Today, however, Luger considers it the opening of a door that allowed him to see the error of his ways and change his life completely. For Luger, it signaled the end of his own longstanding ring career, and ushered in a dark time in his personal life - a period that ultimately resulted in legal problems and incarceration. WWE would emerge victorious in the Monday Night Wars, buying out WCW six years later in 2001. It helped bring out the best of what we're seeing now.' But with the Monday Night Wars going on, I felt that it brought out the best in both companies. 'I went back with some regret at the time, as I felt I left a lot of things unfinished and had so many great opportunities with WWE that I didn't capitalize on. 'That was a special time with how the crowds reacted вЂ¦ another highlight of my career. 'I went back to WCW when the Monday Night Wars started, coincidentally,' Luger said. In September 1995, The Total Package had returned to WCW. One of the biggest highlights, though it never translated into a championship during Luger's tenure with WWE, which came to a close just a couple years later. It was amazing вЂ¦ definitely one of the biggest, if not the biggest, highlights of my career.' Then down I came in the helicopter and swooped in, and the excitement in that crowd when I slammed him was off the chain. 'Other wrestlers and football players, athletes, strong men all tried slamming him but couldn't. Fuji, eating rice and rubbing it in people's faces because nobody could slam him. Intrepid and a good guy in one clean swoop?' said the former WCW Champion. 'I thought, how am I going to go from being The Narcissist and a bad guy to slamming Yokozuna on the U.S.S. Luger credits WWE and its Chairman, Vince McMahon, for making that Jmoment in New York City possible. What a tour that was the crowds and excitement it generated was a phenomenal experience.' 'We had the вЂLex Express Tour' after вЂThe Slam Heard Round the World' with Yokozuna.

The Narcissist's opportunity, however, proved to be short-lived, thanks to an even greater break just around the corner. 'I got introduced by Bobby Heenan at my first pay-per-view, and I was psyched about the opportunity. 'That was a tremendous time and opportunity, and the fans loved to hate us.'ДЄfter rising in the ranks to United States Champion, and then even higher to capture the World Championship, Luger moved on from WCW, and after a brief stint with the World Bodybuilding Federation, he was introduced to the WWE Universe as 'The Narcissist.' 'I had a great opportunity there, which I didn't even realize at the time with Ric Flair and the Four Horsemen,' Luger said. 'In the off-season, I walked into NWA in Florida, and they had Hiro Matsuda train me,' Luger recalled.В 'I went back to football, but six months later, I was in the ring and became Southern Heavyweight Champion a few weeks after that.'Д«efore long, the young ring warrior was thrust into the spotlight and found himself working with one of the most legendary groups in the history of the industry. But after hearing from many of his peers that his chiseled physique could earn him a career in film or television, the decorated athlete decided to heed their advice. While playing football, becoming a decorated champion inside the ring was not on Luger's mind.

With the impressive physique he had upon leaving the gridiron for the squared circle, it's perfectly understandable why Lex Luger was something of a 'Narcissist.' Who could have guessed that the former football player who began training with Hiro Matsuda in 1985 would become the 'Total Package'? ( PHOTOS)

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