One of the absolute worst wrestlers EVER on the microphone. His athletic ability was also questioned by many wrestlers back in the day as he was very clumsy while performing many simple moves. Million dollar body and a 5 cent head pretty much sums it up.
@grice40 Blame WCW they though he could be the next Hulk Hogan so they made him go solo but he wasnt even missed by the Horsemen when Windham replaced him.But his shitty interview skills just made him look like a jabrone.
Luger was awesome. He was one of the guys who carried the NWA and WCW for a long time. He gets a bad rap. Not a great worker, but you can't deny his presence. He was awesome to look at and really gave his best most of the time. I always enjoyed watching him whether heel or face.
Lex essentially ended Nikita Koloffs glory run if you will. When he beat Koloff for the U.S. Title at the great American Bash 1987, Koloff was not the same. His popularity among the fans startted going down, and fans started to boo him more, and Nikita never recovered his career after that match. Also that Match was where Lex Lugers career REALLy started off and got going in full gear, and the fans started to cheer for him even more after he one the United States belt from Nikita Koloff
Personally I think Lex was better than people give him credit for. Okay he wasn't great, but when you're a young green wrestler in the same company with guys like Ric, Arn, & Tully, of course you'll pale in comparison. Yeah Lex was no technical genius, but I can't say I never enjoyed a match of his. I'd rather watch him over guys like Hogan, Cena, or any of these new guys in WWE anyday.
Besides, there were worse horsemen than him (*cough cough Mongo McMichael cough cough Paul Roma cough*)
VINCE MCMAHON WOULD NEVER LET his talent do open Mic interviews like this anymore, especially in the era of Titan Sports TV Training and Especially not now in the PG era.
and he certainly wouldnt let the Fans be vocal and real like NWA fans did in the 80's on the tv show and just RIP wrestlers apart.
this was a bygone era of TV taping we will NEVER see again.
Exaactly I know what you mean. For example, Notice how popular Lex was even as a heel. In all his matches with Nikita Koloff in 1987 including the Great American Bash 1987 in that cage match where luger totally dominated Koloff 95% of the time, If you watch that match, you'll notice that perhapes 80% to 90% of the fans cheered for Lex Luger, and remember, Lex Luger was the heel and Nikita was the face, but the fans still cheered for Lex, and also Koloff was booed out of the Arena when he lost.
Notice also in that Nikita Koloff vs Lex Luger match at the Great American Bash where Luger won the title, if you watch it, why is it you think that you could not see the fans at all, they were like 30 feet from the wring. I am almost certain that it was to cover up the fact that by far the majority of the fans were cheering for Luger, and if they had shown the fans, and added much more light, mit would have appeared on television that Luger was the face and Koloff the heel.
If they had put on the lights on to the point where you could clearly see the crowd, people watching on TV would be thinking that Lex Luger was the good guy, especially if you listen how many women were clearly cheering for Lex, if they had shown that, the T.V audience would have seriously thought that Lex was by far the fan favourite (in fact in all his matches with Koloff he was, even when we was scripted as a heel and Koloff the face) Fans, and definately all the ladies cheered for Lex!
I am saying this because I feel that the NWA was also tempering with the fans alittle and maybe adding some pre-recorded cheers and pops from fans in the past cheering for someone, in order to give the appearance that Nikita Koloff was actually liked and cheered for. Because the first time I saw the Nikita Koloff vs Lex Luger U.S. title match,at the Great American Bash, I just felt something wasn't right. I mean you actually heard fans cheering for Nikita, even what sounded like LADY fans, and..
I was thinking that this can't be, just by looking at the wrestlers, Luger being this handsome looking, well developed body, and long blond hair pure American boy, and the other guy, and nasty looking bald guy who was not even in lugers league in terms of looks, he didn't have the muscles, he had a shaved bald head (which obvioiusly was not at all attractive to women), he wore that silly singlet, he spoke with an ugly accent, and yet you heard many of the fans cheering for Nikita..
Cont'd, but most surprisingly you also heard some lady fans cheering for Nikita at certain points in that match, so that just didn't make sense to me, how fans (also remember back then at least 90% of the fans thought wrestling was real) could cheer for a bald Russian. So when you think about it, the lights being turned off where the fans were, it made the crowd reaction scene look neautral with us not seeing them, therefore they probably added recorded cheers whenever Nikita did something...
Because I am possitive that Nikita Koloff was NOT cheered as much as it appeared he was with the sound of the fans reaction, Because how could that be when, whenever Luger did something to Koloff the fans always gave a big pop and cheer, especially from the ladies. Check out at the end of that match when Luger gets Koloff in the back breaker, the fans TRULY cheered for Lex. If the lights were on it would have looked like typical Hulk Hogan 80's finish as opposed to a heel winning over the face.
@erok8150 I couldn't have said it better. Vince wants to control EVERYTHING. How the wrestlers wrestles, talks. If he can't control how the audience reacts, he hates it.
@erok8150 Keep in mind theres nothing wrong with PG as a matter of fact this is PG, but its just that nowadays its watered down. Boring storylines, bad wrestlers, bad promos , etc. So i mean they can keep PG if they want to but just bring back good storylines.
Unfortunate to say, but this is one of his better promos. It wasn't nearly as rambling and disjointed as many of his other ones. It's almost serviceable.
Seen him on the 20th oh July 2011. He got his build back minus about 50lds but stil looks healthy. Mentaly, spritually and phycically.
blackstruggle77 2 months ago
I live about 30 min. away form the tapings of NWA events ran by Jim Crokett.
blackstruggle77 2 months ago
His interview was not bad at all. I seen worst in the WWE
blackstruggle77 2 months ago
this fuckin guy needs to pull that finger outta his ass
fx4warrior88 4 months ago
ive never wanted to fart in someones face more than i want to in lex lugers
fx4warrior88 4 months ago
I may be wrong but i really dont think anybody wants to hear lex luger tell everybody how he jerked off each member of the horsemen
fx4warrior88 4 months ago
as a young mark back then Lex was wayyyyyyy over
Murphdogg4 6 months ago 2
Have you seen him lately? LMAO
TheLizardKing1967 6 months ago
Luger sucked whale ass on the mic.
doublepenetr8or 7 months ago
mullet
bettydaw1970 8 months ago
in this promo, he's probably telling the truth. ''arn, you had a few too many...you were in bed til noon...''
90038jhon 9 months ago
One of the absolute worst wrestlers EVER on the microphone. His athletic ability was also questioned by many wrestlers back in the day as he was very clumsy while performing many simple moves. Million dollar body and a 5 cent head pretty much sums it up.
jjhawksjj 9 months ago
Luger is not HOF material, I understand warriors promo better than this
MisterOldSchool1 1 year ago
PLEASE RENAME the title to
Lex Luger's meaningless promo
MisterOldSchool1 1 year ago
I got a headache watching this
MisterOldSchool1 1 year ago
@MisterOldSchool1 you too huh
MJAY4000 11 months ago
at least he tried....!!!
dolamich 1 year ago
LEX MADE THE BIGGEST MISTAKE OF HIS LIFE LEAVING THE HORSEMAN!
grice40 1 year ago
@grice40 Blame WCW they though he could be the next Hulk Hogan so they made him go solo but he wasnt even missed by the Horsemen when Windham replaced him.But his shitty interview skills just made him look like a jabrone.
Voice173 10 months ago
Lex Luger is the most unintentionally hilarious wrestler of all time
ShantyIrishman 1 year ago
Luger himself doesn't know where his speech is going.
mabood1212 1 year ago
who here WOULDN'T suck his cock.
topbluffa1 1 year ago
@topbluffa1 1. Me
2. Straight men
3. Gay women
JonathanVonErich 1 year ago
your the first and only to say you wouldnt :P
topbluffa1 1 year ago
classic
MrKooldaddykool 1 year ago
My.. What a pretty pink sweater he has there.
j2oaks 1 year ago
Luger was awesome. He was one of the guys who carried the NWA and WCW for a long time. He gets a bad rap. Not a great worker, but you can't deny his presence. He was awesome to look at and really gave his best most of the time. I always enjoyed watching him whether heel or face.
danteras23 1 year ago
Today wrestler only say things Vince wants them to say. I miss the old times. WWE doesn't entertain me anymore, only TNA does.
Konni1969 1 year ago
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.......does this end...ever? No wonder the 4 horsemen were so easy to like. Nice sweater.
boz987 1 year ago
The absolute worst interview in the history of wrestling.....LOL!!!
taysdad45 2 years ago 5
@taysdad45 And your the worst opinionated person on these boards.......LOL!!!!!!
sanddune 11 months ago
Mr Luger can I have your autograph, "ummm no kid get Arn Anderson's so u don't hurt his feelings".
Joeyg50 2 years ago 4
the man can ramble cant he haha
xman6918 2 years ago
i thought you were talking about Luger until I scrolled down. Holy christ.
sykoserkus 2 years ago 3
Lex essentially ended Nikita Koloffs glory run if you will. When he beat Koloff for the U.S. Title at the great American Bash 1987, Koloff was not the same. His popularity among the fans startted going down, and fans started to boo him more, and Nikita never recovered his career after that match. Also that Match was where Lex Lugers career REALLy started off and got going in full gear, and the fans started to cheer for him even more after he one the United States belt from Nikita Koloff
xhemexx 2 years ago
Personally I think Lex was better than people give him credit for. Okay he wasn't great, but when you're a young green wrestler in the same company with guys like Ric, Arn, & Tully, of course you'll pale in comparison. Yeah Lex was no technical genius, but I can't say I never enjoyed a match of his. I'd rather watch him over guys like Hogan, Cena, or any of these new guys in WWE anyday.
Besides, there were worse horsemen than him (*cough cough Mongo McMichael cough cough Paul Roma cough*)
ebbowman 2 years ago
this is way better then any of cena's boring promos
qpac69 2 years ago
VINCE MCMAHON WOULD NEVER LET his talent do open Mic interviews like this anymore, especially in the era of Titan Sports TV Training and Especially not now in the PG era.
and he certainly wouldnt let the Fans be vocal and real like NWA fans did in the 80's on the tv show and just RIP wrestlers apart.
this was a bygone era of TV taping we will NEVER see again.
erok8150 2 years ago 20
Exaactly I know what you mean. For example, Notice how popular Lex was even as a heel. In all his matches with Nikita Koloff in 1987 including the Great American Bash 1987 in that cage match where luger totally dominated Koloff 95% of the time, If you watch that match, you'll notice that perhapes 80% to 90% of the fans cheered for Lex Luger, and remember, Lex Luger was the heel and Nikita was the face, but the fans still cheered for Lex, and also Koloff was booed out of the Arena when he lost.
xhemexx 2 years ago
Notice also in that Nikita Koloff vs Lex Luger match at the Great American Bash where Luger won the title, if you watch it, why is it you think that you could not see the fans at all, they were like 30 feet from the wring. I am almost certain that it was to cover up the fact that by far the majority of the fans were cheering for Luger, and if they had shown the fans, and added much more light, mit would have appeared on television that Luger was the face and Koloff the heel.
xhemexx 2 years ago
If they had put on the lights on to the point where you could clearly see the crowd, people watching on TV would be thinking that Lex Luger was the good guy, especially if you listen how many women were clearly cheering for Lex, if they had shown that, the T.V audience would have seriously thought that Lex was by far the fan favourite (in fact in all his matches with Koloff he was, even when we was scripted as a heel and Koloff the face) Fans, and definately all the ladies cheered for Lex!
xhemexx 2 years ago
I am saying this because I feel that the NWA was also tempering with the fans alittle and maybe adding some pre-recorded cheers and pops from fans in the past cheering for someone, in order to give the appearance that Nikita Koloff was actually liked and cheered for. Because the first time I saw the Nikita Koloff vs Lex Luger U.S. title match,at the Great American Bash, I just felt something wasn't right. I mean you actually heard fans cheering for Nikita, even what sounded like LADY fans, and..
xhemexx 2 years ago
I was thinking that this can't be, just by looking at the wrestlers, Luger being this handsome looking, well developed body, and long blond hair pure American boy, and the other guy, and nasty looking bald guy who was not even in lugers league in terms of looks, he didn't have the muscles, he had a shaved bald head (which obvioiusly was not at all attractive to women), he wore that silly singlet, he spoke with an ugly accent, and yet you heard many of the fans cheering for Nikita..
xhemexx 2 years ago
Cont'd, but most surprisingly you also heard some lady fans cheering for Nikita at certain points in that match, so that just didn't make sense to me, how fans (also remember back then at least 90% of the fans thought wrestling was real) could cheer for a bald Russian. So when you think about it, the lights being turned off where the fans were, it made the crowd reaction scene look neautral with us not seeing them, therefore they probably added recorded cheers whenever Nikita did something...
xhemexx 2 years ago
Because I am possitive that Nikita Koloff was NOT cheered as much as it appeared he was with the sound of the fans reaction, Because how could that be when, whenever Luger did something to Koloff the fans always gave a big pop and cheer, especially from the ladies. Check out at the end of that match when Luger gets Koloff in the back breaker, the fans TRULY cheered for Lex. If the lights were on it would have looked like typical Hulk Hogan 80's finish as opposed to a heel winning over the face.
xhemexx 2 years ago
@erok8150 I couldn't have said it better. Vince wants to control EVERYTHING. How the wrestlers wrestles, talks. If he can't control how the audience reacts, he hates it.
CadillacL 1 year ago
@erok8150 Keep in mind theres nothing wrong with PG as a matter of fact this is PG, but its just that nowadays its watered down. Boring storylines, bad wrestlers, bad promos , etc. So i mean they can keep PG if they want to but just bring back good storylines.
gchijioke12 8 months ago
lol he wasnt that bad if he just learned to calm down and take his time a lil better....
He did it for a while, then when he went up north in the WWF, for some reason he lost that....
0utsidersEdge 2 years ago
what u talking about lex promo that good i think he could of been one of the best if he would of stick to it THE TOTAL PACKAGE!!!
bigcaddydevill96 2 years ago
Outside of the fact he was awful on the mic and terrible in the ring. He was the greatest.
NWAfan 2 years ago 2
Unfortunate to say, but this is one of his better promos. It wasn't nearly as rambling and disjointed as many of his other ones. It's almost serviceable.
MikeyMikeisMe 2 years ago
It look like Ole was right about them lol
STEALTH872003 2 years ago
:37 ... Luger's a geek .
squabs217 2 years ago
Nice pink sweater Lex Loser!
You didnt leave the Horsemen....You got kicked out of the Horsemen Luger. There is a difference. You were never Horsemen material in the first place.
blkndn305 2 years ago
lex luger was the total package
curtisjones400 2 years ago
That he was, totally made Nikita Koloff look like an average joe both in physical physique and looks.
xhemexx 2 years ago
he can cut a promo definitely sounds terrible
Bigeddie1009 2 years ago
another horrible promo by the total package...still my favorite wrestler all time
kholl82 2 years ago
Greatest era of wrestling.
Thank you for the post.
natureboy1313 2 years ago
Classic! Please post more. Thanks
ed2kou1 2 years ago