Jim Cornette's Watch-Along: Yokozuna vs. Lex Luger at SummerSlam 1993
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- From Episode 345 of the Jim Cornette Experience
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Jim Cornette is literally the greatest thing in wresting today.
LeoGotRock same here and drink heavily
I always sleep with either the TV or radio on, and I've listened to Jim almost every night for over a year 😂😂😂
@LeoGotRock same..and piddle my pud...
@LeoGotRock big facts 😀
But he’s not really in the business
Listening to Jim Cornette is more entertaining than today's wrestling.
i said that 10 years ago
Modern wrestling is not real wrestling. It's unbelievably coordinated ballet. I'd rather watch any old match.
Ah yes, the count out victory. What better reason to drop balloons.
Talking about the balloon drop at the end, Brian: Things are starting to drop right now. Jim: Yeah, enthusiasm!!!!! Line of the watch-along!!! Love these shows, best podcasts on here!
😂😂😂😂💀
Haha
It wasnt a slam, but Shawn simultaneously threw Yokozuna and Vader over the top rope in the 96 Rumble. Arguably the most preposterous spot in wrestling history up to that point.
That was ridiculous it usually took 8 men to eliminate Yoko and Vader
Maybe Yokozuna and Vader leaning on each other made them top heavy so Shawn didn’t have to push much to have them go over the top lol
@@MorganTyler86 During that time nobody talks about this but It was a *Super Shawn* at one time..
That ending of the match was the Participation Ribbon of celebrations.
Thus, creating the wrestling we have today! 😁
He was supposed to win the belt but Bret started crying backstage. He said he paid the dues and worked hard for WWF and deserved the push. He had also told Patterson to put Hogan Vs Bret in Vince's mind. Hogan refused.
Anyway the post Balloons and crackers celebrations were planned because Luger was winning the belt.
Patterson and Prichard told that they should drag Yoko Luger rivalry to Wrestlemania. Then in 94 they told Vince that Luger isn't drawing and told Vince to put the belt on Bret and hence they did a double elimination because Vince was still confused. But when Patterson and Brisco told Vince if they go with Luger they will quit WWF along with Bret, Vince decided to not put the belt on Luger.
Yoko had tremendous cardio for a man of his size in his younger years. Extremely underrated wrestler and champion.
For sure.
Banzai!!!!!!
Yokozuna is imo the greatest super heavyweight wrestler of all time and my favorite wrestler of all time. RIP. Gone from this world but never ever forgotten.
Oh, and I am glad that he kept the title at SS. Yoko was a far better worker than Lex, and losing that match completely so soon after winning the title again would have buried him, especially after his hogan loss at WM (which at least had somewhat of an excuse because he had already wrestled a whole match prior).
I look forward to these watchalongs all week.
Love to see them do Bret Vs Bulldog from December 1995 next!
Love these watch-alongs. Thanks, guys!
Comparing Cornette's review to OSW's review is like night and day - especially regarding who actually got gassed first.
I see a bit of both sides. Like Cornette, everyone who worked with Yoko during his top run spoke about what a great worker he was, Nash and Taker in partucular. I don't think you can judge him gassing out in the same as other people although he was obviously knackered by the end.
Worst build up to a babyface not winning a world title!
“Yoko’s ass bouncing better than the ring ropes” Jim Cornette 2020. Pure gold.
The thumbnail looks like theo von.
Dueling cocainest!
@@benjaminubben4436 gang
Rat king gang gang
Keep these watch alongside coming!
More watch alongs! These are fantastic
Jim. The wrestling treasure we all need. One of , if not , the greatest wrestling mind we have. Best podcaster in the buisness by far.
I remember meeting Lex during his Lex Express tour when he visited the North Riverside Mall in Illinois. Waited like an hour to meet him.
He was supposed to win the belt but Bret started crying backstage. He said he paid the dues and worked hard for WWF and deserved the push. He had also told Patterson to put Hogan Vs Bret in Vince's mind. Hogan refused.
Anyway the post Balloons and crackers celebrations were planned because Luger was winning the belt.
Patterson and Prichard told that they should drag Yoko Luger rivalry to Wrestlemania. Then in 94 they told Vince that Luger isn't drawing and told Vince to put the belt on Bret and hence they did a double elimination because Vince was still confused. But when Patterson and Brisco told Vince if they go with Luger they will quit WWF along with Bret, Vince decided to not put the belt on Luger.
Corny was literally at ring side when Ahmed slammed Yokozuna. come on man ;_; it's like the one of the two good things he did in WWF
Jim has always helped with my anxiety.
Great! Now all I need is a place where I can watch the match for free 🤣
From personal experience, a metal plate would hurt the person with the plate far more than it would the person getting hit. I still have plates in my lower right leg from a soccer injury years ago, and anytime I hit the plate on something particularly hard, it feels like my entire lower leg is on fire.
I Bet Cold Weather is Torture on Them Plates...
I Myself Have Missing Bone Structure...but I Don't Have TheSurgicalMetal.
@@aretnap3653 yes it is. I have plates and screws in my ankle basically holding my my foot and leg together from a sledding accident 25 years ago. On the wrong day it still acts up. As the older folks say, I can tell when rain is coming.
"You can't apply logic to an illogical situation."
I actually have the same plate in the arm Lex has....snapped it in a car crash on the steering wheel. I can totally vouch...my forearm has never been the same even with the plate and screws....when I try to lift something heavy I have nerve pain that shoots like crazy....
Point being, I would NEVER try to running arm tackle somebody with that arm 🤣🤣🤦🏻♂️
@@thomaskrug9277 I live in Thailand now, and it's the humidity that does it. I can tell when it's going to rain.
Cornette the Express were badassmfrs back in the days of good wrestling and today he is a beacon of profane hope !!
Anyone else remember the followup to the body slam on the Intrepid when Fuji and Cornette kept claiming it was actually a hip toss, not a body slam. Though this might've been something that only played out in the pages of WWF Magazine.
It was more closer to a hip toss to me. I remember Ahmed Johnson slammed Yoko in 95 or 96.
I'm surprised they didn't talk about the part where Yokozuna was putting a submission hold on Luger's neck and how of a terrible hold that was lol. If you look at it, it wasn't even a hold at all! :P
The Trapezius claw a.k.a. the shoulder claw. If someone grabs you correctly and manipulates it right, it jolts your nervous system and zaps your strength, no lie.
The trapezius hold always bored me in matches.
The title should have “(the burial of Lex Luger)” at the end of it
Bret hart cried backstage and threatened to leave and they changed the finish to count out so that it doesnt hurt Luger. Then Bret inserted himself in the rumble and burried Lex. Later lex didnt beat Yokozuna for the title and never became the WWF champion. That was all politics that Jim wont admit even if he knows.
They sure did bring the shovel out.. The worst burial I seen was Vader in WWF.. I did a history check on it and it really pi_sed me off..
@@kenrickeason can't be worst than the WWE's burial off Sting & EC3.
@@bourbon646 thats just not true
@@jcaceres516 Its true and Luger had done a shoot interview in the early 2000s about it. I had seen the interview on TH-cam in 2010.
But now Lex luger has signed some deal with WWE and is in charge of some training. Now he does interview saying that Vince never promised him the WWF championship and he left WWF for some of other reasons.
Savage cried during Aaron Neville's rendition of the Star Spangled Banner.
This was the moment I fell in love with wrestling. I'll never forget it. I was 9.
Off topic but its gonna be a long week before i get to hear Jim on the stipulation for the new match between Jericho and Pockets lol
I can tell you that as a kid watching this, Luger was indeed over. Looking back and during WrestleMania 10, it seemed that the kids in my area were more into Luger while the adults wanted Bret. My house was also split. My father, myself and my youngest sister were rooting for Luger while my mother and older sister were rooting for Bret. I remember a lot of people going crazy when Luger slammed Yoko and they talked about it a lot.
A lot of women really liked Bret I've noticed
He was supposed to win the belt but Bret started crying backstage. He said he paid the dues and worked hard for WWF and deserved the push. He had also told Patterson to put Hogan Vs Bret in Vince's mind. Hogan refused.
Anyway the post Balloons and crackers celebrations were planned because Luger was winning the belt.
Patterson and Prichard told that they should drag Yoko Luger rivalry to Wrestlemania. Then in 94 they told Vince that Luger isn't drawing and told Vince to put the belt on Bret and hence they did a double elimination because Vince was still confused. But when Patterson and Brisco told Vince if they go with Luger they will quit WWF along with Bret, Vince decided to not put the belt on Luger.
Ahmed Johnson slammed him. Was a decent slam
Shit, This was before Ahmed Johnson got injured.. Ahmed Johnson was okay until he got hurt and he became crap.. The Few Black Men Vince McMahon Actually pushed like a badass before he got hurt and start hurting people
"a hiptoss"
I always loved Ron Simmons. I thought he was so cool as the WCW champ. I wish Vince had given him a serious singles push.
@@joshuam190 I remember when he beat Vader for the WCW title back in the day. Good stuff
@@joshuam190 He could have come in as Ron Simmons, but the WWF at the time was "new gimmick" territory.
Imagine if Hulk beat the Sheik by count out in ‘84.
He was supposed to win the belt but Bret started crying backstage. He said he paid the dues and worked hard for WWF and deserved the push. He had also told Patterson to put Hogan Vs Bret in Vince's mind. Hogan refused.
Anyway the post Balloons and crackers celebrations were planned because Luger was winning the belt.
Patterson and Prichard told that they should drag Yoko Luger rivalry to Wrestlemania. Then in 94 they told Vince that Luger isn't drawing and told Vince to put the belt on Bret and hence they did a double elimination because Vince was still confused. But when Patterson and Brisco told Vince if they go with Luger they will quit WWF along with Bret, Vince decided to not put the belt on Luger.
I loved bigelow/headshrinkers vs tatanka/smoking guns from this show
Then miraculously, that deadly steel plate in the forearm was forgotten a few weeks later and it was never mentioned again as a gimmick in the following year.
Aside from the lame ending, the only other thing I remember was both guys sweating like pigs under 250 watt shop lamps!
They built this up so much and it ended up backfiring big time!
Even in hindsight they had nothing to lose putting the belt on Lex. They might as well have.
Lex Luger is the only wrestler in history going into the main event as a babyface replacement for another (Sting in WCW and Hogan in WWF) and not winning the title due to a countout because he wasn't over enough.
Can you think of another one with this distinction?
Bret hart cried backstage and threatened to leave and they changed the finish to count out so that it doesnt hurt Luger. Then Bret inserted himself in the rumble and burried Lex. Later lex didnt beat Yokozuna for the title and never became the WWF champion. That was all politics that Jim wont admit even if he knows.
Damn.... Lex Luger was always put in some f__ked up positions..
@@bourbon646 It did hurt Luger though because of the stupid celebration at the end. If not for that, it wouldn't have been so bad. But that whole pomp and circumstance (complete with Randy Savage in the ring for it I'd add lol) after the match, totally buried him beyond recovery. There was no way he could be taken seriously as a challenger for the title again after that.
@@ajk Not really. Luger won VIA Countout. So he didnt get burried. He still looked strong.
But they had to book Luger vs Yokozuna at Survivor series 1993 for the title. The fans back then wanted Luger as the champion. But the thing was dragged till Wrestlemania and it got stale. Luger was still popular despite that. But making Bret the co winner of the Roayal rumble and him not beating Yokozuna and winning the title in the longer run burried him.
I'm not sure of your age but Luger was much bigger than Bret as an international Star back then. He was quite Popular in WCW and they had to build right in WWF to make him big there. Luger was no Hogan. And nobody was even remotely close to Hogan till Austin in 1998.
Lex Luger, without a doubt had a better WCW run (even a better NWA run) than he had in the WWF/E.
In WCW=Multiple time World Champion & World Tag Team Champion.
In the NWA= United States Champion.
In the WWF/E=?????
Yoko took a weak steel plate forearm shot to the head, bounced off the turn buckle corner, & literally walked into Luger's arms for that smoke & mirrors bodyslam. On Monday Night Raw, Ahmed Johnson, fake, implant triceps & all, was the only man to legit slam Yoko without a bouncing Yoko assist, from a static position.
Talking about the difference in WWF and JCP style of match, a better Luger match I'd like a Watch Along of would be Luger vs. Pillman from Halloween Havoc '89.
Great match, I will always disagree when they say that Lex wasn't a good worker.
I never got on the Lex Express bandwagon I was one of the few kids cheering for Yokozuna to retain the belt and was happy that Yoko kept the belt.
i remember thinking how weird the ending was, luger and all the wrestlers celebrating yet he didnt even win the title. never made sense to me.
He was supposed to win the belt but Bret started crying backstage. He said he paid the dues and worked hard for WWF and deserved the push. He had also told Patterson to put Hogan Vs Bret in Vince's mind. Hogan refused.
Anyway the post Balloons and crackers celebrations were planned because Luger was winning the belt.
Patterson and Prichard told that they should drag Yoko Luger rivalry to Wrestlemania. Then in 94 they told Vince that Luger isn't drawing and told Vince to put the belt on Bret and hence they did a double elimination because Vince was still confused. But when Patterson and Brisco told Vince if they go with Luger they will quit WWF along with Bret, Vince decided to not put the belt on Luger.
Artwork is usually on,
but that Lex Luger looks like Don Muraco?!
Luger was never believable as a babyface, but in the NWA you could cheer for him against the Four Horsemen, who were REVILED at that time. It was great wrestling, and you could tell that the ongoing Dusty finishes really did piss off Luger, which made him give a stronger performance.
I watched some of the earlier matches before starting the podcast, and while some of the matches were a bit rough, Bobby Heenan on commentary was good - as usual.
The WWF dug themselves a Luger sized hole and should have stuck with it, done the only sensible thing at that point and put him over.
He could have held the belt for 4-5 months and when he inevitably failed, he then drops the belt back to Yoko at the Rumble and Bret wins it at Wrestlemania.
If they were going to not have Luger win at Summerslam, his push to the title should have ended then and there. Then Bret can win the Rumble solo.
To save the Bret Vs Owen match that wouldn't happen in your timeline.
The Million Dollar Man Ted Dibiase returned at the 1994 Royal Rumble.
I had your same idea of Lex losing the championship at the Royal Rumble but then have it that Ted Dibiase bought out the No.30 spot and have Lex be in that spot turning him heel.
Then have the exact same finish with Lex and Bret winning but instead Lex is now a heel and the lead wrestler of the Million Dollar Corporation.
Only thing then it's heel vs heel at WrestleMania X so idk if you keep it the same or turn Yoko Babyface at WrestleMania, maybe attacking Cornette but having him lose the championship. So Heel Lex winning the championship, going to the main event and losing to face Bret.
@@spetterman2916 So no Yoko/Taker feud in this timeline either? How do you write off Taker in that instance at Rumble time?
Vince thought that he had learned after the Warrior debacle, and so was trying to be cautious with Luger. Instead what happened was, it totally killed Luger. They shouldn't have rushed the program with Yoko so quick.
Luger was never going to be Hogan,it just wasn't going to work. For people who complain that Vince should've let Luger have a run with the belt, where was the same energy when Crockett had 2 chances in 1988 to put the belt on Lex, Bash and Starrcade 88 cause he was hot that year. Just saying. 🤷♂️
Very true
As good as Yoko was, for me his heat got killed at WrestleMania IX when Hogan squashed him in seconds.
Yoko and Bret got undermined that day!
@@jamesburns248 One of Vince's mistakes cause fans were tired of Hulkamania
Hated that
Worst WrestleMania ending
They way to do it was have luger be stripped of it due to using the loaded arm by Tunney
I am the kid with no shirt flexing in the Lex Express video.
Yokozuna was one of my favs in the day still is sad he is gone. I was watching Yokozuna from 92-94 his best years he was a great monster heel, his matches with Taker, and Bret great. But by 95-96 you could tell how much weight he put on as you could really see it, he was sucking wind after just a few minutes not like here.
I always wonder if Yokozuna lost the weight and got back to the weight here, or even WM9. I think Vince have brought him back in 98 as he was under contract by then. I can see him in some big feuds like Yokozuna vs Stone Cold would have been good, Yokozuna vs Kane two monsters, Yokozuna vs The Rock, Yokozuna vs Mankind, and for sure Yokozuna vs Undertaker to great rivals.
Love the watch alongs even without seeing the match. This is Sports Entertainment!
I remember watching this and they were building Lex like there was no tomorrow. You thought Lex winning the world title at SummerSlam would be the endgame. The end of the match left a sour taste in my mouth. The next day I told my boss, "I paid $24.95 for a countout?!".
He was supposed to win the belt but Bret started crying backstage. He said he paid the dues and worked hard for WWF and deserved the push. He had also told Patterson to put Hogan Vs Bret in Vince's mind. Hogan refused.
Anyway the post Balloons and crackers celebrations were planned because Luger was winning the belt.
Patterson and Prichard told that they should drag Yoko Luger rivalry to Wrestlemania. Then in 94 they told Vince that Luger isn't drawing and told Vince to put the belt on Bret and hence they did a double elimination because Vince was still confused. But when Patterson and Brisco told Vince if they go with Luger they will quit WWF along with Bret, Vince decided to not put the belt on Luger.
29min: jim: ahmed Johnson was the one after luger that slammed him in the, go home, raw for the 1995 survivor series to bring in as a talent
Ahmed tried to slam him and was Awful at it
@@gamergonegaming6811 actually he did and did the whole slam without yokos help. The raw before the ppv is up on the network.
I thought Ahmed's slam looked better than Luger's.
Mabel actually slammed Yoko on one of the syndie shows (and Yoko slammed Mabel as well, which is the only time I've ever seen that).
@@ibzanarroyo704 i watched it live and recently and like I said he tried but with alot of help
I came to the comments to post the same, Ahmed slammed him, or so I thought, nice to see I didn't make it up lol.
A thought on Lex: when he was first introduced, he was the Narcissus. I loved his introduction at WrestleMania, Heenan delivers a great promo about his near sexual love for Lex's body. A few weeks later, the Narcissus takes on Crush, who beats him in a match where the story is "this hotshot idiot gets overpowered, in an almost purely strength contest, by the tall Hawaiian Babyface with the nice smile". Then we get to the Intrepid, where Crush, a man who is clearly stronger than Lex, cannot pick up Yokozuna, but Lex, who it is clear in real life cannot pick up Yokozuna, because you can watch Yokozuna jump, and that was an awful body slam, barely picks up Yokozuna and messily drops him to the ground. That was what really killed this matchup for me. I don't want to watch Lex try Yokozuna, I want Crush. They shouldn't have had Crush on the Intrepid, they shouldn't have had Lex versus Crush, or, they shouldn't have pushed Lex as the strongest man in the WWF after being beaten by Crush.
Crush never defeated Luger. Luger defeated Crush on a few occasions.
Luger was a bigger international star than Crush.
@@bourbon646 My apologies.
On April 26th, 1993, on WWF Raw, Crush and Luger battle it out. In every instance, Crush is stronger than Luger. He overpowers Luger on a number of occasions. He proves that he is stronger than Luger. The match ends in a countout after Crush sees two Doinks in the crowd, and, as he is staring Doink down, Luger hits him with an elbow from behind. The ref does the quickest 10 count, and Crush is disqualified. Crush still proved he was stronger than Luger. According to the story they told us, Crush was the stronger man.
@@blaze5645 No doubt Crush may have been stronger. But Luger was the IT wrestler of that era. Specially Luger was so huge specially in the early 90s. He had the star value to drawn in kids and teenagers. Crush wasnt main eventer, he was upper mid carder at best.
Haku or the Stieners could whoop Hogans ass in a real fight. But Hogan was what made WWF big.
Similarly kane or Big show could have beaten Austin in a real fight. But Austin was the superstar and drew in a lot of money. That's how the business works.
Vince was stuck with the All-American idea.
As a 5 year old kid in attendance near the ramp. I remember the balloons and was confused cause my family was confused
He was supposed to win the belt but Bret started crying backstage. He said he paid the dues and worked hard for WWF and deserved the push. He had also told Patterson to put Hogan Vs Bret in Vince's mind. Hogan refused.
Anyway the post Balloons and crackers celebrations were planned because Luger was winning the belt.
Patterson and Prichard told that they should drag Yoko Luger rivalry to Wrestlemania. Then in 94 they told Vince that Luger isn't drawing and told Vince to put the belt on Bret and hence they did a double elimination because Vince was still confused. But when Patterson and Brisco told Vince if they go with Luger they will quit WWF along with Bret, Vince decided to not put the belt on Luger.
Missed Lex's generic biddle music during the entrance... :/
WWF should have let Lex Luger kept his Narcissist theme and let him stay heel.. His All American Lex Express theme while being face was bland as hell.. No pop to it at all...
Kenrick Eason agreed
Can of coke to that fella
@@StoneColdSergio didn't he get a new one after survivor series 93
@@kanetheundertaker4182 He got a new one at Wrestlemania X.
R.I.P. 🙏Yoko
Yoko's ass bounced more than the ring did!
Lex Luger is underrated imo.
Even as a kid in the 90s I could always tell Luger wasnt confident with being a baby face . His smile just seemed forced, something was off.
That a man named Lex Luger was supposed to be an american hero also boggles the mind, if you think of it 🤣
I immediately turned off Ghost of Tsushima to do this watch along. I guess Lex really did win. U S A! U S A!
That Game is damn near perfect..
Your legend grows.
Good idea!
That's what they call a hot tag, pal! Hope you're enjoying it 😀
Re: Luger knowing or not knowing Aaron Neville...didn't Michael Hayes say that he and Lex took some time to warm up to each other, but when they did it was over a shared love of classic R&B music? If so I bet Lex absolutely knows who the Nevilles are.
As of today on the PeaCOCK, I think the ideal start time is around 2:16:10 instead of 2:15:56 because of edits
I remember this. I was in almost the top row.
My Dad thought Lex won the belt, I was confused by the celebration because I thought you couldn’t win the belt by count out. I was more excited about Bret v Doink and King.
It seemed like such a strange choice to not have him when the belt
The burial of Lex Luger
Ric Flair already did that
He was supposed to win the belt but Bret started crying backstage. He said he paid the dues and worked hard for WWF and deserved the push. He had also told Patterson to put Hogan Vs Bret in Vince's mind. Hogan refused.
Anyway the post Balloons and crackers celebrations were planned because Luger was winning the belt.
Patterson and Prichard told that they should drag Yoko Luger rivalry to Wrestlemania. Then in 94 they told Vince that Luger isn't drawing and told Vince to put the belt on Bret and hence they did a double elimination because Vince was still confused. But when Patterson and Brisco told Vince if they go with Luger they will quit WWF along with Bret, Vince decided to not put the belt on Luger.
Lex was NOT a babyface...
I think Lexy should've won the belt, then turned heel
Ahmed Johnson body slammed him. but was basically same way as Lex.
Poor Lex didn't deserve that treatment. Vince could have put the belt on him for a cup of coffee and maybe have him turn heel and drop the belt to Bret. But at least he went on to hold the big gold belt for a cup of coffee four years later
He was supposed to win the belt but Bret started crying backstage. He said he paid the dues and worked hard for WWF and deserved the push. He had also told Patterson to put Hogan Vs Bret in Vince's mind. Hogan refused.
Anyway the post Balloons and crackers celebrations were planned because Luger was winning the belt.
Patterson and Prichard told that they should drag Yoko Luger rivalry to Wrestlemania. Then in 94 they told Vince that Luger isn't drawing and told Vince to put the belt on Bret and hence they did a double elimination because Vince was still confused. But when Patterson and Brisco told Vince if they go with Luger they will quit WWF along with Bret, Vince decided to not put the belt on Luger.
I was about 12 when this match happened but I remember my cousin's then boyfriend talking about meeting Lex Luger in the hotel he worked at in Chicago and Lex told him he either hurt his back or his bicep (can't remember which) slamming Yoko but just think if he was able to get under him he probably would've been injured worse.
Yoko would have probably given him more if he wasn't blown up for a like 19 min match.
They should of never turn lex baby face he was good as a heel
Should’ve been Hacksaw Jim Duggan vs Yokozuna.
I hate not being able to actually watch along because I don't have the network. Where is this match on the interweb? Can't find it.
any time they do these watch alongs, check dailymotion.
Even in WCW he seemed more comfortable being heel with Harley Race going against Sting and even being part of NWO he did some great work .
This is the match were Jim slapped around luger and Yokozuna backstage and threatened they're families
Pardon?
Randy was doing it all in '93. I think they figured everybody liked the Macho Man, so why not have him announce Luger? Though admittedly, his use here deprived us of the golden voice of Howard Finkel
SS 1994 is a GREAT CARD!!!!!!!! I only planned on watching Lex & his flat punches & am watching all of it!!!
GORILLA MONSOON & JIM ROSS ARE CALLING THE MATCHES FOR ARMED FORCES RADIO - I WANNA HEAR THAT!!!!
Best ending ever!
Count out victories only work for heels. It just makes a babyface look stupid.
He was supposed to win the belt but Bret started crying backstage. He said he paid the dues and worked hard for WWF and deserved the push. He had also told Patterson to put Hogan Vs Bret in Vince's mind. Hogan refused.
Anyway the post Balloons and crackers celebrations were planned because Luger was winning the belt.
Patterson and Prichard told that they should drag Yoko Luger rivalry to Wrestlemania. Then in 94 they told Vince that Luger isn't drawing and told Vince to put the belt on Bret and hence they did a double elimination because Vince was still confused. But when Patterson and Brisco told Vince if they go with Luger they will quit WWF along with Bret, Vince decided to not put the belt on Luger.
The actual problem with the booking here more than the finish was the stipulation that if Luger didn't win the belt then he would not have another shot at the WWF championship and the Rumble was far away in people's mind to even consider it, so they're like "oh he won, but he'll never be champion now or have a rematch for the belt so why caring about Luger from now on?"
He was supposed to win the belt but Bret started crying backstage. He said he paid the dues and worked hard for WWF and deserved the push. He had also told Patterson to put Hogan Vs Bret in Vince's mind. Hogan refused.
Anyway the post Balloons and crackers celebrations were planned because Luger was winning the belt.
Patterson and Prichard told that they should drag Yoko Luger rivalry to Wrestlemania. Then in 94 they told Vince that Luger isn't drawing and told Vince to put the belt on Bret and hence they did a double elimination because Vince was still confused. But when Patterson and Brisco told Vince if they go with Luger they will quit WWF along with Bret, Vince decided to not put the belt on Luger.
I love the wrestling stories but Jim's politics is the pits..
Ahmed Johnson Slammed Yoko. Just a FYI
Funniest match finish ever. Lex Luger doesn't win the title but celebrates as if he has with fuckin confetti and everything. It's great lmao
He was supposed to win the belt but Bret started crying backstage. He said he paid the dues and worked hard for WWF and deserved the push. He had also told Patterson to put Hogan Vs Bret in Vince's mind. Hogan refused.
Anyway the post Balloons and crackers celebrations were planned because Luger was winning the belt.
Patterson and Prichard told that they should drag Yoko Luger rivalry to Wrestlemania. Then in 94 they told Vince that Luger isn't drawing and told Vince to put the belt on Bret and hence they did a double elimination because Vince was still confused. But when Patterson and Brisco told Vince if they go with Luger they will quit WWF along with Bret, Vince decided to not put the belt on Luger.
I was starting to watch WWE around this time and remember seeing the body slam challenge and all the Lex Luger promotional hype they were doing at the time. Then the ending of the actual match when Luger didn’t win the title and even back then I was like ??? All that and he didn’t win the title? That was disappointing to say the least. You could tell WWF gave up on him quickly as he was in the midcard after the Yoko stuff was over with.
Lex Luger is a natural heel.. had no business being face..
Extremely strange decision after all that buildup
@@penskepc2374He was supposed to win the belt but Bret started crying backstage. He said he paid the dues and worked hard for WWF and deserved the push. He had also told Patterson to put Hogan Vs Bret in Vince's mind. Hogan refused.
Anyway the post Balloons and crackers celebrations were planned because Luger was winning the belt.
Patterson and Prichard told that they should drag Yoko Luger rivalry to Wrestlemania. Then in 94 they told Vince that Luger isn't drawing and told Vince to put the belt on Bret and hence they did a double elimination because Vince was still confused. But when Patterson and Brisco told Vince if they go with Luger they will quit WWF along with Bret, Vince decided to not put the belt on Luger.
I can't find this match. Would it be possible to put a link to these watch alongs please? Thank you and I love your shows..
they watch them on the WWE Network
they normally are on dailymotion.
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The brutal rock bottom from Yoko was on Vader during the Survivor Series match. Not the easiest opponent to attempt that on, but was pretty ugly.
Ahmed Johnson also slammed yoko
I wanted to see Luger put Yokozuna in the rack...
Ahmed Johnson did "slam" Yoko, in his rookie year push
Ahmed slammed Yoko
I just wish Yoko and Bret had a year long feud after Bret’s loss at Wrestlemania 9 that didn’t include Hogan and Luger.
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Ahmed Johnson slammed Yoko too. It was WWF's way to get Ahmed over. It worked.
I would compare the way that they pushed Lex Luger 2 how they pushed Roman Reigns the first four years. At least that's what it felt like to me as a kid like we already knew Lex Luger from WCW and he wasn't getting any better no matter how hard they shoveled it in
Let Lex go over, if he flops, do a screwed finish at Survivor series that gets the belt back on Yoko and go from there
I knew the celebration was bad but oh my god the video package afterwords. They made it seem like a Lex Luger memorial. And they compare him to Neil Armstrong, JFK, MLK, Washington, Lincoln, etc. that was painful
He was supposed to win the belt but Bret started crying backstage. He said he paid the dues and worked hard for WWF and deserved the push. He had also told Patterson to put Hogan Vs Bret in Vince's mind. Hogan refused.
Anyway the post Balloons and crackers celebrations were planned because Luger was winning the belt.
Patterson and Prichard told that they should drag Yoko Luger rivalry to Wrestlemania. Then in 94 they told Vince that Luger isn't drawing and told Vince to put the belt on Bret and hence they did a double elimination because Vince was still confused. But when Patterson and Brisco told Vince if they go with Luger they will quit WWF along with Bret, Vince decided to not put the belt on Luger.
Agreed 100% with Cornette, Lex was a natural heel.
93 wcw was good
What if wrestlemania 10 was a triple threat match for the belt.
You’d need it to be 4-way to factor in Owen
@@BrianJamesShanley very true or he could wrestle the winner at summer slam