In the latest episode of Lex Expressed (via Fightful), Lex Luger spoke about his payday for WWE Summerslam 1993 and noted that it was about half of what he was expecting to get. He earned around $50,000 and thought he’d get $100,000. He also noted that he hadn’t been paid all summer due to being on the Lex Express tour bus.
He said: ““Back then, I was newer to the company. I didn’t expect, like, a WrestleMania [payday], because that was the really big one. Now, SummerSlam is like number a strong number two,” he said. “So I expected a decent payoff. I wasn’t disappointed, but I thought maybe, with not getting paid all summer, it would have been a little more than that. I got, like, $50,000 or something, if I had to guess, right around there, I think. I was hoping for like $100,000. I was hoping, because I didn’t get paid all summer, I was hoping for like $100,000 at the time or something, but I got like $50,000. I think I had been hoping for a little bit more. I didn’t get paid all summer. I got zero. I wasn’t working. You know how it was back then. I didn’t have a guaranteed contract like WCW. My contract wasn’t guaranteed. No play, no pay. At least they paid for my hotel.“
