Lex Luger was always known for his look during his time in wrestling, earning the nicknames "The Narcissist" and "The Total Package."
Luger was also one of the strongest wrestlers during his time, from slamming Yokozuna to racking The Giant (The Big Show in WWE).
Speaking to Chris Van Vliet on Insight, Luger was asked about his physique.
"I dare somebody to find in 15 years when I looked bad. Even when I was with Vince [McMahon] and we were drug tested sometimes five nights in a row. I was clean the whole time I was with WWE. I lost about 20 pounds, but I still looked very fit. We were legitimately tested and I was clean the whole time. 93 to 95. If you look closely, I was down to about 245 pounds. I was about 20 pounds less muscle, but on camera, when you’re lean, you almost look bigger. Eddie Guerrero, I don’t know what he weighed, but he didn’t weigh a lot, but he got really ripped and looked fit. When you’re ripped and lean, you look bigger on camera. At WWE, I was clean the whole time I was there, some people don’t believe it, but I was. When I was in high school, I was built. God gave me great genetics. When I started lifting weights in high school, I was benching 400 pounds within a couple of months. I had never touched a weight. God gave me that gift of having that type of physique even without any PEDs," said Luger.
Asked if he was clean in WCW, Luger replied, "No, I was on some PEDs then. Towards the end of my career, you could see I was huge. The Road Warriors era of wrestling was more testosterone and Dianabol. I was clean with WWE, then towards the end, the baseball players brought in a little bit of the growth. The last few years of my career, when I think maybe I looked my best, I was on a basic testosterone and growth hormone. I was on a shot of test a week and little growth hormone towards the end. Very little. Basically, a medicinal dosage."
Luger joined WCW in 1995, appearing on the first WCW Nitro.
Elsewhere during the interview, Luger commented on a possible WWE Hall of Fame induction. You can find his full comments by clicking here.
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