The Monday Night Wars started with heavy shots fired when Lex Luger showed up just one night after being at a WWE house show. It was a statement of intent that they were coming to compete with the WWE and did so by stealing a talent that was considered one of the the top stars of the WWE. He did so without notice to Vince McMahon, who had let Luger’s contract expire.
Luger talked about this decision with Sean Waltman on the Pro Wrestling 4 Life podcast, where he revealed he had much regret over the decision. Luger had still been trying to work things out with Vince McMahon, who he had been working on a handshake deal with.
“It was hard to keep a secret, so Eric wanted to be totally secret to leave. I was still negotiating on a handshake to stay in WWE, and for me to walk out there and not give any notice to Vince, looking back now, I wish I hadn’t done that. I did what I thought was best at the time for my career. Me, myself, and I. Hopefully if I’d have done it again, I wouldn’t have done that to Vince. I felt, even back then, felt really bad about that.”
McMahon had heavily invested in Luger from the beginning of that relationship. Making him the star of his WBF before it closed down. When Luger eventually made it to the WWE, he was given a heavy push, including becoming the company’s top babyface following Hogan’s departure. Believing in someone that much to leave them like that is certainly a slight Vince McMahon has never forgotten.
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