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Lex Luger was
considered a physical phenomenon, and quickly worked his way through
the Florida territory, winning the Florida Title. He wrestled Ric
Flair in Florida for the NWA title, and then went on to the World
Championship. He started as a face, but then became the Four Horsemens'
protege, and after a few weeks in that position, moved in as a full
fledged member of the Horsemen. After beating fellow Horsemen Arn
Anderson to see who would get the US title shot from Nikita
Koloff, Luger was outsted from the group.
Luger began running as a face again. Luger would fight Flair for the
WCW title at Starrcade, but failed to win the belt, even after beating
Flair clean with the Torture Rack in a non-title match.
Luger's next big chance at superstardom came in the WWF, after joining
the fed as a heel called The Narcissist. Luger would come to the ring,
and admire his body in a gigantic mirror before and after his matches,
but that gimmick ended. The powers at be decided to give him a monster
face push, by having him wearing red, white, and blue, arriving by
helicopter, and body slam Yokozuna
on the USS Independence during a special 4th of July contest. This
led to the "All American" monicker, and Luger finally became
a major player. After beating Yokozuna
by count out, Luger's push began to die, and after his tag partner,
the British
Bulldog, turned on him and joined Jim Corronette, Luger's push
died even further, but things would change for Luger after that.
Luger made a huge impact when he showed up at the first ever WCW Monday
Nitro at the Mall of America in Minnesota. After debuting at War Games,
he then started to go heel, sometimes teaming with Kevin Sullivan's
Dungeon of Doom, and with Jimmy
Hart as a manger. Luger still remained loyal to Sting,
despite the fact that Sting's main buddy, "Macho
Man" Randy Savage, wanted to tear off Luger's head. Luger
became a solid face again when the NWO arrived.
Title
Summary:
NWA/WCW US Champion
(5)
WCW TV champion (2)
WCW Tag Team Champion w/ Buff Bagwell
WCW World Champion (2)
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