Editing Lex Luger (section)

{{short description|American professional wrestler}}
{{for|the musician|Lex Luger (musician)}}
{{Distinguish|Lex Luthor}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Lex Luger
| image              = Lex Luger (53135318961).jpg
| caption            = Luger in 2021
| birth_name         = Lawrence Wendell Pfohl
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1958|6|2}}<ref name="LugerWCW">{{cite web|url=http://www.wcw.com/2000/superstars/total.package/|title=The Total Package|publisher=[[World Championship Wrestling]]|work=[[World Championship Wrestling|WCW]].com (via [[Wayback Machine]])|access-date=July 22, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001110060100/http://www.wcw.com/2000/superstars/total.package/|archive-date=November 10, 2000 }}</ref>
| birth_place        = [[Buffalo, New York]], U.S.
| alma_mater         = {{nobr|[[Pennsylvania State University]]}}<br/>[[University of Miami]]
| spouse             = {{marriage|Peggy Fulbright|1979|2003|end=divorced}}
| partner            = {{nobr|[[Elizabeth Hulette]] (1999–2003)}}
| children           = 2
| module             = {{Infobox professional wrestler|child=yes
| names              = Lex Lugar<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFGNmv3lIAU |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/mFGNmv3lIAU| archive-date=December 12, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Florida Turnbuckle Memories Vol.1|work=youtube.com|date=June 2, 2016 }}{{cbignore}}</ref><br/>'''Lex Luger'''<ref name="WWEbio"/><br/>The Lugar<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjCjPIMYGMY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/AjCjPIMYGMY| archive-date=December 12, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Lex Luger, Rick Rude, and Percy Pringle training and promo (CWF 1985) − On screen caption at 3:11 |work=youtube.com|date=December 16, 2015 }}{{cbignore}}</ref><br/>The Narcissist<br/>The Total Package<ref name="LugerWCW"/>
|height            = 6 ft 6 in<ref name="WWEbio"/>
|weight            = 275 lb<ref name="WWEbio"/>
|billed            = [[Atlanta, Georgia]]<br/>[[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]<ref name="WWEbio"/><ref name="LugerWCW"/>
|trainer           = [[Barry Windham]]<br/>[[Bob Roop]]<ref name="OWW"/><br/>[[Hiro Matsuda]]<ref name="OWW"/>
|debut             = October 31, 1985<ref name="LugerWCW"/>
|retired           = 2006
}}
| module2            = {{Infobox NFL biography
| embed         = yes
| name          = Larry Pfohl
| image         =
| number        = 66
| position      = [[Offensive lineman]]
| height_ft     = 6
| height_in     = 3
| weight_lbs    = 270
| high_school   = [[Orchard Park High School|Orchard Park (NY)]]
| college       = [[Miami Hurricanes football|Miami]]
| undraftedyear = 1979
| pastteams     = * [[Montreal Alouettes]] ({{CFL Year|1979}}–{{CFL Year|1981}})
* [[Green Bay Packers]] ({{NFL Year|1982}}–{{NFL Year|1983}}){{nobr|<ref group=lower-alpha>Training / injured reserve</ref>}}
* [[Tampa Bay Bandits]] ({{USFL Year|1984}})
* [[Memphis Showboats]] ({{USFL Year|1984}}–{{NFL Year|1985}})
* [[Jacksonville Bulls]] ({{USFL Year|1985}})
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}}
}}
'''Lawrence Wendell Pfohl''' (born June 2, 1958),<ref name="OWW">{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/bios/l/lex-luger/|title=Lex Luger Profile|access-date=October 29, 2008|publisher=Online World of Wrestling}}</ref> better known by the [[ring name]] '''Lex Luger''', is an American retired [[Professional wrestling|professional wrestler]], [[bodybuilder]], and gridiron football player. He is best known for his work with [[Jim Crockett Promotions]], [[World Championship Wrestling]] (WCW), and the [[WWE|World Wrestling Federation]] (WWF, now WWE).

Luger is a [[List of WCW World Heavyweight Champions|two-time]] [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship|WCW World Heavyweight Champion]] and one-time [[WWA World Heavyweight Championship|WWA World Heavyweight Champion]]. He is also a [[List of WWE United States Champions|five-time]] [[WWE United States Championship|NWA/WCW United States Heavyweight Champion]] who holds the records for consecutive days and total days as champion. He is the second [[Triple Crown (professional wrestling)#List of WCW Triple Crown winners|WCW Triple Crown Champion]]. Although he never won a [[Professional wrestling championship|championship]] in the WWF, he challenged for every title in the organization, including [[WWE World Championship|WWF World Heavyweight Championship]] matches at [[SummerSlam (1993)|SummerSlam]] in 1993, which he also main evented alongside [[Yokozuna (wrestler)|Yokozuna]], and [[WrestleMania X]] in 1994. He also was notably the [[Royal Rumble (1994)|1994 Royal Rumble]] co-winner with [[Bret Hart]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.profightdb.com/wrestlers/lex-luger-156.html?prom_id=1&res=2000|title=WWF matches wrestled by Lex Luger|publisher=Internet Wrestling Database|access-date=December 2, 2014}}</ref> ''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]'' readers voted Luger the [[List of Pro Wrestling Illustrated awards#Most Popular Wrestler of the Year|Most Popular Wrestler of the Year]] in 1993.<ref name=popular/> Luger was inducted into the [[WWE Hall of Fame]] in 2025.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Alba |first1=Jon |date=March 7, 2025 |title=Lex Luger Announced As Inductee For WWE Hall Of Fame Class Of 2025 |url=https://www.si.com/fannation/wrestling/wwe/lex-luger-announced-as-inductee-for-wwe-hall-of-fame-class-of-2025 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |access-date=March 7, 2025}}</ref>