Lex Luger was worried that he’d suffer an injury by attempting to bodyslam Yokozuna on the USS Intrepid battleship in New York City.
In a recent interview with WWE, Luger recalled some of the biggest moments of his career and spoke about being worried before the slam. He said,
“They didn’t want me to slam Yoko because they didn’t want him to get hurt. “I remember thinking to myself, ‘Him get hurt?’ I was like, ‘My gosh, I’m gonna have a double hernia trying to pick this guy up.’
“I jumped up on the rope afterward and came down, and almost fell on my face because my boots were slippery. I was so relieved that I actually slammed him wearing those cowboys that I really was excited.”
After slamming the Samoan, Luger would challenge Yokozuna for the WWF Championship at SummerSlam 1993. Luger won by DQ meaning Yokozuna kept the title.
