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The Story of Lex Luger's WCW Championship Win on Nitro

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Support Wrestling Bios: https://www.patreon.com/wrestling_bios Back-up Channel / RTW Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/@wrestlingbios2/ Sweet Merch: https://www.wrestlingbios.com Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/wrestlingbios This video looks at Lex Luger and his WCW Championship win on Monday Nitro against Hollywood Hogan. Lex won the championship on the August 4th 1997 episode of WCW Nitro, many people consider it to be one of the greatest moments in Nitro history, but then Lex dropped the title later in the week back to Hollywood Hogan (at WCW's Road Wild 1997 event). This video covers the championship win, why it happened, and why Lex lost the title again mere days later on pay per view. Chris Van Vliet's interview with Lex Luger: https://youtu.be/SvxnNdDReyg 00:00 - Lex Luger for 2025 Hall of Fame 01:32 - Lex's return to WCW in 1995 04:05 - Luger becomes the Number 1 Contender 07:50 - The Championship Win on Nitro 11:37 - Road Wild 1997 13:21 - Why did Lex win and lose the WCW championship? 18:37 - Final Thoughts