Wrestling with the Devil: The True Story of a World Champion Professional Wrestler--His Reign, Ruin, and Redemption

by Lex Luger, John D. Hollis (Editor), Steve "Sting" Borden (Foreword by)

Overview

Lex Luger, wrestling megasensation and three-time world heavyweight champion, ruled the ring for years as “The Total Package.” Whether he was making a dramatic entrance from a helicopter, defeating champ Hulk Hogan, or sculpting a near-perfect physique, Lex was on top of his game. Yet backstage, he was wrestling with addictions to sex, drugs, and alcohol—things he clung to even when his mistress died suddenly of a drug overdose and Lex went to jail. There, Lex faced the truth: he was losing the fight for his life. And still awaiting him was his most brutal opponent yet, when the wrestling champ found himself helplessly paralyzed from the neck down. In Wrestling with the Devil, Lex Luger reveals never-before-told stories from his career, his struggle with personal demons, and how, through unexpected faith, grace, and redemption, he overcame all odds to fight the only battle that really matters.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781414385716
Publisher:	Tyndale House Publishers
Publication date:	08/13/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	248
File size:	5 MB

Table of Contents

Contents

Foreword by Steve Borden, aka Sting....................     ix     

Prologue....................     xi     

1. Buffalo Boy....................     1     

2. An Attitude in the Making....................     11     

3. The Old College Try....................     21     

4. A Colorful Group of Friends....................     35     

5. Ready for Some Football....................     43     

6. Lex Luger Is Born....................     55     

7. Riding with the Four Horsemen....................     73     

8. Things Are A-Changin'....................     83     

9. Jumping to the WWF....................     97     

10. Surprise, Surprise, Surprise....................     109     

11. Monday Night Warfare....................     115     

12. Transformations....................     121     

13. Injury and Intrigue....................     125     

14. "Celebrating" My Success....................     131     

15. "I Can't Believe This Is Happening!"....................     141     

16. An Unexpected Twist and Turn....................     149     

17. Going Down Fast....................     155     

18. The Wake-Up Dream....................     163     

19. My Luck Runs Out....................     169     

20. A True Friend in the Cobb County Jail....................     175     

21. Reconstruction on the Rock....................     183     

22. A Whole New Life....................     189     

23. Becoming a New Creation....................     197     

24. The Challenge....................     203     

25. The Shepherd Center....................     209     

Epilogue: The Good News....................     219     

An Invitation to the Journey....................     221     

Acknowledgments....................     225     

About the Authors....................     227     

Editorial Reviews

Lex Luger always made headlines. He made sports front pages winning three world heavyweight championships, demolishing high-profile rivals, and changing sponsors. Then, after his semi-retirement, he galvanized media attention with arrests for domestic abuse, drug possession, and other felony accounts. And then things got even worse. His life hit a new low in late 2007 when he suffered a spinal stroke that reduced this once consummate athlete into an insecure quadriplegic. Only a religious conversion and a continuing recovery reversed his decline and transformed him into a man who finally knew what he had been doing. A memoir with crossover appeal for religion readers.