Things Lex Luger Never Accomplished In Wrestling

An lively wrestler between 1985 and 2006 whose profession noticed him traverse by WWE, WCW, TNA, and all over the place in between, Lex Luger achieved plentiful accolades all through his adorned profession, together with two reigns with WCW’s World Heavyweight Championship. Alongside the Large Gold Belt, Luger held three different WCW titles, making him the corporate’s second Triple Crown Champion.

Pressured into medical retirement following a nerve impingement in his neck which left him requiring the usage of a wheelchair, there are quite a few achievements which Lex Luger didn’t accomplish, starting from championships and marquee occasions to promotional conquests and wrestlers he by no means tangled with.

Lex Luger By no means Headlined WWE WrestleMania

WrestleMania Report: 2-1

Although Lex Luger did not spend as a lot of his profession within the then-World Wrestling Federation as he did in World Championship Wrestling, he nonetheless attained three WrestleMania matches – however

none of them occurred within the closing slot at ‘The Present of Exhibits’
.

The closest Lex got here was in 1994 at ‘Mania 10, as his co-Royal Rumble victory awarded him a WWF Championship alternative vs. Yokozuna. Nonetheless, it was Bret Hart, the Rumble’s different winner, who obtained the primary occasion spot, leaving Luger in the midst of the cardboard. His different two matches noticed Luger go on sixth out of 9 matches at WrestleMania 9, whereas at ‘Mania 11, he opened the present.

Lex Luger By no means Defeated Goldberg

Goldberg At all times Had The Higher Hand

Lex Luger and Goldberg shared the ring eleven occasions in WCW.

Luger was unsuccessful in each try at slaying ‘Da Man’.

Their most notable encounter was at Starrcade in 2000.

Lex Luger was thought-about a significant star throughout his stints in WCW, nonetheless, he was by no means classed as the corporate’s Ace: Goldberg was. The duo shared the ring on eleven events within the Ted Turner-helmed promotion, together with a Starrcade showdown in 2000, however ‘The Whole Package deal’ by no means managed a victory over ‘Da Man’.

Goldberg repeatedly defeated Luger between August 1998 and January 2001, besting him on WCW programming, pay-per-views, and reside occasions. Their sequence started with a nine-man Battle Royal at Street Wild in 1998 and concluded with a tag staff bout at 2001’s Sin.

Lex Luger By no means Gained WCW’s World Conflict 3 Match

Luger Entered Each Iteration Of The Match

Inaugurated in 1995 and final held in 1998, the World Conflict 3 match was WCW’s reply to the Royal Rumble match, assigning sixty wrestlers to a few rings, with the remaining combatants transferring to 1 ring as soon as the entry record had decreased.

Lex Luger, regardless of getting into all 4 matches, by no means achieved success within the World Conflict 3 match. The closest he got here was within the 1996 and 1998 iterations, being the ultimate man eradicated by The Large and Kevin Nash, respectively.

Lex Luger By no means Gained The WWE Championship

Luger Was A Common Challenger

Lex Luger is likely one of the most outstanding stars to by no means held the WWE Championship.

He had two pay-per-view makes an attempt to win the championship.

Yokozuna felled him each occasions, although each have been by way of technicalities.

Regardless of being a significant WWE Famous person all through his nearly three-year stint with the corporate, Lex Luger was by no means blessed with holding the WWE Championship. Luger did, nonetheless, twice problem for the richest prize in sports activities leisure on pay-per-view.

He bested Yokozuna within the show-closer at SummerSlam 1993, although Yoko retained the title on a rely out loss, whereas at WrestleMania X, he once more challenged the superheavyweight Anoa’i. This time, Yokozuna was profitable by disqualification.

Lex Luger By no means Appeared For AEW

He Attended Sting’s Retirement At Revolution 2024

Lex Luger and Sting are shut buddies away from the squared circle.

They held the WCW World Tag Staff Championships collectively.

Sting retired at AEW Revolution in March 2024, with Lex in attendance.

The retirement of Steve ‘Sting’ Borden at

AEW Revolution 2024
was nearly as good a sendoff as you possibly can have, as ‘The Icon’ was offered at his best. He teamed with Darby Allin in a profitable protection of their World Tag Staff Championships vs. The Younger Bucks, thus ending his profession undefeated in All Elite Wrestling.

Quite a few wrestling legends have been in attendance for the second, together with Lex Luger, nonetheless, he by no means really appeared on the published, owing to the phrases of his WWE contract. This leaves AEW as one of many solely main organizations to have by no means had Lex Luger seem on a televised or pay-per-view broadcast.

Lex Luger By no means Held The WWE Intercontinental Championship

He Challenged Diesel On RAW In 1994

Lex Luger held a number of mid-card championships throughout his profession.

He by no means held WWE’s Intercontinental Championship.

Lex challenged then-champion Diesel on a summer season 1994 RAW.

Lex Luger might have co-won the Royal Rumble match in 1994, however this was the extent of his success in Vince McMahon’s sports activities leisure empire. Certainly, he held zero championships within the promotion, that means his identify by no means made it into the historical past books of the Intercontinental Championship.

Luger’s lone televised try at successful the workhorse title got here on RAW’s July 18, 1994 broadcast. Difficult Diesel, the fourteen-minute bout resulted in a double disqualification.

Lex Luger By no means Gained Tag Staff Championships In WWE

He Chased The Doubles Titles At His Ultimate WWE Pay-Per-View

Lex Luger was a three-time Tag Staff Champion in WCW.

Sting, The Large, and Barry Windham have been his companions.

In WWE, Lex was by no means a doubles champion.

In World Championship Wrestling, Lex Luger was a three-time World Tag Staff Champion, attaining the feat alongside Barry Windham, Sting, and The Large, however this success did not observe him to the World Wrestling Federation. That is regardless of his latter WWF profession seeing him paired with The British Bulldog in The Allied Powers.

Collectively, Luger and the late Davey Boy Smith challenged for the WWF World Tag Staff Championships in what turned out to be Luger’s last pay-per-view look earlier than leaping again to WCW. They unsuccessfully confronted Owen Hart and Yokozuna on the second In Your Home.

Lex Luger By no means Gained WCW’s BattleBowl Match

The Match Was A Failed Idea

WCW promoted a bunch of distinctive gimmick matches

The BattleBowl was a short-lived idea.

Lex Luger entered the primary variation in 1991.

Launched in 1991 to be held at that 12 months’s Starrcade, the BattleBowl was one other Battle Royal variation utilized by World Championship Wrestling, that includes two rings versus the trio utilized by World Conflict 3. Lex Luger entered the inaugural match, gaining entry alongside Arn Anderson.

Luger was the runner-up within the match, as Sting ousted him from the competitors. Sting’s award was a crack at Lex’s WCW World Heavyweight Championship, a title he received at SuperBrawl II two months later.

Lex Luger By no means Gained WWE King Of The Ring

Luger Entered Three Variations Of The Match

Launched as an on-again, off-again custom,

the King of the Ring match has naked witness to a number of worthy winners
, a lot of whom turned – or already have been – family sights in WWE. Lex Luger, although, was not amongst them, as he was unsuccessful in three King of the Ring tournaments.

Coming into the 1993, 1994, and 1995 tournaments, Lex was defeated by rely out in ’94 and ’95 by Jeff Jarrett and Yokozuna, respectively. In 1993, Lex Luger made it to the second spherical, going to a time restrict draw with Tatanka to finish his King of the Ring desires.

Lex Luger By no means Topped The PWI 500

He Positioned Second In 1991

The PWI (Professional Wrestling Illustrated) 500 is heralded because the definitive rating of world skilled wrestling and acts as a deft look again on the 12 months that was. Incomes the highest spot is an accolade given to the very best of the very best, and for Lex Luger, that was surprisingly by no means him.

Regardless of by no means reaching the head, ‘The Whole Package deal’ positioned within the prime ten 3 times: he was seventh in 1993, fifth in 1997, and second in 1991, coming behind solely Hulk Hogan.