Loss Posted October 9, 2012 Report Share Posted October 9, 2012 Talk about it here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted November 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 Luger really comes across as a star here. He deserved better than he got here, just acting as a stop gap until Sting could get his run. In an interesting bit of trivia that the yearbook doesn't pick up, they were doing odd hype and Luger was being presented as the underdog going into Capital Combat instead of the favorite. Luger even promised a win (not here, but on television). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteF3 Posted November 17, 2012 Report Share Posted November 17, 2012 Effective promo from Luger. At one point something that was on the table was to drive a Brinks truck full of money up to Flair's house in exchange for dropping a hair vs. hair match to Luger at CC'90, which would have been non-title and given Luger a signature PPV win over his rival and been a unique drawing card. Flair understandably didn't trust WCW and the proposal didn't last, and then Luger refused to do another job to Flair and we got...what we got. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted November 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2012 Yeah, and Luger refusing to job under the circumstances made sense. He was a babyface that had guaranteed a title win on television. Not coming through after that is the kiss of death. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soup23 Posted December 11, 2012 Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 Agree that Luger looks great here and delivers a fired up babyface promo leading into the big Capital Combat sell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Ridge Posted January 19, 2013 Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 Luger is confident he will beat Flair in the cage. He takes his shirt off and poses for the camera. He is all oiled up. Must be something he does like brushing teeth and using deodorant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cox Posted February 11, 2013 Report Share Posted February 11, 2013 Once somebody pointed out to me that Luger is always making the "L is for Loser" shape with his hands during his promos, it ruined Lex Luger promos for me forever. That said, this is a good fired up promo, but I see him still making the L shape with his hands and I start laughing, which is probably not the reaction you want from a top babyface. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garretta Posted January 4, 2015 Report Share Posted January 4, 2015 Interesting bits of trivia about what was supposed to happen at Capital Combat, There was just one problem with Luger's logic: he still didn't come through with the title win, and the fans, at least some of them, probably wrote him off forever as a result. When you get four chances in less than two years to beat Flair cleanly on pay-per-view and can't get it done, you tend to lose your relevance as a challenger. Even a clean non-title win wouldn't have helped; all Flair would have had to do is explain that he let down a slight bit without the belt on the line. His hair will grow back, he's still a Horseman, he's still got Woman, he's still the man, and Luger's still a pretender. WHOOOOOOOO! No, he had to actually win the title here, and since Flair refused to drop it to anyone but Sting, he was screwed before he ever got in the ring unless WCW was willing to let Flair walk altogether. We saw what a disaster that was at Bash '91. By the way, decent promo from Luger, though he's still not quite as smooth as he should be, even for a fired-up babyface. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drew wardlaw Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 This is an awesome promo. Perfect promo for babyface Luger. Super fired up and to the point, great flexing throughout, couldn't ask for anything more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSR Posted December 31, 2016 Report Share Posted December 31, 2016 Jim Ross is joined by Lex Luger and he says how his greatest opportunity will be one week from tonight when it will all be on the line, Ric Flair vs Lex Luger in a cage for the first time ever. Lex says that he’s stepped through and over every obstacle that Flair has put in his path. He’s not once deterred him and his objective has never been clearer. Despite every beating he’s taken, he’s still standing here bigger, stronger and more fired up than he’s ever been in his career. It’s put up or shut up time for him. His first title shot at Ric Flair in a cage and he’s coming out the new World Heavyweight champion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawho5 Posted February 21, 2017 Report Share Posted February 21, 2017 Luger with a fired-up promo that works! I really want him to succeed despite knowing that he does not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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