Lex Luger Says He Was Only Paid $50,000 For WWE SummerSlam 1993, Wasn’t Paid For Lex Express

Lex Luger has made his fair share of big time pay days in pro wrestling.

WWE SummerSlam 1993 was not one of them.

“The Total Package” spoke on the latest episode of his Lex Express podcast about the pay day he received for his appearance at the WWE SummerSlam 1993 pay-per-view many moons ago.

“Back then, I was newer to the company,” Luger began. “I didn’t expect, like, a WrestleMania [payday], because that was the really big one. Now, SummerSlam is like number a strong number two,” he said. “So I expected a decent payoff. I wasn’t disappointed, but I thought maybe, with not getting paid all summer, it would have been a little more than that. I got, like, $50,000 or something, if I had to guess, right around there, I think. I was hoping for like $100,000. I was hoping, because I didn’t get paid all summer, I was hoping for like $100,000 at the time or something, but I got like $50,000. I think I had been hoping for a little bit more.”

To make matters worse, “The Narcissist” was fresh off a summer full of no pay, as he wasn’t in the ring due to traveling the country as part of the Lex Express bus tour.

“I didn’t get paid all summer. I got zero,” he said. “I wasn’t working. You know how it was back then. I didn’t have a guaranteed contract like WCW. My contract wasn’t guaranteed. No play, no pay. At least they paid for my hotel.”

Check out the complete episode of the Lex Express podcast at Patreon.com. H/T to Fightful.com for transcribing the above quotes.