Wrestling History:8/4/1997 Lugar beats Hogan on nitro for WCW Title

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Lex Luger submitted Hulk Hogan with the Torture Rack to win the world heavyweight championship in a legitimately shocking result.

In the absence of Sting, Luger was probably the most recognizable babyface on the WCW roster who actively opposed the nWo. In fact, he didn't join the group until 1998, one week before Sting did, so he was essentially number one in the pecking order, seeing as Sting wasn't working any matches at this time.

At Bash at the Beach in July, Luger and The Giant teamed up to defeat Hogan and Dennis Rodman. Luger ended up getting a title shot out of the deal but instead of waiting for Road Wild, he had a match with Hogan on Nitro on the go-home show to the pay-per-view (PPV). Really, this was just a way to hot shot the title to Luger in a ratings ploy before Lex dropped the belt back to Hogan at Road Wild less than a week later.
 
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