Lex Luger Lawrence Wendell " Larry " Pfohl ( pronounced " Foal " ) ( June 2 , 1958 ) , better known by his ring name Lex Luger , is an American former professional wrestler and football player . He is best known for his work with the National Wrestling Alliance ( NWA ) , World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) , and the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) . Among other accolades in professional wrestling , Luger is a three - time world champion , having held the WCW World Heavyweight Championship twice , and the World Wrestling All - Stars World Heavyweight Championship once ; a record - tying five - time NWA / WCW United States Heavyweight Champion ; and the 1994 WWF Royal Rumble winner ( with Bret Hart ) . Readers of " Pro Wrestling Illustrated " voted Luger the Most Popular Wrestler of the Year 1993 . Most recently , Luger has been traveling to various churches and giving his testimony about his life decision of becoming a born again Christian . Football career . Luger attended high school and played football in Orchard Park , New York . He then attended Pennsylvania State University on a football scholarship , but transferred to the University of Miami after his freshman year . A talented soccer player and lifelong fan of English soccer team Manchester United , Luger considered changing sport for some time but eventually decided his skills would be better suited to gridiron . After sitting out the 1978 season , he started the 1979 season as a defensive tackle until his scholarship was terminated . He was joined at Miami by Jim Kelly , Jim Burt , Mitch Guittar , and Fred Marion among others . Upon leaving Miami , he played professional football for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League . He then signed with the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League , but never played in a game and thus is not listed on their all - time roster , though he did spend the entire 1982 season on the team ' s injured reserve list with a groin problem incurred during training camp . He returned to the Packers training camp in 1983 , but he was released before the regular season began . In 1984 , Luger finished his football career playing in the United States Football League for the Memphis Showboats . He also played for the Tampa Bay Bandits in the USFL , where he was a teammate with future WCW rival Ron Simmons . Professional wrestling career . NWA Florida ( 1985 – 1986 ) . In 1985 , Luger met Bob Roop at a celebrity golfing event in Florida and was given the chance to get into professional wrestling as Roop was greatly impressed with Luger ' s powerful bodybuilder physique . Roop arranged for Luger to be trained by Hiro Matsuda , who had previously trained Hulk Hogan and " Mr . Wonderful " Paul Orndorff . Luger adopted the ring name " Lex Luger " , being a fan of the comic book villain Lex Luthor , and made his in - ring debut in September 1985 . He was featured alongside Percy Pringle and Rick Rude as a bare chested silent type . Luger began wrestling in the NWA Florida territory . He got his first victory on October 31 , 1985 against Ed " The Bull " Gantner and won the Southern Heavyweight Championship from Wahoo McDaniel the next month . On September 1 , 1986 , he fought NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair for the title at a show " Battle of the Belts " , which resulted in a 60 - minute draw . As a result , Flair retained the title . Towards the end of his run in Florida , Luger was involved in a steel cage match with Bruiser Brody , where Brody stopped cooperating , leading to Luger leaving the match . National Wrestling Alliance / World Championship Wrestling ( 1987 – 1992 ) . Four Horsemen ( 1987 – 1988 ) . In 1987 , Luger went to work for Jim Crockett ' s World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) , which was under the National Wrestling Alliance ( NWA ) banner , with the nickname " The Total Package " and began using " The Human Torture Rack " , an Argentine backbreaker , as his finisher . He was first booked as an associate to Ric Flair ' s " Four Horsemen " stable until Ole Anderson was kicked out and he became an official member of the group . Luger started wrestling as a heel . His first big feud was with Nikita Koloff , whom he defeated for his first NWA United States Heavyweight Championship on July 11 , 1987 . Manager J . J . Dillon threw a chair over the top of the cage while the referee , Earl Hebner , was down . Luger knocked Koloff unconscious with it and then lifted up Koloff in the Torture Rack . A revived Hebner then dropped Koloff ' s arm three times with no response and awarded Luger a submission victory . He held the title until NWA ' s first pay - per - view event Starrcade in November , when he dropped it to Dusty Rhodes in a steel cage . This loss set the stage for Luger leaving the Four Horsemen , as manager Dillon ' s interference cost Luger the match . A steel chair thrown in by Dillon was dropped by Luger and Rhodes DDT ' d Luger on it prior to pinning him for the win . Luger left the Four Horsemen in 1988 after he and his stablemates ( Tully Blanchard , Arn Anderson , and Dillon ) were the sole wrestlers left in a Bunkhouse Stampede battle royal and Dillon asked the other wrestlers to eliminate themselves so he could win . Although Blanchard and Anderson complied , Luger refused and eliminated Dillon , leaving the Horsemen in the process . Feuding with the Horsemen ( 1988 – 1989 ) . Luger turned babyface and befriended Barry Windham , his former Florida ally . They formed a tag team , dubbed " The Twin Towers " . " The Twin Towers " first teamed on March 27 , 1988 at " Clash of the Champions " to defeat Tully Blanchard and Arn Anderson for the NWA World Tag Team Championship . Only a few weeks after the title win , a swerve took place in the NWA with Windham suddenly turning on Luger during a title defense ( against Blanchard and Anderson ) and joining his former stable , The Four Horsemen . Days later , the Jim Crockett , Sr . Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament was held with its first night in Greenville , South Carolina . A partner - less Luger was teamed with Sting ( whose partner Ronnie Garvin had been kayfabe injured ) and the impromptu team won the entire tournament , defeating Blanchard and Anderson in the finals . Luger began a feud with the Four Horsemen and Windham . He began hunting their leader Ric Flair for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship . At the June 8 of " Clash of the Champions " , it was announced that Luger would challenge Flair for the NWA title at The Great American Bash on July 10 in Baltimore . The contract was signed on a yacht with Flair delivering the line " You gotta make it to Baltimore . . . " to Luger . As Luger arrived at " The Clash " in a limousine he was attacked by The Four Horsemen , leaving him ( kayfabe ) injured and bleeding in the parking lot on live television . While Luger had Flair in the " Torture Rack " and Flair was about to submit , the match was abruptly stopped by the referee who cited ( kayfabe ) " Maryland State Athletic Commission " rules about a cut that had opened up on Luger ' s forehead " bleeding excessively " . Luger faced Flair in many rematches across the country , never winning the title . The Luger / Flair feud came to an end after December ' s Starrcade 1988 : True Gritt where Flair pinned Luger in a rematch main event for the NWA title by illegally using the ropes . United States Heavyweight Champion ( 1989 – 1990 ) . He was then matched up against old foe Barry Windham at The Chi - Town Rumble winning his second NWA United States Heavyweight Championship from him . Luger defended the U . S . Championship regularly . One of his major title defenses was against Jack Victory in a dark match on the April 2 , 1989 of " Clash of the Champions " . He teamed up with Michael P . S . Hayes against Barry and Kendall Windham in a match which saw Hayes turn on Luger , setting himself as a contender to the U . S . Title . Hayes defeated Luger for the US title at WrestleWar 1989 : Music City Showdown when a surprise appearance by Hayes ' s ex - Freebird teammate Terry Gordy helped cost Luger the match . Luger regained the U . S . Title from Hayes in a rematch a couple of weeks later , beginning a heel turn when he broke the rules by pulling Hayes ' s tights while pinning Hayes to win the match . The turn became " official " shortly after , when on the June 14 of " Clash of the Champions " , Luger attacked the popular Ricky " The Dragon " Steamboat after Steamboat had defeated Terry Funk by disqualification . Luger and Steamboat faced each other at The Great American Bash in July with Luger winning by disqualification after Luger refused to wrestle Steamboat until the match ' s no - disqualification clause had been waived . Flyin ' Brian Pillman challenged Luger at Halloween Havoc 1989 : Settling the Score for the US Title , which Luger won . He also defeated Pillman in a rematch on the November 15 of " Clash of the Champions " to retain the title and end the feud . After the main event of the card , which saw Ric Flair and Terry Funk in an " I Quit " match , Luger made a surprise run in , attacking both Flair and Sting , who had come out to save Flair from a post match attack by The Great Muta . December ' s Starrcade featured an " Ironman " tournament between Flair , Sting , Luger , and Muta . Though Sting eventually won the tournament , Luger was the only participant to go undefeated ( Sting got pinfall victories over Muta and Flair , giving him the most points to win the tournament ) . This elevated Sting to the status of # 1 contender for Flair ' s world title . With Sting and Flair set to square off at WrestleWar in February , Luger was booked to defend the U . S . Title against " Dr . Death " Steve Williams on the card . A legitimate injury to Sting , however , caused the entire booking of the card to get changed . Luger was elevated to face Flair for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship . An injured Sting appeared in Luger ' s corner during the match , eventually being attacked by Ole and Arn Anderson . When Luger left the ring to help Sting he was counted out , giving the match to Flair . The idea here was to build Luger up as a " changed man " that had " gained self - respect " by saving Sting . Luger challenged Flair across the country in rematches . In the final match of the feud , a few months after WrestleWar , another screwjob finish occurred where Luger won by disqualification against Flair in a steel cage match when the cage rose up from the ground and outside interference marred the match . In mid - 1990 , Luger ' s focus went back to defending his U . S . Championship while the NWA focused on Sting and his reign as World Heavyweight Champion . When Stan Hansen entered the company and the two of them feuded for a brief period of months , Luger eventually dropped the title to Hansen at Halloween Havoc , though he won it back at Starrcade 1990 : Collision Course beginning his fourth NWA United States Heavyweight Championship reign . Luger ' s third title reign lasted a total of 523 days , making him , the longest reigning United States Champion in history . WCW withdrew from NWA in 1991 and the U . S . Title was renamed the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship . Luger started a feud with Dan Spivey , whom he defeated at WrestleWar to retain the U . S . Title . Following their match , Nikita Koloff suddenly appeared to attack Luger , reigniting their feud from 1987 . It did not last long , however , as Koloff found himself being pushed into an angle with Sting instead of Luger , which began at SuperBrawl I : Return of the Rising Sun when Sting and Luger challenged The Steiner Brothers for the WCW World Tag Team Championship . During the match , Koloff interfered and hit Sting with a chain , which was intended for Luger . Luger again began to challenge Flair for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship after becoming # 1 contender by defeating The Great Muta on the June 14 , 1991 of " Clash of the Champions " . With the history of " screwjob finishes " between Flair and Luger , their title match was set to be contested at The Great American Bash in a steel cage match with the added stipulation that , should Flair get disqualified he would lose the title . The match never occurred , however , as Flair began to have disagreements with Jim Herd , the head of WCW , over his future and salary . He eventually quit the company ( being " stripped " of the title in the process ) and took the World Title belt with him . World Heavyweight Champion and departure ( 1991 – 1992 ) . With the WCW Title now vacant , Barry Windham was declared the # 2 contender and was set to face Luger in the cage match at The Great American Bash . During the match , a double turn took place when Harley Race and Mr . Hughes came to ringside and " ordered " Luger to execute a piledriver on Windham . He did it , winning his first WCW World Heavyweight Championship . After Luger won the WCW Title , he got over as champion and top heel , participating in a controversial racial angle with Ron Simmons where he asked Simmons to join his entourage , but as a chauffeur . It was also around this time he abandoned the Torture Rack and started using the piledriver , which he dubbed the " Attitude Adjustment " , as his finisher . Luger retained the title at Halloween Havoc in a two out of three falls match . Eventually , Luger began to have his own issues with WCW , and the contract he had seemed to have him wrestling less and less while still collecting money . After ending his feud with Simmons , Luger had a brief feud with Rick Steiner , defeating him on the November 19 edition of Clash of the Champions . The next month ' s Starrcade was booked with the BattleBowl format , with Sting winning # 1 contendership at the end of the night . Luger ' s contract only required him to work a specific number of dates , and having fulfilled them he " sat out " the end of 1991 and beginning of 1992 . This left Sting to build the feud against him on his own . Aside from one title defense against Masahiro Chono at WCW / New Japan Supershow II ( Starrcade in Tokyo Dome ) , Luger did not wrestle a match until SuperBrawl II , where he lost his WCW title cleanly to Sting . World Bodybuilding Federation ( 1992 ) . After losing to Sting at SuperBrawl , Luger negotiated a departure from WCW and joined Vince McMahon ' s World Bodybuilding Federation ( WBF ) , appearing regularly as a co - host on its Saturday morning program , " WBF BodyStars " . He also made an appearance at WrestleMania VIII , taking part in an on air interview with Bobby " The Brain " Heenan and Gorilla Monsoon . He was slated to guest pose at a WBF pay - per - view event , but was injured in a motorcycle accident . By the time he recovered , the WBF was out of business . World Wrestling Federation ( 1993 – 1995 ) . The Narcissist ( 1993 ) . After his accident and the closure of the WBF , Luger joined the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) . Bobby " The Brain " Heenan " unveiled " him with the persona of " The Narcissist " at Royal Rumble 1993 . Luger posed before full - length mirrors before every match . The WWF also incorporated his motorcycle accident into his gimmick , capitalizing on the fact that he had a " metal plate " inserted into his forearm which was said to cause more damage when it struck an opponent . This caused a number of his opponents to demand that he wear a cover over it during matches when he had a streak of knocking people out . This eventually led to WWF officials demanding that Luger wear an elbow pad , though he would often remove it . The Narcissist ' s one major feud was with Mr . Perfect . The feud was based on Heenan , his advisor , referring to him as being " Beyond Perfection , " in a slight at Mr . Perfect , his former managerial client . The rivalry ended at WrestleMania IX when Luger defeated Perfect . During a WrestleMania IX press conference , Luger ( kayfabe ) knocked out Bret Hart , leading to a house show feud between the two , mostly concentrated in Canada , with few ( if any ) of these matches being televised . At King of the Ring , Luger participated in the first - ever King of the Ring tournament on pay - per - view , but was eliminated in the quarterfinals after a time limit draw with Tatanka . The All - American ( 1993 – 1994 ) . In mid - 1993 , after Hulk Hogan ' s departure from the company , Luger was transformed from a heel to a " mega - face " with the nicknames " Made in the USA " and " The All - American " . On July 4 , he took part in a memorable event where he arrived ( by a red helicopter ) on the dock of the " USS Intrepid " and body slammed the near 600 pound ( 270 kg ) WWF Champion Yokozuna after a number of other athletes , both inside the WWF and out , attempted and failed . Following this he began the " Lex Express " tour , traveling the country in a Red , White , and Blue painted bus to greet fans and to " campaign " for a shot at the WWF Title , thus beginning a feud with the champion Yokozuna . Luger got his shot at SummerSlam 1993 , with the stipulation that this would be Luger ' s only shot at the title . Luger , with the use of the metal plate in his forearm , eventually won the match , but the count - out victory meant that Yokozuna retained the title . In late 1993 , Luger began a feud with another foreigner Ludvig Borga who disliked America because of pollution . At Survivor Series 1993 , Luger captained a team dubbed " All - Americans " ( Lex Luger , The Undertaker , and The Steiner Brothers ) against Yokozuna ' s team " Foreign Fanatics " ( Crush , Yokozuna , Ludvig Borga , and Quebecer Jacques ) in a 4 - on - 4 Survivor Series match . Luger ' s team won the match after he pinned Borga . At Royal Rumble , Luger participated in the Royal Rumble match where he and Bret Hart were declared " co - winners " of the Royal Rumble match after both men went over the top rope and had their feet hit the ground simultaneously . As such , both received shots at the WWF Championship at WrestleMania X . Luger was disqualified in his title match against Yokozuna , and later that night Hart went on to win the title from Yokozuna . Ever since he became a babyface in the summer of 1993 , Luger aligned himself with Tatanka until kayfabe rumors began to swirl that Luger was planning to join Ted DiBiase ' s Million Dollar Corporation in the summer of 1994 . Tatanka and Luger ' s friendship was strained by the lack of trust between them , and a match between the two took place at SummerSlam . At the event , Tatanka defeated Luger and joined the Million Dollar Corporation . Luger continued to feud with The Million Dollar Corporation , leading a Survivor Series team consisting of himself , Mabel , Adam Bomb , and The Smoking Gunns , dubbed " Guts & Glory " , to a loss against the Corporate team of Tatanka , King Kong Bundy , Bam Bam Bigelow , and The Heavenly Bodies at Survivor Series - with only King Kong Bundy and Bam Bam Bigelow surviving . The Allied Powers and departure ( 1995 ) . In the beginning of 1995 , Luger formed a team with Davey Boy Smith , dubbed The Allied Powers and they continued to feud with the Million Dollar Corporation . They made a good impact on the tag team division and made their pay - per - view debut as a tag team at WrestleMania XI , defeating the Blu Brothers . They wrestled and defeated jobbers on " Raw " and , after a victory over the newly turned heel team Men on a Mission in June 1995 , earned a shot at the WWF Tag Team Championship against Owen Hart and Yokozuna at but failed to win the titles . Bulldog turned against partner Diesel in a match against Men on a Mission which Luger , who was scheduled to team with Smith , was unable to participate in . While Diesel fought King Mabel at Summerslam , Sir Mo tried to interfere but was attacked by Luger , who chased him to the back . The August 27 pay - per - view appearance proved to be Luger ' s last in the WWF . Return to WCW ( 1995 – 2001 ) . Alliance to End Hulkamania ( 1995 – 1996 ) . In late August 1995 , after expressing to Sting that he wanted to leave the WWF , Luger got a call from World Championship Wrestling Vice - President Eric Bischoff to set up a meeting about a contract and Luger possibly " jumping ship " . Eight days after his appearance at SummerSlam , Luger made his return to WCW on the premiere of " Nitro " , coming out during a match between Sting and Ric Flair . After Luger ' s debut , he acted as a sort of tweener character , not making his allegiances known , except for his long - time friendship with Sting . He merely claimed that he wanted to stake his claim at Hulk Hogan ' s World Heavyweight Title , facing him on the September 11 , 1995 edition of " Nitro , " which Hogan won by disqualification . At Halloween Havoc , Luger officially turned heel , attacking Hogan after his match with The Giant and joining Kevin Sullivan ' s Dungeon of Doom stable . Later in the pay - per - view , Luger had a match where he lost to Randy " Macho Man " Savage . Luger and Savage had a rematch at World War 3 , which Luger won . Later that night , Luger participated in the first - ever three - ring , 60 - man battle royal for the vacant World Title , which was won by Savage . Despite being a heel , Luger retained his friendship with Sting . At Starrcade , Luger participated in a WCW vs NJPW World Cup of Wrestling where he represented WCW in a winning effort against NJPW representative Masa Chono . Later that night , he participated in a triangle match with Sting and Ric Flair ; Flair won after both Sting and Luger got counted out , making Flair # 1 contender to the WCW title . The two men teamed up to defeat Harlem Heat for their first World Tag Team Championship on the January 22 , 1996 edition of " Nitro " , with Luger constantly threatening dissent due to his allegiance to the Dungeon of Doom , but always seeming to stay on the same path as his friend . Luger also defeated Johnny B . Badd for the WCW World Television Championship on February 17 , losing it back to him the next night . He regained the television title from Badd by beating him on March 6 . The Dungeon of Doom aligned with the Four Horsemen to form the Alliance to End Hulkamania , which feuded with Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage . At Uncensored , nine members from the Alliance participated in a " Tower of Doom Steel Cage match " , but were unsuccessful in defeating the team of Hogan and Savage . Luger was blamed for the loss because he accidentally punched teammate Ric Flair and was kicked out of the stable , thus turning him face again . Feud with the New World Order ( 1996 – 1997 ) . During the summer , Luger began a feud with The Giant for the World Heavyweight Championship , unsuccessfully challenging him at The Great American Bash . During this time , Scott Hall and Kevin Nash , both former WWF superstars , began appearing on WCW television and claimed they were " taking over " the company . Randy Savage spearheaded the WCW wrestlers against them , with Luger and Sting by his side . Luger , along with Savage and Sting , took on Nash and Hall ( who called themselves The Outsiders ) and a third , mystery , partner that they claimed was an " insider " at Bash at the Beach . In the first few minutes of the match Luger went down to a kayfabe injury , leaving Sting and Savage on their own when the mystery partner revealed himself to be Hulk Hogan . With Luger no longer around , Savage and Sting were " easy prey " for the three who announced themselves as the New World Order ( nWo ) . Luger continued to be one of the leaders for the WCW ' s siege against the nWo , wrestling and feuding with a number of their members . At SuperBrawl VII , Luger and The Giant defeated the Outsiders to win the World Tag Team Championship . The title was returned to the Outsiders by nWo member and WCW President Eric Bischoff . Luger won a Four Corners match to become the # 1 contender for Hogan ' s WCW Title at Spring Stampede , and teamed with his new ally , The Giant , to defeat Hogan and basketball star Dennis Rodman at Bash at the Beach . On the August 4 , 1997 edition of " Nitro " , Luger defeated Hogan to win his second World Heavyweight Championship in an impromptu match , before dropping the title back to Hogan just five days later at Road Wild . His victory , however , marked the first time in a year that WCW had " won their world title back " from the nWo . Luger began a program with Hall after both men pinned each other in tag team matches ( Luger ' s partner was Diamond Dallas Page and Hall ' s partner was Randy Savage ) before facing each other in a 1 - on - 1 match at Halloween Havoc which Luger won . He had a short feud with Buff Bagwell in the fall of 1997 , culminating in a match at Starrcade , which Bagwell won . In the first half of 1998 , Luger feuded with Savage and defeated him at Souled Out and SuperBrawl VIII . His final feud with the nWo was against Scott Steiner , whom Luger defeated at Uncensored . At Spring Stampede , he teamed with Scott ' s brother and former tag team partner Rick to defeat Scott and Bagwell . Joining nWo Wolfpac ( 1998 – 1999 ) . After a long war with the nWo , Luger joined nWo Wolfpac , the babyface faction of the nWo . Luger played a central role in the group ' s war with Hogan ' s nWo Hollywood , and even convinced the long - standing anti - nWo Sting to join . On the August 10 , 1998 edition of " Nitro " , he defeated Bret Hart to win his fifth and final WCW United States Heavyweight Championship in an impromptu title match , before dropping the title back to Hart just one day later on " Thunder " . He also took part in the incident in which both nWo factions united against the dominant Bill Goldberg in early 1999 , turning heel for the first time in many years . He remained a member of the new nWo until he was sidelined with a ( legitimate ) biceps injury . The Total Package and Totally Buffed ( 1999 – 2001 ) . In September 1999 Lex Luger returned to WCW Monday Nitro during a Sting / Hogan angle for the World Heavyweight Championship . He eventually helped Sting win the World Title at the Fall Brawl PPV in September 1999 . After Fall Brall Luger claimed that Lex Luger was now " dead " and he was going by the name " The Total Package " . He debuted on WCW Monday Nitro in October 1999 with a Terminator - style entrance symbolizing his " rebirth " and by bringing back Miss Elizabeth as his manager . The Total Package ’ s entrance would often conclude with Miss Elizabeth tearing off his tracksuit in the middle of the ring . Luger would then pose down as if in a bodybuilding competition ending with a most muscular pose and fireworks . During late November and into December 1999 The Total Package began to have some disagreements with his best friend Sting . He also began treating Miss Elizabeth badly that prompted Sting to intervene . At the Starrcade 1999 PPV in December 1999 Sting and The Total Package had a match with Miss Elizabeth eventually turning on Sting . After this Luger began appearing dressed up as Sting and mocking him . Luger continued his Total Package angle with Miss Elizabeth through January 2000 . He began a storyline where he would break the arms of his opponents by placing the arm inside a closed steel chair and stomping on it . In February 2000 he formed an alliance with Ric Flair to take out Hulk Hogan from WCW . They later formed a tag team under the name Team Package with Ric Flair . The team feuded with Sting and Hogan until April 2000 when WCW was reformatted and Luger was forced out of any new story lines . Lex Luger would not return again to WCW until November 2000 when Ric Flair was CEO . Luger would no longer pose in the ring with Miss Elizabeth and his hair was cut short . He would face Booker T on Nitro for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship and Goldberg at the Mayhem 2000 PPV and then again at Starrcade 2000 with Goldberg ’ s career on the line . He also formed a tag team with Buff Bagwell named " Totally Buffed " . They defeated Goldberg and DeWayne Bruce in a tag team match at the WCW Sin PPV in January 2001 . Luger stayed in the team until the WWE purchased WCW in March 2001 . Semi - retirement . In late 2002 , Luger joined the European tour of WWA . He debuted in November at Dublin , Ireland , teaming with Sting to defeat Buff Bagwell and Malice . At Retribution , Luger defeated Sting to win the vacant WWA World Heavyweight Championship after Jeff Jarrett interfered on his behalf . In Manchester , England on December 7 , Luger and Sting faced Bagwell and Jarrett in a match in which both Luger ' s WWA World Heavyweight Championship and Jarrett ' s NWA World Heavyweight Championship were on the line , though neither title changed hands , as Sting pinned Bagwell . Luger made his final appearance with WWA on December 13 , in Zürich , Switzerland , when he lost the WWA World Heavyweight Championship to Sting in a three way dance that also featured Malice . In late 2003 Luger began working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) ; he teamed with Jeff Jarrett on November 12 in a loss to Sting and A . J . Styles . Throughout 2004 and 2005 , Luger made sporadic appearances on the independent circuit . He returned to TNA in 2006 , first appearing during the April 27 " TNA Impact ! " as the second of Sting ' s potential tag team partners for Sacrifice . Throughout September and October , he appeared on " Impact ! " as one of the people ( along with Buff Bagwell ) helping Sting to " prepare " for his upcoming match against Jarrett at Bound for Glory . Personal life . Luger is divorced from Peggy and has two children , a son , Brian , and a daughter , Lauren . On September 28 , 2006 , Luger appeared on " Praise the Lord " , the flagship talk program of the Trinity Broadcasting Network , and declared himself a born again Christian . In an interview conducted by guest host , one - time wrestling tag - team partner Steve " Sting " Borden , Luger emotionally discussed the downward turn of his career and personal life — including the events surrounding Elizabeth Hulette ' s death — and how it led to his religious conversion . Luger credits Steve Baskin , the pastor of Western Hills Baptist Church in [ ennesaw , Georgia , with pulling him from a terminal tailspin . The jail chaplain met Luger in early 2006 . Legal problems . On April 19 , 2003 , Luger was involved in a domestic dispute with Elizabeth Hulette , then his live - in girlfriend , in the garage of their townhouse in Marietta , Georgia , during which Luger allegedly struck her . Cobb County police found Elizabeth with two bruised eyes , a bump on her head , and a cut lip . Luger was charged with a misdemeanor count of battery and released on $ 2 , 500 bond . Two days later on April 21 , Luger was arrested for driving under the influence after rear - ending another car . According to the police report , Luger had slurred speech and bloodshot eyes , and could not locate his driver ' s license . Luger had a 9mm handgun in the car ( which was legal in Georgia ) . Hulette was a passenger in the vehicle and was sent home in a taxi . Luger was also driving with a suspended license for not appearing in court on March 5 , 2003 for a hearing on a previous offense of driving with expired tags and having no proof of insurance . On May 1 , 2003 , Hulette died in the townhouse they shared in Marietta , after mixing pills of hydrocodone , Alprazolam ( Xanax ) , and anabolic steroids ( testosterone and saizen ) with vodka . Luger was arrested later that day after a search of the residence revealed a number of illicit controlled substances , including anabolic steroids , OxyContin , synthetic growth hormone , testosterone , and Alprazolam . He was charged with 14 drug possession counts , 13 of them felonies . He was released the following day on $ 27 , 500 bail . Hulette ' s death was eventually ruled accidental . Luger pleaded guilty to the charges on February 3 , 2005 . He was given a $ 1 , 000 fine , sentenced to five years probation , and required to submit to periodic drug testing . In December 2005 , Luger and fellow wrestlers Marcus Bagwell and Scott Steiner were removed from a flight from Minneapolis , Minnesota to Winnipeg , Manitoba . They were detained for several hours before Bagwell and Steiner were released , while Luger was held without bail as a result of his outstanding felony charges ( he had neglected to obtain permission to leave the country from his parole officer ) . Luger was detained in the Hennepin County jail for two weeks before being extradited to Georgia to stand trial on December 22 , 2005 . Luger was sentenced to nine weeks imprisonment , and was released in February 2006 . Spinal stroke . On October 19 , 2007 , Luger suffered a nerve impingement in his neck that led to temporary paralysis . He underwent intravenous antibiotic treatment and was expected to make a full recovery . Nearly a month after his spinal stroke , Luger was still in a quadriplegic state , having no movement in either his arms or legs . As of June 2008 , Luger was said to be able to stand on his own for short periods of time and walk using a walker . As of 2010 , Luger has stated in an interview that he is able to walk more comfortably , and is able to drive around after being paralyzed from the neck down before . Luger has stated in an interview that he now resides in Atlanta , Georgia . Championships and accomplishments . Other Titles