Lex Luger: Contrary To Popular Belief, Vince McMahon Never Promised Me The WWE Title

Lex Luger talks about what Vince McMahon told him about potentially becoming WWE Champion in 1993. 

Lex Luger wrestled Yokozuna for the WWE Championship at SummerSlam 1993, the only headlining match Yokozuna ever had on pay-per-view where he walked into the ring to defend his WWE Championship and ended the event retaining the championship. However, Lex Luger did win the match but he won it by countout and never went on to hold the WWE Championship. 

On his first Lex Expressed podcast, “The Total Package” tells Conrad Thompson that Vince McMahon never actually promised him the WWE Championship. Still, he was open to the idea of maybe crowning Lex Luger at WrestleMania 10 due to the special aura of Madison Square Garden. 

“[Vince McMahon] didn’t make me feel like I was going to be the [top] babyface, and contrary to popular belief, he never promised me the title or said that I was going to be the champion. That wasn’t part of it. So I wasn’t shocked when I didn’t get it at SummerSlam, although it would have been helpful, even if I won it and lost it, obviously, with that big of a buildup,” Luger says. “He always felt that if I was going to win the title, he’d rather do it, and make it special. The Garden was always a very special place for events, most people know that. If he put the title on me, he wanted to do it at WrestleMania 10 at the Garden. So really, SummerSlam was never in the mix for me to win the title. 

“Although, in retrospect, looking back now I’d probably would have been a good idea even if they took it right back off of me, it probably would have been good to come through for the fans,” he said. 

Elsewhere on this podcast, Lex gave his thoughts on Cody Rhodes coming up short against Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 39. Read more here. 

Lex Luger has discussed wanting to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in recent years. Read his comments about that here.

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