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[1990-05-12-NWA-World Championship Wrestling] Interview: Lex Luger


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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).

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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