I'd just like to say I've finally seen...

[Guest Dmann2000]

And boy was that hype not overrated, that was a hellacool match.

 

That is all.

[Rendclaw 0]

yes, even with the Nikita Koloff interference.... that match could have gone another 15-20 minutes and not gotten boring.

[Guest Dynamite Kido]

Dude, glad to see you enjoyed that one.

[Guest Dmann2000]

Dude, glad to see you enjoyed that one.

Well I shipped your tapes out today Priority Mail, so you should get them soon.

[Guest Boo_Bradley]

I'll forever maintain Luger is highly under rated by the Smarks

[Guest WrestlingDeacon]

Luger was pretty good until he went to the WWF then he slowly eroded from there. Wolf Pack Luger is one of the worst wrestlers I've ever seen.

 

Also, it doesn't hurt that Luger had the primo of NWA guys helping to carry him to good matches back in the day. I think after getting screwed over the World Title so many times in different feds that he just stopped giving a shit.

[Guest Choken One]

Yeah he stopped giving a shit after his Elbow Injury and he learned "Hey...I'm a Marquee Player now...no effort is needed".

[Guest HartFan86]

I think that match still lives up to the hype. Hell of a tag match.

[Guest DeputyHawk]

I think after getting screwed over the World Title so many times in different feds that he just stopped giving a shit.

What's the story with this? I've heard that Luger got screwed over with the NWA title - that Dusty told Flair to lose almost every night for a year and every night Flair would veto it - and I've also heard that Luger turned down the opportunity to wear the gold as he didn't think he was up to it (or didn't want to have the stigma of tanking the company). Which is true?

[Guest WrestlingDeacon]

The true story of what I know, is that Dusty and a lot of others wanted to put the belt on Luger on several occaisions and Flair vetoed it during their feud in '88. Then again in '90 when Sting blew out his knee, they wanted to move it to Luger again and Flair begged to wait and drop it to Sting upon his return. Notice that Luger didn't win the NWA title until after Flair left for the WWF.

 

Then during Luger's time in the WWF, he was supposed to win the belt at SummerSlam, but Vince wanted to stretch things out until Wrestlemania. During that time, it became apparent that the fans wanted Hart and Vince did that double elimination at the Rumble to gauge fan response. The plan was then for Luger to beat Yoko in the first title match of the night at Wrestlemania, then go on to drop it to Bret. However, Luger wound up flapping his gums in a bar and a reporter picked up on him slated to win the title and published it in the Sunday's paper. Of course, this was still the days of kayfabe and a pissed off Vince changed the booking to Luger jobbing to Yoko.

[Guest HartFan86]

I also remember the theory about the double elimination at Rumble 94 to see who got the louder ovation. Basically a test on the crowd, and was rather smart.

[Guest alfdogg]

It was an awesome match, but I think Steiners vs Bret/Owen was better.

[Guest Boo_Bradley]

Luger put on some good stuff in WCW after his mid 90's return. Of course I'm entertained by matches that others wouldn't be (Tyfoon/Yoko, for example)

[Guest cue_meanie]

The best part was the Koloff interview afterwards, "Sting...You were in the wrrong place and wrrong time" just the way he said it with the rolling of the Rr's was fuckin classic

[Guest BAR]

That's an unbelievable match. My second favourite WCW tag match though. I think Spring Stampede '99 is a bit better.

[Guest Loss4Words]

According to the latest Observer, Luger and Flair never really had any major problems until 1990. It was a week before Wrestlemania and management was convinced that Flair was the reason business was down and the decision was made to put the title on Luger on a house show in an attempt to upstage Warrior's title win a week later. It's a complicated story, but it went back and forth a few times over whether or not it would happen in Chicago or St. Louis.

 

Flair had a clause in his contract that stated that he be notified in advance in writing anytime they wanted him to drop the title. This did not happen and Flair refused to job the title to Luger anyway, saying they should wait for Sting's return. He and Herd ended up in a shouting match.

 

Luger, who did not want the title just a few weeks earlier at Wrestle War, now decided he did and never forgave Flair for not putting him over. In fact, he was the one who persuaded Nash to bury Flair when Kev had the book in '99, and Nash has openly admitted as much.

 

The problems in 1988 were between Flair and Dusty and Luger was unfortunately caught in the middle. The problems in 1990 started with Flair and Herd and Luger ended up eternally hating Flair as a result.

[Guest DeputyHawk]

Eternally hating? Really? When they were paired up in early 2000 WCW, they genuinely seemed to be having a great time together in promos with Mean Gene and such. Like when you can tell guys who really get on. Strange.