Lex Luger Recalls Lost WWE TV Moment With Him Wearing WWE Title

In 1994, leading up to Wrestlemania X, a segment was taped in which Lex Luger entered the area wearing the WWE title. This was after he took it from Yokozuna’s manager, Jim Cornette, and had Vince McMahon put it around his waist. He was then given a full entrance and introduced as the WWE Champion. However, the segment never made it to air. In an interview with the Wrestling Classic, Luger said that he wasn’t sure why the segment was pulled from TV.

He said: “That would be a Vince McMahon question. He goes, ‘Here’s the belt. I want you to walk out to your music. Not for any reason, because I just want to do it. So I was a good foot soldier and did it. So that’d be a Vince McMahon question. It was a small TV show crowd. So that wasn’t really a litmus test. His big test was, like, in The Garden or something. If it was a litmus test, he would have done it somewhere like that. So I just think he wanted it on camera. So whatever decisions he made in the future, he had me on camera with the belt.“