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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2014 7:45:54 GMT -5
Long story short, Luger wasn't drawing at house shows and they got cold feet about making him "the guy."
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Post by Mr. Old School™ on Apr 28, 2014 9:51:06 GMT -5
Yep, all the big celebration with the balloons and babyfaces was all for a ing count-out. Whoop-dee- ing-do. Lol. I can still hear Vince on commentary saying "Luger did it!! Luger did it!! Luger did the impossible!! He defeated Yokozuna!!" He tried his hardest to get that over, but I still feel after all that build-up, it was a complete dud for a win. A ing count-out. Wow...Still boggles my mind to this day.
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Post by mikey1974 on Apr 28, 2014 17:57:22 GMT -5
Maybe Vince was thinking Hogan would come back and was saving that moment for him?? It appeared Vince McMahon was like a young teenage girl in his relationship with Hogan. Hogan could do anything and Vince would still take him back. I mean, take Wrestlemania IX for example. It was like Vince had a new crush in Bret Hart, and then Hogan comes back and it's like "oh my God!!! We gotta put the belt back on Hogan!! He's the best!!" and he does that and the fans shat all on it. So I actually think Vince was keeping the belt on Yoko in case Hogan came back. But in 1994 with him and WCW being in talks, it was like Vince got all mad about it, and said "Fine then, I will make Bret champion again" like a jealous ex girlfriend. That's just always the feeling I got when it came to Hogan and Vince, that they were just a couple where one controlled the other with his emotions. At this juncture, Vince McMahon knew he could not rely in Hulk Hogan anymore. Hogan didn't fit in with what McMahon wanted for the New Generation Era. The whole thing with Lex Luger at SummerSlam 1993 make zero sense. To play fantasy booking for just a moment. I would have Luger win the WWF Championship and drop it back to Yokozuna on RAW about two months later. Could have added heat for the All Americans vs. The Foreign Fanatics match at the 1993 Survivor Series. From there, you could have done the title switch to Bret Hart at WrestleMania X. From watching the RAW's from the latter half of 1993, the WWF's booking was lazy and haphazard. I can see why some crap all over the WWF from 1993-1997. this. have Ludvig Borga cost Luger the Belt to Yoko, making a Luger-Borga feud red hot.
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Post by mikey1974 on Apr 28, 2014 17:59:09 GMT -5
the best part of this,though, was Cornette interrupting the celebratory promo at the opening on Raw the next night to proclaim,rightfully, that Luger blew it!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2014 6:51:57 GMT -5
Glad it didn't happen.
Luger (with that gimmick) was so f*cking outdated and cheap that the fans saw right through it. That American superhero crap had ran its course and was outdated by 1990.
They should've kept Luger heel as "The Narcissist".
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