In 1993, after slamming Yokozuna on July 4, Lex Luger embarked on a nationwide tour on the Lex Express.
The idea was make Lex into the new top babyface in the promotion.
On A&E Biography, Lex was portrayed as being difficult on the Lex Express Tour.
"They portrayed it a little bit, my family was upset, on the A&E special. They made it look like I didn’t enjoy myself. We had a great time on that tour. It was judiciously edited by Bruce Prichard to make it look like Lex wasn’t the guy and he didn’t have a good time. They took excerpts on that A&E special and made it look like I was heeling on people during the tour. I wasn’t upset. ‘They are just spicing it up,’ I said. ‘They are just throwing some stuff in there to tell their story.’ It didn’t bother me at all that they put that stuff in there. For instance, they would show me acting like I didn’t get a suite at the hotel and I was making a big stink. I was joking around with the camera guys and desk people. They made it look like on A&E portraying that I was throwing a hissy fit because I didn’t get a suite at the hotel, which was not what happened, but that’s what it looked like on A&E. I was laughing. I thought it was funny. They did a really good job on that," Lex recalled to Chris Van Vliet on Insight.
Ultimately, Luger failed to capture to WWE Championship and his babyface run never hit its peak. Luger defeated Yokozuna by countout at SummerSlam 1993 and then lost to Yoko at WrestleMania X.
Elsewhere during the interview, Luger said he was clean during his WWE run. You can find his full comments by clicking here.
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