Wrestling fans watched a moment of powerful reflection, redemption, and rhinestone-studded brotherhood as Diamond Dallas Page inducted his longtime friend and one-time Total Package, Lex Luger, into the WWE Hall of Fame on Friday night.
Let’s be honest: Lex Luger’s story reads like a three-act play written by a bodybuilder with a flair for drama. And DDP? The perfect narrator—equal parts hype man, philosopher, and motivational Yoda with pecs.
Page opened the induction calling it a night of “transformation and rebirth”—and if that sounds like something you’d hear in a yoga studio, it’s because this was no normal career retrospective. This was a love letter to resilience.
DDP recapped it all:
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Lex the Football Star.
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Lex the Flexing Debutant.
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Lex the Guy Who Legit Bounced from WWF Raw to WCW Nitro Like It Was Uber Surge Hour. And then… the crash.
Page got raw, speaking on the 1990s wrestling lifestyle—“rockstars with no bedtime”—and how some, like Luger, crashed hard. From spinal injuries to spiritual recoveries, Lex’s journey was less about titles and more about becoming the man outside the ring who could inspire inside the hearts of those watching.
Then came the moment.
Lex entered the stage in a wheelchair, but before you could say “Torture Rack,” he stood up. The crowd rose with him. And though he mentioned he’d originally planned to walk farther before tweaking something in a taxi (wrestling’s most feared ride), the impact wasn’t diminished.
“I wasn’t a fan of wrestling,” Luger confessed, “but through the love and support of the wrestling world… now I am.”
Mic drop.
Tears were shed. Muscles flexed. And Paul “Triple H” Levesque personally handed him the Hall of Fame ring, completing a full-circle moment that felt bigger than kayfabe.
This wasn’t just about Lex Luger, the performer. It was about Lex Luger, the person—broken down, built back up, and finally home.