[2001-03-07-WCW-Thunder] Chuck Palumbo vs Lex Luger

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Lex Luger is out and says that at times it’s tough living up to being the only ‘Total Package’ in all sports.  To be fair he’s looking physically great and not as old as he has been.  Christ, he’s back to talking about him and his partner, Buff the Stuff, eliminating Bill Goldberg from  WCW forever.  Despite all his successes, all the hundreds of victories he’s had, when you’re a perfectionist like him it’s those rare losses that really bother you.  He segues into his loss to Chuck Palumbo “last Wednesday” (it was actually two Wednesday’s ago), still addled that he was beaten by a rookie.  Knowing that Sean O’Haire is at home nursing a sore leg, he challenges Palumbo to face him again, confident that even if they were to wrestle 1,000 more times, Palumbo would never get another victory over him.

Palumbo answers the challenge by running to the ring, much to Luger’s surprise it seems.  I hope we’re going to get a better performance from Lex tonight.  Great dropkick by Palumbo that rocks ‘the Package’.  Single arm DDT and Luger only just gets a shoulder up.  Lex with a jawbreaker and he’s already going after the lower back, throwing forearm after forearm there in preparation for the Torture Rack.  Luger lets everyone know that “now we’re going to school!”.  He tosses Chuck to the outside where he whips him into the railings.  Spotting the camera on him he gives everyone a smile and a double bicep pose.  Back inside Palumbo with an inside cradle, the move he defeated ‘the Package’ with a fortnight ago, this time though Luger had it scouted and kicks out.  Running forearm.  No mention of the steel plate surprisingly.  Scoop powerslam and Lex is signalling for the Rack.  He gets Palumbo up but can’t hold him there, Chuck wriggling free and rolls him up for the three, Luger’s losing streak in singles matches continuing.  Tony Schiavone thinks this is an even bigger win than the last one because Palumbo was answering a challenge here.

We return from a commercial to break to find an irate Luger overturning furniture and throwing a fit in the back.