Lex Luger didn’t make a complete lot of cash for WWE SummerSlam 1993.

Actually, his pay was fairly low.

Through the newest episode of his “Lex Specific” podcast, the professional wrestling legend revealed he was solely paid $50,000 for his look on the WWE SummerSlam 1993 present.

“Again then, I used to be newer to the corporate,” Luger started. “I didn’t anticipate, like, a WrestleMania [payday], as a result of that was the actually huge one. Now, SummerSlam is like quantity a powerful quantity two,” he stated. “So I anticipated an honest payoff. I wasn’t disillusioned, however I assumed perhaps, with not getting paid all summer time, it might have been a bit greater than that. I bought, like, $50,000 or one thing, if I needed to guess, proper round there, I feel. I hoped for like $100,000. I hoped, as a result of I didn’t receives a commission all summer time, I hoped for like $100,000 on the time or one thing, however I bought like $50,000. I feel I had been hoping for a bit bit extra.”

If that wasn’t dangerous sufficient, “The Narcissist” was recent off a summer time stuffed with no pay, as he wasn’t within the ring because of touring the nation as a part of the Lex Specific bus tour.

“I didn’t receives a commission all summer time. I bought zero,” he stated. “I wasn’t working. You know the way it was again then. I didn’t have a assured contract like WCW. My contract wasn’t assured. No play, no pay. At the least they paid for my lodge.”

For the entire episode of the “Lex Specific” podcast, go to Patreon.com. H/T to Fightful.com for transcribing the above quotes.