He was featured alongside percy pringle and rick rude as a bare chested silent type. Missouri heavyweight champ bob backlund vs nwa world champ terry funk. Irs, the smoking gunns, jim neidhart, bob holly, the bushwhackers december 21, 2015. Lex luger and bob backlund meet in a halloween edition of raw on october 31, 1994. Perfect this is the last watchable match in my opinion. Lex luger, wrestling megasensation and threetime world heavyweight champion, ruled the ring for years as the total package. A quick armdrag puts backlund down and luger does backlund s lunging steps thing.
Today, we look back on that heel run, a run which culminated in grabbing the wwe title. List of pro wrestling illustrated awards wikipedia. Slaughter spin tales about their remarkable careers with the help of colleagues. Backlund defeating the wild samoans for the tag belts despite being unable to keep them is the reason for the attack, they were humiliated and will never forgive him for that. Royal rumble 1993 was the sixth annual royal rumble professional wrestling payperview ppv event produced by the world wrestling federation wwf, now wwe. During a jobber match the headshrinkers threaten backlund, crush makes the save because thats the kind of guy he is.
I can remember him complaining about it in his book and he was right. Backlund goes to a wristlock and luger cant power out this time. Bob backlund and bret hart were part of a heated feud on television that culminated in an i quit match at wrestlemania 11 on april 2nd, 1995. Razor ramon vs bob backlund short match, ramon wins with a cradle. From bruno sammartino and the great american bash to mcmahon vs. Crush vs narcissist lex luger raw april 26th, 1993 video. Jun 23, 2016 bruiser brody and lex luger couldnt have possibly been more different individuals, and the reputations of each made it almost a sure thing that there would be problems when the two eventually met up.
Watch crush vs narcissist lex luger raw april 26th, 1993 ironclad wrestling on dailymotion. Mabel puts on a good show but then gets eliminated via count out. Bret hart vs bob backlund for the wwf championship. Sting and lex luger first teamed up in april 1988 after luger found himself without a tag team partner for the 1988 jim crockett, sr. According to him, he was the one who approached mcmahon this time about tweaking his character. Backlund would lose the belt in 6 seconds a few days later to the new good guy diesel. The premise of the luger feud would be heenan blaming perfect for destroying ric flairs mental state and career youll see.
Bob backlund news, pictures, videos and biography wrestling inc. This is a 215 page book and lugers wrestling career is done and dusted within 75 of them some would argue that the lex express and his time with wwe could have gone for that long, despite the chapter representing just 3 years of a 16 year career. Lex luger news, pictures, videos and biography wrestling inc. Lex applied a headlock and knocked irs down and struck a pose.
Dec 14, 2017 they also started chanting boring for some of them as well. The standoff lets backlund take him down but luger slips out in something i wouldnt have bet on. They run a horrible countout sequence where backlund atomic drops razor back in when he could have just back suplexed and murdered the bad guy, then grabs the crossface chickenwing, only for the referee to remind him he just got counted out. Lex was a conceited and vain person with whom every time he would see his reflection he was always admiring himself. Bob backlund news, pictures, videos and biography wrestling. Apr 02, 20 the book is called wrestling with the devil and in lex luger is brought to his knees literally by circumstances he could have and should have controlled. Harlem heat for the tag titles, and the road warriors vs. Luger began wrestling in the nwa florida territory. Remembering wrestling lex luger vs sting wcw december. Perfect would move into a mutual respect feud with bob backlund before entering a feud that fall with lex luger.
Backlund goes to a wristlock and luger cant power out. It took place on thanksgiving eve, november 23, 1994 at the freeman coliseum in san antonio, texas. Meanwhile, shawn would be equipped with a new finishing move that would become sweet chin music. Bob backlund luger has a young girl to carry the flag and lead him to ringside. Mar 26, 2015 crush vs narcissist lex luger raw april 26th, 1993.
Backlund lost the wwe title 11 years earlier, so he was trying to win it back here. Frank gotch awardlex luger living inducteebob backlund. Lex luger defeated bob backlund by disqualification. Introduction below you can see all known star ratings for wrestling matches featuring in dave meltzers wrestling observer newsletter. He was a belowaverage student with a lackluster work ethic and a bad attitude, who hung with the wrong crowd and made a lot of bad choices. Bob backlund s book pushed back again, jake roberts. From very humble beginnings, to turbulent teenage years, to finding a passion that spurred years of hard work, to eventual unprecedented success, the book truly encapsulates how. King kong bundy paul bearer catch wrestling lex luger wwf superstars shawn michaels british bulldog wwe wallpapers royal rumble. Met bob backlund at an allentown book signing for this.
Raw, october 31, 1994 youtube bret hart and british bulldog vs. Bob backlund and bret hart their feud and harts most hated. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. Despite the fact it doesnt really ever get going, it just suddenly ends with ramon picking up the win from nowhere. Backlund would rack up wins and victims, including top of the line guys such as lex luger and the 123 kid, to the likes of his old manager arnold skaaland and wwf magazine editor lou gianfredo. Backlund lost the belt 3 days later, thus making his horrible match here an even bigger waste of time. Bob backlund vs narcissist lex luger wrestling challenge may 2nd, 1993. John stanley has stopped about he has ruled bob backland unable to continue to to facial cuts. The bob backlund versus razor ramon is a strange one too. Ultimate warrior vs lex luger iyo, who was the better wrestler.
Vintage pro wrestling harlem heat vs sting and lex luger. From allamerican boy to professional wrestlings world champion is a fascinating and inspiring journey into the life of pro wrestling legend, bob backlund. Triple h tweets photo from meeting at wwe hq, book on wwe legend finally coming out, nxt uk. Lawrence wendell pfohl born june 2, 1958, better known by the ring name lex luger, is an. Bob backlund began life as a poor farm boy in the little village of princeton, minnesota, with a population of just over 2,000 people. Bob backlund vs superstar billy graham lumberjack match 12. Another clip showed lex luger talking to his team and ted dibiase talking to his guys as well.
Jerry lawler vs bob backlund lawler mocks backlund relentlessly for being an old man past his prime, finally backlund has enough and snaps. I believe bret, luger, taker and bigelow all could have had better matches. Vince claimed at the beginning of the match that this would be a classic. Lex luger nwa world heavyweight title match at the great american bash. Countout lex luger defeated bob backlund via countout after backlund sustained luger s running forearm. Memorial cup tag team tournament in the wake of former partner barry windham turning on luger and taking luger s old spot in the four horsemen and ron garvins injury at the hands of the varsity club. Bret hart and lex luger defeat adam bomb and bam bam bigelow and bart gunn and billy gunn and bob backlund and crush and diesel and doink and fatu and greg valentine and jeff jarrett and kwang and mabel and marty jannetty and mo and owen hart and randy savage and rick martel and rick steiner and samu and scott steiner and shawn. Wwf monday night raw october 31, 1994 wwe network lex. The hart family got involved, and backlund s mental state was in question throughout. Bob backlund vs superstar billy graham lumberjack match 12 28 1982 msg. Two legendary professional wrestlers, ric flair and sgt. Luger adopted the ring name lex luger, being a fan of the comic book villain lex luthor, and made his inring debut in september 1985. Smackdown vs raw 2011 backlash intercontinental championship lex luger vs christian.
Lex luger news, pictures, videos and biography wrestling. Twenty years ago this was the main event of wrestling challenge. Bob backlund, virgil, tito santana, earthquake, typhoon, kamala, jim duggan, and big boss man are all viable options for this spot. See actions taken by the people who manage and post content. Always thought it was weird to have a guy named luger as a patriotic american hero. Some of their most memorable matches against foes like the iron shiek, lex luger and bob backlund are included. Bob holly vs mr bob backlund superstars oct 22nd, 1994 by monsoon classic. Brian damage although a babyface for much of his time as a wrestler, during the 1990s, bob backlund had a short, and relatively successful, stint in the wwe as a heel. While the idea of their final match at wrestlemania 11 may have sounded good in theory, according to bret hart, this match with bob backlund was his least. I remember bob backlunds career well under the vince mcmahan organization. Bob backlund vs narcissist lex luger wrestling challenge may 2nd, 1993 duration. Public enemy in a street fight, and the taskmaster vs. Bob backlund still wanted to preserve his characters moral values. Forgotten wrestlers bob backlund vs ivan koloff facebook.
Bob backlund to enter the pro wrestling hall of fame. Lex luger trains whiro matsuda cwf tv decmeber 1985 5. A quick armdrag puts backlund down and luger does backlunds lunging steps thing. Bob backlund and bret hart their feud and harts most. Luger adopted the ring name lex luger, being a fan of the comic book villain lex luthor, which helped cast himself as a typical wrestling heel which he would continue to be throughout most of his early years in wrestling.
Whether he was making a dramatic entrance from a helicopter, defeating champ hulk hogan, or sculpting a nearperfect physique, lex was on top of his game. The main event was a royal rumble match, a battle royal in which two wrestlers started the match in the ring. Miller, includes interviews with roddy piper, ric flair, the iron sheik and. This is a list of both active and inactive pro wrestling illustrated awards which are voted on by pro wrestling illustrated pwi readers every year from 1972 onwards, expanding to more categories in later years unlike other wrestling magazines and websites, pwi is largely a magazine written within the fictional realm of professional wrestling and the awards recognize this. Harlem heat vs sting and lex luger for the wcw tag team titles. While pro wrestling is a fictitious soap opera, when you finish reading this book you will realize that bob backlunds ethics and integrity made him a champion in real life. The royal family vs clowns r us is equivalent to cancer. Wwf wrestling challenge august 21st, 1994 scotts blog. The hart family got involved, and backlunds mental state was in question throughout. Survivor series 1994 was the eighth annual survivor series professional wrestling payperview ppv event produced by the world wrestling federation wwf, now wwe. Lex luger defeated bob backlund by countout to qualify in the king of the ring tournament. Search bob backlund s star ratings from the wrestling observer newsletter at the internet wrestling database.
Championship wrestling october 1989 wwf wwe ecw nwo nwa wcw awa living legend larry zbyszko, hulk hogan, nature boy ric flair, sgt slaughter, great muta, chris adams, rick rude, cactus jack manson, larry zbyszko, lex luger, bruno sammartino, macho man randy savage, ricky the dragon steamboat, southern rockers. Backlund suggested turning himself heel and trying that. Robert louis backlund born august 14, 1949 is an american retired professional wrestler with. I am sure that the braintree here can do more with the talent at the time. Bob backlund vs bret hart is the worst title match ive ever seen. Whoever you want to squash i hate doing something like this, but really, the wwf was littered with worthless lumps or people on their way out of the company. Lex luger sketchbook 129 pages, sketching, drawing and creative doodling notebook to draw and journal 8. Luger adopted the ring name lex luger, being a fan of the comic book villain lex luthor. Dibiase claims the reason he is not with luger at ringside is that luger only needs his advice and not is hand held. In action this week are the undertaker, bob backlund, the headshrinkers, and lex luger. Smackdown vs raw 2011 night of champions intercontinental championship lex luger vs. The first incarnation of wwf all american wrestling was a show that would focus on one specific wrestler in the wwf. Rebooking every wwe ppv from wrestlemania i to wrestlemania.
The wrestling fan nwa sunday edition all american wrestling went through three different formats during its run. Heavenly bodies, tatanka, bam bam bigelow, and king kong bundy vs lex luger, mabel, adam bomb, and smoking gunns. He tells lawler to kiss his ass, lawler says backlund will kiss his foot and he we are. After a few weeks, it turned into a program that featured mainly highcard wrestlers from various promotions across the united states. Owen and brets feud is beaten to death after it was already stale. Silly match with flashes of brilliance and a bad finish. Luger works over salleto as dibiase says he is sick of hearing that luger sold out and just signed a contract. Its important to know the back story that led to the events of that night in 1987. Bob backlund s hall of fame class of 20 inductee video. Pwtorch editor wade keller and pwtorch columnists pat mcneill and bruce mitchell discuss indepth wrestlemania 11 including bam bam bigelow vs. Badd and diamond dallas page for the tv title and some money stipulation. In the weeks and months following this sudden attitude change, backlund would rack up wins and victims, including top of the line guys such as lex luger and the 123 kid, to the likes of his old manager arnold skaaland and wwf magazine editor lou gianfredo. Lex luger vs tatanka just have luger cost tatanka a match for some heelish reason. Was kinda nervous since he had been a hero to me growing up in the 70s80s.
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