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Lawrence Wendell "Larry" Pfohl (born June 2, 1958) is a retired United states expert wrestler originally from Buffalo, New York, who competed from 1985 to 2005 as Lex Luger.He debuted in Florida and was forced hard straight away, beating Chief Wahoo McDaniel the a mere 19 days into his profession. He'd hold the name two even more times before nationwide Wrestling Alliance promoter Jim Crockett closed down Florida. Crockett, clearly sensing attracting energy in Luger, brought him around WCW, in which he replaced Ole Anderson within the Four Horsemen. This lasted until Luger switched face at the beginning of 1988.After leaving WCW in 1992, he jumped toward WWF become section of their ill-fated World Bodybuilding Federation. Afterwards were unsuccessful, Luger premiered in WWE at the start of 1993, where he would feud with Mr. Ideal until Hulk Hogan left after losing the planet Heavyweight Title to Yokozuna at King of this Ring. On July 4 regarding the U.S.S. Intrepid, Luger became the first individual in WWE to bodyslam Yokozuna, a clear sequel toward Hogan/Andre legend. But Luger ended up being never in a position to actually defeat Yokozuna for the name, and wound up in midcard before he unexpectedly hopped back again to WCW on first bout of, in which he remained into the bitter end. However make sporatic appearances in TNA and somewhere else before retiring to Crockett's old turf, Atlanta.Lex met Miss Elizabeth during the Millionaries/New Blood storyline of 2000. Three years later on, Elizabeth was found dead of a drug overdose inside their Georgia house. Luger was faced with battery pack and medication possession; discovered Jesus; experienced a spinal stroke; spent three-years relearning simple tips to go by using Steve Borden. The ill part is he is the fortunate ones.Not become confused with Lex Luthor, although evidently this is where he got the name.As normal, there is the basic principles at .

"The Total Tropes":

All American Face: WWE repackaged him as one following Hulk Hogan's departure, bodyslamming Yokozuna for AMERICA! (Though it had been a lot more of a hip toss but still...) For his push, we got vignettes of his airbrushed coach on trip to improve understanding of patriotism.

Alliterative Name: Lex Luger.

Arch-Enemy: Ric Flair, quickly. He'd other feuds, but this is their biggest.

The Atoner: Is this these days. He's well-aware of their under sterling reputation and from now on helps the WWE inside their health system. He additionally does most interviews when it comes to WWE system and comes off the maximum amount of more modest and down-to-earth as he was in his prime.

Author Avatar: Of Vince McMahon [!!] during their much-publicized steroid trial. allow him have it:

The major Guy: As a face. Lex ended up being bad with a mic and had no genuine knowledge, but he was a bull and capable slam a number of the bigger dudes, so he made their name that way.

Biography: His 2013 autobiography

Loaves of bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs: their belated 2000-early 2001 Tag Team with Buff Bagwell, at that time Luger labeled as himself "The Total Package", had been called "absolutely Buff."

Cavalry Betrayal: He's already been on both sides of the. At WCW Halloween Havoc 1995, he and Randy Savage ran in during Hogan-Giant match, but Luger fired up Savage. At WCW Bash at seashore 1996, throughout the Outsiders-Luger/Sting/Savage match, where Luger had recently been taken up to the rear, Hogan came in basically to make the salvage...and, of course, switched heel to introduce the nWo.

Charles Atlas Superpower: He looked like another person's laboratory experiment. Very first guy in WWE to slam Yokozuna, thus kicking off their "The All-American" gimmick. In the battle royal at WCW World War 3 96, he got when you look at the Torture Rack.

Dual Agent: He turned heel at Halloween Havoc 1995 and sided with the Dungeon. However, he and Sting defeated Harlem temperature (Booker T and Stevie Ray) when it comes to on January 22, 1996, which implied which he had been lined up with both a premier babyface and a premier heel team at exactly the same time. WCW finally resolved this by-turning Luger face in Doomsday Cage match at UnCensored in March, since they needed him as a face due to what was coming 8 weeks later on.

Expy/Legacy Character:

"The Masterpiece" Chris Masters' original Narcissist gimmick received numerous evaluations to Luger. Mark Jindrak's "Reflection of excellence" gimmick performed besides.

CHIKARA's Green Ant qualifies, if perhaps for a short while. During lover conclave for King of Trios 2011, the BDK's Jakob Hammermeier dared anyone to you will need to slam the team's monster Tursas. Green Ant moved away dressed the same way Luger had for the Yokozuna Bodyslam Challenge as well as used exactly the same music. Unlike Luger, Green Ant had not been successful at the time at slamming Tursas. However, during evening II, Tursas interfered when you look at the Colony (Fire Ant/Soldier Ant/Green Ant) vs. BDK (Delirious/Hammermeier/Tim Donst) match, and Green Ant slammed him and accompanied by making Hammermeier touch out to the Torture Rack. CHIKARA also had Green Ant ride on a bus to develop for their match with Tursas.

The Fighting Narcissist: As a heel. He was even billed as this at the start of his WWE run. Hell, he also provides the