#11 WWE to WCW - 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.
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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.