get his well deserved shot and he was plenty over. They just kind of buried him after they chose Bret and had him tagging with british bulldog when they could have had two big faces. But I was a 10 yr old kid who loved Hulk Hogan so the Lex Luger thing I bought hook line and sinker.

 

[CrossBones]

The Narcissist gimmick did get heat..they just chose to push him as a American try hard.

It got heat, but it wasn't that main event level of heat. Maybe in time, but they wanted to shoot him to the stars as a face and it didn't work out. All in all, I think Lex always had the ability and the look to be "The Guy," but he lacked the consistency and didn't really put in the effort to keep it going on a main event level. His personality is kind of just ... blah. His moveset and interaction with the crowd was just there. He didn't stand out enough in the land where characters and politics rule. I think it was Sting who said that with Lex, wrestling wasn't his dream, it was just a job.

 

[richaveli83]

I wish I knew what goes through his mind. Probably just the image of Vince giving him that terrifying smile and throwing bags of money at his face.