Referee Bill Alphonso give his version of events at this link: ruclips.net/video/0Qxp5KDgU-M/видео.html Wrestling Legends shoot on Lex Luger Compilation video link: ruclips.net/video/yciTgNoOoy0/видео.html
@@robcharette1915 I seen Brody wrestle way back in 1987. He was definitely a scary looking guy and not somebody to mess. If Brody had known that Gonzalez was coming at him, it would be Invader we would be talking about pushing up daisies if at all.
@@Vercingetorix.Fantasia lex had some kinda spinal emergency in the late 2000s, and was quadriplegic for a few months. By early 2010s, he said he was able to walk again comfortably. But I think he's still disabled to an extent.
Not trying to get into a sermon, buy he's a Christian now and truly seems to be living what the bible says that a humble, Christian follower of Jesus should. He's literally a new man.
Yeah he has endured tremendous guilt and stress after pretty much killing Elizabeth which was covered up and it took a toll on lex along with more bad karma for his neck.
@Patrick majors wrong. Lex is only 61. Thats not old at all in todays standards. He is aged looking and very weak because of the sever spinal injury that crippled him and caused his weight loss and wore him down. Sounds like you didnt know. Google is your friend
Lex was one seriously big, powerful, and supremely fit athlete back then. For him to say he was genuinely scared--not just nervous or unsettled, but SCARED--speaks volumes about what a fearsome, dangerous dude Brody really was. The fact that some people considered him a little... unstable, just added to the reasons not to be on his wrong side. The razor blade legend would be enough to give the meanest man in the land pause.
Haha y’all are so sad. You guys def got to the bottom of the case before the police or the lawyers or the judges did. If he did any of what you all claim that he did (because, apparently to y’all, he and Terry Garvin are the same person and did the same exact actions) how come he never got charged or sued, especially in this day and age? Y’all are like the tinfoil hat guys that swore that Tupac was hiding on an island or that George H.W Bush is a lizard or that George Soros stole children out of a pizza joint.... stop smoking crack. He was only dragged into the horrible Terry Garvin stuff BECAUSE he also happened to be gay. This was in the early 80s. And because locker room guys knew Pat was openly gay as well certain guys lumped him in as a fellow creep. You guys need lives
ChrisS82 Dude...Luger was like 275lbs and he bodyslammed Yoko who weighed close to 500lbs with authority. And before that he had put The Giant aka The Big Show and most of the N.W.O. in a torture rack. The guy was pound for pound one of the strongest wrestlers in the business.
@@akuma4u They thought it was cool the military always loved WWE. When I joined the Navy is when they started Tribute to the Troops and they came to my base several times. Best times and the wrestlers are so laid back and cool.
When Bruiser did that he cheated out the fans who were expecting a good match for their entertainment that they paid tickets for. Thats just the wrong thing to do. Bruiser should of found another way to stick it to the promoters.
@@HT.100 I watched it and i am a wrestler. Lex wasn't selling 90% of the time. When you take boots from a man that size, you best sell. Lex kept getting up. Lex being green, he should have followed Brody's lead.
Watched Lex in the 80s I was a teen, I had never seen such a physique on a human being, your looking at a right at zero body fat mass index, he was the" total package" that name was perfectly defined, Lex is deserving of being and should be inducted into the wrestling hall of fame, Lex is a winner and a survivor period, God bless you Lex.😀👍🇺🇸
I understand admiration and respect for Lex, but there is no way a pro wrestler, especially with the rigors of scheduling in a major promotion in the late 1980's - early 1990's, could have competed at zero percent body fat. He would have DIED.Lex Luger WAS inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2016, when he was honored with the Frank Gotch Award., which is given to a professional wrestler who brings positive recognition to professional wrestling through work outside the ring.
The only other dude who rivaled Lex physique wise was Rick Rude. Those guys had the kind of builds that guys wanted to flaunt in front of the ladies back in the day.
Lex Luger had an amazing physique. I'd always liked the physique wrestlers. It started with Paul orndorff back when he was wrestling on the gulf coast.I kind of got away from wrestling for a while and when I came back I saw Luger and his physique was next level. Made me step my working out up. There was a lot of good physiques during that era, Kerry von Erich, Rick rude, Hercules, Warlord, ultimate warrior. But to me Lugers stood above them all. He had that balance of height and size combined.
@@roy12525 haha u got called a rat piece of shit lol 😆 . That dude is 100% right . You have no ideal how promoters treated wrestlers back then . Let's see u go to work for free and take a ass kicking and not get paid
I remember when Lex first started in Florida they gave him like 4 belts at the same time right away, he was doing this interview and was flexing his right bicep and just staring at it and the cameraman was saying Lex,Lex, hey Lex and he turns to the camera and said Oh I’m sorry I was distracted lmao he is definitely one of my favorites a couple years later I got to shake his hand at the Orange Dome in Winter Haven Fl he was cool as hell to a young fan which he didn’t have to be. I’m glad he’s doing better
LEX seems like a real humble BIG guy.... Cuz most big men or former Big men of wrestling have big heads with alot of pride that they cant shake off...... RESPECT 🤙🏽
Never met Luger, but admire him for being so candid and honest here. Bruiser Brody was my friend. To be honest, I never knew him in the same way that his fellow workers and promoters did. But, if he liked you...he was a loyal friend. I was fortunate to have known him in that way.
Lex is 1 of my favs! He is prob the most honest n sincere Wrestler still here. He seems Legit and Honest about the questions! Dont get why so many like to bash Him?! This Dude is such a Good person and changed all His bad ways, Cant hate on that!
People like to bash those who made mistakes and screwed up.....as if screwing up and changing is something to be ashamed of. Plus being a Christian never wins you many “friends”. Just ridicule and BS by the same ones who claim Christians are the judgmental ones. Smh
@@robertrodriguez787 the police did go to the house where they were living together for a domestic disturbance. And Ms. Elizabeth did OD living with Lex.
@@Davepool-hs7vr So that means She was taking Drugs . Doesn't mean he killed her unless he forced them Drugs Down her Throat . I mean that like if I was Getting High and Wasted with you and I OD on some Drugs . Would it be fair to say you killed me if we were both Taking them Drugs getting to get High and Wasted .
Lex has really had an awakening after the horrible loss of ms. Elizabeth. He changed his life. He went with religion, but whatever it takes to grow as a man. Good for him.
I seen Bruiser Brody wrestle here in New Jersey back in 1987. He was definitely a scary guy to watch in the ring. Interesting that Brody had a beef with Hiro Matsuda, who subsequently took over for Eddie Graham in the wake of his suicide. Of course Luger was trained by Matsuda and may have possibly wanted his protege to look bad. Meanwhile, other wrestlers mentioned that Lex allegedly left the building right away jumping into his car without talking to Brody.
Lex Luger !!! Give it up for The Human Torture Rack !!! One of the best and a guy I remember from the earliest days of my childhood watching Monday Night Nitro. What a great story too.
I was able to get an autograph from Lex Luger when the NWA toured out west and had a show in Reno, NV. He was very nice to us kids who were asking for autographs from the wrestlers as was Road Warrior Hawk, Sting and Barry Windham.
I read a command a few minutes ago as someone said they thought bruiser Brody was concussed during the match which is why he was acting weird in the ring, and I guess that’s a pretty decent assumption as that could actually be the best explanation I’ve ever heard as it makes total sense
I’ve watched it a few times and this is just my speculation. According to a few wrestlers Lex was trying to tell Brody what he would like to do. Brody being the vet usually calls the matches. So that rubbed Brody the wrong way. Then Brody was kicking Lex in the head. Lex kept getting up. IMO Brody probably expected him to hit the mat and sell the head kicks and not get up. When he kept getting up it pissed Brody off so he was like fuck this guy. That may not be anywhere near what caused Brody to do what he did, but it seems plausible
it is always so nice to see these interviews with people when they seem humble and believable rather than the guys that brag and take credit for everything.
HANNIBAL Salute, at the end of the live interview with Lex Luger I brought this up Lex Luger vs. Bruiser Brody, cuz it's a lot of people that didn't know about this story
Bout time to hear from lex again. Lex needs to flood RUclips and the internet with more interviews simply because very few have ever been released compared to most legends. The giant and luger tag team was awesome in wcw.
Man looking at lex so small and normal to watching him in the 80s is mad ,just an old guy living his life unlike the hulks who are still juiced up to gills afraid to let the hayday go gracefully, you gotta respect that
People forget Luger was greener than goose shit when this happened. Not even a year in the business. Good on Hannibal (as usual) for bringing up the gossiping from wrestlers.
Very interesting. Ive seen many interviews with Luger talk about the Brody in steel cage match in FL. However this is first time he ever said "this was his first cage match"
I was a Luger fan,still am.I have always heard negative things about him from other wrestling shoots from other wrestlers.But on interviews and i have read his book,i find him to be very humble and honest and likable,I know people change as they get older,but i find it it hard to believe that he could have been that much different back in the day,Do you think the negative comments about him are out of jealousy because many wrestlers felt he did not pay his dues to get to the top? Asking as wrestling fan.
The negative comments about him id say are mostly from him cheating on his wife with Ms. Elizabeth. He had her living in one of his houses down the road from him and his wife. Turning Ms. Elizabeth on to steroids and drugs. Blacked both her eyes. She weighed 100 lbs if that. Then when she stopped breathing one night on his couch, he called 911 and pretty much wouldnt do cpr or anything to help her besides calling 911 and she died. She was the First Lady of wrestling and very much loved by all the fans. Watch Vice, The Dark Side of the Ring". Very good series.
Lex looks 100 times healthier than he did couple years ago. Looks like he put on a good 20 pounds. Good for him seems like a good dude he accepted his mistakes in life and has become a better person
Hard to believe this is the same Lex Luger that I grew up watching in the 80s and 90s. I’m glad he’s still here, but he’s a shell of his former self. But it’s always good to listen to the stories he has to tell about the business.
I was the one who shot the video (I was the timekeeper that evening) and have commented on the various reactions to the Brody-Luger Shoot throughout the years. It's a shame Larry took too many bumps and his memory of the evening at the Ft. Lauderdale War Memorial is a bit different from what actually happened. He talks about the match as if he knows nothing about the business (maybe those are razor blades they put under those wrist bands?...come on Larry!!). I'm sure Larry still has nightmares about the evening. Scared his rookie ass to death. The true part of the story was him asking referee Bill Alphonso, continuously "what's going on? why is he not selling?" He jumped over the top of the cage because it was the fastest way out. And yes, the face and heel dressing rooms were on opposite sides behind stage. But that had no bearing as when Luger jumped the cage, he ran in the back, closed up his suitcase and jumped in his convertable parked in front of the mechanic's garage behind the facility and drove off in a panic. I believe he departed for Turner-land shortly thereafter, which ironically was planned well in advance. Oliver "Englebert" Humperdink (there goes that memory again) had testifed to the validityof this version several times before his untimely passing a few years ago.
Mr. Pfhol (sp.) had a rather large ego, despite his short tenure in the ring up to that point. It was a payback from CWF in return for an inflated ego. As I mentioned, he was already on his way to Atlanta and this was his receipt from the office. Bob Roop was in the car with him when he speeded away. IFRC, he was out of the building before Luger left the ring.
I met Lex in 93 at the Holiday Inn when he was doing the Lex Express im 6'3 250 pounds and he was bigger than me he stuck out his chest he was a big dude
10, 20, 30 years ago you couldn't have paid me to watch ANYTHING with Lex in it. Then through the advent of shoot interviews when I heard how little some wrestlers thought of Lex and his arrogance I liked him even less. But I have a hard time reconciling his old reputation with the man I've seen interviewed over the last few years. He certainly isn't arrogant today. I find him likeable and quite pleasant and I can't wait for the full interview. I've had my opinion of a number of wrestlers do a total 180 thanks to a HannibalTV interview. PS: I hope you asked him about the Owen and Davey rib they pulled on him with a cop stopping them in their car?
xracer 09 he is more qualified to be inducted in the NWA Hall of Fame than the WWE Hall of Fame. He had a wayyyy better run in NWA/WCW than the WWF/E. Look at his championships: NWA U.S. Champion, WCW World Champion, WCW World Tag Team Champion. Did he win a single title in the WWF/E????
@@Mr.Majestic77 yeah, he deserves the hall of fame unfortunately there's only one game in town (WWF) and like the Rock and Roll Express who never wrestled there they were inducted, also the 4 Horsemen never wrestled there as the horsemen, but they did individually, I think the NWA has a hall of fame but I don't know if Luger is in it.
He wasn't tough or anything like that, Lex Luger was capable of beating up Brody but Luger was not a confrontational or trouble-making person, that's it, It was about the personality.
The match is online (here on YT). Lex says they were locked in the cage for maybe an hour as nobody could open the door. Actually, as soon as he threw Alphonso and the bell rang, Lex climbed out of the cage and went through the crowd then we see the cage door swing open as the video ends at 9 minutes 38 seconds. In his own interview Bill also makes the claim that Lex left without changing/showering, which Lex denies here. Just pointing out that everyone has a different memory.
In other interviews with Luger involving the Brody match. Never mentioned manager Oliver Humperdink. However, he has said he did timidly confront Brody. Luger said Brody claimed "Having a problems with promoters which is just his way of getting even but nothing personal or professional againt Luger" (probably was led to motive to his murder). But again/never did Luger say that Brody claim "that Luger has NWA TV and Brody is on tv with Von Erichs" was apart of conversation. This new interview he is adding more elements of the meeting with Brody backstage
You can call that 100% bullshit from the start because Brody hated just about every promoter and loved the boys, so no way on Earth he would do that. He would often do the opposite, rough up the promoter and not even touch the wrestler he is supposed to be wrestling.
Yeah I gained a lot of respect for him with his interview about what happened with Miss Elizabeth on Bischoff's first podcast Bischoff on wrestling you should check it out sometime it made me tear up
From what Lex Luger says in this interview and from watching the match, I feel like Bruiser Brody was having a long day then was having a shitty match with a then green Lex Luger and just said fuck it, this match sucks, I'm done. Thats why Brody said "don't worry about it, it just didn't work out" when Luger appologized and didnt make it seem personal or like it was a big deal.
There was an NWA event in San Jose,CA where the SJ Giants played I believe Bees Stadium where the bad guys sat in one dugout and the good guys in the other dugout. I was a big 4 Horseman fan and Luger was the newest Horseman. I was staring in awe of Lex. He says hey buddy how you doing and sticks his hand out to shake hands. I will never forget that sandy huge handshake ever.
Referee Bill Alphonso give his version of events at this link: ruclips.net/video/0Qxp5KDgU-M/видео.html
Wrestling Legends shoot on Lex Luger Compilation video link: ruclips.net/video/yciTgNoOoy0/видео.html
Respect for his honesty. I wouldn’t want to be trapped in a cage with Brody either. Lex lost his look , but he gained perspective and wisdom.
Others claim he never spoke to Brody preferring to run out the back door into his car without showering.
@@jrupp8853 it’s definitely possible.
@@robcharette1915 I seen Brody wrestle way back in 1987. He was definitely a scary looking guy and not somebody to mess. If Brody had known that Gonzalez was coming at him, it would be Invader we would be talking about pushing up daisies if at all.
@@jrupp8853 I agree 100 . That was a shocking incident on wrestling history
@@jrupp8853 Ironically al snow said he was one of the safest guys he ever worked with. Think his reputation preceded him.
How many of these pro wrestlers would actually come out and admit they were scared?
Respect for not BSing it.
It seems like hes being very honest I look forward to the rest of the interviews
@@Vercingetorix.Fantasia lex had some kinda spinal emergency in the late 2000s, and was quadriplegic for a few months. By early 2010s, he said he was able to walk again comfortably. But I think he's still disabled to an extent.
@Frank Franklin probably a week or two.
Man you right . Lex was f$$in ripped too . For him to be scared is really saying something .
@Frank Franklin Luger had a spinal stroke a few years after he became a born again Christian in the mid 00's.
Lex has really grown as a human being. He’s a “bigger man” today then when he was physically big in the 80s and 90s.
Yeah the stuck up attitude and super arrogance has greatly diminished ......thank GOD 4 a more humble LEX LUGER ✌
@@GlorifiedTruth I TOTALLY understand that 👍✌
Not trying to get into a sermon, buy he's a Christian now and truly seems to be living what the bible says that a humble, Christian follower of Jesus should.
He's literally a new man.
Yeah he has endured tremendous guilt and stress after pretty much killing Elizabeth which was covered up and it took a toll on lex along with more bad karma for his neck.
@Patrick majors wrong. Lex is only 61. Thats not old at all in todays standards. He is aged looking and very weak because of the sever spinal injury that crippled him and caused his weight loss and wore him down. Sounds like you didnt know. Google is your friend
Good to see Lex looking reasonably healthy.
allhell138 he look like he is eating good. He doesn't have a gaunt look.
@@smokingthereefer92 She made her choices.
Lex was one seriously big, powerful, and supremely fit athlete back then. For him to say he was genuinely scared--not just nervous or unsettled, but SCARED--speaks volumes about what a fearsome, dangerous dude Brody really was. The fact that some people considered him a little... unstable, just added to the reasons not to be on his wrong side. The razor blade legend would be enough to give the meanest man in the land pause.
Just because someone is big, doesn't mean they have ever handled themselves in a violent manner.
Lex was a beast and awesome body. But Brody was cornbread corn fed strong and there is a difference. You know?😊
Being locked in a motel room with Pat Patterson would be scarier.
Tony R pat is a legend you homophobe. His name got smeared by other homophobes bc at that time being gay in wrestling was an industry death sentence
Soulman Murph Pat abused ring boys and young men coming up in the business
@BIGWORM 510 finally another real man in the comment box I agree with you 100%
Now that's funny 😂😂
Haha y’all are so sad. You guys def got to the bottom of the case before the police or the lawyers or the judges did. If he did any of what you all claim that he did (because, apparently to y’all, he and Terry Garvin are the same person and did the same exact actions) how come he never got charged or sued, especially in this day and age? Y’all are like the tinfoil hat guys that swore that Tupac was hiding on an island or that George H.W Bush is a lizard or that George Soros stole children out of a pizza joint.... stop smoking crack. He was only dragged into the horrible Terry Garvin stuff BECAUSE he also happened to be gay. This was in the early 80s. And because locker room guys knew Pat was openly gay as well certain guys lumped him in as a fellow creep. You guys need lives
Lex looks like David Lee Roth now.
I ahhhhh ain't got nobooooody
He only looks like Lex in the middle facial area.
Looking like the crypt keeper
*Don Knotts*
Larry Poos I swear I was just gonna comment the same thing. lol
Interviewer: So what happened in there Lex?
Luger: "I DON'T KNOW!!!"
I see what you did there
Luger should be in the hall of fame....such a iconic figure and humble man he has become..
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My dad was in the US Navy on board the USS intrepid he was there live when Lex body slammed Yokozuna oh my dad's naval ship.
Samuel Luciano that has to be great 👍🏼
ChrisS82 Dude...Luger was like 275lbs and he bodyslammed Yoko who weighed close to 500lbs with authority. And before that he had put The Giant aka The Big Show and most of the N.W.O. in a torture rack. The guy was pound for pound one of the strongest wrestlers in the business.
akuma4u So,he wasn't far from the mark. Maybe 250-260lbs. So What? Him weighing less only makes his feat more great.
At the time he slammed Yokozuna he was around 270-275 he was at the peak of his physique he just had left WCW not too long before that
@@akuma4u They thought it was cool the military always loved WWE. When I joined the Navy is when they started Tribute to the Troops and they came to my base several times. Best times and the wrestlers are so laid back and cool.
At least he admitted he was shook.
You would be too. You would run from Brody like a bitch and never look back.
@@subzero8679 no he meant to say how tough and buff lex was he was still scared he didn't say he was a scaredy cat or anything
@@subzero8679 I wouldn't he is just a dude.. But at least we can see your true colors... Coward!
@@I-R_kratos 🤦🏼♂️
Such a sweet man. He seemed to be so approachable and down to earth. Bless his soul.
Cancer can f do o that to ya
He’s still alive but yes, we all need blessing.
in the late 80s this guy walked into my gym at 7am. he was in top of his game. I never forgot that day.
I find this gentleman to be as honest, straightforward and completely believable.
Great interview.
When Bruiser did that he cheated out the fans who were expecting a good match for their entertainment that they paid tickets for. Thats just the wrong thing to do. Bruiser should of found another way to stick it to the promoters.
Should have
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@craig 22 watch the match. lex was selling
@@HT.100 I watched it and i am a wrestler. Lex wasn't selling 90% of the time. When you take boots from a man that size, you best sell. Lex kept getting up. Lex being green, he should have followed Brody's lead.
Bruiser was probably high as fk
Cool to hear the end of the story. Luger has changed so much. Seems like a great guy now.
Love listening to wrestlers tell the stories! can't get enough of them! Lex is so honest, lots of respect for him!
Watched Lex in the 80s I was a teen, I had never seen such a physique on a human being, your looking at a right at zero body fat mass index, he was the" total package" that name was perfectly defined, Lex is deserving of being and should be inducted into the wrestling hall of fame, Lex is a winner and a survivor period, God bless you Lex.😀👍🇺🇸
the warlord had a better body and a few others. but there arent many who were in better shape.
I understand admiration and respect for Lex, but there is no way a pro wrestler, especially with the rigors of scheduling in a major promotion in the late 1980's - early 1990's, could have competed at zero percent body fat. He would have DIED.Lex Luger WAS inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2016, when he was honored with the Frank Gotch Award., which is given to a professional wrestler who brings positive recognition to professional wrestling through work outside the ring.
The only other dude who rivaled Lex physique wise was Rick Rude. Those guys had the kind of builds that guys wanted to flaunt in front of the ladies back in the day.
Lex Luger had an amazing physique. I'd always liked the physique wrestlers. It started with Paul orndorff back when he was wrestling on the gulf coast.I kind of got away from wrestling for a while and when I came back I saw Luger and his physique was next level. Made me step my working out up. There was a lot of good physiques during that era, Kerry von Erich, Rick rude, Hercules, Warlord, ultimate warrior. But to me Lugers stood above them all. He had that balance of height and size combined.
You wouldn’t be able to live with zero body fat
Hannibal is killing it . Building an empire. Great work.
Lex is so honest and humble. Seems like he has no regrets, never badmouths anybody. Lex is my brother in Christ.
Sometimes Bruiser Brody had situations with management or wrestlers so he wouldn't work. In another match he just sat in the middle of the ring.
Sitting down in the middle of the bathroom and no selling didn't end too well for him ultimately.
Bruiser is a legend case closed
Really messed up what happened to Bruiser. And the bastard got away with it.
@@roy12525 not cool
@@roy12525 haha u got called a rat piece of shit lol 😆 . That dude is 100% right . You have no ideal how promoters treated wrestlers back then . Let's see u go to work for free and take a ass kicking and not get paid
I remember when Lex first started in Florida they gave him like 4 belts at the same time right away, he was doing this interview and was flexing his right bicep and just staring at it and the cameraman was saying Lex,Lex, hey Lex and he turns to the camera and said Oh I’m sorry I was distracted lmao he is definitely one of my favorites a couple years later I got to shake his hand at the Orange Dome in Winter Haven Fl he was cool as hell to a young fan which he didn’t have to be. I’m glad he’s doing better
Can I find this on youtube
R.I.P. BRUISER BRODY🤘
Brody had it coming
@@barttledoo8440
No, he didn't.
@@bubbiesdad idk brother, he had a tendency to not do business.... And look what happened to him
He had a tendency to handle his own career. I would have lived to see what would have happened to McMahon had Brody lived.
Was never a fan of Lex back then, but this story seems from the heart and real. I believe this version.
Thanks HANNIBAL love your videos!!
The Total Package glad to see him doing well
Lex is very well spoken. Its good that we hear his side of what happened. I had heard Bruiser was pissed off with the promoter
LEX seems like a real humble BIG guy.... Cuz most big men or former Big men of wrestling have big heads with alot of pride that they cant shake off...... RESPECT 🤙🏽
Great interview. Love Lex. Met him a few years ago. Great guy. Lex is very underrated imo. He should have been in the hof years ago.
I'm gonna go out on a limb to say this will be a really good one. Thanks Hannibal
Never met Luger, but admire him for being so candid and honest here. Bruiser Brody was my friend. To be honest, I never knew him in the same way that his fellow workers and promoters did. But, if he liked you...he was a loyal friend. I was fortunate to have known him in that way.
This was a great interview!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think lex was telling the truth
Great interview! All the best to Lex and a future hall of fame induction should be given to this man.
The one in the only total package lex Luger one of the best wrestlers lace a pair of boots in the national wrestling alliance
Awesome to see you get Luger! You continually put out the best shoot interviews.
Lex is 1 of my favs! He is prob the most honest n sincere Wrestler still here. He seems Legit and Honest about the questions! Dont get why so many like to bash Him?! This Dude is such a Good person and changed all His bad ways, Cant hate on that!
He beat Ms. Elizabeth and she overdosed
People like to bash those who made mistakes and screwed up.....as if screwing up and changing is something to be ashamed of.
Plus being a Christian never wins you many “friends”. Just ridicule and BS by the same ones who claim Christians are the judgmental ones. Smh
@@Davepool-hs7vr yeah like you were there to back up that claim
@@robertrodriguez787 the police did go to the house where they were living together for a domestic disturbance. And Ms. Elizabeth did OD living with Lex.
@@Davepool-hs7vr So that means She was taking Drugs . Doesn't mean he killed her unless he forced them Drugs Down her Throat . I mean that like if I was Getting High and Wasted with you and I OD on some Drugs . Would it be fair to say you killed me if we were both Taking them Drugs getting to get High and Wasted .
Lex has really had an awakening after the horrible loss of ms. Elizabeth. He changed his life. He went with religion, but whatever it takes to grow as a man. Good for him.
I seen Bruiser Brody wrestle here in New Jersey back in 1987. He was definitely a scary guy to watch in the ring. Interesting that Brody had a beef with Hiro Matsuda, who subsequently took over for Eddie Graham in the wake of his suicide. Of course Luger was trained by Matsuda and may have possibly wanted his protege to look bad. Meanwhile, other wrestlers mentioned that Lex allegedly left the building right away jumping into his car without talking to Brody.
Great vid! Lex looks great. Love his stories - could listen to them all day.
Palalubong it’s such an eye opener to look At his image comparison to back then
For years he was walking with a Cain due to strokes and he also had several seizures. Looks way better now
Luger has always reminded me of David Lee Roth, similar faces, both had similar hair and Luger’s ring walk songs had cool rock riffs
I just noticed that for the first time. Came to the comments to post that.
Great to finally hear his version
Lex Luger !!! Give it up for The Human Torture Rack !!! One of the best and a guy I remember from the earliest days of my childhood watching Monday Night Nitro. What a great story too.
I really enjoy Lex's interviews, a very charismatic guy.
I know he’s been through stuff but it’s still weird seeing Lex like this
Man... I remember when I was a kid I'd put my friends in the torture rack. haha. Lex Luger is awesome!
I did too , made a kid cry
Yup but you had to “snap” and not let them go lmao good times
HOLY SH!T it's DAVID LEE ROTH!!!!!
It's refreshing to hear a shoot interviewee with the humility to admit that he was actually frightened by an opponent.
He’s looking more like David Lee Roth now 🤷🏻♂️
Shot you beat me to the punch I was going to say that LOL
Probably sings better too!
For everything he has been through, Lex is looking damn great !
Lex Luger will forever be my hero he was my inspiration at age 12 years old to lift weights
Great show Blood man
I was able to get an autograph from Lex Luger when the NWA toured out west and had a show in Reno, NV.
He was very nice to us kids who were asking for autographs from the wrestlers as was Road Warrior Hawk, Sting and Barry Windham.
lex luger deserves to be in the WWE Hall of Fame 2020!
He knows why Brody didn't want to work with him.
I MISS YOUR GYM LEX,
Main Event Fitness was the BEST!💪
Lex Luger vs Chris Master would have been something 💪
Dam he. Looks old
Say no to drugs people
I read a command a few minutes ago as someone said they thought bruiser Brody was concussed during the match which is why he was acting weird in the ring, and I guess that’s a pretty decent assumption as that could actually be the best explanation I’ve ever heard as it makes total sense
Love the Brody stories.
You got Lex?! Hell yeah!
Awesome job HANNIBAL!!!
Wow, that just shatters all the rumors ♥️
Hannibal and Lex cant get much better
I’ve watched it a few times and this is just my speculation. According to a few wrestlers Lex was trying to tell Brody what he would like to do. Brody being the vet usually calls the matches. So that rubbed Brody the wrong way. Then Brody was kicking Lex in the head. Lex kept getting up. IMO Brody probably expected him to hit the mat and sell the head kicks and not get up. When he kept getting up it pissed Brody off so he was like fuck this guy. That may not be anywhere near what caused Brody to do what he did, but it seems plausible
it is always so nice to see these interviews with people when they seem humble and believable rather than the guys that brag and take credit for everything.
HANNIBAL Salute, at the end of the live interview with Lex Luger I brought this up Lex Luger vs. Bruiser Brody, cuz it's a lot of people that didn't know about this story
I appreciate his honesty on this.
Luger seems like a cool dude.
I walked past Lex once in his prime in a hallway he was massive. I wouldn't have pictured him afraid of anyone but God himself.
Being heavily muscled doesn't mean you are a good fighter. Lex was smart enough to know he wasn't a good fighter and booked outta there. lol
Who remembers that moment when Lex Luger join the Wolfpack!? #gooddays
When he doubled ax handle Goldberg
@@maricsouth yeah that was classic but it was his 2nd time joining
Bout time to hear from lex again. Lex needs to flood RUclips and the internet with more interviews simply because very few have ever been released compared to most legends. The giant and luger tag team was awesome in wcw.
Man looking at lex so small and normal to watching him in the 80s is mad ,just an old guy living his life unlike the hulks who are still juiced up to gills afraid to let the hayday go gracefully, you gotta respect that
People forget Luger was greener than goose shit when this happened. Not even a year in the business. Good on Hannibal (as usual) for bringing up the gossiping from wrestlers.
He looks like he made a bad deal with Ursula the sea witch and got turned into one of those seaweed monsters.#littlemermaid reference
Seaweed monsters?
Very interesting. Ive seen many interviews with Luger talk about the Brody in steel cage match in FL. However this is first time he ever said "this was his first cage match"
I was a Luger fan,still am.I have always heard negative things about him from other wrestling shoots from other wrestlers.But on interviews and i have read his book,i find him to be very humble and honest and likable,I know people change as they get older,but i find it it hard to believe that he could have been that much different back in the day,Do you think the negative comments about him are out of jealousy because many wrestlers felt he did not pay his dues to get to the top? Asking as wrestling fan.
The negative comments about him id say are mostly from him cheating on his wife with Ms. Elizabeth. He had her living in one of his houses down the road from him and his wife. Turning Ms. Elizabeth on to steroids and drugs. Blacked both her eyes. She weighed 100 lbs if that. Then when she stopped breathing one night on his couch, he called 911 and pretty much wouldnt do cpr or anything to help her besides calling 911 and she died. She was the First Lady of wrestling and very much loved by all the fans. Watch Vice, The Dark Side of the Ring". Very good series.
Lex looks 100 times healthier than he did couple years ago. Looks like he put on a good 20 pounds. Good for him seems like a good dude he accepted his mistakes in life and has become a better person
Hard to believe this is the same Lex Luger that I grew up watching in the 80s and 90s. I’m glad he’s still here, but he’s a shell of his former self.
But it’s always good to listen to the stories he has to tell about the business.
Ajmal Ali a little of all of the above, I guess.
Ajmal Ali I understand
I bet hanging out with Lex, you would hear some amazing stories.
I was the one who shot the video (I was the timekeeper that evening) and have commented on the various reactions to the Brody-Luger Shoot throughout the years. It's a shame Larry took too many bumps and his memory of the evening at the Ft. Lauderdale War Memorial is a bit different from what actually happened. He talks about the match as if he knows nothing about the business (maybe those are razor blades they put under those wrist bands?...come on Larry!!). I'm sure Larry still has nightmares about the evening. Scared his rookie ass to death. The true part of the story was him asking referee Bill Alphonso, continuously "what's going on? why is he not selling?" He jumped over the top of the cage because it was the fastest way out. And yes, the face and heel dressing rooms were on opposite sides behind stage. But that had no bearing as when Luger jumped the cage, he ran in the back, closed up his suitcase and jumped in his convertable parked in front of the mechanic's garage behind the facility and drove off in a panic. I believe he departed for Turner-land shortly thereafter, which ironically was planned well in advance. Oliver "Englebert" Humperdink (there goes that memory again) had testifed to the validityof this version several times before his untimely passing a few years ago.
But do you know why brody no sold lex's offence though?
Mr. Pfhol (sp.) had a rather large ego, despite his short tenure in the ring up to that point. It was a payback from CWF in return for an inflated ego. As I mentioned, he was already on his way to Atlanta and this was his receipt from the office. Bob Roop was in the car with him when he speeded away. IFRC, he was out of the building before Luger left the ring.
I met Lex in 93 at the Holiday Inn when he was doing the Lex Express im 6'3 250 pounds and he was bigger than me he stuck out his chest he was a big dude
I met him on one of the Lex Express stops too. That was one of the biggest angles that never ultimately went anywhere. It was disappointing.
Ori0n1975 the WWF/E did that to a LOT of former NWA/WCW performers.
@@Ori0n1975 the babyface turn didn't suit him at all. It was just Vince McMahon's idea to create another Hulk Hogan.
I got his autograph in the Tallahassee Gold's gym in the mid 1980s. He first told me not to bother him, then apologized and gave me his autograph.
Yea..I don't blame lex for getting the heck out of that caged ring ...hmmmm
10, 20, 30 years ago you couldn't have paid me to watch ANYTHING with Lex in it. Then through the advent of shoot interviews when I heard how little some wrestlers thought of Lex and his arrogance I liked him even less. But I have a hard time reconciling his old reputation with the man I've seen interviewed over the last few years. He certainly isn't arrogant today. I find him likeable and quite pleasant and I can't wait for the full interview. I've had my opinion of a number of wrestlers do a total 180 thanks to a HannibalTV interview. PS: I hope you asked him about the Owen and Davey rib they pulled on him with a cop stopping them in their car?
I like Luger, I liked him as a Horseman and also after he turned face, he should be in the hall of fame.
xracer 09 he is more qualified to be inducted in the NWA Hall of Fame than the WWE Hall of Fame. He had a wayyyy better run in NWA/WCW than the WWF/E. Look at his championships: NWA U.S. Champion, WCW World Champion, WCW World Tag Team Champion. Did he win a single title in the WWF/E????
@@Mr.Majestic77 yeah, he deserves the hall of fame unfortunately there's only one game in town (WWF) and like the Rock and Roll Express who never wrestled there they were inducted, also the 4 Horsemen never wrestled there as the horsemen, but they did individually, I think the NWA has a hall of fame but I don't know if Luger is in it.
Hannibal got hosed by the WWE but I'm positive he found his calling. Always great interviews. 👊
For a guy the stature of Luger back then I can only imagine how tough Brody was.
He wasn't tough or anything like that, Lex Luger was capable of beating up Brody but Luger was not a confrontational or trouble-making person, that's it, It was about the personality.
The match is online (here on YT). Lex says they were locked in the cage for maybe an hour as nobody could open the door. Actually, as soon as he threw Alphonso and the bell rang, Lex climbed out of the cage and went through the crowd then we see the cage door swing open as the video ends at 9 minutes 38 seconds. In his own interview Bill also makes the claim that Lex left without changing/showering, which Lex denies here. Just pointing out that everyone has a different memory.
In other interviews with Luger involving the Brody match. Never mentioned manager Oliver Humperdink. However, he has said he did timidly confront Brody. Luger said Brody claimed "Having a problems with promoters which is just his way of getting even but nothing personal or professional againt Luger" (probably was led to motive to his murder). But again/never did Luger say that Brody claim "that Luger has NWA TV and Brody is on tv with Von Erichs" was apart of conversation. This new interview he is adding more elements of the meeting with Brody backstage
I've heard Luger talking about the Brody incident multiple times & he did mention Humperdink.
The locker rooms back in those times were no joke. That was wild west shit.
can't wait to watch the full shoot.
Such a humble guy. Gotta love Lex.
I thought the narrative was that Lex was stiffing the promoter by jumping to NWA ahead of schedule and the promoter had Brody work him stiff
You can call that 100% bullshit from the start because Brody hated just about every promoter and loved the boys, so no way on Earth he would do that. He would often do the opposite, rough up the promoter and not even touch the wrestler he is supposed to be wrestling.
@Motorsash I call bullshit on that one. Luger was a pupil of Matsuda and they were close.
I have more respect for Lex Luger now for this interview. Great job Hannibal 👍
Yeah I gained a lot of respect for him with his interview about what happened with Miss Elizabeth on Bischoff's first podcast Bischoff on wrestling you should check it out sometime it made me tear up
Everett Garrett Yeah will do👌
Oliver, not Englebert. Sir Oliver Humperdink and later Big Daddy Dink. RIP to a good dude / dink.
Love hearing Lex talk.
miss you Lex Luger the best wrestling legend in the world
Engelbert Humperdink was the singer ...Oliver Humperdink was the manager
From what Lex Luger says in this interview and from watching the match, I feel like Bruiser Brody was having a long day then was having a shitty match with a then green Lex Luger and just said fuck it, this match sucks, I'm done. Thats why Brody said "don't worry about it, it just didn't work out" when Luger appologized and didnt make it seem personal or like it was a big deal.
Fair play for his honesty
There was an NWA event in San Jose,CA where the SJ Giants played I believe Bees Stadium where the bad guys sat in one dugout and the good guys in the other dugout. I was a big 4 Horseman fan and Luger was the newest Horseman. I was staring in awe of Lex. He says hey buddy how you doing and sticks his hand out to shake hands. I will never forget that sandy huge handshake ever.
A guy named Fonzie. A guy named Humperdink. He talks like nobody knows these people.
Your average fan today doesn't. This was in 1987 over 30 years ago.