The latest episode of former WCW President Eric Bischoff’s podcast Bischoff on Wrestling was released earlier tonight and features former WCW & WWE Superstar Lex Luger as his guest.
You can find some of Eric’s comments transcribed below.
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LL: My first time on television I just stood in the background. They said, “Hey Lex, you go out there with your shirt off out there and stand behind them.” It was Ravishing Rick Rude at the time with Percival Pringle who ended up being Undertaker’s manager. That was my first time ever on TV and they didn’t know where I was from nor did they have a name. Within about three minutes before we go out they go, “What’s your name?” I go, “Larry Fold.” They said, “You can’t be that!” So we came up with Lex Luger as my name and they said, “Where you from?” I go, “Buffalo, NY.” They go, “ON MAN! You can’t be from Buffalo!” We had the ‘Mistake on the Lake’ reputation back then. The rust belt and all the steel belts. Wahoo McDaniel and Blackjack Mulligan were in charge and they looked at each other and went, “Chicago or Detroit?” So I became from Lex Luger from Chicago and that’s something that stuck with me my whole career. As funny as that sounds.
EB: Lex Luger was probably a derivative of the character Lex Luthor who was popular from Superman I would guess?
LL: Yes, the first name was from him. Lex Luthor from Superman. The last name, Luger, was actually because of my German heritage. We all thought that was a good last name. At the time, I’m going back for nostalgia, Magnum PI was the number one television series on network television. They figured Magnum was a popular TV series so they’d call me Luger. So I became Lex Luger.
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This week’s episode of Bischoff on Wrestling starts with Eric talking about WWE Superstar Seth Rollins re-inuring his right knee just before WrestleMania.
Eric also takes a moment to discuss a couple of the other top news stories of the week in his “Business of Pro Wrestling” segment including:
- Lucha Underground’s new distribution deal with Netflix
- WWE Chief Revenue and Marketing Officer Michelle Wilson says WWE VR is less than five years away
- WWE fans’ criticism that this year’s Royal Rumble didn’t have enough surprises
- Bischoff on Wrestling’s brand new t-shirts
- More…
Eric then welcomes his guest for the week former WWE & WCW Superstar Lex Luger! During his appearance Lex speaks candidly to Eric about:
- His earliest memories of pro wrestling
- His days playing college football
- Being a bouncer and getting kicked out of college
- His time in the Canadian Football League
- Working with Ron Simmons and helping him get in to wrestling
- How he was trained to wrestle
- Immediately being thrown in main event positions with guys like Ric Flair
- The origins of the Lex Luger name and where he was billed from
- A rib nearly leading to Wahoo McDaniel beating him up
- More…
Eric then closes the show answering some fan questions from the #BischoffOnWrestling mailbag.
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