2004 Lex Luger talks WCW and More

Lex Luger, is an American retired https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodybuilder, and football player. He is best known for his work with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crockett_Promotions, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling (WCW), and the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE Luger is a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WCW_World_Heavyweight_Champions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Heavyweight_Championship and one-time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWA_World_Heavyweight_Championship. He is also a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WWE_United_States_Champions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_United_States_Championship who holds the records for consecutive days and total days as champion. He is the second https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_Crown_(professional_wrestling)#List_of_WCW_Triple_Crown_winners. Although he never won a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_championship in the WWF, he challenged for every title in the organization (including https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_World_Championship matches at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SummerSlam_(1993) in 1993 and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania_X in 1994) and was the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Rumble_(1994) co-winner with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bret_Hart. Luger went to work for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crockett_Promotions (JCP), which was under the NWA banner, with the nickname "The Total Package" and began using "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex_Luger#In_wrestling", an https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backbreaker#Argentine_backbreaker_rack, as his finisher. He was first https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_professional_wrestling_terms#B as an associate to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ric_Flair's "Four Horsemen" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_professional_wrestling_terms#S until https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ole_Anderson was kicked out and he became an official member of the group. His first big https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feud_(professional_wrestling) was with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikita_Koloff, whom he defeated for the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_United_States_Championship on July 11, 1987. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manager_(professional_wrestling) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._J._Dillon threw a chair over the top of the cage while the referee, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Hebner, was down. Luger knocked Koloff unconscious with it and then lifted up Koloff in the Torture Rack. 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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pay-per-view event https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starrcade_(1987) in November, when he https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_professional_wrestling_terms#D it to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusty_Rhodes in a steel cage. This loss set the stage for Luger leaving the Four Horsemen, as manager Dillon's interference cost Luger the match. A steel chair thrown in by Dillon was dropped by Luger and Rhodes DDT'd Luger on it prior to pinning him for the win. United States Heavyweight Champion (1989–1990). World Heavyweight Champion (1991–1992) Luger again began to challenge Ric Flair for the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Heavyweight_Championship after becoming No.1 contender by defeating The Great Muta on the June 14, 1991 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clash_of_the_Champions_XV:_Knocksville_USA. Luger's title match against Flair was set to be contested at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_American_Bash_(1991) in a steel cage match with the added https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stipulation that, should Flair get disqualified he would lose the title. The match never occurred, however, as Flair began to have disagreements with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Herd, the head of WCW, over his future and salary. He eventually quit the company (being "stripped" of the title in the process) and took https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Gold_Belt with him. With the WCW World Heavyweight Championship now vacant, Barry Windham was declared the No. 2 contender and was set to face Luger in the cage match at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_American_Bash_(1991). During the match, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Race and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Hughes came to ringside. While Hughes kept Windham's attention, Race told Luger that "now is the time" to perform a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piledriver_(professional_wrestling) on the distracted Windham. Luger did so and won the match, thereby winning his first WCW World Heavyweight Championship. Return to WCW (1995–2001) Eight days after his appearance at SummerSlam and only one night after competing at a WWF https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_show in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_John,_New_Brunswick,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex_Luger#...