Editing Lex Luger (section)

=== NWA Championship Wrestling from Florida (1985–1987) ===
In 1985, Luger walked into the [[Championship Wrestling from Florida|Championship Wrestling From Florida]] office where he met [[Yasuhiro Kojima|Hiro Matsuda]],<ref name="OWW"/> who had previously trained [[Hulk Hogan]] and [[Paul Orndorff|"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff]]. Luger adopted the ring name "Lex Luger", being a fan of the comic book villain [[Lex Luthor]], which helped cast himself as a typical wrestling heel which he would continue to be throughout most of his early years in wrestling. Luger made his in-ring debut in September 1985. He was featured alongside other notorious heels, [[Paul Bearer|Percy Pringle]] and [[Rick Rude]].
[[File:Lex Luger NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship 1986.png|thumb|319x319px|Luger as the [[NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Florida version)|NWA Southern Heavyweight Champion]], {{Circa|1986}}]]
Luger began wrestling for CWF, gaining his first victory on October 31, 1985, against [[Cocoa Samoa]] and later won the [[NWA Florida Southern Heavyweight Championship|Southern Heavyweight Championship]] from [[Wahoo McDaniel]] the next month.<ref name="floridasouthern"/> For a short time, he feuded with [[Barry Windham]] before they began teaming up against [[Oliver Humperdink|Sir Oliver Humperdink]] and his team of [[Ed "The Bull" Gantner]], [[Ray Candy|Kareem Muhammed]], and [[The Great Muta|The White Ninja]]. On September 1, 1986, he fought [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship|NWA World Heavyweight Champion]] [[Ric Flair]] for the title at [[NWA Battle of the Belts III|Battle of the Belts III]], which resulted in a 60-minute draw. As a result, Flair retained the title.<ref name="OWW"/> Towards the end of his run in Florida, Luger was involved in angles with [[Kevin Sullivan (wrestler)|Kevin Sullivan]] and [[Bad News Allen]]. He was also in a [[steel cage match]] with [[Bruiser Brody]], where Brody [[Shoot (professional wrestling)|stopped cooperating]], leading to Luger climbing over the cage and leaving the match.<ref name="OWW"/>