The following are highlights from a recent Lex Luger interview with Steve and the Scum of WGD Weekly:<\/p>\n
On the passing of Miss Elizabeth: “It was a very dark, sad time in my personal life\u2026I\u2019ve made a lot of bad choices outside of the ring over the years that led to me giving up my family, my beautiful wife and two children\u2026I developed a double life and there was a lot of collateral damage from that to my friends, my family and those closest to me including Miss Elizabeth. She always will be the first lady of wrestling\u2026it was a real tragedy, I was living a lifestyle back then, a lot of drugs, alcohol, I call it the life of folly in my book, it led to a lot of tragic things and that was the biggest tragedy you could ever think of to have a close friend like Elizabeth as a result of it. People say well Lex, you didn\u2019t make her drink or shove pills down her throat, but I was a very big influence on her life at the time and I was doing that and she wanted to do what I did, so if you talk about regrets in the past guys, we can\u2019t erase the past and we have got to take responsibility and I take a lot of responsibility for that tragic event and what happened.”<\/p>\n
On Vince McMahon buying WCW and the last edition of Nitro: “I was happy for Vince because I knew, man, he had won, that was a genuine moment for him, I was like, yeah, buddy, everybody had you counted out there when we were beating you for \u201cx\u201d amount of weeks straight, I was happy for him.”<\/p>\n
On WrestleMania X, not becoming WWE Champion and internet rumors: “Contrary to what is said, Vince never promised me the belt\u2026he never made me any promises at WrestleMania between Bret, or I, or Yoko\u2026nor did I expect him to make any, why would he, I was thrilled to be a part of the main event of WrestleMania\u2026it\u2019s funny I was talking to a guy in an interview recently and a guy said, \u2018It was on your Wikipedia that you were drunk the night before at a bar at WrestleMania 10 and you were supposed to win the belt and Vince got mad at you,\u2019 I wasn\u2019t even anywhere near New York. I was with my wife and two kids in Hartford, Connecticut, staying with friends the night before WrestleMania\u2026I did a lot of stupid stuff back then, but that wasn\u2019t one of them\u2026rumor becomes fact sometimes, I laughed at that for years, of all the stupid dumb stuff I did outside of the ring, that was one that I didn\u2019t do\u2026I always found that humorous, crazy how rumors can start\u2026Who came up with that one?”<\/p>\n
On Vince Russo coming in as head writer for WCW: “I think that Russo and Ferrara did their best to create a young, fresh group of guys, kind of doing an invasion like the now did and really on paper, a pretty good idea. They had a great reputation coming from the WWF for being very creative, really when we found ourselves slipping, consensus wise most of the guys were pretty excited that they were coming in and I think they gave it their very best effort, and the young guys came in and gave it their best effort, I think part of the problem was for when the young guys, when they came in and were beating these legendary guys like Hogan\u2026in the middle of the ring\u2026I think the fans as much as they love seeing young talent emerge, I think it was almost like a little bit too much too soon in my opinion and the fans didn\u2019t really buy into it like they had hoped. It was a good idea but the fans didn\u2019t quite buy into it\u2026they did their best, but things just didn\u2019t work out the way they hoped, it wasn\u2019t from a lack of effort on the new guys part, the writers or the young wrestlers, it just didn\u2019t get over the way they had hoped\u2026but I didn\u2019t think it was a bad idea.”<\/p>\n
On Ric Flair and being in the Four Horsemen: “Ric lived his persona both in the ring and out of the ring, I found that out right away, I feel like for about three years there hanging out with the Horseman, I feel like I didn\u2019t sleep for almost three years\u2026Ric could stay up all night\u2026then he go to the gym and work out with me, then he go and wrestle and hour broadway, I don\u2019t know how he did it\u2026Ric will always tell you image is everything, he always had a limo waiting for us, we flew usually private or if we flew commercial, first class, stay at really nice hotels\u2026Ric was everything he said he was both in and out of the ring, that\u2019s for sure.”<\/p>\n
On Ric Flair leaving WCW and taking their world title to WWE with him: “I was scheduled to wrestle Ric in the cage and I was scheduled to win the title that night\u2026I wasn\u2019t told a lot, but they told me, we\u2019re putting you in the cage with Ric and you\u2019re winning the world title\u2026as far as what happened after that, it was political stuff behind the scenes that I was not privy to, I heard that Ric was trying to negotiate a new contract, and I wanted the best for Ric, so when Ric ended up on television with the belt in the competing organization, I never had any hard feelings about that because I knew Ric had worked so hard and had such an incredible career, he was trying to do what was best for him and his family, from a business sense, I never took it personally\u2026I was disappointed I didn\u2019t get to wrestle Ric in the cage to win the world title, but I wasn\u2019t upset with Ric that he went and did what he had to do and what he thought was best business wise for Ric Flair\u2026WCW at the time, they were negotiating with Ric almost right up until the day of the match \u2026to still come in and do the match, it just fell apart at the last minute\u2026Ric almost was WCW, so for Ric to leave was a huge void and vacuum that myself and nobody could possibly even entertain the thought of replacing\u2026they didn\u2019t even have a belt ready yet\u2026I think a lot of the guys were disappointed that Ric wasn\u2019t there, but the show must go on.”<\/p>\n
You can listen to the complete Lex Luger interview below:<\/p>\n
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