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[Lex Luger]: This is the Total
Package.
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This is the man who will
dominate professional wrestling.
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[Michael Cole]: "The Total
Package" Lex Luger.
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[Bobby Heenan]: The greatest
specimen walking on earth.
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[Michael Cole]: A superstar who
had it all.
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The looks-
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[Lex Luger]: This
baby is for real.
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[Michael Cole]: -the intensity-
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[Lex Luger]: You are talking
to The Total Package,
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and don't you
ever forget it.
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[Michael Cole]: -and even his
finishing move.
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[Tony Schiavone]: He's got him
in The Rack.
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[Michael Cole]: Today, we look
back at the career of
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The Narcissist
himself, Lex Luger.
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[crowd chants "Lex"]
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[Michael Cole]: This is WWE's
Greatest Moments.
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[WWE's Greatest Moments' music]
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[The Rock]: If you smell-
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[Michael Cole]: Oh, my God.
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What the hell are you doing?
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[Jim Ross]: Absolutely
unbelievable.
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[Gorilla Monsoon]: Hulkamania is
here.
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[Michael Cole]: Welcome,
everyone,
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to WWE's Greatest Moments.
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I'm Michael Cole, and on this
edition, we're taking a look
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back at the Hall of Fame career
of Lex Luger.
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[crowd cheers]
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[Lex Luger]: 6'4, 270 pounds,
the likes of which
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the sport of professional
wrestling has never seen before.
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[Michael Cole]: With a career
that spanned 20 incredible
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years, Luger was a two-time
World Heavyweight Champion
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and held the United States
title a record five times.
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[Lex Luger]: I am the Michael
Jordan of WCW.
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[Michael Cole]: Luger grew up
bodybuilding, which then led to
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an impressive seven-year
professional football career,
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before taking his impressive
physique to the world
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of Sports Entertainment.
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His unique look launched him to
the top of the industry within
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months of his debut.
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The rookie would quickly find
himself inside the squared
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circle with the World
Heavyweight Champion,
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"The Nature Boy" Ric Flair.
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[Michael Cole]: How would Luger
fare against the legend?
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[Commentator]: The match is for
that world championship.
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[Lex Luger]: As far as my
strategy, it was pretty easy.
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Just try to be the best Lex
Luger I could be with him
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in the ring leading
me through it.
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[Ric Flair]: I'm the traveling
world champion.
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My responsibility to be who I
really thought I was back then,
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and that's the best.
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[Gordon Solie]: And a beautiful
counter by Luger has Flair
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to the canvas.
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And, once again, those chops
into the throat.
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And now Flair looking with
obvious disbelief, like,
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"I can't believe this is really
happening."
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[Bill Alfonso]: As the referee,
Flair was the veteran,
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and Luger was the rookie.
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And Flair made him look like a
million dollars.
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[Gordon Solie]: And it is Luger
pressing the World Heavyweight
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Champion high over his head.
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[Commentator]: Ric Flair is in
pain.
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No doubt about that, Gordon.
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[Gordon Solie]: And the crowd
going absolutely berserk.
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[Lex Luger]: A lot of times with
Ric, he was a state champion,
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it was always a
countout or a DQ.
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[bell rings]
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[Commentator]: The
time limit has expired.
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The referee declares the match a
draw.
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[Lex Luger]: Ric was a star
maker.
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[Gordon Solie]: Ric Flair
retains the World Heavyweight
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Championship, but I don't think
he wants to meet up
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with Lex Luger again.
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[Michael Cole]: Throughout the
1980s, there was no stable more
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dominant than the Four Horsemen.
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[crowd cheers]
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[Michael Cole]: Led by the World
Heavyweight
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Champion, Ric Flair, the group
consisted of WWE Hall of Famers
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Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard,
and their trusted manager,
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JJ Dillon.
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[JJ Dillon]: Diamonds are
forever,
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the Four Horsemen are forever.
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[laughing]
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[Michael Cole]: The
Horsemen were known
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as the elite in
professional wrestling.
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With a vacant fourth slot in
their faction,
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the Horsemen brought the rookie
Lex Luger into the fold.
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[Lex Luger]: You deal with one,
you deal with all of us.
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That's why we're on top, that's
why we're the best
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at what we do, that's
why we're the Horsemen.
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[Michael Cole]: Blanchard and
Flair, each carrying
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championship gold, the group
looked to Luger to maintain
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their standard of excellence.
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His challenge-
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[bell rings]
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[Michael Cole]: -going
one-on-one with
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the Russian nightmare,
Nikita Koloff,
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in a dreaded steel cage match
for the United States title.
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[Ring Announcer]: One of the
dreaded Four Horsemen,
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Lex Luger.
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[Commentator]: The two strongest
men in wrestling,
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Lex Luger and Nikita Koloff,
inside a cage.
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[Lex Luger]: I hadn't been in a
lot of cage matches,
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and Nikita was a big-time
main eventer.
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[Commentator]: And dropkicks
Luger.
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A mistake by Luger, and Koloff
rolls him up.
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[Nikita Koloff]: That night in
the cage,
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I had the honor of putting
Lex on the map.
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[Commentator]: Here comes JJ
Dillon, he's gonna throw a chair
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now over the fence, over the
cage.
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[Commentator]: Oh, Luger's got
it.
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[Commentator]: The chair is with
Luger.
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And Luger's got the chair.
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[Commentator]: Oh.
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[Lex Luger]: That really
established me
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as a heel by cheating.
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It got me a lot of heat as one
of the Horsemen.
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[Commentator]: The referee says
ring the bell.
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The match is over.
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[bell rings]
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[Lex Luger]: We had dominant
bragging rights,
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which fit our image right
as the Four Horsemen.
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I felt like, well, they had
their belts now,
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now I have my own belt.
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[Commentator]: Look at The Four
Horsemen charge in the ring
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to hug and congratulate the new
United States Champion,
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Lex Luger.
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[Lex Luger]: That was really
special,
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and it made me feel like
I'm making it.
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I'm really gonna be a star.
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[Michael Cole]: The only other
faction that could rival
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the Four Horsemen's swagger and
supremacy was
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the New World Order.
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The group turned the wrestling
world upside down
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in the mid-90s, thus gaining
mainstream
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and global
recognition.
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The world was ablaze when
basketball icon,
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"The Worm" Dennis Rodman,
entered the fray and teamed up
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with "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan.
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[Hulk Hogan]: Sweet.
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[Dennis Rodman]: Sweet.
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[Michael Cole]: With Rodman by
their side,
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the nWo would commit heinous
acts on a weekly basis.
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The WCW roster turned to their
two strongest superstars
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to put an end to the chaos.
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[Lex Luger]: A message for you,
Dennis.
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Maybe from here on out, you'll
stick to basketball.
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[Michael Cole]: Would the Giant
and Lex Luger be able
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to exterminate The Worm?
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[Tony Schiavone]: You are
witnessing not only pro
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wrestling history but sports
history tonight.
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[Booker T]: Dennis Rodman
was a major,
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major get for WCW at that time.
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[Bobby Heenan]: Come on, Worm,
let's see what you got.
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[Dennis Rodman]: I think the
fact that we would have had
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social media back then would
have been really, really big,
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[laughing]
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you know, but, uh, it
was very, very fun.
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[Dustin Rhodes]: Yes, sir.
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[Eric Bischoff]: Hulk Hogan,
Dennis Rodman that night made
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Lex Luger a bigger star than Lex
had ever been.
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[Bobby Heenan]: The Rack,
The Rack.
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[Dustin Rhodes]: He's got him in
The Rack.
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[Tony Schiavone]: Lex Luger has
Racked Hogan.
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[Bobby Heenan]: Here comes Nick
Patrick.
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[Tony Schiavone]: Nick Patrick
is in.
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[Bobby Heenan]: He's calling.
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[Tony Schiavone]: He's calling-
He's calling for the bell.
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[bell rings]
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[Lex Luger]: Of course, I got to
Rack him
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for the win, so that was a nice
little caveat for me
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in the match.
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[Bobby Heenan]: He's gonna Rack
Rodman.
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Look at this, look at this.
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[Tony Schiavone]: He's Racked
The Worm.
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[Bobby Heenan]: He's got him up.
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[Eric Bischoff]: The audience
didn't expect Dennis Rodman,
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the active NBA-playing sports
celebrity, to go up in The Rack.
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[Booker T]: It was great for
Lex.
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I'm sure that's gonna be, you
know, one of his highlight
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moments for the rest of his
life.
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[Dustin Rhodes]: History has
been made in Daytona Beach.
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[Michael Cole]: When Lex Luger
entered WWE in 1993,
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it seemed like The Total
Package had it all.
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Million-dollar physique,
magazine covers,
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and headlining
star power.
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The only thing he didn't have
was a shot at championship gold.
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Luger looked to change that by
hitting the road to lobby for a
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chance to fight for the WWE
Championship.
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[Fan]: I think Lex should get
the title shot because he was
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the strongest man in the WWE.
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[Michael Cole]: His mode of
transportation, the Lex Express.
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[Lex Luger]: This is the kickoff
for Lex Luger's call to action,
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and the world title match
hopefully down the line here
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and let's just crank it up.
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[crowd cheers]
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[Bruce Prichard]: The idea was
for Lex to campaign
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across the United States for a
championship match
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at SummerSlam with Yokozuna,
and we got a bus.
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Deemed it the Lex Express.
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[Lex Luger]: It was an
incredible tour.
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The first appearance we did on
it was in Massachusetts.
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[crowd chants "Luger"]
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[Lex Luger]: They had like 7,000
or 8,000 people show up.
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All these people surrounded the
bus like a sea of people.
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Now let's take it home.
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[crowd cheers]
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[Lex Luger]: We'd go to a
shopping mall,
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and they'd be lined all
the way down to the end
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of the shopping mall.
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[Vince McMahon]: Everyone
getting carried away
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as the Lex Express rolls through
town in the Lex Luger Call
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to Action Campaign.
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[Lex Luger]: I'm going to stay
on this bus and continue
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to meet all of you out there
from coast to coast.
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[Randy Savage]: That
call-to-action campaign couldn't
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be more successful.
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[Matt Hardy]: He was doing a
whole tour.
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He was crossing the country.
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I remember watching that.
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It was like a big mark out
moment for me.
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I thought it was so cool.
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[Lex Luger]: It was quite the
tour.
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Overall, a huge success, a lot
of great memories.
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[Michael Cole]: The Royal Rumble
is one of the biggest annual
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matches on the WWE calendar.
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30 superstars enter the ring at
timed intervals.
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The objective is to eliminate
opponents by pulling them
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over the top rope.
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[Gorilla Monsoon]: It's mayhem
here.
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[bell rings]
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[Michael Cole]: The winner is
the last superstar
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remaining in the ring and earns
a guaranteed World Championship
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match at WrestleMania.
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At the 1994 Royal Rumble, Lex
Luger would enter
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as the clear front runner.
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No one could have predicted the
unprecedented outcome.
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[Vince McMahon]: It's every
man for himself.
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[Ted DiBiase]: Anything can
happen.
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[Wade Barrett]: Bret Hart and
Lex Luger were
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the two biggest stars in 1994.
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They were leading WWE into a new
era.
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[Vince McMahon]: Down he goes.
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He's out of here.
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[Lex Luger]: I always loved
working with Bret.
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[Vince McMahon]: Look at that.
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Wait a minute.
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[Ted DiBiase]: Michaels is out
of there.
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[Lex Luger]: For us to be the
last two in there
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was a real turning point.
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[Vince McMahon]: It's Bret Hart.
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It's Lex Luger.
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One of these men will go to
WrestleMania.
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[Lex Luger]: Couldn't tell who
hit.
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[Vince McMahon]: Luger threw
Bret Hart out.
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[Ted DiBiase]: No, I don't know.
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Where's the referee?
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[Vince McMahon]: And we go out
and it is-
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[Ted DiBiase]: There we go.
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Luger.
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[Vince McMahon]: No, that was
Bret, I think.
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[Ted DiBiase]: No, I think it
was Luger.
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[Bret Hart]: It can't be any
closer.
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We both hit the ground at
exactly the same time.
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That's coordination.
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That's great athleticism.
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That's great timing.
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Lex had all of that.
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[Howard Finkel]: The winners are
Lex Luger
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and Bret "Hitman" Hart.
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[Lex Luger]: The first time they
ever had co-winners.
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It was a huge honor, of course.
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It was a great moment.
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[Vince McMahon]: This will go
down
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in World Wrestling - history.
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[Michael Cole]: One of the
grandest prizes in professional
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wrestling is the coveted United
States Championship.
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Former champions like John Cena,
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Sgt. Slaughter, and
Ric Flair
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all make up the title's
rich history.
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Lex Luger was no stranger to the
USA title's prestige and yearned
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to have the championship back
around his waist.
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[Lex Luger]: You see, Michael
Hayes,
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what comes around goes around.
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I'm coming after you.
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[Michael Cole]: To do that, he
would have to battle "Freebird"
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Michael Hayes for the gold.
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[Michael Hayes]: Lex loser, I
will take your career.
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[Jim Ross]: This is the one they
came to see.
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The United States Heavyweight
Championship on the line.
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[Michael Hayes]: Luger was one
of the primo talents
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at the time.
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There were some things that he
could do especially
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with his strength that
were pretty impressive.
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[Jim Ross]: Luger's got him up.
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Oh, what strength.
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[Lex Luger]: I enjoyed working
with Michael.
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We had a really good match.
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[Jim Ross]: What a matchup here
for the championship.
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Hayes has got him rolled up.
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Luger rolls him back.
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Luger's got him.
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Luger pinned him.
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Luger has won the gold.
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[Lex Luger]: I won the title
back and then had my longest
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consecutive run of 523 days
which is still the record.
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[Jim Ross]: Three.
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The champion retains the title.
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[bell rings]
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[Ring Announcer]: And still
United States
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Heavyweight Champion, Lex Luger.
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[Tony Schiavone]: How long can
he be the US Champion?
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Maybe for as long as he wants.
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[Lex Luger]: Being US Champion
523 days,
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that was a long time to
have that title.
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[Michael Cole]: After his
record-setting 523-day reign as
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United States Champion, Luger
set his sights on an even bigger
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prize, the World Heavyweight
Title.
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At The Great American Bash,
1991, The Total Package would
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face off against Barry Windham
inside of a steel cage
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for the World Heavyweight
Championship.
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[Jim Ross]: One of these two men
will leave this arena tonight
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with the WCW Heavyweight
Championship belt
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around their waist.
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[Lex Luger]: It was the main
event,
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which I look at as a challenge,
not pressure.
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[Jim Ross]: Scoop slam, but
Luger's so strong.
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Going to the ropes.
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Here comes the elbow, but
Windham had it well scouted
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and moved out of the way.
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[Lex Luger]: I ended up
wrestling Barry Windham was a
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Hall of Famer, so getting to
work with Barry was-
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[exhale]
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[Jim Ross]: And a clothesline.
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The big man now opening up.
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Leg is hooked, and Windham got
the shoulder up.
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[Barry Windham]: Lex would do
anything to become World
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Heavyweight Champion.
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[Jim Ross]: That's Harley Race
on the right.
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[Lex Luger]: Harley Race as my
manager.
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[Tony Schiavone]: What's this
all about?
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[Jim Ross]: I have no idea.
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[Harley Race]: We clicked right
off the bat.
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[Jim Ross]: Race said now's the
time.
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Race was a master of the
piledriver.
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Harley Race said now is the
time.
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He's got him up on the
piledriver.
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And there he-he planted it.
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Luger with the piledriver,
he's hooked the leg,
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and Luger wins it.
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[bell rings]
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[Lex Luger]: The Great American
Bash in '91,
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definitely all-time highlights
of my career.
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[Jim Ross]: Lex Luger has won
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the WCW World Heavyweight
Championship.
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[Michael Cole]: After years of
climbing the ranks within WCW,
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Luger set course for WWE in
1993.
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[Lex Luger]: Truly a privilege
to wrestle
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in the World Wrestling -.
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[Michael Cole]: Becoming a
staple on Monday nights
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for WWE's primetime show,
Monday Night Raw.
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But in September of 1995, WCW
did the unthinkable when they
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secured two hours of live
programming every Monday night
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for their own flagship show,
Monday Nitro
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preparing to go head-to-head
with WWE in a ratings war.
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[Eric Bischoff]: We want to give
viewers a choice.
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We believe we've got the biggest
stars in our industry.
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[Michael Cole]: The first
episode aired live from the
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Mall of America promising to be
full of surprises every week.
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But what would this have to do
with Lex Luger?
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[bell rings]
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[Jim Ross]: Lex Luger's the
winner.
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[Ring Announcer]: Here is your
winner, the epitome of the new
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WWE generation, Lex Luger.
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[Sam Roberts]: Lex didn't let
anybody in WWE
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know that his contract was
coming up, and somehow,
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WWE just let it slip between
their fingers.
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[Eric Bischoff]: I thought,
whoa.
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Huh.
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"Lex, it's Eric.
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I got an idea."
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[laughing]
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[Tony Schiavone]: The debut
edition of Monday Nitro.
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[Eric Bischoff]: Oh, what in the
hell is he doing here?
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[Lex Luger]: The fans were like,
"Oh, my gosh."
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Like, "You're in WWE."
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I'm like, "Not anymore."
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[Sting]: A very well-kept secret
and people are freaking out.
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[Eric Bischoff]: I'm shocked.
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Lex Luger making an appearance
here of all places.
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[Miz]: How is this happening?
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[Bobby Heenan]: Wait.
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Luger's in there.
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[Eric Bischoff]: Lex Luger in
the ring.
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[Lex Luger]: Back then, talent
didn't go
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back and forth like that.
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I am sick and tired of playing
around with kids.
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I'm here to get it on with the
big boys.
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[Hulk Hogan]: It was electric.
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I mean, this is our opportunity
to gain some more momentum.
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I know where you've been,
brother.
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[Lex Luger]: It set up that
surprise factor.
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Like, wow, we better kind of
watch that.
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You never know who might show
up,
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00:15:52,185 --> 00:15:54,153
which ignited the
Monday night wars.
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[Michael Cole]: Lex Luger was a
tremendous force in WCW,
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but no superstar
was more dominant
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in 1997 than "Hollywood"
Hulk Hogan.
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00:16:04,230 --> 00:16:07,599
With the nWo behind him, Hogan's
supremacy was unmatched,
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earning him the most
coveted prize in WCW,
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the World Heavyweight
Championship.
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[Hulk Hogan]: Who is the most
powerful man
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in professional wrestling?
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[Lex Luger]: I'm going to slap
you up in the Rack and become
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the new WCW World Heavyweight
Champion.
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[Michael Cole]: During the 100th
episode of Monday Nitro,
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Luger would face Hogan
for the title,
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but would The Total Package
have what it takes
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to dethrone
the Immortal One?
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[Commentator]: Who has more
confidence and momentum
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on their side than "The
Total Package" Lex Luger
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who has racked the world in
the past few months on Nitro?
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[Tony Schiavone]: And Lex Luger
has unleashed a fury here.
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[Lex Luger]: Response of the
crowd, I mean,
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the roof came off that place.
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Detroit, people would come to me
all the time,
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"I was there that night, man.
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00:16:54,647 --> 00:16:55,982
It was unbelievable."
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[Tony Schiavone]: There's his
leg drop.
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[Bobby Heenan]: That's it.
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[Eric Bischoff]: The audience
believed in Lex Luger
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more that night than
they ever had.
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Which I don't think he'd ever
been more over-
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[Tony Schiavone]: He's
going to Rack him.
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They're standing in Detroit.
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[Commentator]: Yes.
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[Tony Schiavone]: He's got him
in the Rack.
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00:17:12,932 --> 00:17:14,099
He's got him- Yes.
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00:17:14,100 --> 00:17:15,033
[Bobby Heenan]: Hogan says yes.
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00:17:15,034 --> 00:17:16,001
Hogan says yes.
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[bell rings]
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00:17:17,002 --> 00:17:17,568
[Tony Schiavone]: Look at him
tap out.
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00:17:17,569 --> 00:17:18,270
Luger won the title.
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00:17:18,271 --> 00:17:19,672
Luger won the title.
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[Lex Luger]: It was a huge shock
to everybody because they never
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expected to see Hogan losing
that title match.
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00:17:26,311 --> 00:17:29,114
You see the referee, Pee Wee,
he melted right forward.
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00:17:29,115 --> 00:17:30,081
He was so excited.
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00:17:30,082 --> 00:17:32,251
It was a magical moment.
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[Eric Bischoff]: It was really
important to Lex to kind
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of break through that
barrier and be recognized.
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Not only is he one of the top
guys but one of the top guys
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that everybody wanted to work
with.
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[Commentator]: It is celebration
time in the Motor City.
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[Lex Luger]: To have all the
guys run down.
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It was an exciting moment for
everybody.
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[Hulk Hogan]: He had it all.
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00:17:51,037 --> 00:17:53,447
That's why he was the right guy
at the right time.
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That was some magic that was
really cool to be a part of.
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[Tony Schiavone]: Lex Luger is
the Heavyweight Champion
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of the World.
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00:18:01,764 --> 00:18:06,117
[Michael Cole]: It's now time
for our number one moment,
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and it's one of colossal
proportions.
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[Michael Cole]: In 1993,
the Japanese monster known
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as Yokozuna held the coveted WWE
Championship.
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00:18:19,365 --> 00:18:20,833
[crowd chants "USA"]
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[Michael Cole]: On July 4th of
that year,
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the 500-pound behemoth laid out
a challenge to any American
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00:18:25,004 --> 00:18:28,307
athlete to walk on the deck
of the USS Intrepid
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and body slam him.
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[Bobby Heenan]: Give up, forget
it.
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Go enjoy the 4th of July.
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Nobody is slamming this man.
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[Michael Cole]: Many tried and
failed.
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But none of them were the
all-American.
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[Ring Announcer]: Lex Luger.
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00:18:43,556 --> 00:18:45,090
[Michael Cole]: The Total
Package took it upon himself
477
00:18:45,091 --> 00:18:48,560
to try and save face for America
on its birthday
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and do the impossible.
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[Lex Luger]: I take
pride in my country
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like everyone here.
481
00:18:57,903 --> 00:19:02,408
And we're not leaving here till
we slam Yokozuna.
482
00:19:02,441 --> 00:19:03,909
Come on.
483
00:19:04,477 --> 00:19:06,545
[Bruce Prichard]: Nobody could
slam
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this 500-plus-pound behemoth.
485
00:19:10,483 --> 00:19:15,187
[Lex Luger]: He was a big,
agile guy, but he was a load.
486
00:19:15,221 --> 00:19:17,571
So, I'm like, I'm not going to
be able to do this.
487
00:19:17,572 --> 00:19:19,157
[Vince McMaho]n: And the 550
pounds charge.
488
00:19:19,158 --> 00:19:20,538
Luger ducking out of the way.
489
00:19:21,427 --> 00:19:22,762
Yes.
490
00:19:23,195 --> 00:19:24,764
Lex Luger has done it.
491
00:19:24,765 --> 00:19:27,932
[Lex Luger]: Skyline of New York
in the background.
492
00:19:27,933 --> 00:19:29,073
The crowd went berserk.
493
00:19:29,735 --> 00:19:32,625
Definitely, one of the all-time
highlights of my career.
494
00:19:32,638 --> 00:19:35,828
[Ring Announcer]: Ladies and
gentlemen, the pride of America.
495
00:19:35,829 --> 00:19:38,643
[Jim Cornette]: On the deck of
the Intrepid on the 4th of July,
496
00:19:38,644 --> 00:19:41,347
and the patriotism, the flag,
mother apple pie,
497
00:19:41,447 --> 00:19:43,082
all that stuff.
498
00:19:43,083 --> 00:19:44,049
[crowd chants "USA"]
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00:19:44,050 --> 00:19:48,087
[Lex Luger]: There's a shot of
me
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00:19:48,088 --> 00:19:49,320
slamming Yoko and has the ring,
the Intrepid,
501
00:19:49,321 --> 00:19:51,323
and the Manhattan skyline
in the back.
502
00:19:51,324 --> 00:19:52,924
You couldn't ask for more than
that.
503
00:19:52,925 --> 00:19:54,245
That shot is unbelievable.
504
00:19:55,227 --> 00:19:59,031
The big man went down on July
4th, right here on the Intrepid.
505
00:19:59,065 --> 00:20:01,333
[crowd cheers]
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00:20:01,460 --> 00:20:05,236
[Michael Cole]: Luger body
slamming Yokozuna
507
00:20:05,237 --> 00:20:09,542
went down as one of the most
patriotic moments in WWE history
508
00:20:09,575 --> 00:20:13,478
and cemented The Total Package's
legacy as a true all-American
509
00:20:13,479 --> 00:20:16,282
with a ferocity that catapulted
him to superstardom.
510
00:20:16,315 --> 00:20:19,585
Luger was undoubtedly a
perennial superstar of his era.
511
00:20:19,685 --> 00:20:22,388
There's not much more I can say
about The Narcissist
512
00:20:22,421 --> 00:20:24,956
that he hasn't already
said about himself.
513
00:20:24,957 --> 00:20:28,427
[Lex Luger]: I am head and
shoulders above the rest.
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00:20:28,428 --> 00:20:29,828
[Michael Cole]: That'll do it
for this edition
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00:20:29,829 --> 00:20:31,363
of WWE's Greatest Moments.
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00:20:31,364 --> 00:20:33,064
Hope you've enjoyed this look
back
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00:20:33,065 --> 00:20:35,601
on "The Total
Package" Lex Luger.
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00:20:35,651 --> 00:20:40,201
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