Top 10 best Lex Luger matches.

[J is Justice]

I thought I'd do something different this time.

Lex was considered to be a pretty average wrestler in-ring wise, so let's see if we can make a top 10 greatest matches list for him.

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Tall order, friend. Lex Luger was balls. His top ten matches list will double as a top ten guys who can carry guys list.

He was likable, but he makes Dave Batista look like Dean Malenko.

[tms]

There's no reason he couldn't have been at least Triple H level in terms of in-ring performance. He had top-tier strength with good speed and overall athleticism. He just didn't care much about the craft. Kind of a smaller, more athletic Sid in that they created a lot of buzz starting out, were always over with the fans and had terrific physiques, but plateaued way too soon and didn't do much in the way of improvement. I'd say his match with Hogan pre-Starrcade 97 HAS to be #1.

[MichaelMartini]

I'd put World War 3 96 in there. Even though he didn't win he looked like a beast in that match.

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I was always too distracted by his OUWFFFF! selling noises to realize if his matches were any good.

[Todd Pettengill]

Lex vs the T-Shirt = #1.

Does him winning the Body Slam Challenge count?

[Bishblast]

He was fairly decent in the late 80s and very early 90s (or at least he had some notably good matches with some great workers and it seemed like he actually cared), so this might not end up being too hard... I guess number one would be the Starrcade one with with Flair, right? Also his other early matches with Flair, GAB match with Ricky Steamboat, and I believe his match with Pillman at HH 89 was quite good. It's been a while, but I also remember a tag match with him and Sting against the Steiner Brothers being pretty entertaining. Not one of his better matches, but his Nitro encounter with Hogan needs to be mentioned for the crowd heat, alone.

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When it comes to Luger, you should really focus on 1988-1991 if you want to find some good Luger matches.

The obvious ones are the Flair series, the tags with Windham against Tully/Arn, Steamboat from GAB, Pillman from HH 89, the match with Sting against The Steiners. Personally, my favorite Luger matches that not many people talk about:

-Lex Luger vs Stan Hansen at Halloween Havoc '90
-Lex Luger vs Tommy Rich from NWA Power Hour 8/18/89
-Lex Luger vs Dan Spivey at WrestleWar 91
-Lex Luger vs Barry Windham at Chi-Town Rumble

Then again, I'm a Luger mark.

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

His match against Hogan where he won the title has real emotional significance, it's one of these matches that technically isn't very good but overcomes that by being entertaining and notable. In fact I think he actually beat Hogan clean with the torture rack?

[Oh Cry Me a Screwball]

Sept 23, 2013 7:20:43 GMT -5 "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay said:

His match against Hogan where he won the title has real emotional significance, it's one of these matches that technically isn't very good but overcomes that by being entertaining and notable. In fact I think he actually beat Hogan clean with the torture rack?

He beat Hogan better than clean. He actually held off the entire nWo and then got Hogan to submit to the Torture Rack.

[dav]

I'd say his match against Yokozuna at SuumerSlam '93 is really underrated. If it wasn't for the ending, I'd rank it even higher.

[Dave the Dave]

I don't know, but that WCW guitar riff theme of his will be in my head for the day now.

[Ryushinku]

The match itself is pretty bad, but that ending is awesome yeah.

The Dan Spivey bout is seriously slept on, good call there. I've also always been a fan of the Starrcade '95 three-way with Sting and Flair, for the character work all round there.

Think Bret also got him to a pretty good match for the US Title at some point, I vaguely remember...like '98 or '99.

[RowdyRobbyPiper]

I have a great fondness for his match with Flair from the '88 Great American Bash.

[J is Justice]

Here's how it looks, so far:

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7. w/ Sting Vs. The Steiner Brothers (Superbrawl I)
8. Vs. Brian Pillman (Halloween Havoc (1989)
9. Vs. Ricky Steamboat (Great American Bash 1989)
10. Vs. Hollywood Hogan (WCW Nitro 08/04/1997)

[Todd Pettengill]

I still think the body slam challenge should count.

[Crappler El 0 M]

Sorry for not having specific dates and events, but he had good matches with Ricky Steamboat, Ric Flair, and Brian Pillman in 1989 to 1991 or so. Really. Sting and Luger had a great tag match with the Steiners on PPV around 1991 or so.

[MichaelMartini]

Sept 23, 2013 18:29:25 GMT -5 J is Justice said:

Here's how it looks, so far:

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7. w/ Sting Vs. The Steiner Brothers (Superbrawl I)
8. Vs. Brian Pillman (Halloween Havoc (1989)
9. Vs. Ricky Steamboat (Great American Bash 1989)
10. Vs. Hollywood Hogan (WCW Nitro 08/04/1997)

What's wrong with WW3 96?

[J is Justice]

Sept 24, 2013 1:08:09 GMT -5 MichaelMartini said:

Sept 23, 2013 18:29:25 GMT -5 J is Justice said:

Here's how it looks, so far:

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7. w/ Sting Vs. The Steiner Brothers (Superbrawl I)
8. Vs. Brian Pillman (Halloween Havoc (1989)
9. Vs. Ricky Steamboat (Great American Bash 1989)
10. Vs. Hollywood Hogan (WCW Nitro 08/04/1997)

What's wrong with WW3 96?

I was waiting for one more person to suggest it.

[MichaelMartini]

Sept 24, 2013 10:27:06 GMT -5 J is Justice said:

Sept 24, 2013 1:08:09 GMT -5 MichaelMartini said:

What's wrong with WW3 96?

I was waiting for one more person to suggest it.

I just watched the ending again. Wasn't as good as I remember. Only a really good 3 minute stretch at the end.