Updated 05-May-2020.
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My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: Lex Luger is an american retired professional wrestler, television producer, bodybuilder and football player . in 2011 he began working with WWE on their wellness policy . he is best known for his work with Jim Crockett Luger was the 1994 Royal Rumble co-winner with Bret Hart . he is the second WCW Triple Crown Champion . Luger is an avid basketball player in his youth . sat out the 1977 season as a redshirt transfer student in Coral Gables . played professional football for the Montreal Alouettes of the cfl . signed with the nfl’s green bay Luger wore number 66 for the Packers, the last player to do so before it was retired for Ray Nitschke . in 1984, Luger finished his football career playing for the Tampa Bay Bandits, Memphis Showboats Luger adopted the ring name “Lex Luger”, being a fan of the comic book villain Lex Luthor . he was featured alongside other notorious heels, Percy Pringle and Rick Rude . Lu Luger wins the Southern Heavyweight Championship from Wahoo McDaniel . he feuded with Barry Windham before teaming up with Sir Oliver Humperdink . on September 1, 1986, he first big feud was with Nikita Koloff, whom he defeated for the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship . he knocked Koloff unconscious with chair over top of cage while referee Earl Hebner a revived Hebner then dropped Koloff’s arm three times with no response and awarded Luger a submission victory . he held the title until JCP’s first pay-per-view event starrcade first match as a team was on February 3, 1988 at a TV taping at WTBS Studios in Atlanta . on march 27, 1988 they defeated Tully Blanchard and Arn Anderson for the NWA World Tag Team Championship in 1988, Jim Crockett Jr. sold JCP to Turner Broadcasting System . feud with Flair ended after December’s Starrcade 1988: True Gritt . in a rematch main event for Michael P.S. Hayes defeated Luger for the US title at WrestleWar 1989: Music City Showdown . a surprise appearance by his ex-Freebird teammate Terry Gordy helped cost Luger the title from Hayes in a rematch a couple of weeks later when he broke the rules . Luger attacked the popular Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat after Steamboat had defeated Terry Funk by disqualification Sting is no.1 contender for Flair’s world title . Luger is booked to defend the U.S. Title against “Dr. Death” Steve Williams . Sting gets pinfall victories over Muta and a legitimate injury to Sting caused the entire booking of the card to get changed . the idea was to build Luger up as a “changed man” that had “gained self-respect” by saving St Luger’s third title reign lasted a total of 523 days, making him longest reigning United States Champion in history . he started a feud with Dan Spivey, whom he defeated at Wrest Nikita Koloff was due to present a new championship belt to Luger . but he attacked the champion, reigniting their feud from 1987 . Koloff interfered and hit Sting with a chain Barry Windham quits the company and took the world title belt with him . he was declared the no. 2 contender and was set to face Luger in the cage match . Luger initially wore the NWA Western States Heritage Championship . the belt had been altered to resemble the world title . he had a brief feud with Rick Steiner . Luger’s contract only required him to work a specific number of dates . he “sat out” the end of 1991 and beginning of 1992 . Luger was injured in a motorcycle accident . “the Narcissist” posed before full-length mirrors before every match . he had a metal plate inserted into his forearm which caused more damage when it struck an opponent . the gi the Narcissist’s one major feud was with Mr. Perfect . his advisor referred to him as being “Beyond Perfection” a number of his opponents demanded that he wear an elbow pad the match ended at WrestleMania IX when Luger defeated Perfect . he arrived by helicopter on the deck of the USS Intrepid and body slammed the near 600 pound (270 kg) WW yokozuna retained the title after a countout victory . in late 1993, Luger began a feud with another anti-American foreigner . at the royal rumble, he participated in the both received shots at the WWF World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania X . Luger was disqualified in his title match against Yokozuna . later that night Hart won the title from Y a tag team made their pay-per-view debut at WrestleMania XI, defeating the Blu Brothers . they defeated jobbers on Raw and earned a shot at the WWF Tag Team Championship tweener fought in a triangle match with Sting and Ric Flair . he fought with Randy Savage for the www world championship . Luger lost to Eddie Guerrero by disqualification on the February 3 episode of Saturday Night . he also defeated Johnny B. Badd for the television title on February 17, losing it back to him the next night . former WWF superstars Scott Hall and Kevin Nash claimed they were “taking over” the company . Randy Savage spearheaded the wrestlers against them, with Luger and Sting by his side . Savage and St at SuperBrawl VII, Luger and The Giant defeated the Outsiders to win the world tag team championship . it was the first time in a year that “won their world title back” from the n he had a short feud with Buff Bagwell in the fall of 1997 . he defeated him at Souled Out and SuperBrawl VIII . after a long war with the nWo, Luger played a central role in the group’s war with Hogan’s nWo Hollywood . he helped Sting win the world title at Fall Brawl in September 1999 . Lex Luger debuted his gimmick on the 1999 episode of Nitro . he went by the name “the total package” after falling in love with his manager . the total package had some disagreements with Sting in 2000, he formed an alliance with Ric Flair to take out Hulk Hogan . they later formed a tag team under the name Team Package . he faced Booker T on the November 20, 2000 episode he formed a tag team with Buff Bagwell named “Totally Buffed” they defeated goldberg and dewayne Bruce in a match at Sin in January 2001 . Luger stayed in the team until the WWF as one of the people helping Sting prepare for his upcoming match against Jeff Jarrett . he debuted in November in Dublin, Ireland, teaming with Sting to defeat Buff Bagwell and Malice . Luger made his final appearance with WWA on December 13, in Zürich, Switzerland . he lost the WWA World Heavyweight Championship to Sting in a three-way dance . Luger’s final match took place on WWE is trying to prevent the young guys from going down the same path as we did back in the ’80s and ’90s . Cobb County police found Hulette with two bruised eyes, a bump on her head two days later on April 21, Luger was arrested for driving under the influence . according to the police report, Luger had slurred speech and bloodshot eyes . he was also driving with a suspended license for Luger was charged with 13 felony counts of drug possession . he was released the following day on $27,500 bail . miss Elizabeth’s death was eventually ruled accidental . Luger was initially detained in the Hennepin County jail . he was tried in Georgia and sentenced to four months in Cobb County Jail . after an intravenous antibiotic treatment, he is expected to make in 2010, Luger stated in an interview that he was able to walk more comfortably . he emotionally discussed the downward turn of his career and personal life . Luger credits Steve Baskin, the pastor of western hills Baptist church The Super Powers and The Road Warriors Feud of the Year (1988, 1990) with Sting vs. The Steiner Brothers at SuperBrawl . Ranked No. 2 of the top 500 singles wrestle 90 of the top 100 tag teams of the PWI Years with Sting and Barry Windham . in 2003 world wrestling all-stars WWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) with Bret Hart1 Slammy Award for Most Patriot