10 Wrestling Shock Signings You NEVER Saw Coming
7. Lex Luger To WCW
The maiden shot in the Monday Night Wars, Lex Luger's debut appearance on Monday Nitro's debut edition carried with it all the weight of The Undertaker's image being splashed across Starrcast's relatively small Twitter page.
Though not the star he'd briefly been back in 1993, Luger was still a feature performer on a WWE roster otherwise barren. Though not exactly surplus to requirements, the former 'Total Package's contract talks hadn't been properly prioritised by Vince McMahon's freewheeling Federation in the summer of 1995, and a relationship with Sting was all Luger needed to get the conversation he wanted with a largely disinterested Eric Bischoff.
'Easy E' was surprised to get a yes from a lowball offer, but got double what he paid for when he trotted his returning star out ahead of a Sting/Ric Flair encounter on the explosive first Nitro. Audiences that hadn't watched on Night One had to the following week, and Bischoff's first strike inspired several others than helped give WCW all the necessary momentum ahead of their most propserous period.