Superstar Sleeze Posted October 18 Report Share Posted October 18 Lex Luger vs Yokozuna - WWF RAW 6/12/95 It is fitting that Luger’s last televised, competitive singles match in WWF is a loss against Yokozuna. Ironically, it is also their best match together. There are couple circumstantial elements that help them: it is shorter and the ad break cut out what looked like a Yoko nerve pinch. On top of that Luger looked more motivated in the loss here than he did in his other main event matches. He has more spring in his step and just looks more confident. Pretty standard but effective cat and mouse stuff. Yokozuna looks to squash Luger; Luger moves; Yokozuna crashes down. Luger worked in and out of the armbar well. Nice Yoko bump to the floor. I thought the transition to heat could have been more impactful. I thought the comeback was great. Yoko really milked the weeble wobble before Luger hit the flying clothesline to knock him down. Luger called for the Bionic Forearm but Fuji messes with Luger’s flag bearer. Luger gets coaxed into the outside to save Old Glory but get steamrolled by Yoko and LEGDROP~! means Luger loses by countout. I should have said in the beginning that they showed clips of the Bodyslam Challenge on the Intrepid from 2 years ago and Summerslam 93. Just seems so long ago that Luger could’ve been the guy. I still felt Luger was being promoted hard on commentary. The Allied Powers vs Yoko/Owen is most star-studded tag feud since Money Inc/Steiners. They were about #5 on the depth chart but Luger was still getting time. WCW was just a much, much better fit for him. Intrigued to watch IYH 2 tag title match. *** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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