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-->''"I’m not certain, but if you do your scrapbooking on Luger’s career, there seems to be a great sense that he wasn’t trusted, or wasn’t respected as much as someone like Sting because he thought of being a wrestler like it was any other job (ironic, because Sting himself [[HatesTheJobLovesTheLimelight doesn’t seem like a huge wrestling fan]]). The timing of his flips from WCW and WWF, Flair taking Big Gold with him to the WWF because [[InadequateInheritor he refused to drop it to Lex over Sting]], originally joining Titan as a WBF member and not a wrestler, even early stuff like the famous cage match in Florida with Wrestling/BruiserBrody where Brody just gave up in the middle of the ring and refused to cooperate with him."''
-->''"I’m not certain, but if you do your scrapbooking on Luger’s career, there seems to be a great sense that he wasn’t trusted, or wasn’t respected as much as someone like Sting because he thought of being a wrestler like it was any other job (ironic, because Sting himself [[HatesTheJobLovesTheLimelight doesn’t seem like a huge wrestling fan]]). The timing of his flips from WCW and WWF, Flair taking Big Gold with him to the WWF because [[InadequateInheritor he refused to drop it to Lex over Sting]], originally joining Titan as a WBF member and not a wrestler, even early stuff like the famous cage match in Florida with Wrestling/BruiserBrody where Brody just gave up in the middle of the ring and refused to cooperate with him."''
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* AllAmericanFace: WWE repackaged him as one following Hulk Hogan's departure. For his push, we were treated he to vignettes of his airbrushed bus going on tour to raise awareness of [[CaptainObviousAesop patriotism.]]
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* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Famous for being very strong. First guy in WWE to slam Yokozuna, thus kicking off his "The All-American" gimmick. In the battle royal at ''WCW World War 3 96'', he got '''[[Wrestling/TheBigShow THE GIANT (THE BIG SHOW)]]''' in the Torture Rack.
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* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Famous for being very strong.He looked like someone's lab experiment. First guy in WWE to slam Yokozuna, thus kicking off his "The All-American" gimmick. In the battle royal at ''WCW World War 3 96'', he got '''[[Wrestling/TheBigShow THE GIANT (THE BIG SHOW)]]''' in the Torture Rack.
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* FanNickname[=/=]AscendedMeme: Is credited with first calling Shawn Michaels and his friends "The Clique."
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* SoleSurvivor: Of the All-Americans[[note]]Luger[=/=]Wrestling/TheUndertaker[=/=]Rick Steiner[=/=]Wrestling/ScottSteiner[[/note]]-The Foreign Fanatics[[note]]Yokozuna[=/=]Ludvig Borga[=/=]Crush[=/=]Quebecer Jacques (Rougeau)[[/note]] match at ''Wrestling/SurvivorSeries 93''.
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* SoleSurvivor: Of the All-Americans[[note]]Luger[=/=]Wrestling/TheUndertaker[=/=]Rick Steiner[=/=]Wrestling/ScottSteiner[[/note]]-The Foreign Fanatics[[note]]Yokozuna[=/=]Ludvig Borga[=/=]Crush[=/=]Quebecer Borga[=/=][[Wrestling/BrianAdams Crush]][=/=]Quebecer Jacques (Rougeau)[[/note]] match at ''Wrestling/SurvivorSeries 93''.
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* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: For the Four Horsemen, as his considerable strength and musculature made him stand out among the rest of the group (Flair, Wrestling/ArnAnderson, Tully Blanchard and manager JJ Dillon) who were all {{Badass Normal}}s.
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** Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}}'s Green Ant qualifies, if only for a short time. During the fan conclave for ''King of Trios 2011'', the BDK's Jakob Hammermeier dared anyone to try to slam the group's monster Tursas. Green Ant walked out dressed the same way Luger had for the Yokozuna Bodyslam Challenge and even used the same music. Unlike Luger, Green Ant was not successful at the time at slamming Tursas. However, during Night II, Tursas interfered in the Colony (Fire Ant[=/=]Soldier Ant[=/=]Green Ant) vs. BDK (Delirious[=/=]Hammermeier[=/=]Tim Donst) match, and Green Ant slammed him and followed by making Hammermeier tap out to the Torture Rack. CHIKARA even had Green Ant ride on a bus to build up for his match with Tursas.
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** Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}}'s Green Ant qualifies, if only for a short time. During the fan conclave for ''King of Trios 2011'', the BDK's Jakob Hammermeier dared anyone to try to slam the group's monster Tursas. Green Ant walked out dressed the same way Luger had for the Yokozuna Bodyslam Challenge and even used the same music. Unlike Luger, Green Ant was not successful at the time at slamming Tursas. However, during Night II, Tursas interfered in the Colony (Fire Ant[=/=]Soldier Ant[=/=]Green Ant) vs. BDK (Delirious[=/=]Hammermeier[=/=]Tim ([[Wrestling/HunterJohnston Delirious]][=/=]Hammermeier[=/=]Tim Donst) match, and Green Ant slammed him and followed by making Hammermeier tap out to the Torture Rack. CHIKARA even had Green Ant ride on a bus to build up for his match with Tursas.
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** Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}}'s Green Ant qualifies, if only for a short time. During the fan conclave for ''King of Trios 2011'', the BDK's Jakob Hammermeier dared anyone to try to slam the group's monster Tursas. Green Ant walked out dressed the same way Luger had for the Yokozuna Bodyslam Challenge that was held on the USS Intrepid on July 4, 1993 and even used the same music. Unlike Luger, Green Ant was not successful at the time at slamming Tursas. However, during Night II, Tursas interfered in the Colony (Fire Ant[=/=]Soldier Ant[=/=]Green Ant) vs. BDK (Delirious[=/=]Hammermeier[=/=]Tim Donst) match, and Green Ant slammed him and followed by making Hammermeier tap out to the Torture Rack, which was Luger's primary FinishingMove.Rack. CHIKARA even had Green Ant ride on a bus to build up for his match with Tursas.
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* InvincibleHero: At times. During his Florida run, the Shock Troops (Ed "The Bull" Gantner and Kareem Muhammad) attacked him in the ring with some kind of weapon, and manager Wrestling/SirOliverHumperdink said, "Maybe it was Kryptonite, you've got Franchise/{{Superman}} laid out in the ring there."
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** Crossed with OhCrap when Wrestling/BruiserBrody notoriously wouldn't sell for him during their cage match in Florida.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Had to turn face after Sting suffered a knee injury trying to climb the cage to attack the Horsemen at ''Clash of the Champions X'' on February 6, 1990.
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* SoleSurvivor: Of the All-Americans[[note]]Luger[=/=]Wrestling/TheUndertaker[=/=]Rick Steiner[=/=]Wrestling/ScottSteiner[[/note]]-The Foreign Fanatics[[note]]Yokozuna[=/=]Ludvig Borga[=/=]Crush[=/=]Quebecer Jacques (Rougeau)[[/note]] match at ''Wrestling/SurvivorSeries 93''.
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* DoubleAgent: He turned heel at ''Halloween Havoc 95'' and sided with the Dungeon. However, he and [=Sting=] defeated Harlem Heat (Wrestling/BookerT and Stevie Ray) for the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-t.html WCW World Tag Team Titles]] on the January 22, 1996 ''Wrestling/WCWMondayNitro'', which meant that he was aligned with both a top babyface and a top heel group at the same time. WCW finally resolved this by turning Luger face in the Doomsday Cage match at ''[=UnCensored=]'' in March, because they needed him as a face due to [[Wrestling/NewWorldOrder what was coming two months later]].
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* CavalryBetrayal: He's been on both sides of this. At ''WCW Halloween Havoc 95'', he and Wrestling/RandySavage ran in during the Hogan-Giant match, but Luger turned on Savage. At ''WCW Bash at the Beach 96'', during the Outsiders-Luger/Sting/Savage match, where Luger had already been taken to the back, Hogan came in ostensibly to make the save...and, of course, turned heel to launch the NWO.
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* UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootball: For the University of Miami
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'''Lawrence Pfohl''' (b. 1958) is a retired American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er originally from Buffalo, UsefulNotes/{{N|ewYorkState}}Y who competed from 1985 to 2005 as '''Lex Luger.''' He debuted in Florida and was pushed hard right off the bat, defeating Wrestling/{{Chief Wahoo McDaniel}} for the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/fl/nwa/fl-south-h.html NWA Southern (Florida) Heavyweight Title]] a mere 19 '''days''' into his career. He would hold the title two more times as well as the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/fl/fl-tv.html NWA Florida Television Title]] and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/bah/bah-h.html NWA Bahamas Heavyweight Title]]. After Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance promoter Jim Crockett closed down Florida, he brought Luger up to the Carolinas, where he replaced Ole Anderson in the Four Horsemen. This lasted until Luger turned face in early 1988. Over the course of his time in the NWA and WCW, he would hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-h.html WCW World Heavyweight Title]] twice, the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-us-h.html NWA/WCW United States Heavyweight Title]] five times, the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-tv.html WCW World Television Title]] twice, the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/midatlantic/nwa/ma-nwa-t.html NWA (Mid-Atlantic) World Tag Team Title]] once with Wrestling/BarryWindham and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-t.html WCW World Tag Team Titles]] once with Wrestling/{{Sting}}. After leaving WCW in 1992, he jumped to Wrestling/{{WWE}} to be part of their short lived World Bodybuilding Federation. After that failed, Luger debuted in WWE at the start of 1993, where he would feud with [[Wrestling/CurtHennig Mr. Perfect]] until Wrestling/HulkHogan left after losing the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-h.html WWE World Heavyweight Title]] to Wrestling/{{Yokozuna}} at ''King of the Ring.'' On July 4 on the ''U.S.S. Intrepid'', Luger became the first person in WWE to bodyslam Yokozuna, thus launching his AllAmericanFace persona. However, Luger was never able to beat Yoko for the title and ended up in the midcard before he suddenly jumped back to WCW on the debut episode of ''Wrestling/WCWMondayNitro'', September 4, 1995, and stayed all the way to the bitter end. He would make appearances in Wrestling/{{TNA}} and elsewhere before retiring in 2005.
As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex_Luger The Other Wiki]].
!!! "The Total Tropes":
* AllAmericanFace: His default Face persona. WWE repackaged him as one following Hulk Hogan's departure.
* AlliterativeName
* ArchEnemy: Wrestling/RicFlair, easily. He had many other feuds, but this was his biggest.
* BatterUp: Started using one in late 1999.
* TheBigGuy: As a face
* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: His late 2000-early 2001 TagTeam with [[Characters/{{WCWNWA}} Buff Bagwell]] was called "Totally Buff."
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Famous for being very strong. First guy in WWE to slam Yokozuna, thus kicking off his "The All-American" gimmick. In the battle royal at ''WCW World War 3 96'', he got '''[[Wrestling/TheBigShow THE GIANT (THE BIG SHOW)]]''' in the Torture Rack.
* {{Expy}}[=/=]LegacyCharacter: [[Characters/WWEBrandExtension "The Masterpiece" Chris Masters]]' original Narcissist gimmick drew many comparisons to Luger.
* FanNickname[=/=]AscendedMeme: Is credited with first calling Shawn Michaels and his friends "The Clique."
* TheFightingNarcissist: As a heel. He was even ''billed'' as this at the start of his WWE run.
* FinishingMove: The Torture Rack, {{Sup|lexFinisher}}erplex, Attitude Adjustment (Piledriver), Running Forearm (as The Narcissist); Rebel Rack (Argentine Back Breaker)
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Especially in WCW.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: A steel plate in his forearm
* LanternJawOfJustice
* '''[[MusclesAreMeaningful MUSCLES ARE MEANINGFUL]]''': Seriously, just ''look'' at the picture. He was very well known as one of the most ripped guys in wrestling during his time.
* PecFlex: [[http://gifsoup.com/view/2983684/lex-luger-pec-flex.html He]] [[http://gifsoup.com/view/3502653/lex-luger-pec-flex.html did]] it a lot during his run. Hell, he's probably one of the most famous examples of this trope in professional wrestling.
* PowerStable:
** (in Florida): [[Wrestling/PaulBearer The Pringle Dynasty]]
** The Four Horsemen
** The Wrestling/DungeonOfDoom
*** [[VillainTeamUp The Alliance to End Hulkamania]]
** The Wrestling/NewWorldOrder
** The Millionaires' Club
** The Magnificent Seven (early 2001).
* RedBaron: 'The Total Package'. He dropped the 'Lex Luger' name entirely in around the turn of the millennium. In WWE he was "The Narcissist" before turning face and becoming "Made in the USA."
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Left WWE in 1995 to go back to WCW, surprising a lot of people.
* SleevesAreForWimps
* TagTeam: The Allied Powers, with the British Bulldog
* ThatManIsDead: He said this about 'Lex Luger', when he was being pushed simply as 'The Total Package'.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With [=Sting=]
* [[WearingAFlagOnYourHead Wearing A Flag As Wrestling Attire]]
'''Lawrence Pfohl''' (b. 1958) is a retired American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er originally from Buffalo, UsefulNotes/{{N|ewYorkState}}Y who competed from 1985 to 2005 as '''Lex Luger.''' He debuted in Florida and was pushed hard right off the bat, defeating Wrestling/{{Chief Wahoo McDaniel}} for the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/fl/nwa/fl-south-h.html NWA Southern (Florida) Heavyweight Title]] a mere 19 '''days''' into his career. He would hold the title two more times as well as the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/fl/fl-tv.html NWA Florida Television Title]] and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/bah/bah-h.html NWA Bahamas Heavyweight Title]]. After Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance promoter Jim Crockett closed down Florida, he brought Luger up to the Carolinas, where he replaced Ole Anderson in the Four Horsemen. This lasted until Luger turned face in early 1988. Over the course of his time in the NWA and WCW, he would hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-h.html WCW World Heavyweight Title]] twice, the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-us-h.html NWA/WCW United States Heavyweight Title]] five times, the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-tv.html WCW World Television Title]] twice, the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/midatlantic/nwa/ma-nwa-t.html NWA (Mid-Atlantic) World Tag Team Title]] once with Wrestling/BarryWindham and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-t.html WCW World Tag Team Titles]] once with Wrestling/{{Sting}}. After leaving WCW in 1992, he jumped to Wrestling/{{WWE}} to be part of their short lived World Bodybuilding Federation. After that failed, Luger debuted in WWE at the start of 1993, where he would feud with [[Wrestling/CurtHennig Mr. Perfect]] until Wrestling/HulkHogan left after losing the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-h.html WWE World Heavyweight Title]] to Wrestling/{{Yokozuna}} at ''King of the Ring.'' On July 4 on the ''U.S.S. Intrepid'', Luger became the first person in WWE to bodyslam Yokozuna, thus launching his AllAmericanFace persona. However, Luger was never able to beat Yoko for the title and ended up in the midcard before he suddenly jumped back to WCW on the debut episode of ''Wrestling/WCWMondayNitro'', September 4, 1995, and stayed all the way to the bitter end. He would make appearances in Wrestling/{{TNA}} and elsewhere before retiring in 2005.
As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex_Luger The Other Wiki]].
!!! "The Total Tropes":
* AllAmericanFace: His default Face persona. WWE repackaged him as one following Hulk Hogan's departure.
* AlliterativeName
* ArchEnemy: Wrestling/RicFlair, easily. He had many other feuds, but this was his biggest.
* BatterUp: Started using one in late 1999.
* TheBigGuy: As a face
* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: His late 2000-early 2001 TagTeam with [[Characters/{{WCWNWA}} Buff Bagwell]] was called "Totally Buff."
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Famous for being very strong. First guy in WWE to slam Yokozuna, thus kicking off his "The All-American" gimmick. In the battle royal at ''WCW World War 3 96'', he got '''[[Wrestling/TheBigShow THE GIANT (THE BIG SHOW)]]''' in the Torture Rack.
* {{Expy}}[=/=]LegacyCharacter: [[Characters/WWEBrandExtension "The Masterpiece" Chris Masters]]' original Narcissist gimmick drew many comparisons to Luger.
* FanNickname[=/=]AscendedMeme: Is credited with first calling Shawn Michaels and his friends "The Clique."
* TheFightingNarcissist: As a heel. He was even ''billed'' as this at the start of his WWE run.
* FinishingMove: The Torture Rack, {{Sup|lexFinisher}}erplex, Attitude Adjustment (Piledriver), Running Forearm (as The Narcissist); Rebel Rack (Argentine Back Breaker)
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Especially in WCW.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: A steel plate in his forearm
* LanternJawOfJustice
* '''[[MusclesAreMeaningful MUSCLES ARE MEANINGFUL]]''': Seriously, just ''look'' at the picture. He was very well known as one of the most ripped guys in wrestling during his time.
* PecFlex: [[http://gifsoup.com/view/2983684/lex-luger-pec-flex.html He]] [[http://gifsoup.com/view/3502653/lex-luger-pec-flex.html did]] it a lot during his run. Hell, he's probably one of the most famous examples of this trope in professional wrestling.
* PowerStable:
** (in Florida): [[Wrestling/PaulBearer The Pringle Dynasty]]
** The Four Horsemen
** The Wrestling/DungeonOfDoom
*** [[VillainTeamUp The Alliance to End Hulkamania]]
** The Wrestling/NewWorldOrder
** The Millionaires' Club
** The Magnificent Seven (early 2001).
* RedBaron: 'The Total Package'. He dropped the 'Lex Luger' name entirely in around the turn of the millennium. In WWE he was "The Narcissist" before turning face and becoming "Made in the USA."
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Left WWE in 1995 to go back to WCW, surprising a lot of people.
* SleevesAreForWimps
* TagTeam: The Allied Powers, with the British Bulldog
* ThatManIsDead: He said this about 'Lex Luger', when he was being pushed simply as 'The Total Package'.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With [=Sting=]
* [[WearingAFlagOnYourHead Wearing A Flag As Wrestling Attire]]
