Going Ringside With The Local Station
Sep 16, 2026 · 18 min · 11 segments
He was on top of the world throughout the late 80’s and 90’s. We’re talking about Lex Luger. The former world champion joins the show. And he also opens up on the devastating spinal injury after his…
Lex LugerGuest
Scott JohnsonHostSimon SessonHostinfluencing popular culture, politics, and everything in between.
The Local Station takes you ringside as we discuss the crazy world that is professional wrestling.
This is Going Ringside with The Local Station.
It is an interview I've been trying to get for a few years now and was so lucky to lock him down and sit down.
Like we just started chatting and it's some really good stuff about his iconic career.
Of course, as you probably know, Lex has gone into his health struggles considerably for a decade, I think more than a decade now, and done great work with Diamond Dallas Page, which we've talked about on our DDP episode if you want to go look it up in the archives.
But Lex was just great, great to talk to, go down memory lanes, so many things I didn't know about.
Our friend of the show, Simon Says, helps us with this interview, and also Desiree Josen will be involved.
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influencing popular culture, politics, and everything in between.
The Local Station takes you ringside as we discuss the crazy world that is professional wrestling.
This is Going Ringside with The Local Station.
It is an interview I've been trying to get for a few years now and was so lucky to lock him down and sit down.
Like we just started chatting and it's some really good stuff about his iconic career.
Of course, as you probably know, Lex has gone into his health struggles considerably for a decade, I think more than a decade now, and done great work with Diamond Dallas Page, which we've talked about on our DDP episode if you want to go look it up in the archives.
But Lex was just great, great to talk to, go down memory lanes, so many things I didn't know about.
Our friend of the show, Simon Says, helps us with this interview, and also Desiree Josen will be involved.