Miss Elizabeth (Elizabeth Hulette)

Elizabeth Ann Hulette (November 19, 1960 – May 1, 2003), known best as Miss Elizabeth, was a U.S. professional wrestling manager. She gained international fame during the late-1980s and early-1990s in the World Wrestling Federation, and the mid-1990s in World Championship Wrestling in her role as the ever-demure and graceful counterpart to the wild and brash pro wrestling character "Macho Man" Randy Savage.
Hulette was originally from Frankfort, Kentucky. She graduated from Franklin County High School in 1978, and held a communications degree from the University of Kentucky.
It was while working at wrestling matches that she met "Macho Man" Randy Savage, who she would marry in December 1984. She became his manager.

Elizabeth had her first major role in a wrestling angle, during Randy Savage's feud with George "The Animal" Steele in the World Wrestling Federation (Now World Wrestling Entertainment) during 1986. During their match, Steele immediately fell in love with Elizabeth. Randy Savage was angered at this. This lead to a series of classic matches. Their feud carried on for more than a year.

Elizabeth also was also part of Randy Savage's 1986 feud with Hulk Hogan. Savage's feud against The Honky Tonk Man was instigated by Honky's constant harassment of Elizabeth. She was instrumental in forming The Mega Powers during Savage's match vs. the Honky Tonk Man at WWE Saturday Night's Main Event in October 1987. Randy Savage was about to defeat Honky when Honky's allies - Bret "the Hitman" Hart and Jim Neidhart started to interfere. They all ganged up on Savage making it a three-on-one assault. Eventually, Honky attempted to strike a prone Savage over the head with a guitar, but Elizabeth stepped in harm's way. Honky managed to avoid hitting Elizabeth, but shoved her to the mat and completed his assault on Savage. Elizabeth left and went to the back and persuaded Hulk Hogan to rescue Randy Savage. Hulk Hogan came out and cleared the ring. The two looked at each other. Hulk Hogan shook Savage's hand. They all celebrated in the middle of the ring.

Elizabeth was a major part of the Savage-Hogan relationship, and her presence led to the team's falling out during a 1989 tag team match airing on a prime-time NBC special, where the Mega Powers, accompanied by Elizabeth, wrestled against the Twin Towers (Akeem "The African Dream" and The Big Bossman with Slick. During the match, Savage was thrown onto Hulette, knocking her unconscious on the outside of the ring. Seeing this, Hulk Hogan picked her up and carried her to the backstage area for medical attention while the match continued. When he returned to the ring Hulk Hogan was confronted by angry Randy Savage for having abandoned him in the middle of the match. Randy Savage slapped his partner and left the ring area. Hulk Hogan continued on with the match and won the match single-handedly. When he exited the ring to the backstage area he was attacked by Randy Savage.

Randy Savage turned heel for several years. Sherri Martel became his manager. He was now called "The Macho King". During this time Elizabeth was absent from WWE television. She returned at WWE WrestleMania VII when Randy Savage lost a retirement match to The Ultimate Warrior. After Randy Savage lost the match, Sherri was angry. She began kicking Savage. Elizabeth, who was sitting at ringside, entered the ring and defended Savage. After Sherri retreated, Savage and Elizabeth were reunited.

Randy Savage and Elizabeth had a on-air wedding at WWE Summerslam 1991 in New York's Madison Square Garden (Altough they were really married years before). They got divorced in 1992. According to Hulk Hogan, Savage blamed him for influencing Elizabeth to seek a divorce from Savage. Hogan's side of the story was that as he was preparing to film the movie Mr. Nanny, Hogan's wife Linda asked if she wanted to help babysit their children while Hulk was in Miami filming Mr. Nanny. Apparently, Elizabeth did not bother to return home to Savage.

Miss Elizabeth would once again return to wrestling as a valet for Savage in World Championship Wresting (WCW) in January 1996. She later turned against Savage and become Ric Flair's valet in the Four Horsemen. She later turned against Ric Flair and joined the nWo (New World Order) with Savage and Hogan. She parted ways with Savage when Savage joined The NWO Wolfpac. She became valet for Lex Luger.

Elizabeth was also briefly married to a non-wrestler in 1998. She later began a relationship with Luger that culminated in the couple living together. On May 1st, 2003 in Marietta, Georgia, Lex Luger called 9-1-1 from his home and reported that Elizabeth was not breathing. The 911 operator told him to give her mouth to mouth resucitation but she did not respond. Paramedics rushed her to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Police launched an investigation because two weeks prior to her death they had arrested Luger on charges of domestic violence. Police found pills of hydrocodone and alprazolam (Xanax), as well as anabolic steroids, testosterone and sazien in the home of Lex Luger and Elizabeth shared. The subsequent autopsy showed that Hulette died of an accidental drug overdose mixing the medications with vodka. Luger was cleared of any wrongdoing in connection with her death.

Some of this info came from Warning.com and from Wikipedia.org
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