Lex Luger Defects To WCW Behind Vince McMahon's Back | War Stories

War Stories - Episode 1: On September 4, 1995, WCW Monday Nitro beamed out for the first time ever. To leave his mark on the night, Eric Bischoff served up some unusual sights and sounds for the curious fan, including a wrestling ring inside a shopping mall, former NFL roughneck Steve McMichael on commentary and WWE Superstar Lex Luger in a button-up shirt sauntering down the aisle...
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[@richardhenry5858]

"Gaaah" "uggh" "oooooof" "deeeeeeer" "ouuuch" "mehgerd" -OSW LEGEND LEX

[@Steadysphere]

DON'T TEASE ME LEX

[@DefNotAiko]

Lex can sell me 50 cents for a dollar

[@InfectedChris]

Agh!

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V1 saying "mehgawd" was hilarious

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Some people don't find jokes like that funny. I disagree with that o-pun-ion...

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This could become one of the best series on this channel!

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The music really does it

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And that's saying a lot considering how high quality everything on their channel is

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[@irishONgaming]

This was a strong first showing Sam! I’m already looking forward to the next episode. Side note, Luger should already be in the Hall Of Fame. However I’ve a bad feeling that’s not gonna happen anytime soon

[@colinbaird7825]

TheSoullessSurvivor Feel the exact same way. Poor Vader was begging to be put in and he died before it could ever happen. Now you know WWE is going to do some ridiculous “good faith” thing and put him in this year or next. But it’s too late.

[@thebrotherhood227]

Defecting was the only important thing he ever did Not every wrestler pre 2002 deserves the HOF

[@irishONgaming]

thebrotherhood227 Did I ever say every wrestler pre 2002 deserves the Hall Of Fame? No. I didn’t. Don’t put words in my mouth. Lex has more than enough accomplishments to be deserving of going into the Hall Of Fame, not that it matters. He’s a name, a part of Wrestling history and would draw some interest which is the only real requirement for The Hall Of Fame.

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'Big Pop Pump' said that the WWE Hall Of Fame is in Stephanie McMahon's bedroom. Why bother even having one with no legit place to visit. 😂😂😂

[@JayJackson1981]

@@thebrotherhood227 It would be hard to tell wrestling's history without including Luger. He was a major player whether you liked him or not. And since wrestling's history definitely couldn't be told without Luger, I say he deserves to be there.

[@mikedanzig9744]

2:36 The image of Vince with that neck brace always cracks me up.

[@paulk6399]

He tried to get the simpy from the people, but he didn’t get my simpy at all

[@nick56677]

The classic "Im injured so take it easy on me" court appearance.

[@jimmaloney1121]

Luger showing up on the first Nitro was the opening Salvo in the Monday Night Wars. Bischoff laid out the rules: anything could happen. See Rick Rude showing up on Raw and Nitro on the same night!

[@thegamehbktaker]

This was a beautiful documentary style video, one of the best you guys ever produce. Can't wait for episode 2

[@TheIrishSicilian]

Awesome video. Pretty cool how Luger basically is the start of the Monday night wars. Mick Foley is pushing for Luger to get in the WWE hall of fame. Crazy how things come full circle.

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Really great work here by Sam and whoever else may have been a part of this. A real documentary feel. This is lovely stuff.

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[@embracinglogic1744]

7:07 Luger didn't look happy.

[@jonsnipe5484]

lex look like MacGyver 😂😂

[@tristan7844]

Lol he really does!!!!

[@412StepUp]

Yeah he does! Hahaha

[@jackbarnaba7751]

An older Luger looks like David Lee Roth

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@@jackbarnaba7751 he does 😂😂

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I think it's royalty free music that you can find on the internet, but they do choose the best ones.

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Kaepernick is a 49ers legend

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chito Im he is indeed, standing by him for life needs to find a new team

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@@chitoim2332 Kaepernick is a bigger narcissist than Lex Luger

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A story widely known but the video was interesting and kept me watching. More of this please cultaholic!

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Ahh back to a time wrestling was awesome. I like these old shows of wrestling past better than wrestling itself today

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It's cool that Sting was that one guy everyone could rely on, especially during WCW.

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Well done Sam and the team, this was awesome, can’t wait for more!

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Can't wait for the Black Saturday episode.

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This is the best thing they've done in a while, Sam's fantastic at telling tales

[@jasonsmith1288]

WWE totally messed up the narcissist gimmick with Luger. That was a good character for him

[@jasonsmith1288]

@Juan Ramos yup Luger was a heel even in the early days of WCW.

[@tristan7844]

I loved that characterr!! 🙈🙈🙈

[@electricchurchmedia1187]

If they would have paired him with Beefcake and revamped his egotistical male dancer gimmick they could have been a great rag team and evolved into a stable.

[@JayJackson1981]

WCW revisited the idea in 2000 when Luger was just "The Total Package".

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Lex Luger and Sting are amazing.. 👍

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[@atomicbleep]

What a strange card at 11:08... hardly any of the wresters mentioned were active in the WWF at the time, and The Headshrinkers were still tag champs on the date advertised. Yoko and Owen didn´t get the belts until April 95, I think. Otherwise, a fantastic video alround with a solid VO from Sam and marvelous editing.

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I've never heard these stories before since I became a wrestling fan in the mid 2000s, so its super cool to finally understand these references to the Monday night wars! Definitely would watch more of these!

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Never realised how eloquent sams narration was. Really enjoyed this! More please

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P.s which tf disliking this 😑

[@dereksnyder6027]

How hysterical is it that Bischoff thought Luger was arrogant, crass, dislikeable, and didn't know what he was doing considering how everyone who ever worked for Eric said the same about him.

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Very beautifully put together. Can't wait for the rest!

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Love a good mini-documentary series, and it is something I don't see wrestling channels do often. The presentation and the style is great, and even though I've heard this story countless times, the way by which you tell it makes it sound fresh and exciting, and just a joy to listen to. Great work dudes; looking forward to seeing this continue!

[@darealgodzilla]

11:08 very interesting and time-travelling 1994 card !

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[@NexebNoXV]

You've outdone yourselves with this one guys, amazing video

[@thug-21]

Lex didn't defect. He went back home.

[@joshyboy1983]

So, Lex's last WWF working date was a house show in New Brunswick? That's New info! Love the work you put into this, Sam!!

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[@marcus813]

I knew Luger worked without a contract for some time, but I didn't know it was SIX MONTHS! I always put a lot of the blame on McMahon for this because letting him work without a contract for 6 months is inexcusable.

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Great Job breaking down EVERY Minor detail! That made me a subscriber!

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I'm going to love this series

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New series Hell yeah!

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These "War Stories" are fantastic, great job.

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[@roban1012]

Nobody sold quite like Luger “ooh, woaw, beh”

[@BIGGIEDEVIL]

Osw review

[@AaronLesterMedia]

Incredible... I miss these days every week.

[@kyledamron]

Luger in 94 in wwf needed a longer heel run to really get over as a heel before the face turn. He proved he could be a hot face in 97 with wcw even briefly beating hogan before the title. That was a great moment way better than stings botched win a few months later

[@patrickperalta59]

what was funny about Lex's return was I think Steve Mongo or Eric Bishoff stated "What is he doing here?" and Heenen saying " it's a public Mall he's allowed to be here"

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Amazing work and atmosphere. Editing is top notch.

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Great idea for a series. Would love for more about stories that weren't widely told

[@PlatinumRoseLady]

The biggest problem with Lex Luger as a face in the WWF - you can't wrap someone up in the US flag and instantly turn them into Captain America.

[@tylerxxyz8621]

Rumour and innuendo has it that Vince made up a parody character of Lex (ala Nacho Man and Huckster) called "Flex Booger" but it was never aired! Would've loved to have seen it !!

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War Stories series is great!

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Sorry guys! 1.35 the caption on the "Doomed from the Start" picture, you wrote Folloed instead of "Followed" sorry guys :(

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You should do a film on the Portland territory.The Piper vs Rose feud was outstanding.

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Wonderful job of breaking down every detail!👍

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This should be a regular series on the Channel

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The first few years of Nitro was awesome

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I am here for all of this if this! Nice addition to the channel!

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Great new series and very well done. Thanks for all your videos guys.

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Very well put together video. I'm going to enjoy this series .

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Incredible stuff here

[@TheWavy87]

Can you blame Luger? People did less and got off with a slap on the wrist. He had the Lex Express push get squashed after so much work put into it over Luger saying something at a bar lol

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Awesome video as always I hope it becomes a successful series for Cultaholic

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I enjoyed the hell out of this. Please keep these videos coming

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More Sam content please. This was excellent.

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Awesome on this. Lex was awesome but that sudden face turn didn't work for him

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