• “I wish I hadn’t done that” – Lex Luger Recalls His Regret
During an appearance on the ‘Pro Wrestling 4 Life’ podcast of X-Pac (Sean Waltman fka The 1-2-3 Kid), Lex Luger spoke about leaving the World Wrestling Federation in 1995 to join Ted Turner’s World Championship Wrestling and show up as a surprise on the debut episode of WCW Monday NITRO.
The Total Package revealed that he regrets not telling Vince McMahon that he would leave the promotion, but instead kept it a secret, which he was asked to do by WCW President Eric Bischoff.
You can watch his surprise appearance on NITRO below:
Here’s what Luger told Waltman:
“It was hard to keep a secret, so Eric wanted to be totally secret to leave.
I was still negotiating on a handshake to stay in the WWF, and for me to walk out there and not give any notice to Vince, looking back now, I wish I hadn’t done that.
I did what I thought was best at the time for my career. Me, myself, and I.
Hopefully if I’d have done it again, I wouldn’t have done that to Vince. I felt, even back then, felt really bad about that.”
Also Read: Lex Luger On Why He Didn’t Win The WWF Championship At SummerSlam 1993
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• ON THIS DAY IN WCW HISTORY (April 20, 1998) – WCW MONDAY NITRO
On this day in 1998, Ted Turner’s World Championship Wrestling aired another LIVE episode of their weekly TV show ‘WCW MONDAY NITRO’.
It was broadcasted from the World Arena in Colorado Springs, Colorado and featured matches, interviews & storyline segments on the road to the ‘WCW Slamboree 1998’ PPV.
The card can be found here:
– Konnan vs. Chris Adams
– The Barbarian vs. Wayne Bloom
– Chris Jericho vs. Juventud Guerrera
– US Title: Bill Goldberg vs. Raven
– Perry Saturn vs. Hammer
– Scott Steiner & Buff Bagwell vs. Public Enemy
– Booker T. vs. Psychosis
– La Parka vs. Ultimo Dragon
– Chris Benoit vs. Curt Hennig
– Lex Luger vs. Brian Adams
– WCW World Title: Randy Savage vs. Hollywood Hogan
