WWE Hall of Famer “The Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase recently appeared on an episode of his “Everybody’s Got a Pod” podcast, where he discussed a number of topics including Bruce Prichard’s belief that Lex Luger wasn’t over enough to win the WWE Title at SummerSlam 1994.
DiBiase said, “No I agree with Bruce, I really do. And Lex, I love Lex, he’s a great guy. Lex had this phenomenal body, but in terms of what he could do in the ring, it just — again, he’s a guy who came along and was hired because he had this beautiful body, and ‘now we’re going to make you a wrestler.’ And it’s kind of like, Lex wasn’t a guy who grew up all his life wanting to be a wrestler. And that has nothing to do with it, but I mean if your heart’s not really in it, then what are you doing? And again, I love Lex. Lex is a great guy, a brother in Christ for sure now. But I just — he had the look. He had that, but he just didn’t have it. It’s kind of like, I’ve always said. Charisma, you’ve got to have charisma to be in this business. And it’s not something you just acquire. I mean quite frankly, either you have it or you don’t. And some people have more of it.”
On what Hulk Hogan had that Luger didn’t:
“You’ve already said it. Hulk had the body; Hulk had the look. But you give Hulk the microphone, and Hulk could go.”
You can check out the complete podcast in the video below.
(H/T to 411Mania.com for transcribing the above quotes)
