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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:01,520 --> 00:00:04,620 Put the camera on my man. Put the camera on Luger! 2 00:00:05,740 --> 00:00:10,660 We recognize Lex Luger, the total package, as the greatest wrestling 3 00:00:10,660 --> 00:00:11,740 to ever come along. 4 00:00:13,580 --> 00:00:18,020 Guy looks like a million dollars. I mean, really, one of the top five 5 00:00:19,580 --> 00:00:20,580 Yeah, 6 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:23,480 he was full of himself and he had every right to be. 7 00:00:23,780 --> 00:00:28,380 I've won every major title and I've looked better than everyone else doing 8 00:00:28,380 --> 00:00:29,900 every day of my life! 9 00:00:31,210 --> 00:00:33,750 He came off as arrogant sometimes. 10 00:00:34,210 --> 00:00:38,930 The most egotistical, narcissistic man this sport has ever created. 11 00:00:39,230 --> 00:00:41,070 Lex didn't like being around people. 12 00:00:41,430 --> 00:00:44,330 We shouldn't be getting this stuff on camera. 13 00:00:44,770 --> 00:00:46,150 I don't know if this is the guy. 14 00:00:46,910 --> 00:00:51,690 He built his entire career on his presence and his athletic look. 15 00:00:55,830 --> 00:00:57,550 He needs to be in Lex Luger. 16 00:01:00,970 --> 00:01:02,130 And he went through hell. 17 00:01:04,569 --> 00:01:05,830 Self -imposed hell. 18 00:01:09,270 --> 00:01:12,790 Lawrence Fole, better known as Lex Luger, accused of possessing and selling 19 00:01:12,790 --> 00:01:13,790 drugs. 20 00:01:14,730 --> 00:01:17,370 I really wasn't thinking of others. I was thinking more of just myself. 21 00:01:18,110 --> 00:01:19,150 Me, myself, and I. 22 00:01:20,210 --> 00:01:22,490 I'm scared of death. 23 00:01:23,890 --> 00:01:26,730 Deaths. I was in with drugs and alcohol to be... 24 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:33,300 Sitting here in front of this camera talking to you is just an absolute 25 00:01:33,300 --> 00:01:34,300 of God. 26 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:53,920 I grew up in Buffalo, New York, blue -collar town, immigrant town. 27 00:01:57,320 --> 00:01:58,460 City of good neighbors. 28 00:01:59,780 --> 00:02:01,780 People that are very genuine, authentic. 29 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:05,300 I just loved it. 30 00:02:06,940 --> 00:02:11,240 My family was musically orientated, academically and musically orientated. 31 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:14,680 But I just loved sports. 32 00:02:15,860 --> 00:02:20,580 When I got to high school age, I kind of zeroed in on basketball. 33 00:02:21,980 --> 00:02:23,440 I started lifting weights. 34 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:25,940 My whole family was like, what happened to Larry? 35 00:02:26,990 --> 00:02:32,810 The way my body developed, that probably if I had a future beyond high school in 36 00:02:32,810 --> 00:02:34,310 a sport, it was definitely going to be football. 37 00:02:36,830 --> 00:02:42,030 My dad didn't really see my vision for where I was going to go in sports 38 00:02:42,030 --> 00:02:47,110 potentially, so he thought it was more of a wasted effort because he was a 39 00:02:47,110 --> 00:02:48,510 virtuoso pianist. 40 00:02:51,110 --> 00:02:54,810 He would not sign my permission slip to play football. 41 00:02:55,820 --> 00:02:59,180 My freshman year in high school is when I started playing football, and I forged 42 00:02:59,180 --> 00:03:00,180 his name. 43 00:03:00,220 --> 00:03:02,260 He didn't even know I was playing football at the time. 44 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:07,860 He saw himself as a running back. He was tall and lean. 45 00:03:09,140 --> 00:03:11,060 He had great speed, good size. 46 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:15,840 So I said to him, you know, Larry, you really could be a much better help with 47 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:16,840 us playing linemen. 48 00:03:16,920 --> 00:03:20,360 And he goes, no, no. He says, I'm a running back. I said, I'll give you a 49 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:22,620 I said, you could be a running back until you fumble. 50 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:24,700 Well, he fumbled the first practice. 51 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:28,260 So I sent him to the line coach. 52 00:03:29,620 --> 00:03:33,920 Jim Burt, who had a couple of Super Bowl rings in his career, and Craig Wolfley, 53 00:03:33,940 --> 00:03:36,820 who played 13 years for Steelers, were teammates of mine. 54 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:39,960 Wolfley and Burt and myself were able to train with a world champion 55 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:44,060 powerlifter. His name was Don Reinhardt. World's strongest man, Don Reinhardt. 56 00:03:44,860 --> 00:03:46,660 There is a powerhouse. 57 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:52,420 It was built like a, you know what, just a phenomenal physique. 58 00:03:52,620 --> 00:03:53,960 And a true athlete. 59 00:03:55,020 --> 00:03:56,800 I was kind of awestruck. 60 00:03:57,360 --> 00:04:01,500 He came across as a bit arrogant, and I guess that's not even surprising. 61 00:04:01,860 --> 00:04:05,880 We're talking about a high school athlete who had this kind of an amazing 62 00:04:05,980 --> 00:04:07,620 was a fantastic athlete. 63 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:11,780 I always had high expectations for myself. People always said, I never 64 00:04:11,780 --> 00:04:13,000 confidence, that's for sure. 65 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:19,200 He kind of had that swagger about him, you know? That was his confidence in 66 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:20,200 himself. 67 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:24,280 He was an enigma. He was relatively quiet, very hardworking. 68 00:04:25,290 --> 00:04:29,230 But he also was more me than we. 69 00:04:31,030 --> 00:04:36,270 I believe there's no I in the word team, and he sometimes was the I. 70 00:04:36,650 --> 00:04:37,650 Let's go! 71 00:04:38,470 --> 00:04:45,250 I went to Penn State my freshman year 72 00:04:45,250 --> 00:04:46,810 because it was nearby. 73 00:04:47,590 --> 00:04:51,010 I met my ex -wife Peggy freshman year in study hall. 74 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:56,900 She was, as Larry, very disciplined into the nutrition part of going to the gym 75 00:04:56,900 --> 00:05:00,940 and was a very fine athlete. She used to run track at Penn State. 76 00:05:01,860 --> 00:05:05,200 But after my freshman year and spending the winter in State College, after 77 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:09,400 growing up in Buffalo, I transferred to Miami after my freshman year to Sunshine 78 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:10,600 U, we called it back then. 79 00:05:15,500 --> 00:05:17,620 He sat at the bench as a freshman. 80 00:05:18,340 --> 00:05:20,400 He said, either play me or cut me. 81 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:22,360 So, of course, Paterno cut him. 82 00:05:23,580 --> 00:05:27,380 Larry Pohl was a member of that Penn State team. Now he's a Miami Hurricane 83 00:05:27,380 --> 00:05:31,020 player. The offensive lineman transferred to Miami this summer and is 84 00:05:31,020 --> 00:05:34,520 redshirting this season. He won't be able to play Saturday, but he's provided 85 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:37,880 the coaching staff and squad members some insights about Penn State. 86 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:42,760 I played offensive line, Ben. They've asked me how they run some of their 87 00:05:42,840 --> 00:05:43,840 which I pretty much know. 88 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:46,980 We actually played against each other in college. 89 00:05:47,660 --> 00:05:49,520 He at the University of Miami. 90 00:05:50,020 --> 00:05:51,580 myself at Florida State University. 91 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:54,180 He had good mobility. 92 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:55,660 He had the size. 93 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:58,100 He had the smarts. He had the strength. 94 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:01,920 You really had to be on your A game when you were playing against them. 95 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:03,420 I see the confidence. 96 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:05,600 I see, like, in practice, the atmosphere. 97 00:06:05,860 --> 00:06:07,640 The more you win, the more confidence you get. 98 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:10,600 I had a great time while I was there. 99 00:06:11,500 --> 00:06:14,600 Went to the beach and got in a couple fights. 100 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:19,160 We did a little damage to our on -campus apartment when a party got. 101 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:20,600 Kind of carried away. 102 00:06:21,820 --> 00:06:23,680 Only lasted about a year and a half there. 103 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:25,240 I got suspended. 104 00:06:25,500 --> 00:06:26,500 I dropped out of school. 105 00:06:29,840 --> 00:06:33,160 I wasn't old enough to play in the NFL. I ended up signing with the Canadian 106 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:34,160 football. 107 00:06:34,220 --> 00:06:35,480 66, Larry Full. 108 00:06:35,700 --> 00:06:39,240 They say he may be the strongest man in the league. He was a young man. 109 00:06:39,500 --> 00:06:42,420 And so there was a lot of growing and experience that he had to gain. 110 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:47,100 Having to mature, having to learn to become more coachable. David Green 111 00:06:47,660 --> 00:06:49,920 But it's recovered by Montreal's Larry Poole. 112 00:06:50,900 --> 00:06:53,140 I ended up playing there almost three seasons. 113 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:58,040 When he was in the midst of a contract negotiation, he asked if I would act as 114 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:02,000 his agent. He said, Tom, I know what I need. I know what I want. I just need 115 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:03,100 somebody who I can trust. 116 00:07:05,020 --> 00:07:09,280 He then aged up to become eligible for the NFL, which was kind of the dream. 117 00:07:09,940 --> 00:07:12,160 Ended up coming down and signing with Green Bay. 118 00:07:13,100 --> 00:07:15,900 Offensive line, it's not the type of position where you're looking for 119 00:07:15,900 --> 00:07:19,080 headlines. It's personal satisfaction and knowing that your teammates know 120 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:22,520 whether you're doing the job or not. And there is an opportunity here, and it 121 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:23,820 always comes down to how well you play. 122 00:07:24,500 --> 00:07:28,220 Well, when they saw him, they couldn't believe it. I mean, here's a guy that's, 123 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:35,040 I don't know, roughly 6 '4", 272 pounds, with a 4 '6", 40 at that size, a 124 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:37,580 32 -inch vertical jump. I mean, he had stats. 125 00:07:38,030 --> 00:07:39,030 that they couldn't believe. 126 00:07:39,230 --> 00:07:43,190 His physical credentials made the coaching staff sit up and take notice. 127 00:07:43,410 --> 00:07:47,270 But Fole spent the season on the injured reserve list with a groin injury. 128 00:07:47,690 --> 00:07:52,270 They were pretty high on me, but I was injury prone when I was there, which 129 00:07:52,270 --> 00:07:53,270 stuff happens sometimes. 130 00:07:54,210 --> 00:07:57,670 And I don't know if my attitude was the best. 131 00:08:01,850 --> 00:08:06,870 He let his ego get in his way. He wasn't ready for the discipline that is 132 00:08:06,870 --> 00:08:07,870 required. 133 00:08:08,020 --> 00:08:09,460 to be successful at that level. 134 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:12,780 I was definitely looking to make another move. 135 00:08:13,820 --> 00:08:16,440 I actually went to Barchard's office and asked him if I could be relieved. 136 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:22,280 To be honest with you, I was really looking to leave Green Bay and go to the 137 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:24,200 USFL because that was down in Tampa. 138 00:08:24,620 --> 00:08:29,360 They had banded balls. Coach Steve Spurrier, the old ball coach, said I 139 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:32,260 buying a house down there and got the opportunity to play down there. 140 00:08:33,500 --> 00:08:36,179 I never was quite happy where I was at. I always thought there had to be 141 00:08:36,179 --> 00:08:40,500 something more. So that was even kind of manifesting itself and starting back 142 00:08:40,500 --> 00:08:41,500 then. 143 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:46,560 Well, the USFL was folding. 144 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:52,200 And in Memphis, when I played football there for the Memphis Showboats, that 145 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:53,960 a big wrestling town, Jerry, the King Laurel. 146 00:09:02,100 --> 00:09:05,220 Everywhere I went around that town, because of my physique, everybody's 147 00:09:05,300 --> 00:09:08,620 are you a pro wrestler? And I'm like, man, what is it with this town? 148 00:09:08,620 --> 00:09:09,920 I go, I'm a football player. 149 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:12,300 And some of the guys said, you should do that. 150 00:09:13,260 --> 00:09:16,080 Football played a good financial head start for me, but I was looking for 151 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:20,480 opportunities. The competitive aspects of professional wrestling were very 152 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:21,980 appealing to me, the one -on -one aspect. 153 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:26,660 And being sort of the free spirit personnel that I was, wrestling was very 154 00:09:26,660 --> 00:09:27,760 attractive in that sense also. 155 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:31,100 I looked into it in the offseason. 156 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:33,660 played for Tampa, had bought a home there. 157 00:09:33,940 --> 00:09:38,780 I was married at that point, my wife Peggy, and I ended up walking in the 158 00:09:38,780 --> 00:09:42,960 championship wrestling in Florida, and I walked into the office, and they told 159 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:44,140 me to go talk to Hiro Matsuda. 160 00:09:44,700 --> 00:09:48,500 They came from Japan, a judo champion, and he made it in pole wrestling, and it 161 00:09:48,500 --> 00:09:51,500 did well for his family. He had a real respect for the wrestling business, and 162 00:09:51,500 --> 00:09:52,880 he taught that to me. 163 00:09:53,670 --> 00:09:58,570 He was really dialed in on doing flexibility training and a lot of the 164 00:09:58,570 --> 00:10:00,030 things outside, just going to the gym. 165 00:10:00,410 --> 00:10:04,730 When you are trained by Matsuda, you are trained thoroughly. He trains these 166 00:10:04,730 --> 00:10:06,930 people until they can't walk, until they can't stand up. 167 00:10:07,310 --> 00:10:10,390 Turn the air conditioning off until there's a puddle of sweat, and he did 168 00:10:10,390 --> 00:10:11,390 everything with you. 169 00:10:11,570 --> 00:10:15,250 It was brutal, and I absolutely loved it. 170 00:10:16,330 --> 00:10:20,130 I watched him go through the routine with Matsuda's workouts. 171 00:10:21,290 --> 00:10:23,370 He was a kink -nest guy. 172 00:10:24,730 --> 00:10:28,990 I finished his requirements, as he called them, to get the privilege of 173 00:10:28,990 --> 00:10:33,250 in the ring within about a couple months, which was like almost record 174 00:10:33,250 --> 00:10:34,229 him. 175 00:10:34,230 --> 00:10:39,170 I never even looked into getting back in the NFL or after UCF up older because 176 00:10:39,170 --> 00:10:41,450 my pro wrestling career began in the offseason. 177 00:10:41,750 --> 00:10:43,810 My training, and I ended up making my debut. 178 00:10:44,779 --> 00:10:47,180 This is Championship Wrestling from Florida. 179 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:50,840 And for the next hour, I'll guarantee you we've got a lot of excitement 180 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:51,840 upcoming. 181 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:57,560 Right before my first time out on TV, I was sitting in the wrestling office, 182 00:10:57,660 --> 00:10:58,680 Championship Wrestling of Florida. 183 00:10:58,940 --> 00:11:02,100 They go, well, what's your name? I go, I don't have a wrestling name. 184 00:11:02,580 --> 00:11:05,140 They're thinking, oh my gosh, they're going to send me out to TV in like an 185 00:11:05,140 --> 00:11:08,060 hour. So they all looked at each other, what do we call him? What do we call 186 00:11:08,060 --> 00:11:11,820 him? I kind of like raised my hand, like I got a name. 187 00:11:13,790 --> 00:11:17,430 Favorite TV show was number one on television back then was Tom Selleck and 188 00:11:17,430 --> 00:11:18,430 Magnum P .I. 189 00:11:18,690 --> 00:11:22,650 Everybody just called him Magnum. Well, if he can be called Magnum, I was trying 190 00:11:22,650 --> 00:11:23,650 to be creative. 191 00:11:23,690 --> 00:11:27,210 I should be called Luger, which is a German firearm. 192 00:11:27,870 --> 00:11:31,030 Put the camera on my man. Put the camera on Luger! 193 00:11:31,530 --> 00:11:33,290 My man, Gordon, is here today. 194 00:11:33,690 --> 00:11:36,470 You got a first name? I go, well, yeah, Lex. 195 00:11:37,130 --> 00:11:42,890 Lex Luthor was a villain in the comic book, so I said... 196 00:11:43,130 --> 00:11:44,130 Lex Luger. 197 00:11:44,570 --> 00:11:46,050 Here's Lex Luger. 198 00:11:46,670 --> 00:11:49,030 I was excited about the opportunity in wrestling. 199 00:11:50,010 --> 00:11:51,230 Thought it might be a lot of fun. 200 00:11:51,870 --> 00:11:53,350 And it kind of worked out pretty good. 201 00:11:57,330 --> 00:12:01,830 Now we're going to see Luger for his first time here on Championship 202 00:12:02,490 --> 00:12:04,550 Lex Luger, I managed him in his very first match. 203 00:12:04,830 --> 00:12:05,830 He was horrible. 204 00:12:08,070 --> 00:12:09,070 Horrible. 205 00:12:12,920 --> 00:12:16,420 pretty difficult because he was new and he had his own mind about him. 206 00:12:17,160 --> 00:12:20,240 But I guess most guys were until they learned the trade. 207 00:12:22,060 --> 00:12:26,000 My debut was my first time I'd ever been to a live pro wrestling match. 208 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:29,120 That's how little I knew about it. 209 00:12:32,840 --> 00:12:38,920 I'm like, holy smoke, that's Larry. 210 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:44,000 He's the one that kind of led me into trying to start a career in professional 211 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:46,040 wrestling. And I'm forever grateful to him. 212 00:12:46,460 --> 00:12:50,920 But he came in and kind of changed the stereotype of what people perceive 213 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:52,500 professional wrestlers to look like. 214 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:57,220 Lex Luger was one of the most physically impressive guys to get in the wrestling 215 00:12:57,220 --> 00:12:58,800 business in the 80s. 216 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:03,400 The problem was he had never been a wrestling fan and didn't know anything 217 00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:07,920 it. But he had amazing genetics and incredible physique. 218 00:13:08,560 --> 00:13:11,780 Arnold Schwarzenegger, who won every physique contest in the world, I don't 219 00:13:11,780 --> 00:13:15,060 think he has anything on the physique of the Luger here. 220 00:13:15,300 --> 00:13:18,440 So he was immediately pushed to the top. 221 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:23,380 Presently the Southern Heavyweight Champion and the Florida Television 222 00:13:23,500 --> 00:13:25,920 here he is, Lex Luger. 223 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:29,720 To win the big title down there was, like, pretty incredible. 224 00:13:30,060 --> 00:13:34,580 I only had just a few matches under my belt. I didn't even know enough about 225 00:13:34,580 --> 00:13:35,820 wrestling to appreciate the opportunity. 226 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:42,200 I just started my wrestling career when we had Brian on January 1st in 1986. 227 00:13:43,660 --> 00:13:49,840 Our family life at home was good, and my career took off like a rocket ship down 228 00:13:49,840 --> 00:13:51,080 there. It was incredible. 229 00:13:51,740 --> 00:13:58,280 Now you see the 230 00:13:58,280 --> 00:14:03,720 NWA champion, Flair, driven up to the front of the Spartan Sports Center. 231 00:14:04,140 --> 00:14:06,080 I'm the traveling world champion. 232 00:14:06,900 --> 00:14:10,700 And as a traveling world champion, I worked different territories. 233 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:13,660 One of the territories was the Florida Territory. 234 00:14:14,660 --> 00:14:18,440 I flew in so they'd say, we've got a kid here who just started. 235 00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:21,300 We want you to wrestle him for an hour. 236 00:14:21,700 --> 00:14:24,600 Ever from all over the country, I just wanted to see this match between me and 237 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:25,599 Ric Flair. 238 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:29,380 It's billed as the present champion, as good champion is, versus the future 239 00:14:29,380 --> 00:14:33,580 champion. First time I laid eyes on Ric, he pulled up with that custom suit and 240 00:14:33,580 --> 00:14:35,260 the sunglasses and the... 241 00:14:35,480 --> 00:14:41,000 gold and the Rolex watch and diamonds. I was real nervous, but man, I was all 242 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:45,740 in, man. I was, man, I want to be like him. He was styling and profiling. At 243 00:14:45,740 --> 00:14:47,920 that stage of my life, who wouldn't want to be like Rick? 244 00:14:48,420 --> 00:14:50,000 I met him. I was like, wow. 245 00:14:50,540 --> 00:14:53,880 You're a great, great young wrestler. 246 00:14:54,680 --> 00:14:59,140 This guy looks like a million dollars. I mean, one of the top five physiques in 247 00:14:59,140 --> 00:15:00,980 all the time I've been in the business. 248 00:15:01,220 --> 00:15:03,620 60 minutes left. You'll see these men compete. 249 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:05,660 I said, listen to the champ. 250 00:15:05,980 --> 00:15:07,440 That's all his job was. 251 00:15:08,340 --> 00:15:11,040 Flair was a veteran and Luger was a rookie. 252 00:15:11,700 --> 00:15:14,380 Luger bringing him up, pressing him over his head. 253 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:19,340 A full slam once again on the champion by the challenger, Lex Luger. And Lex 254 00:15:19,340 --> 00:15:21,060 Luger can feel it. 255 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:24,300 And Flair made him look like a million dollars. 256 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:26,440 He's making that to be tossed. 257 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:30,660 Tremendous strike with Lex Luger. 258 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:32,640 And, uh... 259 00:15:32,860 --> 00:15:33,900 I was so mad. 260 00:15:34,600 --> 00:15:39,340 It wasn't his fault at all, but an hour when you're green and can't do anything, 261 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:40,820 it just was a long night. 262 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:44,960 It is a draw, and Ric Flair retains the World Heavyweight Championship. 263 00:15:45,340 --> 00:15:48,600 Learning on the fly and learning how to work are two different things. 264 00:15:49,460 --> 00:15:55,400 But next time I get to Crockett, which is my home territory, I told Jimmy, I 265 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:59,460 said, you ought to see this kid in Tampa, man. He's built, phenomenal, 266 00:15:59,460 --> 00:16:01,740 football, legit athlete. 267 00:16:03,840 --> 00:16:10,360 Back in the 80s, Jim Crockett promotions grew to a national 268 00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:11,360 power. 269 00:16:11,940 --> 00:16:18,640 We were bringing in young talent that we thought had yet matched it up with some 270 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:21,080 of the old guys so that young guys could learn. 271 00:16:21,820 --> 00:16:25,140 Luger, he's got a great body. He's got great potential. 272 00:16:25,340 --> 00:16:26,620 He just needs some experience. 273 00:16:27,540 --> 00:16:31,200 Jimmy said, well, he said, the horseman thing is red hot. We are! 274 00:16:35,339 --> 00:16:41,440 We're talking about the cream of the crop, the most successful group of 275 00:16:41,440 --> 00:16:43,580 wrestlers anywhere in the world. 276 00:16:44,620 --> 00:16:49,960 The four horsemen, Flair, Tully, Arn, Ole, and myself. 277 00:16:51,060 --> 00:16:55,140 If there was one person whose personality didn't seem to fit in with 278 00:16:55,140 --> 00:16:56,980 else's, it probably would have been Ole. 279 00:16:57,380 --> 00:17:01,460 If we were going to spin somebody off, that Ole would have been the one to spin 280 00:17:01,460 --> 00:17:04,359 off. And we basically kicked him out. 281 00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:09,720 We could bring Lex in and protect him by putting him in among a group that's 282 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:13,960 going to help speed up the process and take some of the pressure off of him. 283 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:14,960 that's what happened. 284 00:17:14,980 --> 00:17:18,500 Mr. Lex Luger is officially the fourth most. 285 00:17:18,980 --> 00:17:20,760 Oh, here's a fresh guy coming in. 286 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:23,140 God, he does look good, and he's a new face. 287 00:17:24,780 --> 00:17:29,520 Because you see, this right here is the finest. 288 00:17:30,090 --> 00:17:33,110 physical specimen in professional sports today. 289 00:17:33,970 --> 00:17:39,150 And we could take and we could help bring him along. And he's receptive 290 00:17:39,150 --> 00:17:44,790 he realizes that he's stepping into an enviable situation that other guys would 291 00:17:44,790 --> 00:17:47,310 die for. He was the right place at the right time. 292 00:17:47,530 --> 00:17:52,590 I knew about the Four Horsemen, but I didn't realize how big a group they 293 00:17:52,990 --> 00:17:56,410 What's going on in this sport? 294 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:02,180 My associations with them and the rub we called, I got off all those guys that 295 00:18:02,180 --> 00:18:04,360 skyrocketed my career and really launched it. 296 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:09,640 Lex Luger, my kind of man. 297 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:16,920 He styles, he profiles, and most of all, he likes this. 298 00:18:17,300 --> 00:18:21,240 I wanted to really pattern myself after Nate. I asked him if I could wear one of 299 00:18:21,240 --> 00:18:22,139 those robes. 300 00:18:22,140 --> 00:18:25,140 He let me go to his robe girl. She made me a glittery robe. 301 00:18:25,580 --> 00:18:26,580 There he is. 302 00:18:28,860 --> 00:18:34,040 I was definitely a different lifestyle. Flying in private jets or first class 303 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:35,140 and staying at nice hotels. 304 00:18:36,100 --> 00:18:40,060 Went to the gym together. We hung out together and socialized and had beers 305 00:18:40,060 --> 00:18:40,899 had fun. 306 00:18:40,900 --> 00:18:43,280 He had a Rolex for two weeks. He was a horse, I think. 307 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:45,020 And he went and bought the Mercedes. 308 00:18:45,380 --> 00:18:48,580 I blame Rick for my profligate lifestyle when I was wrestling. 309 00:18:49,120 --> 00:18:50,620 But he was a great mentor to me. 310 00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:54,360 Along with Aaron and Tully and JJ, be around those guys. 311 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:59,120 At that early stage, I was just barely out of my rookie year. It was enormous. 312 00:19:01,540 --> 00:19:06,900 Lex Luger was immediately the main event guy. 313 00:19:08,060 --> 00:19:12,640 I will go down in history as the greatest U .S. champion there ever was. 314 00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:13,259 on, guys! 315 00:19:13,260 --> 00:19:17,400 He got the first guaranteed contract that Crockett had given out. 316 00:19:17,740 --> 00:19:18,860 The total package. 317 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:20,240 Look at it! 318 00:19:21,050 --> 00:19:24,550 Crockett was saying, okay, Vince McMahon is my only competition. 319 00:19:25,570 --> 00:19:28,870 Lex Luger looks perfect for Vince McMahon, so I've got to get him first. 320 00:19:29,450 --> 00:19:35,310 This did not go over well with anybody else in the locker room because Luger 321 00:19:35,310 --> 00:19:36,570 a totally unproven commodity. 322 00:19:37,990 --> 00:19:41,690 All the other guys, the veterans, they had to work against him. They had to 323 00:19:41,690 --> 00:19:45,650 as his partner. They had to cover up for this so he could go out and flex and 324 00:19:45,650 --> 00:19:46,650 pose. 325 00:19:47,210 --> 00:19:52,090 Larry was tough to work with, and he was so stiff and so uncoordinated. 326 00:19:52,770 --> 00:19:56,150 The company was really babysitting Luger. 327 00:19:56,570 --> 00:20:01,590 They liked the persona that they saw, and they thought that they could market 328 00:20:01,590 --> 00:20:03,550 that different than wrestling. 329 00:20:04,810 --> 00:20:08,350 There was so much jealousy and animosity that went on. 330 00:20:08,670 --> 00:20:11,170 A lot of beers went down over his contract. 331 00:20:11,630 --> 00:20:14,730 I can guarantee you that riding down the road was not pleasant. 332 00:20:15,440 --> 00:20:17,580 When a guy's getting paid double what you are. 333 00:20:22,300 --> 00:20:26,120 They asked me to sign a contract. I didn't understand why it was just 334 00:20:26,120 --> 00:20:31,320 unilateral. We signed you a contract, but there's no money amount. So I said, 335 00:20:31,320 --> 00:20:32,900 there like a money amount in this contract? 336 00:20:33,180 --> 00:20:35,740 And Jim Crockett kind of looked at me like, well, no. 337 00:20:37,360 --> 00:20:39,160 We don't give out guaranteed contracts. 338 00:20:40,770 --> 00:20:43,350 There's not, like, anything in there, like our football contract. So I was 339 00:20:43,350 --> 00:20:44,970 looking, oh, a football contract was structured. 340 00:20:46,310 --> 00:20:48,550 Jim Kroc was like, well, what do you want in that contract? 341 00:20:49,190 --> 00:20:51,570 I gave him a figure, and he agreed to it. 342 00:20:52,110 --> 00:20:55,710 I had a million -plus -dollar guaranteed contract, which I didn't realize was 343 00:20:55,710 --> 00:20:57,050 kind of unheard of at the time. 344 00:20:58,870 --> 00:21:02,950 Mr. Ego himself right there, Jim. He's got an ego as big as his muscles. 345 00:21:03,810 --> 00:21:05,530 Lex was an egomaniac. 346 00:21:06,050 --> 00:21:08,350 That's a good thing, not a bad thing. 347 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:13,860 In this form of entertainment, if you don't have the drive to do it, you're 348 00:21:13,860 --> 00:21:16,800 going to do it. The bottom line is I'm the best at what I do. 349 00:21:17,120 --> 00:21:22,740 Lex had the ability for the fans to hate him or love him and would draw numbers 350 00:21:22,740 --> 00:21:23,740 and people. 351 00:21:25,780 --> 00:21:30,520 But could have been a lot better if he'd learned to work with people and not 352 00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:32,780 think 100 % of himself. 353 00:21:35,020 --> 00:21:40,560 My first impression of Lex Luger was when I was a C -Squad announcer at Baton 354 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:44,700 Cleanup for Jim Ross and Tony Schiavone. My name is Eric Bischoff. At the time, 355 00:21:44,700 --> 00:21:48,460 I was like, man, that is one arrogant son of a bitch. 356 00:21:48,860 --> 00:21:54,780 This is perfection each and every time you see it in your arena. 357 00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:59,780 It's really easy to understand how someone develops into that kind of a 358 00:21:59,780 --> 00:22:00,780 personality. 359 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:04,320 Ever since I stepped foot in the wrestling business, I've had people 360 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:06,720 telling me that I'm going to be the next big thing. 361 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:10,800 Because I've got the brain, I've got the look, and the physical tools to take 362 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:14,100 whatever I want. I think he was perceived as being arrogant. 363 00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:16,560 He's a genuinely good guy. 364 00:22:18,120 --> 00:22:21,100 If I looked like that guy, I might have been really hard to live with, too. 365 00:22:25,120 --> 00:22:29,020 Physically just put together like no one else, had a body like no one else. 366 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:32,860 And I said, how do you stay in such incredible condition? 367 00:22:33,060 --> 00:22:34,340 I mean, you're Jack. 368 00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:41,360 And he just real casually and nonchalant like with just total disrespect. 369 00:22:41,620 --> 00:22:45,160 He didn't even look at me. He just stood up. He said, yeah, I drink Stoli and I 370 00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:46,160 eat M &Ms. 371 00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:50,180 I went, oh, all right. 372 00:22:52,780 --> 00:22:58,340 But we got close. I mean, he was my age and we had a lot of things in common. 373 00:22:58,750 --> 00:23:04,490 We were a new generation of guys coming up who wanted to have the physique. We 374 00:23:04,490 --> 00:23:05,610 wanted to look the part. 375 00:23:07,090 --> 00:23:09,470 So we ended up traveling up and down the roads together. 376 00:23:09,990 --> 00:23:15,050 Started mainly our relationship with how to train properly and work out because 377 00:23:15,050 --> 00:23:16,050 he loved working out. 378 00:23:16,450 --> 00:23:18,310 Then we just started hanging together all the time. 379 00:23:18,890 --> 00:23:21,230 Families were friends, hung out together. 380 00:23:21,610 --> 00:23:22,670 We were neighbors. 381 00:23:23,170 --> 00:23:26,450 I ended up moving into the same neighborhood that he had moved into. 382 00:23:27,120 --> 00:23:28,840 We opened some gyms together, did really well. 383 00:23:29,180 --> 00:23:35,240 And he loved to train, and he loved to watch his body change and grow and, you 384 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:36,240 know, get lean. 385 00:23:36,560 --> 00:23:38,720 This baby is for real! 386 00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:43,820 And not only did he try to keep that physique going, but he learned how to 387 00:23:43,980 --> 00:23:44,980 He really did. 388 00:23:45,580 --> 00:23:50,680 He did great, and he looked the part, and the four -horseman thing, it worked 389 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:51,680 out great with him. 390 00:23:52,760 --> 00:23:54,800 And then working against him was great. 391 00:23:55,820 --> 00:24:01,140 When I finally left the horsemen, be able to do a one -on -one program with 392 00:24:01,140 --> 00:24:03,880 of the greatest wrestlers who's ever lived, Ric Flair. 393 00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:11,580 This is an event with the two best that the NWA has facing one another. 394 00:24:12,820 --> 00:24:15,180 Crowd and the fans were really into it. 395 00:24:15,380 --> 00:24:18,120 We had like sellout crowds everywhere we went. 396 00:24:18,380 --> 00:24:22,120 We're put in a position of drawing money, and we did a lot. 397 00:24:22,670 --> 00:24:25,610 He worked his ass off. He let me knock at none of them. 398 00:24:29,430 --> 00:24:33,490 He did anything that was asked of him, and he worked hard. 399 00:24:35,630 --> 00:24:40,210 It took about five years, but Lex got to be a talented performer in the ring. 400 00:24:40,970 --> 00:24:44,890 That's the same time where Turner Broadcasting took over the company from 401 00:24:44,890 --> 00:24:48,610 Crockett, and all business went in the toilet. 402 00:24:50,120 --> 00:24:55,120 When they sold the company to Turner, I was so miserable with WTW. 403 00:24:56,020 --> 00:24:57,720 My contract was up for renewal. 404 00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:03,820 And they wanted me to lose the title to Luger in Baltimore. And I said, I would 405 00:25:03,820 --> 00:25:04,820 be more than happy to. 406 00:25:05,860 --> 00:25:07,060 I said, the belt's mine. 407 00:25:07,360 --> 00:25:10,280 I own it. And Ole Miss paid me for the deposit from the old days. 408 00:25:10,580 --> 00:25:13,140 You guys owe me 25 in interest for 10 years. 409 00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:16,440 So what am I going to do? Hand them the belt? 410 00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:18,680 Knowing I'll never get paid? 411 00:25:19,659 --> 00:25:24,520 So I went to WWE to work for Vince in 91. 412 00:25:25,500 --> 00:25:27,260 He said, send me the belt. 413 00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:29,900 That's the way it went. That's the history. 414 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:34,140 Rick had just left. 415 00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:38,920 He had actually taken the big gold belt with him. So I ended up wrestling. I was 416 00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:39,920 supposed to wrestle Rick. 417 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:44,340 I ended up wrestling Barry Windham in a cage match. I guess Barry was a 418 00:25:44,340 --> 00:25:45,340 substitute. 419 00:25:46,360 --> 00:25:48,080 We didn't even have a real belt made yet. 420 00:25:49,100 --> 00:25:50,500 They made kind of a fake belt. 421 00:25:52,740 --> 00:25:55,840 They made the best of a difficult situation. 422 00:25:57,320 --> 00:25:59,040 He's got him up on the pile driver. 423 00:26:00,620 --> 00:26:02,500 And there he planted him. 424 00:26:02,860 --> 00:26:04,500 Luger, we're the pile driver. 425 00:26:04,740 --> 00:26:05,740 He's hooked the leg. 426 00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:07,440 And Luger wins it. 427 00:26:09,540 --> 00:26:14,460 Lex Luger has won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. 428 00:26:17,290 --> 00:26:21,330 It was an honor, obviously, to become world champion for the first time, but 429 00:26:21,330 --> 00:26:25,770 was a little different with it not being the intended match with Rick, and we 430 00:26:25,770 --> 00:26:28,710 had to kind of, we were scrambling kind of to make things work. 431 00:26:31,810 --> 00:26:36,870 Lex was very frustrated. We were all very frustrated because we were always 432 00:26:36,870 --> 00:26:38,550 second -class citizens to WWE. 433 00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:46,980 We'd always hear the stories. Yeah, you got to jump ship. 434 00:26:48,580 --> 00:26:49,580 You got to go. 435 00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:53,360 The grass is greener. Man, what an incredible place. 436 00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:56,700 And Lex was lured into that. 437 00:26:58,280 --> 00:26:59,280 He had to get out. 438 00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:05,880 He was world champ, but he was looking beyond. He was looking at the ultimate. 439 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:08,040 And at the time, it was WWE. 440 00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:14,980 So I reached out to WWE, and we worked out a deal where I'd be with his 441 00:27:14,980 --> 00:27:16,640 bodybuilding program for a year. 442 00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:22,680 In the early 90s, Vince wanted to create a rival to Joe Weider's Bodybuilding 443 00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:26,600 Federation, and Vince created the WBF, the World Bodybuilding Federation. 444 00:27:27,500 --> 00:27:31,480 And he wanted Lex to be a part of his WBF. 445 00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:34,140 What is the World Bodybuilding Federation? 446 00:27:34,700 --> 00:27:38,340 It's about looking good, feeling great. 447 00:27:39,180 --> 00:27:40,840 It's about sports entertainment. 448 00:27:42,500 --> 00:27:47,480 You left my contract with WCW, and I went to WCW and said I'd like some time 449 00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:51,020 off. Didn't tell them I was planning on signing a bodybuilding contract. 450 00:27:51,660 --> 00:27:57,080 The total package Lex Luger has at all, whether it's arms, shoulders, chest. 451 00:27:57,680 --> 00:28:02,000 There was nothing in Lex's contract with WCW that prevented Lex from going to 452 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:04,800 work for the WBF, a bodybuilding federation. 453 00:28:06,020 --> 00:28:08,320 So Lex came in as the... 454 00:28:09,060 --> 00:28:14,120 bodybuilding guru or fitness guru, if you will. Nobody knows better than me, 455 00:28:14,120 --> 00:28:18,680 Luger, that it's important not only to look good in the gym, but outside the 456 00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:19,680 as well. 457 00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:24,040 To be a co -host on this television show with Vince that aired on Saturday 458 00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:28,640 mornings. You might want to practice a little ab work yourself there, fella. 459 00:28:29,060 --> 00:28:31,600 I thought that'd be pretty cool, do bodybuilding for a year, stay home and 460 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:35,160 train, and then break into wrestling the following year with WWE. 461 00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:40,680 You've got to want it. 462 00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:51,240 A lot of people wonder why I didn't actually compete for WF. I was just a 463 00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:55,720 weeks away, was in peak condition. I was so excited I was going to actually be a 464 00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:56,720 guest poser. 465 00:28:57,160 --> 00:29:01,440 And I was so close to the event, but I ended up having a near fatal motorcycle 466 00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:02,440 wreck. 467 00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:04,380 That was a life and death. 468 00:29:04,980 --> 00:29:06,880 Head on by the car, 45 mile an hour. 469 00:29:08,340 --> 00:29:11,100 I'll never forget the nurse at the emergency room when I finally got there. 470 00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:14,560 You better be thanking the Lord, she said. You are a DOA. 471 00:29:16,540 --> 00:29:19,380 I was in so much pain. I had bones sticking out everywhere. 472 00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:22,000 I was like, what's a DOA, George? 473 00:29:22,220 --> 00:29:25,340 She goes, dead on arrival. Dead on arrival, she told me. 474 00:29:27,320 --> 00:29:28,980 I wouldn't sign the permission forms. 475 00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:31,980 They were talking about amputating my arm. 476 00:29:35,520 --> 00:29:37,540 And I walked in. 477 00:29:38,010 --> 00:29:41,830 It was such a mess. 478 00:29:42,970 --> 00:29:46,970 They ended up taking the bandages off, and I looked at his arm. There was bones 479 00:29:46,970 --> 00:29:51,330 literally sticking out of his arm. It was like his whole elbow and arm was 480 00:29:51,330 --> 00:29:52,530 completely open wide. 481 00:29:54,050 --> 00:29:58,110 And I thought, I don't know how this arm can be saved. 482 00:29:59,250 --> 00:30:03,070 And Lex is like, Stinger, don't let him touch me. He goes, can you call Dr. 483 00:30:03,390 --> 00:30:04,390 Andrews? 484 00:30:04,710 --> 00:30:06,910 Dr. Andrews, Jim Andrews out of Birmingham, Alabama. 485 00:30:07,709 --> 00:30:12,690 And it just so happened I had his pager, and I paged him, and he got right back 486 00:30:12,690 --> 00:30:17,150 with me, and I explained what was going on. He said, get him to Birmingham, and 487 00:30:17,150 --> 00:30:18,750 I'll make sure that he's okay. 488 00:30:21,130 --> 00:30:23,170 I don't know how he put his arm back together. 489 00:30:23,610 --> 00:30:24,610 I really don't. 490 00:30:27,010 --> 00:30:29,350 Even Dr. Harris said, I don't know if you're going to have full use of that 491 00:30:29,350 --> 00:30:30,350 again. 492 00:30:30,750 --> 00:30:36,010 But I made my debut with WWE less than six months later after the wreck. It 493 00:30:36,010 --> 00:30:38,420 was... Just a miraculous recovery. 494 00:30:40,420 --> 00:30:46,760 I believe that Vince had high expectations for Lex Luger and felt that 495 00:30:46,760 --> 00:30:49,740 the potential to become this huge star. 496 00:30:53,100 --> 00:30:58,040 I didn't even know what the hell a narcissist was until, you know, we met 497 00:30:58,040 --> 00:31:00,360 Luger and Vince came up with this. He's a narcissist. 498 00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:05,000 Narcissistic personality and someone who really adores themselves. 499 00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:07,960 And is very enamored with the presence of themselves. 500 00:31:08,300 --> 00:31:10,060 And was like, yeah, perfect. 501 00:31:10,580 --> 00:31:17,400 As I've been told back then, my personality could be pretty self 502 00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:19,580 called it very confident. Some people called it arrogant. 503 00:31:20,060 --> 00:31:24,680 So we kind of thought that might be a natural character for me to portray the 504 00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:27,020 narcissist. Like, ooh, that might be kind of neat. 505 00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:31,500 Kind of thought I could sink my teeth in being a narcissistic bad guy. 506 00:31:32,140 --> 00:31:34,280 I was excited about being a narcissist. 507 00:31:41,130 --> 00:31:47,010 pleasure to introduce and to unveil Narcissus Lex 508 00:31:47,010 --> 00:31:48,330 Luger! 509 00:31:50,550 --> 00:31:51,550 Yes. 510 00:31:52,210 --> 00:31:53,650 Yes, he is here. 511 00:31:55,390 --> 00:31:58,850 Excited to be making my debut with Bobby Heenan. One of the greatest ever 512 00:31:58,850 --> 00:32:00,750 introducing me. It was awesome. 513 00:32:01,570 --> 00:32:03,610 I was excited. I was pumped. 514 00:32:04,110 --> 00:32:05,890 I know how you feel about yourself. 515 00:32:06,210 --> 00:32:07,210 Oh, yeah. 516 00:32:07,510 --> 00:32:09,090 Look at that. Look at that. Look at that. 517 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:11,000 Oh, my God. 518 00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:17,140 We were always looking for some good new talent in those days, somebody that 519 00:32:17,140 --> 00:32:18,780 would be a good dance partner. 520 00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:26,040 When he came onto the scene and they brought him in as the narcissist, not a 521 00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:29,580 very friendly guy, seemed to have a bit of an attitude, even though he never 522 00:32:29,580 --> 00:32:30,519 really did. 523 00:32:30,520 --> 00:32:34,720 He was a kind, good soul, but he was just, yeah, he was full of himself. 524 00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:36,620 He had every right to be. 525 00:32:36,960 --> 00:32:38,100 I truly... 526 00:32:39,850 --> 00:32:42,330 Incredible! He was a total packet. 527 00:32:43,630 --> 00:32:48,950 Lex never met a mirror he didn't like. Just making sure that everything's just 528 00:32:48,950 --> 00:32:53,530 right. I can feel the momentum building for WrestleMania. 529 00:32:54,170 --> 00:33:00,050 I feel, I know, and everyone else will see, I will be the most dominant force 530 00:33:00,050 --> 00:33:01,110 ever. 531 00:33:03,090 --> 00:33:04,310 No, Vince is... 532 00:33:04,590 --> 00:33:08,330 And he's a force of nature, his confidence and his optimism for what he 533 00:33:08,330 --> 00:33:09,330 loves the business. 534 00:33:11,630 --> 00:33:12,110 Vince 535 00:33:12,110 --> 00:33:27,830 was 536 00:33:27,830 --> 00:33:30,590 very happy with the narcissist character and I was enjoying it. 537 00:33:37,870 --> 00:33:43,810 As a heel, as the narcissist, okay, it was a little gimmicky, like all the WWE 538 00:33:43,810 --> 00:33:45,330 gimmicks were at that time. 539 00:33:45,590 --> 00:33:50,790 But that was kind of a pretty good use for Lex. But Vince saw him as the next 540 00:33:50,790 --> 00:33:51,790 Hulk Hogan. 541 00:33:52,070 --> 00:33:57,170 Vince kind of viewed Lex Luger possibly as a replacement for Hulk Hogan and some 542 00:33:57,170 --> 00:34:02,010 of the bigger stars of the Randy Savages, the Ultimate Warriors, and felt 543 00:34:02,010 --> 00:34:05,570 Lex had the potential to become this huge star. 544 00:34:07,370 --> 00:34:11,550 They were actually looking for a top good guy at the time. 545 00:34:12,650 --> 00:34:16,030 Vince called me and said, we're going to switch you to Lex Luger like the All 546 00:34:16,030 --> 00:34:17,030 -American. 547 00:34:17,350 --> 00:34:19,170 I was like, are you kidding? I'm the narcissist. 548 00:34:19,429 --> 00:34:20,790 But he said, no, it'll work. 549 00:34:22,290 --> 00:34:25,330 It wasn't so much that the narcissist wasn't working out. This was like it'd 550 00:34:25,330 --> 00:34:28,810 a newer, better opportunity for everyone involved, including myself. 551 00:34:30,250 --> 00:34:35,110 I think that Vince's vision for Lex came out as an opponent. 552 00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:41,199 for yokozuna the audience 553 00:34:41,199 --> 00:34:47,920 couldn't figure out how and who can possibly defeat this 554 00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:52,860 monster because in a lot of ways he was unbeatable who's gonna take this man off 555 00:34:52,860 --> 00:34:57,260 his feet lex luger was hopefully going to be that red white and blue all 556 00:34:57,260 --> 00:35:04,080 -american hero to upsee this evil international champion in 557 00:35:04,080 --> 00:35:05,080 yokozuna 558 00:35:23,680 --> 00:35:29,860 Nobody could slam this 500 plus pound 559 00:35:29,860 --> 00:35:31,120 behemoth. 560 00:35:42,190 --> 00:35:47,070 And here comes Lex in the helicopter arriving on the Intrepid. And by God, 561 00:35:47,070 --> 00:35:48,070 here's my savior. 562 00:35:48,790 --> 00:35:55,430 The last chance of America was the look of determination in his eyes. 563 00:35:58,730 --> 00:36:02,590 I wasn't sure, as strong as I was back then, I wasn't sure I could really 564 00:36:02,590 --> 00:36:03,590 actually slam him. 565 00:36:03,710 --> 00:36:05,810 He was a load. 566 00:36:06,510 --> 00:36:08,150 So I was nervous. 567 00:36:26,120 --> 00:36:29,720 It was an electrifying moment with the skyline of New York in the background, 568 00:36:29,840 --> 00:36:31,120 the crowd went berserk. 569 00:36:31,600 --> 00:36:35,520 I started thinking, man, this is kind of a defining moment. I'm really making it 570 00:36:35,520 --> 00:36:36,720 at this wrestling thing, man. 571 00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:38,580 This is a pretty big deal. 572 00:36:39,100 --> 00:36:42,740 The big man went down on July 4th, right here. 573 00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:46,320 Oh, yeah! 574 00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:53,300 I was just coming in when they turned Lex into Captain America, basically. 575 00:36:55,029 --> 00:36:56,190 And it got over. 576 00:36:56,430 --> 00:36:57,710 Like, I thought it worked great. 577 00:36:57,930 --> 00:37:01,810 I think Lex Luger is one of the best WWF wrestlers here today. 578 00:37:02,110 --> 00:37:06,590 When no other American athlete could slam Yokozuna, he came in for his 579 00:37:06,650 --> 00:37:10,390 and he helped our country when we needed it the most. For saving America, I 580 00:37:10,390 --> 00:37:13,810 think he definitely deserves a title shot. No question about it. If he can 581 00:37:13,810 --> 00:37:15,530 him, he should be able to get a title shot. 582 00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:24,960 A whistle -stop tour through the southern states on a train named Spirit 583 00:37:24,960 --> 00:37:29,860 America, the presidential wave for the traditional campaign trimmings. George 584 00:37:29,860 --> 00:37:35,160 Bush had done a train campaign where he would stop in small towns and he would 585 00:37:35,160 --> 00:37:38,500 get out on the back of the train and meet everybody, and that was his 586 00:37:39,260 --> 00:37:45,980 The idea was to do something very similar with Lex to campaign across the 587 00:37:45,980 --> 00:37:50,340 States for a championship match at SummerSlam with Yokozuna. 588 00:37:51,180 --> 00:37:56,480 And we got a bus, painted this bus red, white, and blue, deemed it the Lex 589 00:37:56,480 --> 00:38:00,320 Express. Well, here we are, red, white, and blue for Yokozuna. 590 00:38:00,620 --> 00:38:07,020 We did this whole big send -off of Lex leaving from Stanford in the bus. 591 00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:09,120 Mr. Lex Luger! 592 00:38:17,320 --> 00:38:21,380 George M. Cohan should have scored this thing, for God's sake. I'm a Yankee 593 00:38:21,380 --> 00:38:25,540 doodle dandy. America, patriotism, the flag, mother, apple pie, all that stuff. 594 00:38:27,300 --> 00:38:31,120 This is the kickoff for Lex Luthor called action and the world title match. 595 00:38:31,180 --> 00:38:33,980 Hopefully down the line here and let's just crank it up. 596 00:38:38,700 --> 00:38:40,980 Hey, young fella, how you doing? 597 00:38:41,600 --> 00:38:45,440 Good guys with more responsibility, more PR work. I thought, I mean, I can do 598 00:38:45,440 --> 00:38:46,440 this. 599 00:38:46,460 --> 00:38:49,660 Well, X Express, it was a difficult sell. 600 00:38:50,120 --> 00:38:53,800 Do you want to put me on a bus and drive me around the nation? 601 00:38:54,540 --> 00:38:57,140 I had a family at home, and they said I'm going to be on tour all summer. 602 00:38:57,740 --> 00:39:04,080 We had our boy, we had our girl, and we were a team, and we knew that that was 603 00:39:04,080 --> 00:39:07,700 what I was doing and the way we provided for the family. 604 00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:11,060 I used to be on the road, but like all summer in a bus. 605 00:39:11,320 --> 00:39:13,240 Oh, man, you got to go out and see my bus. 606 00:39:13,820 --> 00:39:15,460 Red and blue curtains. 607 00:39:16,100 --> 00:39:18,640 This is my son, Brian. He is a good guy. 608 00:39:18,840 --> 00:39:19,840 Aren't you, Brian? 609 00:39:21,820 --> 00:39:25,280 Flew me home to see my family a couple times for like one or two days. 610 00:39:26,020 --> 00:39:27,700 But I was on the bus. 611 00:39:28,840 --> 00:39:34,040 Lex Luger is here. He's the next big thing in wrestling. 612 00:39:34,360 --> 00:39:36,760 We're talking about the Lex Express this morning. Lex! 613 00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:43,420 All over the country doing appearances from 5 in the morning at a local 614 00:39:43,420 --> 00:39:47,300 affiliates in major cities to the night shows to 11 o 'clock at night. 615 00:39:50,900 --> 00:39:57,720 The bus was supposed to lead to more exposure 616 00:39:57,720 --> 00:40:00,360 for the company and more exposure for Lex. 617 00:40:00,740 --> 00:40:04,200 Go places that you wouldn't ordinarily go. 618 00:40:04,560 --> 00:40:06,200 Coming to you from the Mall of America. 619 00:40:08,170 --> 00:40:12,910 Give the everyday man an opportunity to touch a WWE superstar. 620 00:40:18,110 --> 00:40:24,910 I don't think that Lex shared the same visions that we did. And 621 00:40:24,910 --> 00:40:30,610 Lex wanted to have the bus, but Lex wanted to stay at the Marriott. 622 00:40:31,120 --> 00:40:33,560 I've done everything I possibly could. I asked Mona Lisa if I could have a food 623 00:40:33,560 --> 00:40:36,000 upgrade. It was supposed to be complimentary with my marquee. I 624 00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:40,000 to ask or beg. And she said immediately no. And now the other woman here, who's 625 00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:42,800 the supervisor, says they probably do have one. What do you think of that? 626 00:40:43,160 --> 00:40:48,880 I rode on that bus for the first week with Lex and the crew. 627 00:40:49,300 --> 00:40:50,300 The crew was great. 628 00:40:50,560 --> 00:40:51,580 The crew was awesome. 629 00:40:52,300 --> 00:40:55,800 We can't have these days like this, man. We've got to have time to do this. 630 00:40:58,350 --> 00:41:00,870 Probably by the end of week one. 631 00:41:01,110 --> 00:41:05,270 Like, I don't know if this is the guy. 632 00:41:08,410 --> 00:41:09,670 Smile, smile. 633 00:41:10,830 --> 00:41:13,730 Look at that nice, bony smile. 634 00:41:14,490 --> 00:41:16,110 Lex was like... 635 00:41:17,070 --> 00:41:18,069 I want to do it. 636 00:41:18,070 --> 00:41:21,290 I want to go in. I need a chicken breast. 637 00:41:21,550 --> 00:41:22,550 It's like, oh, God. 638 00:41:22,650 --> 00:41:26,610 I get very cranky when I don't eat. I'm low on energy now. I'm droning when I 639 00:41:26,610 --> 00:41:29,110 talk. And Bruce knows how I am. 640 00:41:29,670 --> 00:41:32,210 And I'm very easy to get along with, but I have to eat. 641 00:41:32,950 --> 00:41:35,770 My concern was that I couldn't eat properly. 642 00:41:36,170 --> 00:41:37,870 We're stuck here, and I'm hungry. 643 00:41:38,770 --> 00:41:43,710 And I did lose about 10 pounds in that four or five weeks. 644 00:41:44,070 --> 00:41:45,410 And it was probably good muscle. 645 00:41:45,770 --> 00:41:46,890 I'm going to the gym now. 646 00:41:47,310 --> 00:41:48,129 Demyte me. 647 00:41:48,130 --> 00:41:49,130 Bye. 648 00:41:50,050 --> 00:41:52,610 I think a lot of athletes say they don't want to be a role model. You know, 649 00:41:52,630 --> 00:41:55,970 today, a lot of the professional athletes, I think you are what you want 650 00:41:55,970 --> 00:41:56,569 or not. 651 00:41:56,570 --> 00:42:01,370 There were a lot of assumptions that Lex was going to be the next big thing and 652 00:42:01,370 --> 00:42:06,630 he was going to be the guy to take the company into the next 10 years as its 653 00:42:06,630 --> 00:42:09,110 conquering hero and the face of the company. 654 00:42:13,999 --> 00:42:18,680 There was one problem with that, and that was it wasn't true to the human 655 00:42:21,060 --> 00:42:25,260 The question is just who is Lex Luger? It's kind of funny you should ask that. 656 00:42:25,340 --> 00:42:28,200 You know, since I've been on tour, I think it's amazing some of the questions 657 00:42:28,200 --> 00:42:30,600 people have already asked me. I mean, they come right up to you and ask you 658 00:42:30,600 --> 00:42:35,280 questions. And I want to say emphatically, I welcome anybody that 659 00:42:35,280 --> 00:42:37,140 asks me a question on tour. Feel free. 660 00:42:42,180 --> 00:42:46,800 I love Lex, and he was a great guy, and you had to be around him to know that he 661 00:42:46,800 --> 00:42:47,820 was a quality guy. 662 00:42:49,280 --> 00:42:51,600 But he wasn't very personable. 663 00:42:52,900 --> 00:42:56,720 He didn't have his heart into being a babyface, and he didn't like that 664 00:42:56,720 --> 00:42:58,000 interaction with the fans. 665 00:42:59,500 --> 00:43:00,500 Okay. 666 00:43:01,740 --> 00:43:05,420 pretending to be a nice guy and pretending to be in a good mood when he 667 00:43:05,420 --> 00:43:06,420 necessarily. 668 00:43:06,860 --> 00:43:12,220 I think he just didn't want anything to do with them. They were outside his 669 00:43:12,220 --> 00:43:13,900 circle of life. 670 00:43:16,120 --> 00:43:20,720 Lex didn't like going out signing autographs and talking to the fan base. 671 00:43:22,400 --> 00:43:28,860 So when he did it, it came across as very disingenuous and came across as 672 00:43:29,280 --> 00:43:31,080 Now look at this. Isn't this wonderful? 673 00:43:31,380 --> 00:43:32,400 The gifts I get. 674 00:43:32,920 --> 00:43:33,920 Because it was. 675 00:43:34,280 --> 00:43:35,840 Thank you. Nice meeting you all. 676 00:43:36,500 --> 00:43:39,040 Oh, my knees from bending down when I was a little kid, man. 677 00:43:39,320 --> 00:43:40,320 It's arthritis. 678 00:43:40,860 --> 00:43:44,980 The baby face, the hero, Hulk Hogan. Say your prayers, take your vitamins, 679 00:43:45,180 --> 00:43:49,740 right? Stone Cold Steve Austin, don't trust anybody. He was one of us. He's 680 00:43:49,740 --> 00:43:50,740 common man. 681 00:43:51,280 --> 00:43:54,020 Lex Luger was not one of them. He wasn't common. 682 00:43:54,670 --> 00:43:58,890 He wasn't really a superhero. He was a statue that you looked at and you 683 00:43:58,890 --> 00:44:02,390 admired, but you didn't really have any personal feelings for. 684 00:44:03,010 --> 00:44:08,370 I was very focused on my training and my working out, and I might not always be 685 00:44:08,370 --> 00:44:12,050 able to hide my displeasure with some of the other things outside of the rings 686 00:44:12,050 --> 00:44:13,050 they wanted me to do. 687 00:44:13,230 --> 00:44:17,370 I want to hear about WCW minor league wrestlers, so keep your mouth shut. 688 00:44:21,020 --> 00:44:25,660 So I could see some people definitely have that impression that I was not 689 00:44:25,660 --> 00:44:26,660 the easiest guy to work with. 690 00:44:26,860 --> 00:44:27,860 I understand that. 691 00:44:29,120 --> 00:44:33,720 I actually got to shake their hands, look them in the eye, and meet those 692 00:44:33,720 --> 00:44:36,720 people. I grew great strength from that. 693 00:44:37,640 --> 00:44:38,640 Oh, Drew. 694 00:44:38,900 --> 00:44:40,540 Oh, Drew. 695 00:44:41,320 --> 00:44:42,660 Damn it, what am I doing? 696 00:44:43,020 --> 00:44:44,260 But Drew would have been fine, too. 697 00:44:44,660 --> 00:44:48,320 I knew I was never going to be Hulk Hogan or a replacement for Hulk Hogan. I 698 00:44:48,320 --> 00:44:49,158 just going to... 699 00:44:49,160 --> 00:44:52,220 I always wanted to be the best Lex Luger I could be and that they wanted me to 700 00:44:52,220 --> 00:44:55,420 be and do my job the very best that I could. 701 00:44:57,180 --> 00:44:58,180 Don't get down on yourself. 702 00:44:58,640 --> 00:45:00,060 You can't get through the first line. 703 00:45:00,620 --> 00:45:01,620 Yes, you can. 704 00:45:02,440 --> 00:45:03,440 You're human. 705 00:45:03,480 --> 00:45:06,660 Okay. They want you to flub up. They don't want you to be perfect. 706 00:45:07,100 --> 00:45:07,899 Start again. 707 00:45:07,900 --> 00:45:09,700 Okay. I'm getting flustered now. 708 00:45:10,880 --> 00:45:12,100 No, you're okay. 709 00:45:13,300 --> 00:45:14,700 Okay. Let's go. 710 00:45:14,920 --> 00:45:15,920 Here we go. 711 00:45:17,770 --> 00:45:20,950 I didn't shy away from trying to be the guy. Who wouldn't want to be the guy? 712 00:45:23,730 --> 00:45:26,510 Well, this is it. The last day in the Lexi Express. 713 00:45:26,730 --> 00:45:28,670 The moment of truth has arrived. 714 00:45:29,210 --> 00:45:31,350 Myself versus Yokozuna for the title. 715 00:45:39,210 --> 00:45:44,370 Will this be the end of a long journey or the start of another? 716 00:45:55,470 --> 00:45:58,150 No human being alive can defeat Yokozuna. 717 00:45:59,130 --> 00:46:01,770 Can Lex Luger do the impossible? 718 00:46:10,270 --> 00:46:10,930 But 719 00:46:10,930 --> 00:46:20,030 you 720 00:46:20,030 --> 00:46:22,350 cannot win this title on a count out. 721 00:46:25,800 --> 00:46:30,800 The rules are such that in order for a championship to change hands, you have 722 00:46:30,800 --> 00:46:33,060 win by a pinfall or a submission. 723 00:46:33,780 --> 00:46:38,920 He may have won the match, Lex Luger, but the championship remains in the 724 00:46:38,920 --> 00:46:40,880 possession of Yokozuna. 725 00:46:42,080 --> 00:46:47,580 So here in the rules, we're in the champion's favor because Lex Luger was 726 00:46:47,580 --> 00:46:53,140 to hit Yokozuna out to the floor and Yoko wasn't able to answer. 727 00:46:53,910 --> 00:46:59,250 The 10 count to get back into the ring. Therefore, Lex was victorious, but Lex 728 00:46:59,250 --> 00:47:00,970 didn't get the championship. 729 00:47:04,270 --> 00:47:05,370 We were just like, huh? 730 00:47:06,050 --> 00:47:09,450 Because, like, the balloons came down. It was like he won the championship, but 731 00:47:09,450 --> 00:47:10,450 he didn't. 732 00:47:10,650 --> 00:47:15,250 What the count -out finish did was it felt forced and fake, the balloons 733 00:47:15,250 --> 00:47:18,710 dropping and all -American, and that's patriotism, right? 734 00:47:21,410 --> 00:47:23,270 For him not to become the champion. 735 00:47:23,840 --> 00:47:25,480 was kind of like, really? 736 00:47:26,760 --> 00:47:29,900 We went all the way to the moon and we just circled and came back? We were 737 00:47:29,900 --> 00:47:30,900 supposed to land? 738 00:47:33,500 --> 00:47:38,780 I said, he is going to end up looking like a plate full of piss out of this. 739 00:47:39,560 --> 00:47:40,740 And that's what happened. 740 00:47:44,240 --> 00:47:47,440 That U .S. gimmick that he had, it was like a curse. 741 00:47:48,020 --> 00:47:49,020 It ruined him. 742 00:47:55,570 --> 00:48:02,130 If Lex Luger had won the title at SummerSlam 93, he would have been over, 743 00:48:02,130 --> 00:48:03,130 would have been an attraction. 744 00:48:08,050 --> 00:48:14,850 Vince McMahon wanted to prolong 745 00:48:14,850 --> 00:48:18,130 the chase until WrestleMania the following spring in 94. 746 00:48:21,520 --> 00:48:26,500 By the time that the next year's WrestleMania came along, Vince had 747 00:48:26,500 --> 00:48:31,920 mind because he had seen that Lex looked great and could talk and work as a 748 00:48:31,920 --> 00:48:33,760 heel, but his baby face was limited. 749 00:48:43,360 --> 00:48:45,100 Once he... 750 00:48:45,400 --> 00:48:49,480 Sort of failed at getting the title in the fans' eyes. They just was like, move 751 00:48:49,480 --> 00:48:50,480 on. 752 00:48:50,700 --> 00:48:55,440 So that meant that Lex was worthless in the WWE from that point because he'd 753 00:48:55,440 --> 00:48:58,840 failed to win the title and then didn't come back and make good on it. 754 00:48:59,240 --> 00:49:02,040 It's just something that I don't know whether he didn't want to carry the 755 00:49:02,040 --> 00:49:04,340 weight. I didn't know whether he didn't connect with the people. 756 00:49:05,300 --> 00:49:07,380 He could be one of the guys. He couldn't be the guy. 757 00:49:12,360 --> 00:49:15,180 The office at that time had basically had enough. 758 00:49:15,680 --> 00:49:20,920 The poor road agents that had to deal with him every day. And, you know, I'm 759 00:49:20,920 --> 00:49:25,080 trying to make Lex sound like anything that he isn't, you know, but I would get 760 00:49:25,080 --> 00:49:30,380 a report after each and every show. And there was never any positive feedback on 761 00:49:30,380 --> 00:49:32,420 Lex's matches or Lex's attitude. 762 00:49:33,320 --> 00:49:36,520 I don't think he was happy. He never really fit in in WWE. 763 00:49:36,800 --> 00:49:40,000 And at the same time, WCW was like home to him. 764 00:49:42,980 --> 00:49:46,480 WCW over the past 12 months, as I said, since the addition of Hulk Hogan and 765 00:49:46,480 --> 00:49:50,420 Randy Savage, is really closing the gap. We're coming on strong. We've got a lot 766 00:49:50,420 --> 00:49:51,038 of momentum. 767 00:49:51,040 --> 00:49:54,580 And all I can say is, you know, September 4th, you'll see the 768 00:49:55,900 --> 00:50:02,540 Lex was always looking to see where the grass was greener. And personally, I did 769 00:50:02,540 --> 00:50:05,500 not see Lex resigning the contract. Lex was all about the bottom line. 770 00:50:06,700 --> 00:50:11,880 And as that date got closer and closer, He continually lied and said, I'm going 771 00:50:11,880 --> 00:50:13,280 to sign it, I'm going to sign it. 772 00:50:14,280 --> 00:50:18,960 After the third time you tell me you're going to sign it, you don't sign it. 773 00:50:20,880 --> 00:50:21,880 You're not signing it. 774 00:50:22,980 --> 00:50:26,560 Vince and I worked with his attorneys and everything, thinking we're probably 775 00:50:26,560 --> 00:50:31,980 going to re -sign and reset my character with WWE, and that's what I intended to 776 00:50:31,980 --> 00:50:35,800 do. On a happen chance, confrontation with Sting, that all changed. 777 00:50:36,880 --> 00:50:40,520 I think that the grass maybe was greener there for a while, and it was kind of 778 00:50:40,520 --> 00:50:41,560 exciting in the beginning. 779 00:50:41,960 --> 00:50:45,440 Eventually, I think he realized, oh, man, this sucks, man. 780 00:50:46,840 --> 00:50:52,580 He was gone more than ever now, at least with WCW. A lot of things that we did 781 00:50:52,580 --> 00:50:55,060 were in and around the mid -Atlantic area. 782 00:50:55,580 --> 00:50:58,440 We could drive to and from and get back home. 783 00:50:59,120 --> 00:51:05,200 He had his kids and his family, and at that particular time, he wanted to get 784 00:51:05,200 --> 00:51:06,200 back. 785 00:51:07,400 --> 00:51:13,600 He asked if I would speak with Eric Bischoff and put a good word in because 786 00:51:13,600 --> 00:51:16,240 was suddenly running the show. He was our boss. 787 00:51:16,680 --> 00:51:23,280 I remember Stan pulling me inside and he said, Eric, can I talk to you? I want 788 00:51:23,280 --> 00:51:24,280 to talk to you about Lex. 789 00:51:24,320 --> 00:51:28,680 I went, oh, I saw this coming. I was afraid I saw it coming. 790 00:51:29,240 --> 00:51:31,640 And I listened to Steve and he was passionate. 791 00:51:31,900 --> 00:51:36,440 You know, he explained to me how I didn't really know Lex Luger and that 792 00:51:36,440 --> 00:51:40,180 Luger. knows that he probably didn't handle himself as well as he could have 793 00:51:40,180 --> 00:51:43,980 should have in WCW. And, you know, Lex really wanted to come back. 794 00:51:44,700 --> 00:51:46,720 And I didn't really want him back. 795 00:51:47,260 --> 00:51:51,600 I just couldn't believe that he had changed that much or was willing to 796 00:51:51,600 --> 00:51:52,600 that much. 797 00:51:52,660 --> 00:51:57,520 I'm vouching for him, of course. You know, he's not going to be the same as 798 00:51:57,520 --> 00:51:59,080 was. He's going to be different. 799 00:52:00,000 --> 00:52:04,680 I made up my mind that I was going to offer Lex a deal, but I was going to 800 00:52:04,680 --> 00:52:05,680 lowball him. 801 00:52:05,790 --> 00:52:11,010 In fact, it was such a lowball offer that I thought, well, I can honestly say 802 00:52:11,010 --> 00:52:15,190 offered to bring him back, and honestly, I thought he would turn it down. I 803 00:52:15,190 --> 00:52:17,730 thought it was an insulting offer, and it really was. 804 00:52:18,070 --> 00:52:20,110 I offered him $150 ,000. 805 00:52:20,330 --> 00:52:25,310 He was a guy that was making $750 ,000 a year when he left, and now he's coming 806 00:52:25,310 --> 00:52:30,730 back after a run in WWE, and I'm offering him $150 ,000. 807 00:52:31,070 --> 00:52:35,030 Keep in mind, there were guys in our developmental system. 808 00:52:35,470 --> 00:52:37,070 that were not far from that number. 809 00:52:37,330 --> 00:52:39,910 And I was thinking, man, there's no way he's going to take this. 810 00:52:41,410 --> 00:52:46,390 Eric Bischoff was not a big Lex Luger fan, and he gave me a lowball offer, but 811 00:52:46,390 --> 00:52:48,890 loved the challenge and wanted to make a change. 812 00:52:49,310 --> 00:52:51,990 I thought it would be cool to be part of the new show and be back with my best 813 00:52:51,990 --> 00:52:52,990 buddy Sting. 814 00:52:53,150 --> 00:52:57,330 And I said, well, I'll prove myself all over again. I'll go back there. From 815 00:52:57,330 --> 00:52:59,690 Minneapolis, Minnesota, the... 816 00:53:07,540 --> 00:53:09,280 WCW Monday Nitro. 817 00:53:09,640 --> 00:53:14,300 It became crystal clear to me early on how I wanted to use Lex and use him as a 818 00:53:14,300 --> 00:53:17,660 surprise because that would set the tone for Nitro. Let me tell you, we've got 819 00:53:17,660 --> 00:53:20,900 some great surprises coming your way. The internet was just starting to come 820 00:53:20,900 --> 00:53:24,440 into the fold and I was trying to get the scoop on what was going to be on a 821 00:53:24,440 --> 00:53:29,280 particular program. So WCW wanted a surprise factor. Now I was raised that 822 00:53:29,280 --> 00:53:30,280 matter what. 823 00:53:30,460 --> 00:53:34,980 you always left the right way and would give a two -week notice. But one of the 824 00:53:34,980 --> 00:53:38,180 stipulations for Eric was, well, yeah, but if you do that, there's no surprise 825 00:53:38,180 --> 00:53:39,180 with you coming in. 826 00:53:40,580 --> 00:53:45,480 And I really felt I couldn't pass up the opportunity for myself and my family to 827 00:53:45,480 --> 00:53:46,600 go back to WCW. 828 00:53:47,420 --> 00:53:51,740 I had just left him on the road, like, two days earlier, up in Nova Scotia or 829 00:53:51,740 --> 00:53:54,560 something, up in the Maritimes, and you never would have known. 830 00:53:54,820 --> 00:53:58,560 He knew he was leaving, but he was a pro up until the very last day. 831 00:53:59,150 --> 00:54:03,010 And they flew me in that same day into Minneapolis and did hire me at a hotel. 832 00:54:03,010 --> 00:54:05,990 And they waited until like 30 minutes before the show started and brought me 833 00:54:05,990 --> 00:54:09,530 with like towels around my head to a back door in a room. It was all like 834 00:54:09,530 --> 00:54:13,410 incredible, the lengths they went to, to protect whether or not I was there. 835 00:54:13,650 --> 00:54:17,750 What a matchup we have got in store in this debut broadcast. 836 00:54:18,950 --> 00:54:22,890 What in the hell is he doing here? I'm in shock. 837 00:54:23,190 --> 00:54:26,410 Lex Luger making an appearance here of all places. 838 00:54:27,150 --> 00:54:30,450 It was a very well -kept secret, and people are freaking out. 839 00:54:32,650 --> 00:54:36,270 Well, you said things were going to happen every Monday night, Bishop, and 840 00:54:36,270 --> 00:54:43,210 happening. He had jumped ship back with WCW, and it really helped set us up for 841 00:54:43,210 --> 00:54:45,990 great success because there was already controversy. 842 00:54:46,510 --> 00:54:48,030 Wait, Luger's in there! What is this? 843 00:54:48,290 --> 00:54:49,290 In the ring! 844 00:54:49,450 --> 00:54:53,970 Vince McMahon, WCW had always been good to me, and that really bothered me 845 00:54:53,970 --> 00:54:55,710 because it wasn't a class act, just... 846 00:54:56,560 --> 00:55:00,620 Being on their TV taping a few days prior than walking out on WCW without 847 00:55:00,620 --> 00:55:01,620 proper notice. 848 00:55:02,740 --> 00:55:08,620 Vince was betrayed and hurt because I do believe that Vince really liked Lex and 849 00:55:08,620 --> 00:55:13,140 really wanted to make that potential reality. 850 00:55:13,980 --> 00:55:18,440 Lex was a challenge, and Vince loves those challenges. I'll show you. I'll 851 00:55:18,440 --> 00:55:19,440 him a star. 852 00:55:19,700 --> 00:55:22,420 And it never happened. 853 00:55:28,560 --> 00:55:32,400 It's in the tunnel package, Lex Luger. Look at him, Tony. This man has been 854 00:55:32,400 --> 00:55:35,700 world champion before. He could very well do it again. 855 00:55:36,480 --> 00:55:38,800 Wow. Look at the strength of this man. 856 00:55:39,680 --> 00:55:41,740 It's the torture rack. He's got him. 857 00:55:41,960 --> 00:55:45,180 Yes, yes, look at him, baby. The next WCW champion. 858 00:55:45,820 --> 00:55:50,200 You're looking at the past, the present, and the future of world championship 859 00:55:50,200 --> 00:55:51,200 wrestling. 860 00:55:51,480 --> 00:55:52,580 One of the things. 861 00:55:53,200 --> 00:56:00,020 That was great for Lex and for WCW is Lex came back as the 862 00:56:00,020 --> 00:56:03,540 tide was really beginning to shift for WCW. 863 00:56:05,640 --> 00:56:12,440 Lex had the opportunity to come back and reestablish himself at a time when 864 00:56:12,440 --> 00:56:14,560 WCW was now riding a wave of success. 865 00:56:15,310 --> 00:56:19,110 Not a seat to be found in the past year's crowd. Thousands turned away 866 00:56:19,110 --> 00:56:22,690 the hottest ticket on pay -per -view of the world championship, Presley. And you 867 00:56:22,690 --> 00:56:25,530 can see why we are number one. 868 00:56:26,310 --> 00:56:29,730 His popularity was like, in an instant, it was back. 869 00:56:29,970 --> 00:56:32,690 It was like, oh, okay, you're home now where you're supposed to be. 870 00:56:33,530 --> 00:56:37,470 When Luger came in, it was a huge benefit for WCW. He was a main event 871 00:56:37,710 --> 00:56:39,150 He was a guy that had... 872 00:56:39,400 --> 00:56:42,620 Been a world champion that had worked against world champions that understood 873 00:56:42,620 --> 00:56:45,160 what it took to draw money and work his character. 874 00:56:46,140 --> 00:56:52,440 Lex Luger was instrumental to the success of Nitro and his attitude was so 875 00:56:52,620 --> 00:56:57,220 I mean, he went out of his way to kind of raise the energy in the locker room. 876 00:56:57,320 --> 00:57:01,220 He really was a part of the team and he made you feel like he was excited to be 877 00:57:01,220 --> 00:57:04,020 a part of that team. And that really won me over. 878 00:57:04,360 --> 00:57:06,640 So at that point, didn't have to do it. 879 00:57:07,020 --> 00:57:09,680 I sat down with him and we started talking about his contract. 880 00:57:09,980 --> 00:57:14,840 I said, okay, Lex, I offered you something that I was hoping you'd get so 881 00:57:14,840 --> 00:57:16,660 off at me over that you wouldn't come back. 882 00:57:16,960 --> 00:57:17,980 You've proven yourself. 883 00:57:18,460 --> 00:57:22,720 Let's talk about what your career looks like going forward here. I renegotiated 884 00:57:22,720 --> 00:57:25,120 as a result of just the way he contributed. 885 00:57:26,160 --> 00:57:28,160 He came in and he was different. 886 00:57:28,590 --> 00:57:34,110 He had perhaps been humbled somewhat and was grateful for the opportunity to be 887 00:57:34,110 --> 00:57:37,990 able to come back, and he was a little bit more helpful for some of the guys. 888 00:57:38,150 --> 00:57:43,510 You know, he realized, you know, I guess this can be kind of like a team effort. 889 00:57:44,570 --> 00:57:46,150 I love Lex Luger personally. 890 00:57:46,650 --> 00:57:50,010 Lex and I always get along great. He was always super kind with me. I didn't 891 00:57:50,010 --> 00:57:53,790 understand a lot of the heat that I was getting from other people that were a 892 00:57:53,790 --> 00:57:57,090 little bit envious of the position that I was in, and Lex helped me deal with 893 00:57:57,090 --> 00:57:57,769 that a lot. 894 00:57:57,770 --> 00:57:59,750 Luger gave me a lot of insight in the business. 895 00:58:00,590 --> 00:58:03,730 Lex Luger was awesome. 896 00:58:04,990 --> 00:58:09,190 He brought an attitude and a work ethic that I've never seen before. 897 00:58:09,670 --> 00:58:14,270 He was a perfectionist, and he helped me out a lot. He was a guy who came from 898 00:58:14,270 --> 00:58:19,250 football, so you could still talk to him on that level without him just giving 899 00:58:19,250 --> 00:58:20,350 you a wrestling perspective. 900 00:58:20,850 --> 00:58:24,570 Lex Luger, one half of the world tag team champion, also television champion. 901 00:58:26,010 --> 00:58:32,490 Lex's success that he was having at the time definitely led to Lex getting an 902 00:58:32,490 --> 00:58:34,930 opportunity to have higher profile matches. 903 00:58:35,330 --> 00:58:38,250 I just had more trust and confidence in Lex as a performer. 904 00:58:38,490 --> 00:58:41,770 And he certainly got more popular, I think, than he ever had been. 905 00:58:42,030 --> 00:58:44,550 And a lot of that was just because his attitude changed. 906 00:58:55,820 --> 00:59:00,900 ended in 1992, but now he will go after the man who has set the standard for 907 00:59:00,900 --> 00:59:02,660 world titles in our sport. 908 00:59:04,120 --> 00:59:08,460 Hogan was the champ, but by the time we got to Auburn Hills, Lex was red hot. 909 00:59:08,820 --> 00:59:13,640 Who has more confidence and momentum on their side than the total package Lex 910 00:59:13,640 --> 00:59:15,180 Luger? They're standing in Detroit! 911 00:59:15,500 --> 00:59:17,620 Yes! He's got him in the rack! 912 00:59:17,940 --> 00:59:19,620 He's got him in the rack! Hogan's the champ! 913 00:59:19,960 --> 00:59:20,960 Hogan's the champ! 914 00:59:21,040 --> 00:59:23,400 Look at him tap out! Luger won the title! 915 00:59:23,980 --> 00:59:24,980 Hogan's the champion! 916 00:59:25,450 --> 00:59:31,850 The night 917 00:59:31,850 --> 00:59:38,590 in Detroit when I won the WCW title against Hulk Hogan, the response 918 00:59:38,590 --> 00:59:41,950 I'll never forget. It was incredible in Detroit that night. 919 00:59:44,950 --> 00:59:48,990 And in the exact same building where I didn't win it back in 93. 920 00:59:50,810 --> 00:59:53,830 That place went nuts when he won, man. 921 00:59:54,460 --> 00:59:58,500 Because I think they were just thinking, it's not really going to happen, is it? 922 00:59:58,580 --> 01:00:00,780 You know, it was really cool. 923 01:00:01,360 --> 01:00:04,920 Look at the show of unity. All in to show their support. 924 01:00:05,220 --> 01:00:10,240 Never with so much emotion and so much camaraderie as we are seeing right 925 01:00:10,800 --> 01:00:16,540 Being the main event spot with Hogan and then winning the world title, 926 01:00:16,660 --> 01:00:20,020 that was a huge deal. 927 01:00:22,600 --> 01:00:26,260 He proved whatever he had to do to get back, it was all worth it. 928 01:00:27,780 --> 01:00:30,640 He reached his own expectations as a performer. 929 01:00:31,160 --> 01:00:34,680 And he won the respect of the people that he worked with and shared a locker 930 01:00:34,680 --> 01:00:37,620 room with. And that has to be important to anybody. 931 01:00:41,020 --> 01:00:47,760 Lex Luger at that time, those Monday Night Wars, was someone that 932 01:00:47,760 --> 01:00:49,440 WCW needed to carry the title. 933 01:00:50,360 --> 01:00:52,300 The fireworks are going off! 934 01:00:52,840 --> 01:00:55,640 For the heavyweight champion of the world, Lex Luger. 935 01:00:56,560 --> 01:00:58,900 The Monday Night Wars was just magical. 936 01:00:59,440 --> 01:01:03,060 It was definitely an amazing time to be a professional wrestler. 937 01:01:03,360 --> 01:01:06,780 Look at the fans standing, cheering the total package Lex Luger. 938 01:01:07,020 --> 01:01:08,740 We were all together. It was great. 939 01:01:08,940 --> 01:01:13,660 All hugs and kisses. Wow, what a great rating on the TV show. We're number one 940 01:01:13,660 --> 01:01:14,660 now. 941 01:01:14,860 --> 01:01:17,420 We had a great camaraderie together on the road. 942 01:01:18,620 --> 01:01:21,040 Wolfpack is most definitely. 943 01:01:25,810 --> 01:01:29,510 We hung out both in the ring, out of the ring afterwards. We'd go out and hang 944 01:01:29,510 --> 01:01:30,510 out. 945 01:01:30,610 --> 01:01:33,790 So a lot of times we could get done with the TV tape and get back to the hotel 946 01:01:33,790 --> 01:01:37,770 bar and watch Nitro on TV together. Everyone would gather and watch the 947 01:01:37,770 --> 01:01:39,290 and put ourselves over. 948 01:01:41,050 --> 01:01:43,310 And the bar was open. The guys were celebrating. 949 01:01:44,250 --> 01:01:47,210 I used to always socialize with the guys a little bit, have a few beers. 950 01:01:48,530 --> 01:01:52,590 Some of the guys who might have a couple pills, they'd try a couple of these. 951 01:01:54,600 --> 01:01:58,340 It was kind of a time of celebration and good times and camaraderie, really. 952 01:02:01,920 --> 01:02:07,220 Over the months and a couple years, it got pretty dark for all of us, you know. 953 01:02:08,040 --> 01:02:12,820 Alcohol, you know, pills caused us to make all the wrong choices. 954 01:02:13,120 --> 01:02:14,420 Giant party! 955 01:02:17,620 --> 01:02:22,400 Towards about the middle or end of 1998 or whenever it was, I started noticing 956 01:02:22,400 --> 01:02:23,900 that Lex was never around. 957 01:02:24,430 --> 01:02:29,110 He went back to his room, and he obviously had a relationship with Miss 958 01:02:29,110 --> 01:02:32,450 Elizabeth. It wasn't a big secret. It was pretty obvious to everybody. 959 01:02:33,790 --> 01:02:36,930 We got to know each other at the tapings. I had respect for her and what 960 01:02:36,930 --> 01:02:37,828 done in the business. 961 01:02:37,830 --> 01:02:40,550 The first lady of wrestling, the lovely Elizabeth. 962 01:02:41,050 --> 01:02:43,310 She'd worked with Brandy for many years. 963 01:02:44,110 --> 01:02:48,030 He had the most charisma of any wrestler in the world. He's the best. 964 01:02:49,290 --> 01:02:51,890 They'd been apart for divorce for many, many years. 965 01:02:52,520 --> 01:02:55,400 The total package, the stunning Elizabeth, come out. 966 01:02:56,520 --> 01:03:01,000 I always thought, well, I would never get involved with someone that I work 967 01:03:01,000 --> 01:03:02,900 with. That wouldn't be very smart. 968 01:03:03,260 --> 01:03:04,260 Sure enough. 969 01:03:08,600 --> 01:03:09,600 Hi. 970 01:03:16,140 --> 01:03:19,640 After Liz and Randy got their divorce, she ended up getting remarried. 971 01:03:20,100 --> 01:03:21,660 She was married. I was married. 972 01:03:22,490 --> 01:03:25,030 Obviously not something either of us should have been doing. 973 01:03:25,550 --> 01:03:28,650 And it just progressed from there. 974 01:03:31,190 --> 01:03:35,470 Everybody was like, this is crazy. What are you doing? You know, you and Liz. 975 01:03:36,250 --> 01:03:37,930 But, you know, there was no getting through. 976 01:03:38,910 --> 01:03:43,850 They were not only in a clandestine relationship, but they were both 977 01:03:43,850 --> 01:03:48,470 participating a little bit too much in the pharmaceutical side of their 978 01:03:48,470 --> 01:03:49,490 recreational activities. 979 01:03:50,700 --> 01:03:56,000 Without me realizing it towards the end of my career, which really was 01, the 980 01:03:56,000 --> 01:04:00,960 last couple years I was definitely starting to drink a little bit more at 981 01:04:01,040 --> 01:04:05,580 more and more gradually, popping a few more pills here and there, like, oh, 982 01:04:05,580 --> 01:04:08,420 take a pain pill to go to the gym, to get a good workout. 983 01:04:08,640 --> 01:04:09,640 I always had a reason. 984 01:04:13,020 --> 01:04:16,560 Even when we were partying, you could party until 4 o 'clock in the morning. 985 01:04:17,120 --> 01:04:18,720 9 o 'clock, your phone would ring. 986 01:04:19,230 --> 01:04:22,250 He'd be in the lobby with two cups of coffee like, let's go. 987 01:04:22,690 --> 01:04:24,110 And you didn't miss your workouts. 988 01:04:25,470 --> 01:04:28,770 Lex, he was going deep. He went deep. 989 01:04:28,990 --> 01:04:31,070 And then I ended up going down that road too. 990 01:04:31,490 --> 01:04:34,470 It got pretty dark for all of us. 991 01:04:35,670 --> 01:04:40,450 But he was still able to function and have his matches. 992 01:04:41,070 --> 01:04:45,630 I've won every major title and I've looked better than everyone else doing 993 01:04:46,210 --> 01:04:47,890 I'm a successful businessman. 994 01:04:48,860 --> 01:04:49,860 I'm good. 995 01:04:50,000 --> 01:04:52,500 I'm great at everything I do. 996 01:04:53,800 --> 01:04:57,380 I never thought of myself because of my discipline and training and eating and 997 01:04:57,380 --> 01:05:01,100 getting to the gym. I never thought I would have any kind of issue with drugs 998 01:05:01,100 --> 01:05:02,100 alcohol and like that. 999 01:05:03,060 --> 01:05:05,940 You know, they're all saying too much time, too much money, too much time, my 1000 01:05:05,940 --> 01:05:08,260 hands too much money. That's kind of the devil's workshop. 1001 01:05:08,920 --> 01:05:09,920 Well, 1002 01:05:10,100 --> 01:05:12,560 it definitely manifests itself in my life. 1003 01:05:13,230 --> 01:05:19,470 We are done. We are floored. The very last telecast of WCW Monday Night Throw 1004 01:05:19,470 --> 01:05:21,590 on TNT. 1005 01:05:22,690 --> 01:05:27,810 WCW just got bought out and swallowed up by WJB after that long -term Monday 1006 01:05:27,810 --> 01:05:28,810 Night War. 1007 01:05:29,710 --> 01:05:34,650 I figured, well, if TNT and TBS don't have wrestling anymore, I'll go wrestle 1008 01:05:34,650 --> 01:05:37,410 Japan or back to potentially WWE. 1009 01:05:37,670 --> 01:05:38,670 I didn't dwell on it. 1010 01:05:39,610 --> 01:05:42,370 I had a guaranteed contract of a lot of money. 1011 01:05:43,150 --> 01:05:46,290 You got all that money coming in, you don't have to go to work, which wasn't 1012 01:05:46,290 --> 01:05:48,470 good for me for almost three more years. 1013 01:05:49,090 --> 01:05:51,010 It got really bad. 1014 01:05:51,250 --> 01:05:52,310 He was a mess. 1015 01:05:53,850 --> 01:05:59,690 I cleaned my life up with God's help, and now I was able to try to help him. 1016 01:06:01,930 --> 01:06:05,590 There was no, no getting through to him. 1017 01:06:08,830 --> 01:06:11,830 At that phase, Elizabeth had moved to Atlanta. 1018 01:06:12,520 --> 01:06:13,520 I was seeing her more. 1019 01:06:14,460 --> 01:06:18,040 She was on one side of town. My wife and family were on the other side of town 1020 01:06:18,040 --> 01:06:19,040 in Atlanta. 1021 01:06:20,400 --> 01:06:22,580 My marriage disintegrated. 1022 01:06:23,940 --> 01:06:26,760 My wife realized that I had been seeing Elizabeth. 1023 01:06:28,680 --> 01:06:30,980 She tried to give me a second chance, a third chance. 1024 01:06:31,280 --> 01:06:32,620 I let her down every time. 1025 01:06:34,020 --> 01:06:35,740 I was not making good decisions. 1026 01:06:37,340 --> 01:06:40,960 I hung out with them, and I was around them a lot, so I knew they were going 1027 01:06:40,960 --> 01:06:41,960 hard. 1028 01:06:43,280 --> 01:06:48,020 Elizabeth turned into a different person, as drugs will often do to 1029 01:06:48,320 --> 01:06:54,440 Things continued in a steady downward spiral. More alcohol, more drugs. 1030 01:06:57,940 --> 01:07:02,840 It was tough because Lex got lost in the booze at that time. 1031 01:07:05,040 --> 01:07:06,580 I had my first arrest. 1032 01:07:07,500 --> 01:07:11,240 I got pulled over, they said, under the influence. I had just a couple beers. 1033 01:07:11,320 --> 01:07:14,840 They gave me a breathalyzer. I passed it, but they felt that I was on 1034 01:07:14,840 --> 01:07:16,640 else, which I was. I popped a few pills. 1035 01:07:18,000 --> 01:07:20,780 Never did I imagine I'd ever be in jail. 1036 01:07:22,660 --> 01:07:26,740 First of over, I don't know how many, maybe a dozen or more arrests after 1037 01:07:29,960 --> 01:07:33,140 One of the neighbors called the police for domestic disturbance. 1038 01:07:35,540 --> 01:07:39,460 Both Liz and I were shocked that I got arrested. 1039 01:07:40,160 --> 01:07:46,360 I mean, we had an argument, but I've learned now from law enforcement, when 1040 01:07:46,360 --> 01:07:49,680 come to a domestic dispute, they usually end up taking somebody in. 1041 01:07:50,260 --> 01:07:54,260 And so I went in, and that, you know, that stuck. 1042 01:07:57,800 --> 01:08:02,840 And so I was making a lot of really bad decisions, selfish decisions at that 1043 01:08:02,840 --> 01:08:03,578 time in my life. 1044 01:08:03,580 --> 01:08:04,800 Things were really... 1045 01:08:05,360 --> 01:08:09,600 Still, I wouldn't have admitted it at the time, but really going to a dark 1046 01:08:09,600 --> 01:08:11,980 and really getting out of control in a bad way. 1047 01:08:14,160 --> 01:08:14,820 We were 1048 01:08:14,820 --> 01:08:24,979 watching 1049 01:08:24,979 --> 01:08:28,800 some movies and went drinking, popping some pills. I hadn't been there most of 1050 01:08:28,800 --> 01:08:33,080 the day. Actually, our cleaning lady was at the townhouse we were at together. 1051 01:08:35,210 --> 01:08:39,710 She thought Liz was fine, and I didn't know what she'd been doing, whether 1052 01:08:39,710 --> 01:08:42,990 been drinking or doing her day, but she seemed fine. 1053 01:08:45,350 --> 01:08:52,250 One minute, we were at the microwave heating up some food, and I brought hers 1054 01:08:52,250 --> 01:08:55,670 over to her, went and heated mine up. By the time I got back from the microwave, 1055 01:08:55,910 --> 01:08:59,229 10 feet away, she was what I thought was asleep on the couch. 1056 01:09:00,189 --> 01:09:03,250 And I thought that was strange and asked her, hey. 1057 01:09:03,720 --> 01:09:07,700 I asked her to, hey, Liz, wake up. Your food's going to get cold. And she didn't 1058 01:09:07,700 --> 01:09:13,020 respond. So I knew, well, that's strange. So I got up, and she's maybe 1059 01:09:13,020 --> 01:09:15,660 feet away, and tried to shake her, and she didn't respond. 1060 01:09:17,020 --> 01:09:20,200 And I immediately called 911. 1061 01:09:20,640 --> 01:09:22,580 I was panicked. 1062 01:09:23,020 --> 01:09:26,200 She's laying on the floor. I've tried to pick her up. I've tried to... Okay, 1063 01:09:26,300 --> 01:09:29,680 what I want you to do, I want you to go over and see if she's breathing. 1064 01:09:30,890 --> 01:09:33,970 Sal, please send somebody here who knows what they're doing. 1065 01:09:34,569 --> 01:09:36,930 Listen to me. You have got to help her. 1066 01:09:37,630 --> 01:09:42,490 Lean down. I'm trying. I've been trying to help her. Lean down and check and see 1067 01:09:42,490 --> 01:09:45,550 if she's breathing. Look at her chest. See if it's rising. 1068 01:09:45,810 --> 01:09:47,710 It doesn't look like it is. I'm scared to death. 1069 01:09:51,029 --> 01:09:55,770 When the ambulance gets there and they wheel her out on the gurney and put her 1070 01:09:55,770 --> 01:09:59,070 back in the ambulance, you just figure everything's going to be okay. 1071 01:10:00,440 --> 01:10:04,920 Police were called here about 5 .30 in the morning. A 911 call said a woman was 1072 01:10:04,920 --> 01:10:08,640 unresponsive. A few minutes later, by the time she arrived at Kennetstone 1073 01:10:08,640 --> 01:10:10,240 Hospital, the woman was dead. 1074 01:10:13,140 --> 01:10:18,660 The moment I found out that she had passed, all I remember was it was just 1075 01:10:18,660 --> 01:10:20,740 shock. I remember it was hot. 1076 01:10:21,020 --> 01:10:24,580 I was overheated. I was dehydrated. I felt like I was going to pass out. 1077 01:10:30,060 --> 01:10:35,480 My feelings at that moment, just total disbelief and shock that she didn't make 1078 01:10:35,480 --> 01:10:36,480 it. 1079 01:10:36,540 --> 01:10:40,920 He called me freaking out in tears. 1080 01:10:41,580 --> 01:10:42,580 Stinger, Stinger. 1081 01:10:43,560 --> 01:10:45,240 Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh. 1082 01:10:45,800 --> 01:10:48,540 She's gone. She's gone. She died. She died. 1083 01:10:48,820 --> 01:10:52,320 I don't know what I'm going to do. You know, my life is over. 1084 01:10:56,010 --> 01:10:59,690 I knew, because we talked about it, like, he was really in love with her. I 1085 01:10:59,690 --> 01:11:01,230 mean, he'd have done anything for her. 1086 01:11:01,630 --> 01:11:04,490 And it really took him down when she passed. 1087 01:11:05,810 --> 01:11:10,050 It mentally destroyed him for a long time. 1088 01:11:14,530 --> 01:11:21,070 I was devastated, and I was angry as hell at Lex, which is really immature on 1089 01:11:21,070 --> 01:11:22,230 part, because... 1090 01:11:22,990 --> 01:11:25,770 She made her own decisions and choices. She was an adult woman. 1091 01:11:26,510 --> 01:11:33,390 I felt that Lex took advantage of her and influenced her, you know, and maybe 1092 01:11:33,390 --> 01:11:36,970 took her down that path. I blamed Lex for a long time. 1093 01:11:38,610 --> 01:11:42,390 After I found out, sitting out front of my townhouse, that she didn't make it, 1094 01:11:42,530 --> 01:11:44,650 they arrested me on drug charges. 1095 01:11:45,010 --> 01:11:49,090 Police say his arrest is not connected to Ms. Elizabeth's death, but what 1096 01:11:49,090 --> 01:11:51,130 investigators found inside the townhouse. 1097 01:11:51,630 --> 01:11:54,290 Fole is charged with violating the Controlled Substance Act. 1098 01:11:54,510 --> 01:11:57,750 The charges are spelled out in the new arrest warrant. Lawrence Fole, better 1099 01:11:57,750 --> 01:12:02,050 known as Lex Luger, accused of possessing and selling drugs, drugs like 1100 01:12:02,050 --> 01:12:04,210 steroids and Sazen, a growth hormone. 1101 01:12:05,650 --> 01:12:10,750 Marriage fell apart, divorce, a horrible impact on my children. 1102 01:12:12,110 --> 01:12:18,250 My life had become a total train wreck, and I always think I could pull it back 1103 01:12:18,250 --> 01:12:19,250 together. 1104 01:12:19,580 --> 01:12:21,300 Do one more big run in the ring. 1105 01:12:22,500 --> 01:12:25,120 These people come to see Lex Luger, no doubt. 1106 01:12:25,700 --> 01:12:30,900 The total package has been making a hot trailblazing path on the independent 1107 01:12:30,900 --> 01:12:35,440 scene. My body was starting to break down a little bit. 15 years of high 1108 01:12:35,440 --> 01:12:40,120 college pro football and 15 years of wrestling, almost 5 ,000 matches. Luger 1109 01:12:40,120 --> 01:12:41,079 the ropes. 1110 01:12:41,080 --> 01:12:43,720 Both men trying for a clothesline and stumble. 1111 01:12:44,740 --> 01:12:46,680 I think Luger got the better of that one. 1112 01:12:47,160 --> 01:12:48,580 Dan arrogance, ignorance. 1113 01:12:49,480 --> 01:12:53,900 not realizing that I was in a big -time life -and -death struggle with drugs and 1114 01:12:53,900 --> 01:12:56,780 alcohol. And I kept on thinking I could end it any time I wanted. 1115 01:12:57,400 --> 01:12:59,000 More pills, more alcohol. 1116 01:12:59,300 --> 01:13:02,340 The exact opposite of what you would have thought might have been a wake -up 1117 01:13:02,340 --> 01:13:03,340 call. 1118 01:13:04,860 --> 01:13:10,340 I actually received a five -year sentence for the drugs and did some jail 1119 01:13:10,560 --> 01:13:16,800 got back out, went back to the same lifestyle, but even worse. 1120 01:13:17,570 --> 01:13:22,030 Luger, or Fole as he's known, was arrested on DUI charges, open container, 1121 01:13:22,030 --> 01:13:25,630 proof of insurance, alteration of a tag, and an expired tag. 1122 01:13:26,550 --> 01:13:32,350 Lex was all over the news in Atlanta, and it was just mind -boggling to me how 1123 01:13:32,350 --> 01:13:33,470 far he had fallen. 1124 01:13:35,250 --> 01:13:39,530 I was living out of a hotel room, so all those mansions and all that stuff 1125 01:13:39,530 --> 01:13:44,770 there, I was renting a hotel room to do my community service, and I'd do that 1126 01:13:44,770 --> 01:13:46,110 during the day and go back and get high. 1127 01:13:47,630 --> 01:13:50,790 I wouldn't answer the phone for anybody, my own family, my best friend. 1128 01:13:51,850 --> 01:13:53,610 Really, really dark five -year period. 1129 01:13:55,030 --> 01:13:58,330 There was moments I didn't care whether I woke up or not when things got really 1130 01:13:58,330 --> 01:13:59,330 dark. 1131 01:14:00,270 --> 01:14:05,730 In my cell, in a small jail cell by myself, I actually contemplated climbing 1132 01:14:05,730 --> 01:14:06,870 to the top of the partition. 1133 01:14:07,250 --> 01:14:08,850 There was a real high ceiling in there. 1134 01:14:09,450 --> 01:14:14,170 And standing up on the partition, putting my hands behind my back because 1135 01:14:14,170 --> 01:14:15,370 everything was cement in there. 1136 01:14:16,030 --> 01:14:18,150 and just falling headfirst, and maybe I can end it. 1137 01:14:21,650 --> 01:14:28,130 I was the jail chaplain for 28 years at the Cobb County Adult Detention Center, 1138 01:14:28,270 --> 01:14:35,010 and he had been arrested a few times, and he really, in my 1139 01:14:35,010 --> 01:14:37,030 opinion, he looked beat down. 1140 01:14:38,550 --> 01:14:40,150 And he was kind of scary. 1141 01:14:41,590 --> 01:14:43,030 He kept on trying to... 1142 01:14:43,670 --> 01:14:48,670 Knocked on the window of my jail cell and come see me. I finally was so bored 1143 01:14:48,670 --> 01:14:49,670 gave in. 1144 01:14:49,850 --> 01:14:54,470 He told me when I got out that he wanted me to help him get in shape again. 1145 01:14:55,990 --> 01:14:59,090 When he was released, I found him at a gym. 1146 01:15:00,390 --> 01:15:03,070 At first, he tried to get rid of me. 1147 01:15:03,990 --> 01:15:07,450 I'm going to make him so sore tomorrow at the gym that he'll never set foot in 1148 01:15:07,450 --> 01:15:08,450 the gym again. 1149 01:15:10,390 --> 01:15:12,330 I couldn't get rid of Pastor Steve. 1150 01:15:15,080 --> 01:15:18,900 So I began to just slowly win his trust. 1151 01:15:20,440 --> 01:15:23,920 And I kept on thinking, how did he ever ask me to come to church? And finally, 1152 01:15:24,180 --> 01:15:27,460 he popped a big question. He wanted me to come to a Sunday night service. 1153 01:15:32,640 --> 01:15:37,120 And I went to his church service, and there in front of the church, I never 1154 01:15:37,120 --> 01:15:39,940 him before in person, but after Marvin J. Frady. 1155 01:15:40,380 --> 01:15:42,060 And Lex came to hear Doc. 1156 01:15:43,080 --> 01:15:45,720 My husband of 64 beautiful years. 1157 01:15:47,060 --> 01:15:51,560 And for the first time ever in his life, he came to our little church and sat on 1158 01:15:51,560 --> 01:15:53,800 the back pew. He was scared to death. 1159 01:15:55,120 --> 01:15:59,920 Doc preached on, is your house built on the rock or the sand? 1160 01:16:01,560 --> 01:16:03,160 And man, did he hit me. 1161 01:16:06,520 --> 01:16:07,900 My whole life here. 1162 01:16:08,700 --> 01:16:14,000 I'd been just frittering it away on money and stuff, and I was building my 1163 01:16:14,000 --> 01:16:19,180 life on sinking sand. I had a vision of all my mansions and money and fame and 1164 01:16:19,180 --> 01:16:21,360 stuff being on a beach and being washed away. 1165 01:16:24,580 --> 01:16:27,000 My life really had no true purpose or meaning. 1166 01:16:29,220 --> 01:16:33,040 I went back to my hotel that night, couldn't eat, couldn't sleep. I called 1167 01:16:33,040 --> 01:16:36,020 Pastor Steve up and said, man, something happened to me. 1168 01:16:36,850 --> 01:16:42,350 He came to my hotel room, April 23, 2006, and shared the plan of salvation 1169 01:16:42,350 --> 01:16:44,010 me, the plan that God has for all of us. 1170 01:16:44,470 --> 01:16:47,630 And I asked him, what do I got to do? He said, you got to get down on your knees 1171 01:16:47,630 --> 01:16:48,750 and pray. I'd never done that in my life. 1172 01:16:51,610 --> 01:16:53,430 When I got down on that couch, I was weeping. 1173 01:16:54,650 --> 01:17:00,150 And make a full commitment to come clean and ask for forgiveness and ask Jesus 1174 01:17:00,150 --> 01:17:01,150 to come into my heart. 1175 01:17:02,130 --> 01:17:06,010 I actually saw, when he prayed to Jesus, a physical. 1176 01:17:06,700 --> 01:17:08,980 It was almost like he was in pain. 1177 01:17:09,520 --> 01:17:14,060 I felt instant peace and serenity. People ask, did you feel anything? I go, 1178 01:17:14,180 --> 01:17:17,680 I felt like I kind of got power washed from inside out by the Holy Spirit. 1179 01:17:18,260 --> 01:17:23,540 And I felt a peace and serenity that I'd never felt in my entire life, my first 1180 01:17:23,540 --> 01:17:25,420 47 years of my life at that moment. 1181 01:17:25,920 --> 01:17:30,800 And my life was forever changed from that moment forward in a good way. 1182 01:17:36,629 --> 01:17:37,629 different in him. 1183 01:17:38,530 --> 01:17:44,470 I was able to literally baptize him and watch his life change. 1184 01:17:45,570 --> 01:17:48,110 It was a really powerful moment for Steve and I. 1185 01:17:48,670 --> 01:17:53,510 We were like reunited as now, not just friends, but brothers in Christ. 1186 01:17:54,610 --> 01:17:58,970 In the book of Proverbs, it talks about how a friend is a friend at all times. 1187 01:17:59,090 --> 01:18:01,710 That describes my relationship with Steve. 1188 01:18:02,320 --> 01:18:04,440 Lex, who is the real total package? 1189 01:18:05,700 --> 01:18:10,140 After a long trip, I found that, praise the Lord God, it's a real total package. 1190 01:18:10,220 --> 01:18:14,660 Now I'm an ambassador soldier for our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and God. 1191 01:18:17,020 --> 01:18:18,240 I'm part of his team. 1192 01:18:20,540 --> 01:18:26,280 The first month after I got saved, I had godly remorse for my past, and I knew 1193 01:18:26,280 --> 01:18:27,280 what real sorrow was. 1194 01:18:27,690 --> 01:18:30,610 I was, like, crying all the time until I talked to Dr. Frady one time. He said, 1195 01:18:30,650 --> 01:18:31,890 Lex, you got to let go of the past. 1196 01:18:32,810 --> 01:18:34,770 Those bells have been rung. You can't unring them. 1197 01:18:36,990 --> 01:18:41,270 I'm not talking about the obvious and negative things that affected other 1198 01:18:41,270 --> 01:18:42,270 in my life. 1199 01:18:42,430 --> 01:18:46,390 I would never diminish or disrespect that. I understand their feelings. 1200 01:18:46,930 --> 01:18:49,350 But I had to forgive myself to move forward. 1201 01:18:51,730 --> 01:18:55,390 I look back on devastation with my own children. 1202 01:18:56,240 --> 01:18:58,860 The relationship I don't have with them, understandable. 1203 01:18:59,160 --> 01:19:02,120 There's consequences for the things we did in the past. 1204 01:19:02,720 --> 01:19:06,020 I always hold out hope for that in the future at some point. 1205 01:19:06,920 --> 01:19:09,160 Because they don't really know their new dad. 1206 01:19:15,120 --> 01:19:19,640 After he had gotten saved and after he had gone through this, I was excited. 1207 01:19:20,800 --> 01:19:26,600 To see Lex because we're both going to be at this show in San Francisco. 1208 01:19:27,360 --> 01:19:32,000 The promoter called me and he said, can I meet you at Lex's room? 1209 01:19:32,460 --> 01:19:34,860 He's had some kind of stroke. I'm like, what? 1210 01:19:37,680 --> 01:19:41,320 I had not seen Lex in years. 1211 01:19:42,220 --> 01:19:45,400 And after Elizabeth. 1212 01:19:46,300 --> 01:19:51,320 The drinking and the driving and arrests, I mean, this is not Lex Luger. 1213 01:19:52,060 --> 01:19:58,440 After he had gotten saved and after he'd gone through this, I was excited to see 1214 01:19:58,440 --> 01:20:04,420 Lex because we're both going to be, actually there's like 80 guys going to 1215 01:20:04,420 --> 01:20:06,580 this show in San Francisco. 1216 01:20:07,360 --> 01:20:11,860 He got on the plane and went from Atlanta to San Francisco, five -hour 1217 01:20:13,000 --> 01:20:16,000 I did a heavy shoulder trap and neck workout the night before and got in the 1218 01:20:16,000 --> 01:20:18,700 airplane with my head turned at an unusual angle. 1219 01:20:19,280 --> 01:20:21,060 He was in conversation. 1220 01:20:22,180 --> 01:20:26,660 He had his neck craned the whole time, and at the end of the flight, felt 1221 01:20:26,660 --> 01:20:27,940 stiffness in his neck. 1222 01:20:32,540 --> 01:20:37,480 I woke up the next morning with a stabbing, searing pain in my shoulder 1223 01:20:37,480 --> 01:20:38,480 and realized I couldn't move. 1224 01:20:39,880 --> 01:20:42,580 He didn't realize. I thought maybe it was dehydrated. I was paralyzed from 1225 01:20:42,580 --> 01:20:43,580 down. 1226 01:20:44,060 --> 01:20:49,160 I go down and I grab, you know, Lex up and the other EMT grabs him and we put 1227 01:20:49,160 --> 01:20:54,700 him in there and didn't really notice that he wasn't really being able to 1228 01:20:55,500 --> 01:20:59,820 They're not sure what caused it, but there definitely was massive swelling 1229 01:20:59,820 --> 01:21:03,460 my C5 and my cervical area down to T5, which is about mid chest level. 1230 01:21:03,800 --> 01:21:05,900 And they can't really explain how it happened or why. 1231 01:21:06,640 --> 01:21:08,600 And they don't know whether. 1232 01:21:08,960 --> 01:21:13,220 Maybe some of the bone spurs pierced that central cord that we've got to keep 1233 01:21:13,220 --> 01:21:14,220 protected. 1234 01:21:14,520 --> 01:21:17,260 They saw a little bit of spinal stenosis in there. 1235 01:21:18,120 --> 01:21:22,500 The prognosis was he couldn't move hardly anything. 1236 01:21:23,580 --> 01:21:25,820 They flew him to the Shepherd Center. 1237 01:21:26,660 --> 01:21:29,940 So for like a whole year, he lived in a bed. 1238 01:21:31,120 --> 01:21:36,640 It was a scary thing to find out that he was paralyzed like that and the way it 1239 01:21:36,640 --> 01:21:37,599 went down. 1240 01:21:37,600 --> 01:21:40,160 Then to watch his progress, he came back over time. 1241 01:21:41,300 --> 01:21:45,460 Watching him do his therapy, I can remember in the very, very beginning, he 1242 01:21:45,460 --> 01:21:47,740 in a chair and they had him tied here. 1243 01:21:49,120 --> 01:21:54,840 And they had to untie him for a few moments to, I forget what they were 1244 01:21:54,840 --> 01:21:58,980 to do, but I can remember he literally fell uncontrollably like this forward. 1245 01:21:59,120 --> 01:22:02,500 And I reached out to catch him and I put him back up like this. 1246 01:22:03,760 --> 01:22:05,600 I literally fed him with a fork. 1247 01:22:08,200 --> 01:22:09,440 Because he couldn't feed himself. 1248 01:22:11,940 --> 01:22:12,940 Unbelievable. 1249 01:22:16,120 --> 01:22:17,560 I was stunned by it. 1250 01:22:18,360 --> 01:22:25,220 You know, he's got a great physique and must have been such a challenge 1251 01:22:25,220 --> 01:22:26,220 to overcome. 1252 01:22:28,740 --> 01:22:33,240 I was like, Lord, I don't know how to live this way. So either bring me home 1253 01:22:33,240 --> 01:22:35,120 heaven or teach me how to live this way, man. 1254 01:22:35,790 --> 01:22:38,170 He showed me the way. He was the light through all that. 1255 01:22:39,190 --> 01:22:42,910 And I had really a miraculous recovery. I'm not 100%, obviously. 1256 01:22:44,570 --> 01:22:48,430 I can live independently and feed and bathe myself and dress myself. 1257 01:22:50,370 --> 01:22:54,090 I'm like their 1 % of people with an injury like mine. 1258 01:22:56,010 --> 01:22:59,010 Never got the big muscles back, but still go to the gym a little bit. 1259 01:23:00,630 --> 01:23:02,930 I still love going in and mentoring the young guys. 1260 01:23:04,650 --> 01:23:05,650 Get 10 if you can. 1261 01:23:06,490 --> 01:23:08,090 Lake started training me in the gym. 1262 01:23:08,570 --> 01:23:12,150 He started giving me his personal workout plan and what he ate. 1263 01:23:13,350 --> 01:23:15,390 A lot of people made me who I was. 1264 01:23:16,290 --> 01:23:19,390 I may not have the appreciation back then I should have, but a lot of people 1265 01:23:19,390 --> 01:23:20,390 worked with me. 1266 01:23:20,410 --> 01:23:24,150 People who I wanted to be in life. I feel now I can work with guys like 1267 01:23:24,150 --> 01:23:26,050 and help them get to where they want in life. 1268 01:23:26,610 --> 01:23:28,850 Kind of like a life coach, I guess. 1269 01:23:31,910 --> 01:23:33,250 Now I was trying to give back. 1270 01:23:33,790 --> 01:23:35,850 for everything that he took or stole. 1271 01:23:38,610 --> 01:23:42,490 For 30 years, I was all about Lex, me, myself, and I. 1272 01:23:43,590 --> 01:23:49,350 God's shown me personally that our true strength comes through him, from the 1273 01:23:49,350 --> 01:23:51,850 inside out, not from the outside in. 1274 01:23:52,930 --> 01:23:58,230 A guy who took such pride in his physique, and he was such a physical 1275 01:23:58,550 --> 01:24:01,310 and now to be the opposite of that. 1276 01:24:01,690 --> 01:24:05,190 And then to be around wrestling fans, in my mind, I thought, oh, that must be 1277 01:24:05,190 --> 01:24:06,190 hard. 1278 01:24:06,630 --> 01:24:08,790 And then I look at him, he's beaming. 1279 01:24:10,090 --> 01:24:16,710 He is more cheerful and more friendly than he ever was 1280 01:24:16,710 --> 01:24:19,790 when he was making all that money, when he looked like a million dollars. 1281 01:24:20,590 --> 01:24:24,270 If I knew now what God's taught me now, I could have been a much better leader 1282 01:24:24,270 --> 01:24:27,450 in the locker room. I would have a much better person to be around, much more 1283 01:24:27,450 --> 01:24:28,750 positive, much more encouraging. 1284 01:24:29,960 --> 01:24:31,280 I think about it all the time. 1285 01:24:31,840 --> 01:24:34,140 Here he is, Lex Lugar. 1286 01:24:36,280 --> 01:24:38,400 Sometimes you don't realize what we had until it's gone. 1287 01:24:39,000 --> 01:24:43,960 This is the finest physical specimen in professional sports today. 1288 01:24:44,260 --> 01:24:49,020 Looking back on my career, there's a lot of cool, defining moments in my 15 1289 01:24:49,020 --> 01:24:50,080 -year wrestling career for sure. 1290 01:24:52,500 --> 01:24:56,600 I think of some of my heroes in the wrestling business, there's very few 1291 01:24:56,600 --> 01:24:58,380 are on the same level that Lex was. 1292 01:25:00,460 --> 01:25:04,460 I don't talk about him as being a tragedy because I see him now, and I see 1293 01:25:04,460 --> 01:25:05,600 guy that is so humbled. 1294 01:25:06,420 --> 01:25:08,720 But I wish he hadn't had to go through so much. 1295 01:25:09,520 --> 01:25:12,500 Your heart breaks a little bit for somebody that you know and somebody 1296 01:25:12,500 --> 01:25:14,380 friend that had to go through what he went through. 1297 01:25:14,980 --> 01:25:17,880 But on the other hand, he came out of it stronger than ever. 1298 01:25:18,960 --> 01:25:23,700 He staked our careers on never, ever backing away from a challenge. 1299 01:25:23,940 --> 01:25:27,660 His enthusiasm for life is remarkable. 1300 01:25:28,160 --> 01:25:29,480 I want to be like that. 1301 01:25:30,600 --> 01:25:33,780 There's a verse in the Bible that said, I've finished the race, I have fought 1302 01:25:33,780 --> 01:25:34,780 the good fight. 1303 01:25:34,880 --> 01:25:38,720 This is the total package, Lex Luger. 1304 01:25:40,500 --> 01:25:42,040 I guess that's how I'd like to be remembered. 118783

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