15 WWE & WCW Superstars who walked out

#11 WWE to WCW - Lex Luger

Lex Luger

Lex Luger had already been signed on with Jim Crockett Promotions back in 1987 when he had his infamous cage match with Bruiser Brody. The latter no-sold everything that Luger did throughout the contest and led to an understandably ticked off Luger just calling it a day and walking out during the match. After tenures with both WCW and WWE, Luger was a well-established name.

So when Eric Bischoff offered him a modest deal to join WCW again, he figured that Luger would balk at the lower amount on the table. However, Luger surprisingly agreed, putting off re-signing with WWE.

Realizing that he had the coup of a lifetime, Bischoff made sure that Luger appeared on the very first WCW Nitro just a day after he’d worked a WWE house show.

It well and truly kicked off the Monday Night Wars - a stunning move that nobody could have seen coming. While Luger’s career afterward would be no more than average at best, his arrival is still a historic moment that officially drew the battle lines.