In the year of 1993, wrestler Lex Luger created quite a stir when he successfully took on and slammed Yokozuna on the USS Intrepid — an act that no person had accomplished before him.
Recently, at a gathering hosted by Monopoly Events’ For the Love of Wrestling in Manchester, England, Luger appreciated Yokozuna for his role in making the moment memorable. He confessed that he had doubts about his capability to succeed in the act.
Luger shared his conversation with Yokozuna, saying, “I told Yokozuna, I go, ‘We can’t do it. I’m on ice skates, I got no footing,’ and Yoko, they said Japanese, but he was like a cool Samoan island boy, he would’ve been a great Bloodline member right now, he goes, ‘No problem, brother. I got this, just get a wide stance.’ So, he almost basically slammed himself, he was that agile. Those island boys could go, they could really go.”
The same gathering in Manchester, England hosted an appearance by WWE Hall of Famer Ted DiBiase Sr., who voiced a strong opinion on the performance of today’s female wrestlers versus the men.
DiBiase Sr. expressed, “My issue with today’s wrestling is — well, put it this way: if I watch the girls’ division of WWE, they put on a better show and better matches than the guys. I can tell you why. Fit Finlay is the guy who’s their coach. He’s the guy who’s mentoring them. I don’t know who’s running the men’s division, but they might need to be shot. We hear it all the time. ‘You guys that wrestled from the mid 80s to the mid 90s were the last great era of wrestling,’. And most of us who were in that era would agree.”