Why Was Lex Luger Over?
- Thread starter Silkk
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He was good in the NWA. Remember he was a horseman when he first started. Then he had a run with Barry Windham as tag champions which got him over. Then he was holding it down for the faces along with Sting and Dusty Rhodes and others.
Vince dropped the ball when he went to the WWF in the 90s with those corny ass characters they created for Luger.
Vince dropped the ball when he went to the WWF in the 90s with those corny ass characters they created for Luger.
I never know how young or old the TSC is, so pardon if I come off as condescending.
The first thing yo have to do is remove the words "Nitro", Narcissist", and WWE from your image of Lex Luger...imagine a different time, an era of big men like Stan Hansen who swallowed up in-ring wrestlers by choking, punching and smashing them.
Now imagine a guy who is chiseled, yet he can run the ropes.
When Luger was in the ring he would show bursts of energy and emotion that you don't see anymore. He would bounce off of the ropes (in the style associated with 80's Southern wrestling) and literally look like an NFL linebacker ready to kill you.
He didn't plod along, he burst, and that distinguished him from the heels.
Every slam and clothesline evoked power. He could also keep you "un-bored" with his submission/rest holds.
These were the NWA and early WCW days. Good times to be a wrestling fan.
The first thing yo have to do is remove the words "Nitro", Narcissist", and WWE from your image of Lex Luger...imagine a different time, an era of big men like Stan Hansen who swallowed up in-ring wrestlers by choking, punching and smashing them.
Now imagine a guy who is chiseled, yet he can run the ropes.
When Luger was in the ring he would show bursts of energy and emotion that you don't see anymore. He would bounce off of the ropes (in the style associated with 80's Southern wrestling) and literally look like an NFL linebacker ready to kill you.
He didn't plod along, he burst, and that distinguished him from the heels.
Every slam and clothesline evoked power. He could also keep you "un-bored" with his submission/rest holds.
These were the NWA and early WCW days. Good times to be a wrestling fan.
Yea, lex went hard. His clotheslines werent even called clotheslines. They were called lariats. Wrestlers that really sold their offense were usually pretty popular. When Vader was hittin nikkas with them forearm shots to the head that shyt had me like damn, hes gonna kill that wimpy guy. Heh, what we used to call the non headliner wrestlers. Wimpy guys.
Techniec
Drugs and Kalashnikovs
Lol in my house we used to call those guys babies
And Luger motioning for the torture racks one of the greatest wrestling sights ever
We called them "no-name guys"
Techniec
Drugs and Kalashnikovs
We called them "no-name guys"
Lol we need a thread spin off...at my cousins they'd call em losers
Iron Mike Sharpe = goat no-name guy
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He had a million dollar body but a ten cent brain.
In WWF this may have sparked his popularity
This Week in WWE History: July 5, 2010 - Lex Luger - YouTube
This was right after Hogan left (correct me if I'm wrong) I guess they were trying to push him AS the next Hogan
This though
Lex Luger vs Hollywood Hogan WCW Nitro 08/04/1997 - YouTube
that pop at 9:00, Luger at his peak in WCW?
Luger could have reached the next level if they would have let him keep title for a while after beating Hulk. Don't know why he was always so over. Maybe it was the muscles or the associations with Sting and Flair.
Honestly, he was one of the most well built up faces during the NWO run. He was the ONLY guy that was fighting "the good fight" the whole time and was a constant threat to the NWO