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Lawrence "
Larry"
Wendell Pfohl (born
June 2,
1958),
5 time United States Heavyweight Champion,
He held the title until NWA's first
pay-per-view (PPV) event
Starrcade 1987: Chi-Town Heat in November, when he
dropped it to
Dusty Rhodes in a steel cage. This loss set the stage for Luger leaving the Four Horsemen, as
manager J.J. Dillon's
interference cost Luger the match. A steel chair thrown in by Dillon was dropped by Luger and Rhodes DDT'd Luger on it prior to pinning him for the win. Luger left the Four Horsemen in
1988 after he and his stable-mates (
Tully Blanchard,
Arn Anderson, and J.J. Dillon) were the sole wrestlers left in a
Bunkhouse Stampede battle royal and Dillon asked the other wrestlers to give themselves up so he could win. Although Blanchard and Anderson complied, Luger
refused and eliminated Dillon, leaving the Horsemen in the process.
Luger faced Flair in many rematches across the country, never winning the title - although he did frequently win their matches by disqualification (titles don't, usually, change hands on a disqualification). The Luger/Flair feud came to an end after December's
Starrcade 1988: True Gritt where Flair pinned Luger in a rematch
main event for the NWA title by illegally using the ropes.
Longest Reigning U.S. Champion (1989-1990)
After losing to NWA Champion Flair twice and failing to win the title from Flair, Luger ended the feud with Flair. He was matched up against old foe Barry Windham at
The Chi Town Rumble winning his second NWA United States Heavyweight Championship from him. Luger defended the U.S. Championship regularly, remaining one of the top
draws in the NWA. His major title defense was against
Jack Victory in a
dark match on
April 2,
1989 of
Clash of the Champions.
He teamed up with
Michael P.S. Hayes against Barry and
Kendall Windham in a match which saw Hayes turn on Luger, setting himself as a contender to the U.S. Title. In what was considered a shocking upset at the time, Hayes defeated Luger for the US title at
Wrestle War 1989: Music City Showdown when a surprise appearance by Hayes's ex-
Freebird mate
Terry Gordy helped cost Luger the match. Luger regained the U.S. Title from Hayes in a rematch a couple of weeks later, beginning a
heel turn when he broke the rules by pulling Hayes' tights while pinning Hayes to win the match and begin his third NWA United States Heavyweight Championship reign. The turn became "official" shortly after, when on
June 14 of
Clash of the Champions, Luger attacked the popular
Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat after Steamboat had defeated
Terry Funk by disqualification.
Luger yelled out in frustration about the former world champion Steamboat continuing to be the #1 contender for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship and a feud between between the two occurred with matches around the country for Luger's U.S. Title, with Luger always coming out on top. Eventually, Luger and Steamboat faced each other at
The Great American Bash 1989 in July with Luger winning by disqualification after Luger refused to wrestle Steamboat until the match's no-disqualification clause had been waived. Steamboat departed the NWA shortly afterward.
In the fall of 1989, Luger's U.S. Title began taking a back seat to the main event feuds occurring between Flair, Sting, Terry Funk, and
The Great Muta, relegating Luger to defend the U.S. Title against lower caliber opponents such as
Tommy Rich. Things picked up for Luger again as
Flyin' Brian Pillman challenged him at
Halloween Havoc 1989: Settling the Score. Luger won the match by
pinning Pillman,
pushing Luger back into the spotlight. He defeated Pillman in a rematch on
November 15 of
Clash of the Champions to retain the title and end the feud. After the main event of the card, which saw Ric Flair and Terry Funk in a (now famous)
"I Quit" match, Luger made a surprise
run in, attacking both Flair and
Sting, who had come out to save Flair from a post match attack by The Great Muta. This elevated Sting to the status of #1 contender for Flair's world title.
With Sting and Flair set to square off at
Wrestle War 1990: Wild Thing in February, Luger seemed to be dwindling away from the main event scene. He was booked to defend the U.S. Title against
"Dr. Death" Steve Williams on the card, but a
legitimate injury to Sting caused the entire booking of the card to get changed. Luger was elevated to face Flair for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. This marked a double turn as Flair turned heel while Luger began his second face turn. An injured Sting appeared in Luger's corner during the match, eventually being attacked by Ole and Arn Anderson. When Luger left the ring to help Sting he was counted out, giving the match to Flair. The idea here was to build Luger up as a "changed man" that had "gained
self-respect" by saving Sting. Luger challenged Flair across the country in rematches, but similar to their 1988 feud, the matches always ended with Luger not winning or winning but not earning the title. In the final match of the feud, a few months after
Wrestle War, another screwjob finish occurred where Luger won by disqualification against Flair in a
steel cage match when the cage rose up from the ground and outside interference marred the match. and Ric Flair on
September 5,
1990 of
Clash of the Champions until
Stan Hansen entered the company and the two of them feuded for a brief period of months, with Luger eventually
dropping the title to Hansen at
Halloween Havoc 1990: Terror Rules the Ring, though he won it back at
Starrcade 1990: Collision Course beginning his fourth NWA United States Heavyweight Championship reign. Luger's third title reign lasted a total of
523 days, making him, the longest reiging WWE United States Champion in history. As of
2008 this record still stands, as it's longer than any other reign for the belt in the NWA, WCW or WWE.
» Beginning in 1991 World Championship Wrestling began to withdraw from the National Wrestling Alliance to become its own company. For more information see here.
WCW withdrew from NWA in
1991 and the US title was renamed the
WCW United States Heavyweight Championship. Luger started a feud with
Dan Spivey, whom he defeated at
Wrestle War 1991: WarGames to retain the US title. Following their match, Nikita Koloff suddenly appeared to attack Luger, reigniting their feud from 1987. It didn't last long, however, as Koloff found himself being pushed into an
angle with Sting instead of Luger, which began at
SuperBrawl I: Return of the Rising Sun when Sting and Luger challenged
Steiner Brothers (
Rick and
Scott) for the
WCW World Tag Team Championship. During the match, Koloff interfered and hit Sting with a chain, which was intended for Luger. Luger again began to challenge Ric Flair for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship after becoming #1 contender by defeating The Great Muta on
June 14,
1991 of
Clash of the Champions. With the history of "
screwjob finishes" between Flair and Luger, their title match was set to be contested at
The Great American Bash in a
Steel cage match with the added
stipulation that, should Flair get disqualified he'd lose the title. The match never occurred, however, as Ric Flair began to have disagreements with
Jim Herd, the head of WCW, over his future and salary. He eventually quit the company (being "stripped" of the title in the process) and took
the World Title belt with him.
World Champion (1991-1992)
With the WCW title now vacant, Barry Windham was declared the #2 contender and was set to face Luger in the cage match at
The Great American Bash 1991. During the match, Luger was turned heel (and Windham
face) when
Harley Race and
Mr. Hughes came to ringside and "ordered" Luger to
piledrive (an illegal maneuver) Windham. He did it, winning his
first WCW World Heavyweight Championship.
After Luger won the WCW title, he
got over as champion and top heel, including a controversial
racial angle with
Ron Simmons where he asked Simmons to join his entourage, but as a
chauffeur. Luger defeated Simmons at
Halloween Havoc 1991: Chamber of Horrors in a
two out of three falls match which was for Luger's WCW title. Eventually, Luger began to have his own issues with WCW, and the contract he had, seemed to have him wrestling less and less while still collecting money. After ending his feud with Simmons, Luger had a brief feud with
Rick Steiner, defeating him on
November 19 edition of Clash of the Champions. The next month's
Starrcade was booked with the
BattleBowl format, with Sting winning #1 contendership at the end of the night.
Luger's contract only required him to work a specific number of dates, and having fulfilled them he "sat out" the end of 1991 and beginning of 1992. This left Sting to build the feud against him on his own. Aside from one title defense against
Masahiro Chono at
WCW/New Japan Supershow II (Starrcade 1992 in Tokyo Dome), Luger didn't wrestle a match until
SuperBrawl II, where he lost his WCW title
cleanly to Sting.
World Bodybuilding Federation (1992)
After losing to Sting at SuperBrawl, Luger negotiated a departure from WCW and joined
Vince McMahon's
World Bodybuilding Federation (WBF), appearing regularly as a co-host on its Saturday morning program,
WBF BodyStars. He also made an appearance at the WWF's
WrestleMania VIII, taking part in an on air interview with
Bobby "The Brain" Heenan and
Gorilla Monsoon. He was slated to guest pose at a WBF
pay-per-view event, but was injured in a
motorcycle accident. By the time he recovered, the WBF was out of business.
World Wrestling Federation (1993-1995)
The Narcissist (1993)
After his accident and the closure of the WBF, Luger joined the
World Wrestling Federation (WWF).
Bobby "The Brain" Heenan began hyping a man named
Narcissus, who he claimed was "beyond perfect." Heenan "unveiled" him as Lex Luger, with the slightly modified moniker of
The Narcissist, at
Royal Rumble 1993. A narcissistic (as the name suggested) heel, Luger posed before full-length mirrors before every match. The WWF also incorporated his motorcycle accident into his gimmick, capitalizing on the fact that he'd a "metal plate" inserted into his forearm which was
said to cause more damage when it struck an opponent. This caused a number of his opponents to demand that he wear a cover over it during matches when he'd a streak of
knocking people out. This eventially lead to WWF officials demanding that Luger wear an elbow pad, though he'd sometimes remove it.
The Narcissist's one major feud was with
Mr. Perfect. The feud was based on Heenan, his advisor, calling him "more than perfect," in a slight at Mr. Perfect, his former managerial client. The rivalry ended at
WrestleMania IX when Luger defeated Perfect. At
King of the Ring 1993, Luger participated in the first-ever King of the Ring tournament on
pay-per-view (it was originally a non-televised event), but was eliminated in the quarterfinals after a time limit draw with
Tatanka.
The All-American (1993-1994)
In mid-1993, after
Hulk Hogan's departure from the company, Luger had taken the nicknames "Made in the USA" and "The All-American" and transformed himself from a heel to a "mega-face". On
July 4 he took part in a memorable event where he arrived (by a red helicopter) on the dock of the
USS Intrepid (CV-11) and
body slammed the over 500
pound (227 kg) WWF champion
Yokozuna after a number of other WWF superstars,
jobbers, and other athletes, including television legend Betty White, attempted and failed four times. Following this he began the "Lex Express" tour, traveling the country in a
Red, White, and Blue painted bus to greet fans and to "campaign" for a shot at the WWF Title, thus beginning a feud with the champion Yokozuna. Luger got his shot at the
WWF Championship against champion Yokozuna at
SummerSlam 1993, with the stipulation that this would be Luger's only shot at the title forever. Luger, with the use of the metal plate in his forearm, eventually won the match, but by count-out, meaning that Yokozuna retained the title.
In late
1993, Luger began a feud with another foreigner
Ludvig Borga who disliked America because of pollution. At
Survivor Series 1993, Luger captained a team dubbed "All-Americans" (Lex Luger,
The Undertaker &
Steiner Brothers (
Rick and
Scott)) against Yokozuna's team "Foreign Fanatics" (
Crush, Yokozuna, Ludvig Borga and
Quebecer Jacques) in a 4-on-4 survivor series match. Luger's team won the match after he pinned Borga. At
Royal Rumble 1994, Luger participated in the
Royal Rumble match where he and
Bret Hart were declared "co-winners" of the Royal Rumble match after both men went over the top rope and had their feet hit the ground simutaneously. As such, both received shots at the
WWF Championship at
WrestleMania X. Luger was originally slated to win the title from
Ludvig Borga At Wrestlemania.However,Burga injured,And Luger had to win the title over Yokozuna.But Luger leaked the story to a journalist at a bar the night before and ran the story the next day. In order to protect kayfabe and punish Luger, he didn't get the title reign. Luger was
disqualified in his title match against Yokozuna, and later that night Hart went on to win the title from Yokozuna, instead of Luger.
For the summer of 1994 Luger aligned himself with
Tatanka until (kayfabe) rumors began to swirl that Luger was planning to join
Ted DiBiase's
Million Dollar Corporation. Tatanka and Luger's friendship was strained by the lack of trust between them, until Tatanka joined the Corporation at
SummerSlam 1994, the very action of which he'd accused Luger. Luger continued to feud with The Million Dollar Corporation, leading a
Survivor Series team consisting of himself,
Mabel,
Adam Bomb and
The Smokin' Gunns (
Billy and
Bart Gunn), dubbed "
Guts & Glory", to a loss against the Corporate team of Tatanka,
King Kong Bundy,
Bam Bam Bigelow and
The Heavenly Bodies (
"Gigolo" Jimmy Del Ray and
Tom Prichard) in a match at
Survivor Series 1994 - with only King Kong Bundy and Bam Bam Bigelow surviving.
Allied Powers & Departure (1995)
In the beginning of
1995, Luger formed a
team with
Davey Boy Smith, dubbed the
The Allied Powers and they continued to feud with Million Dollar Corporation. They made a good impact on the tag team division and made their pay-per-view debut as a tag team at
WrestleMania XI, defeating
Blu Brothers (Jacob and Eli). They wrestled and defeated
jobbers on
RAW and earned a shot at the
WWF Tag Team Championship against the champions,
Owen Hart and Yokozuna at but failed to win the titles. Shortly after, Bulldog betrayed Luger and turned heel while Luger departed for WCW.
World Championship Wrestling (Second run, 1995-2001)
Campaign against Hogan (1995-1996)
In late August 1995, after expressing to Sting that he wanted to leave the WWF, Luger got a call from
World Championship Wrestling Vice-President
Eric Bischoff to set up a meeting about a contract and Luger possibly "jumping ship". Years later, Bischoff would claim that he was never a fan of Luger on a personal or professional level, and decided to hire him only to have his debut be a big shock to wrestling fans on the first episode of
Nitro. He made a brief appearance during the start of a match between Sting and Ric Flair, eliciting a "Luger" chant from the crowd.
After Luger's debut, he acted as a sort of
tweener character, not making his allegiances known, except for his long-time friendship with Sting. He merely claimed that he wanted to stake his claim at Hulk Hogan's WCW World Heavyweight Title, facing him on
September 11,
1995 edition of
Nitro, which Hogan won by disqualification. At
Halloween Havoc 1995, Luger officially turned heel, attacking Hulk Hogan after his match with
The Giant and joining
Kevin Sullivan's
Dungeon of Doom stable who had interfered in Luger's match against
Meng. After the match, Luger would continue his feud with Hogan but also feud with
"Macho Man" Randy Savage. The feud began at the same pay-per-view after Luger attacked Hogan and the match also occurred at that pay-per-view, where Luger ended up losing to Savage. Later that night, Luger participated in the first-ever
three ring, 60 man battle royal for the vacant WCW World Title won by Savage. Later that night, he faced Sting and Ric Flair participated in a
triangle match which Flair won after both Sting and Luger got
counted-out, making Flair #1 contender to the WCW title. with Luger constantly teasing dissention due to his allegiance to the Dungeon of Doom, but always seeming to stay on the same path as his friend. Luger would also defeat
Johnny B. Badd for the
WCW World Television Championship on
February 17, losing it back to him the next night. and
Road Warriors (
Hawk and
Animal). Dungeon of Doom aligned with
Four Horsemen and all of them formed a heel super
stable to feud with Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage known as
The Alliance To End Hulkamania. At
Uncensored 1996, 9 members from Alliance To End Hulkamania participated in a "
Tower of Doom Steel Cage match", but were unsuccessful in defeating the team of Hogan and Savage. Luger was blamed for the loss because he accidentally punched teammate Ric Flair, and was kicked out of the stable, thus turning him face again.
Face turn & War with nWo (1996-1997)
During the summer, Luger began a feud with
The Giant for the
WCW World Heavyweight Championship, unsuccessfully challenging him at
The Great American Bash 1996. During this time,
Scott Hall and
Kevin Nash, both former WWF superstars, began appearing on WCW television and claimed they were "taking over" the company. Randy Savage spearheaded the WCW wrestlers against them, with Luger and Sting by his side. Luger, along with Savage and Sting, took on Nash and Hall (who called themselves
The Outsiders) and a third, mystery, partner that they claimed was an "
insider" at
Bash at the Beach 1996. In the first few minutes of the match Luger went down to a (kayfabe) injury, leaving Sting and Savage on their own when the mystery partner revealed himself to be Hulk Hogan. With Luger no longer around, Savage and Sting were "easy prey" for Hall, Nash, and surprisingly Hulk Hogan who announced themselves as the
New World Order (nWo).
Luger continued to be one of the leaders for the WCW's siege against the nWo, wrestling and feuding with a number of their members including Outsiders and The Giant. At
SuperBrawl VII, Luger and The Giant defeated Outsiders to win the WCW World Tag Team Championship. The titles were returned to Outsiders by nWo member and WCW President
Eric Bischoff. Luger won a
Four Corners match to become the #1 contender for Hogan's WCW title at
Spring Stampede 1997, and teamed with his new ally, The Giant, to defeat Hogan and basketball star
Dennis Rodman at
Bash at the Beach 1997. On
August 4,
1997 edition of
Nitro, Luger defeated Hogan to win his second WCW World Heavyweight Championship in an impromptu match, before
dropping the title back to Hogan just five days later at
Road Wild 1997. His victory, however, marked the first time in a year that WCW had "won their world title back" from the nWo.
Luger began a
program with Scott Hall after both men
pinned each other in
tag team matches (Luger's partner was
DDP and Hall's partner was Randy Savage) before facing each other in a 1-on-1 match at
Halloween Havoc 1997 which Luger won. He had a short feud with
Buff Bagwell in the fall of 1997, culminating in a match at
Starrcade 1997, which Bagwell won. In the first half of
1998, Luger feuded with Savage defeating him at
Souled Out 1998 and
SuperBrawl VIII. His final feud with nWo was against Scott Steiner, whom Luger defeated at
Uncensored 1998. At
Spring Stampede 1998, he teamed with Scott's brother and former tag team partner Rick to defeat Scott and Buff Bagwell.
Joining nWo (1998-1999)
After a long war with the nWo, Luger finally joined
nWo Wolfpac, the babyface faction of nWo. Luger played a central role in the group's war with Hogan's
original nWo (nWo Hollywood), and even convinced the long standing anti-nWo Sting to join. On
August 10,
1998 edition of
Nitro, he defeated
Bret Hart to win his fifth and final WCW United States Heavyweight Championship in an impromptu title match, before
dropping the title back to Hart just one day later on
Thunder. He also took part in the incident that became known as
The Fingerpoke of Doom, in which both nWo factions united against the dominant
Bill Goldberg in early 1999. He remained a member of the new nWo until he was sidelined with a (legitimate) biceps injury.
The Total Package (1999-2001)
In mid-1999, Luger began another heel run, now going by the stage name
The Total Package (though he returned to being Lex Luger after a few months). He started off by bringing back
Miss Elizabeth as his
Manager. Under his new moniker, he began to (kayfabe) break the arms of his opponents by placing the arm inside a closed steel chair and stomping on it. He wrestled guys such as Meng, Sting, Hulk Hogan and Buff Bagwell.
He had no major feud during the summer before he returned to being Lex Luger in October. He had a long feud with Goldberg and formed a
tag team with Buff Bagwell named "
Totally Buff". They defeated Goldberg and
Dwayne Bruce in a tag team match at
Sin. Luger stayed in the team until WWF
purchased WCW.
Since Luger's WCW contract wasn't a part of the WWF's purchase of WCW's assets, Luger collected the remainder of his guaranteed contract through a subsidiary of
Time Warner that had been set up to handle outstanding debts and business from WCW.
Semi-retirement
World Wrestling All-Stars
In late 2002, Luger joined the
European tour of
World Wrestling All-Stars (WWA). He debuted on November 28, 2002 in
Dublin,
Ireland, teaming with Sting to defeat Buff Bagwell and
Malice. At
Retribution, Luger defeated Sting to win the vacant
WWA World Heavyweight Championship after
Jeff Jarrett interfered on his behalf. In
Manchester,
England on December 7, Luger and Sting faced Bagwell and Jarrett in a match in which both Luger's WWA World Heavyweight Championship and Jarrett's
NWA World Heavyweight Championship were on the line, though neither title changed hands, as Sting pinned Bagwell. Luger made his final appearance with WWA on December 13, in
Zürich,
Switzerland, when he lost the WWA World Heavyweight Championship to Sting in a three way dance that also featured Malice. He returned to TNA on February 25, 2004, interfering in Styles' match with
Abyss for sole possession of the
NWA World Tag Team Championship and helping Abyss defeat Styles.
Throughout 2004 and 2005, Luger made sporadic appearances on the
independent circuit. Throughout September and October, he appeared on
Impact! as one of the people (along with Buff Bagwell) helping Sting to "prepare" for his upcoming match against Jarrett at
Bound for Glory. After Sting won the
NWA World Heavyweight Championship, Luger retired from wrestling.
In wrestling
Championships and accomplishments
Championship Wrestling from Florida » *NWA Florida Bahamian Championship (1 time)
*NWA Florida Southern Heavyweight Championship (3 times) » *NWA Florida Television Championship (1 time)
Jim Crockett Promotions | World Championship Wrestling
*NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) (1 time) – with Barry Windham » *WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time) (First) » *WCW World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Sting (1) and The Giant (1)
*WCW World Television Championship (2 times) » *Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament (1988) with Sting
*WCW Triple Crown Champion (First)2 » *WCW Grand Slam Champion (First)
World Wrestling All-Stars » *WWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
1Luger's 4th NWA United States Heavyweight Championship reign carried over to World Championship Wrestling when it was renamed the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship, making him the last NWA United States Champion and first–ever WCW United States Champion.
2Luger and Sting are technically tied for being the first WCW Triple Crown Champion.
Personal life
Pfohl is divorced and has two children, a son, Brian and a daughter, Lauren .
Legal problems
On April 19, 2003, Pfohl was involved in a domestic dispute with his then-current live-in girlfriend, former valet Elizabeth Hulette, in the garage of their townhouse in Marietta, Georgia; Pfohl had allegedly struck her. Cobb County police found Elizabeth with two bruised eyes, a bump on her head and a cut lip. Pfohl was charged with a misdemeanour count of battery and released on $2,500 bond. Two days later on April 21, Pfohl was arrested for driving under the influence after rear-ending another car while driving his Porsche. According to the report on the arrest, Pfohl had slurred speech, bloodshot eyes and couldn't locate his driver's license. Pfohl had a 9 mm handgun in the car. Elizabeth was a passenger in the vehicle, and was sent home in a taxicab. Pfohl was also driving with a suspended license for not appearing in court on March 5, 2003 for a hearing on a previous offence (driving with expired tags and having no proof of insurance).
On May 1, 2003, Hulette died in the townhouse they shared in Marietta, after mixing pills of hydrocodone, Alprazolam (Xanax), and anabolic steroids (testosterone and sazien) with vodka. Pfohl was arrested later that day after a search of the residence revealed a number of illicit controlled substances, including anabolic steroids, OxyContin, synthetic growth hormone, testosterone, and Alprazolam. He was charged with 14 drug possession counts, 13 of them felonies. He was released the following day on $27,500 bail. Hulette's death was eventually ruled accidental. Pfohl pled guilty to the charges on February 3, 2005. He was given a $1,000 fine, sentenced to five years probation, and required to submit to periodic drug testing.
In December 2005, Pfohl and fellow wrestlers Marcus "Buff" Bagwell and Scott Steiner were removed from a flight from Minneapolis, Minnesota to Canada. They were detained for several hours before Bagwell and Steiner were released, while Pfohl was held without bail as a result of two outstanding felony charges in the state of Georgia (he had neglected to obtain permission to leave the country from his parole officer). Pfohl was detained in the Hennepin County jail for two weeks before being extradited to Georgia to stand trial on December 22, 2005. Pfohl was sentenced to nine weeks imprisonment, and was released in February 2006.
Trinity Broadcasting Network appearance
On September 28, 2006, Pfohl appeared on Praise the Lord, the flagship talk program of the Trinity Broadcasting Network, and declared himself a born again Christian. In an interview conducted by guest host Steve Borden (known as "Sting" in wrestling), Pfohl emotionally discussed the downward turn of his career and personal life -- including the events surrounding Hulette's death -- and how it led to his religious conversion.
Present Circumstances
Pfohl credits Steve Baskin, the pastor of Western Hills Baptist Church in Kennesaw, Georgia, with pulling him from a terminal tailspin. The jail chaplain met Pfohl in early 2006 and sensed the former wrestler was spiritually bankrupt. As of July 2007, Pfohl lives in a spare bedroom in Baskin's apartment and is trying to figure out a path in life. Pfohl also is an admitted steroid user who says he took handfuls of pills a day in a recent interview.
"Spinal Stroke"
On October 19, 2007, Pfohl suffered a nerve impingement in his neck that led to temporary paralysis. He was at Stanford Hospital in stable condition. He underwent intravenous antibiotic treatment and was expected to make a full recovery.
Pfohl issued a statement thanking all of his fans for their continued support. He mentions that doctors are puzzled how this happened, and are not sure if the damage done is permanent. He continues to say that life is fragile, and not to take it for granted.
Nearly a month after his "spinal stroke", Pfohl was finally transferred from California to an Atlanta hospital. He was still in a quadriplegic state, having no movement in either his arms or legs. Pfohl was scheduled to have hip replacement surgery the week before, had it not been for the stroke. Doctors had told him that they'd be amazed if he was able to walk without the surgery.
Despite regaining some feeling and movement, Pfohl still remains paralyzed.
Nikita Koloff appeared on the Wrestling-Radio.com online show and gave an update on Pfohl. He said he's traveled twice recently to see Pfohl. He said Pfohl is still in a wheelchair after the San Francisco wrestling convention fiasco, and that for a long time, he was paralyzed from the neck down. After Pfohl spent a week at Stanford Hospital, tests determined nothing. He was sent to an Atlanta rehab facility where their testing also came back with no answers. According to Koloff, "Lex said his spinal column short circuited," but lately he's been making "remarkable improvement." According to Koloff, Pfohl can lift his legs and move his torso, and can hold a can in his hand. Koloff quoted Pfohl as saying, "I've had 49 good years with these legs, and if I never walk again, I'll be the best wheelchairer for Jesus you've ever seen."
He was recently seen in April of 2008 at the hospital in Atlanta pushing himself around with his arms in a standard wheelchair.
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