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Who Killed WCW?
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BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

Winner of Something Awful PS5 thread's Posting Excellence Award June 2022

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Every time the commentary team would go on about how much the ladies can't resist Lex Lugar, while he was in the ring posing looking confused like a dog that's been bred too much, I'd crack up laughing.

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Super Dan
Jan 26, 2006

BGrifter posted:

It’s been fun seeing that they actually did a pretty competent job of building Luger up as the big babyface in 1997. Most of my memories of him were as the punchline he eventually became. It’s a little startling just how over he was. Crowds went apeshit for him just standing in the ring posing.

Still a goofy looking fucker though.

Many years ago, I read somewhere that Lex Luger looks like a catfish, and that's all I can think about whenever I see him

Akileese
Feb 6, 2005

The American Dream posted:

What was the point of that. I thought it was odd having hogan fight lugar that night when he had a title shot 6 days away. Was it just to pop the ppv buyrate?

Primarily to pop a rating for Nitro but it probably had a positive impact on the buy rate as well.

MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!
The Luger title win was on Nitro 100 and they wanted to make it a really big deal. They had a chance for a record rating (which they got) vs a Raw with a delayed start. It's one of those things that sure didn't help Luger but they had a long term story and kind of needed to pay his off too. if anything it hurt the PPV since who was going to buy it to see Hogan likely win it back?

OJ MIST 2 THE DICK
Sep 11, 2008

Anytime I need to see your face I just close my eyes
And I am taken to a place
Where your crystal minds and magenta feelings
Take up shelter in the base of my spine
Sweet like a chica cherry cola

-Cheap Trick

Nap Ghost

MassRafTer posted:

The Luger title win was on Nitro 100 and they wanted to make it a really big deal. They had a chance for a record rating (which they got) vs a Raw with a delayed start. It's one of those things that sure didn't help Luger but they had a long term story and kind of needed to pay his off too. if anything it hurt the PPV since who was going to buy it to see Hogan likely win it back?

It didnt hurt the gate of the PPV

Orange Carlisle
Jul 14, 2007

Reading this thread makes me legitimately miss 1996-1998 era WCW every time I click on it

Tato
Jun 19, 2001

DIRECTIVE 236: Promote pro-social values
The Luger period where Jimmy Hart cheats for him and he tries to pretend he doesn't condone it so he can stay friends with Sting is loving sublime. Lex Luger could be really, really funny as an egocentric heel.

The American Dream
Mar 1, 2007
Don't Forget My Balls
The best was when they would come out for tag matches and sting would be smiling and high fiving as they walked down the aisle.

And Lex would scowl until sting would look back and lex would start acting like a face for a few seconds until sting would turn back around.

21 Hoot Salute
Feb 8, 2005

Night-time, turn around
Lonely is the city tonight
Night-time, all around
Lonely in the city tonight



Lex Luger was very cool in WCW and my favorite part was his selling

OWW!

EYEAH!

WHOA!

Maxwell Lord
Dec 12, 2008

I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.


:smith:

Grimey Drawer
It's a shame that they managed somehow to hit on a good gimmick for Luger in the late 90s with the "Total Package", where he got to be a straight up heel and was legit funny and entertaining in promos, but by then his body was shot (and of course it was the Russo era anyway.)

Angry_Ed
Mar 30, 2010




Grimey Drawer
Lex Luger discovering he can play air guitar on his abs is also a really nice, subtle gag.



It's really a shame he was so misused for so long and by the time he was getting used right his body was breaking down.

Smoking Crow
Feb 14, 2012

*laughs at u*

The reason why he's doing that is when Lex gets nervous he instinctively grabs his dick and won't let go, so he'd just have his hand down his trunks during interviews

They told him to start doing things with his hands so we get air guitar

ChrisBTY
Mar 29, 2012

this glorious monument

Luger and Sting was one of those things where there can't be a resolution.
Luger and Sting is eternal.
As they both stare down whatever afterlife may exist Luger will hit Sting with a chair and help him up afterwards.

rujasu
Dec 19, 2013

Total Package Megathread: All Luger All Day

NienNunb
Feb 15, 2012

The greatest thing MRT has ever done for this world is showing every single naysayer he can find that Lex is, in fact, the best.

RC and Moon Pie
May 5, 2011

Luger's been credited with two very important additions to Jim Crockett Promotions in the 1980s:
- Having an agent negotiate his contract
- Introducing wrestlers to tanning beds

Von Linus
Apr 6, 2006
I complete me.
I loved Lex Luger, when I was a kid. I remember he won the title from Ric Flair with the backbreaker but that loving athletic commission stopped the match due to blood flow. In my mind's eye I can still see Luger jumping up and celebrating. It was on some compilation WCW show, and it was amazing.

I loved the bionic elbow, and he was an awesome babyface when he just trundled the baddies.

Suplex Liberace
Jan 18, 2012



I will always pop for the torture rack. Rack em Lex :unsmith:

Von Linus
Apr 6, 2006
I complete me.
He also would say, when asked what he would do to heels, 'Maybe a little of this' and flex and I would feel that Here Was A Badass.

It helped that he was basically by far the most ripped dude in NWA/WCW at the time. Barry Windham and Ric and the lads were great but I confidently believed he could pull most of their heads off if he had their necks in his hands and somewhere to brace himself against.

Sydney Bottocks
Oct 15, 2004
Probation
Can't post for 60 days!
I think one of my favorite Luger moments was back after Flair got the book, when he turned heel. I forget the exact details but it was basically something where he went "if being the U.S. champion makes me the #1 contender to Flair's world title, then I'm going to go win the U.S. championship" and proceeded to do so in true heel fashion. Not sure why, but I just found that to be one of those little enjoyable "hey, that actually makes sense" kinda moments that are so rare in pro wrestling.

Tato
Jun 19, 2001

DIRECTIVE 236: Promote pro-social values
I still can't believe no major stars have taken the rack as their own these days. People always go APESHIT for the rack, naturally, because it rules.

Blast Fantasto
Sep 18, 2007

USAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

Tato posted:

I still can't believe no major stars have taken the rack as their own these days. People always go APESHIT for the rack, naturally, because it rules.

It's really, really bad for your neck/back.

MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!

Blast Fantasto posted:

It's really, really bad for your neck/back.

Tell that to Atlantis.

The American Dream
Mar 1, 2007
Don't Forget My Balls

Blast Fantasto posted:

It's really, really bad for your neck/back.

Yeah, that’s why people tapped out as soon as he lifted them up usually.

Smoking Crow
Feb 14, 2012

*laughs at u*

MassRafTer posted:

Tell that to Atlantis.

Luchadores are the most powerful wrestlers in the world

MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!
I am curious where the idea the torture rack is bad for the back and neck comes from. It's more difficult to maintain than a fireman's carry but the general idea is the same. I can't think of anyone who used the move reporting neck or back injuries because of it. Luger didn't have any I remember, Atlantis the same, and Nakanishi can't move but his neck injury wasn't because of the rack it was because of a botch.

The only person I can think of with neck problems is Nikki Bella and that's because she did the stupid drop.

Max Coveri
Dec 23, 2015

by Athanatos

MassRafTer posted:

I am curious where the idea the torture rack is bad for the back and neck comes from. It's more difficult to maintain than a fireman's carry but the general idea is the same. I can't think of anyone who used the move reporting neck or back injuries because of it. Luger didn't have any I remember, Atlantis the same, and Nakanishi can't move but his neck injury wasn't because of the rack it was because of a botch.

The only person I can think of with neck problems is Nikki Bella and that's because she did the stupid drop.

I think they meant, it's bad for the victim's neck and back.

MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!

Max Coveri posted:

I think they meant, it's bad for the victim's neck and back.

So true

NienNunb
Feb 15, 2012

Rack 'em, hoss

SatoshiMiwa
May 6, 2007


Kobashi had to drop people on their heads to win when he had people up in the rack where all Lex had to do was just rack em. Check and mate people

DeathChicken
Jul 9, 2012

Nonsense. I have not yet begun to defile myself.

The other person using the Rack was Ezekiel Jackson, back during his five minute push in WWE

Pope Corky the IX
Dec 18, 2006


🎵 I'm blue
Yeah I'm a blue Shrek, guy
Step a foot in my swamp
And you're gonna die 🎵
What are you talking about? He was the final ECW Champion!

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Oct 30, 2009

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The American Dream
Mar 1, 2007
Don't Forget My Balls
We all talk bout buff bagwell a hat. But how come no one talks about his white denim overalls with nwo screened on the bib.

Tato
Jun 19, 2001

DIRECTIVE 236: Promote pro-social values
I can't think about Buff these days without hearing HOLYYYYYYYYY FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK in my head

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsHja1TU1c0

Von Linus
Apr 6, 2006
I complete me.

The American Dream posted:

We all talk bout buff bagwell a hat. But how come no one talks about his white denim overalls with nwo screened on the bib.

I was watching WCW Greed last night because I hate myself and I want to die and I thought Buff was amazing at being a dick. I think they wasted him so badly. The natural born thrillers squashed both him and Luger and I was sad.

BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

Winner of Something Awful PS5 thread's Posting Excellence Award June 2022

Congratulations!
Isn’t Buff Bagwell a male escort now?

coconono
Aug 11, 2004

KISS ME KRIS

BGrifter posted:

Isn’t Buff Bagwell a male escort now?

I think that fell through.

DeathChicken
Jul 9, 2012

Nonsense. I have not yet begun to defile myself.

I stopped even being able to make fun of Buff in good conscience after that story about having to shoot his father to keep him from killing his mother when he was like, ten

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TheKingslayer
Sep 3, 2008

Von Linus posted:

I thought Buff was amazing at being a dick.

He's great at it because it's not a character. But that makes good pro wrestling.

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