American professional wrestling manager (–)
Elizabeth Ann Hulette[5] (November 19, – May 1, ),[5] best known in professional wrestling circles variety Miss Elizabeth, was an American occasional professional wrestler, professional grappling manager, and professional wrestling TV announcer.[1][2][3] She gained international make shy from to in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) and from to in World Championship Wrestling (WCW), in overcome role as the manager to wrestler "Macho Man" Randy Vicious, as well as other wrestlers of that period.
Hulette was born in Frankfort, Kentucky.[7] She graduated from Franklin County High School[8] and the University of Kentucky with a significance in communications.[5]
While working at a gym, she met Randy Poffo, who wrestled under the altogether name "Macho Man" Randy Savage.[5] They married in December [5]
Later Hulette worked at International Championship Wrestling shows as a TV announcer where Poffo was employed.[1][2][3][4]
On June 17, , "Macho Man" Randy Savage debuted bear the World Wrestling Federation. At that time, the WWF featured an angle in which all the managers in the advance competed to offer their services to Savage.[5] During a point on July 30, , in Poughkeepsie, New York, several managers were at ringside in hopes that he would name twofold of them as his new manager. After the match, Ferocious thanked the managers for their consideration and then asked put off his new manager come to ringside.[5] An attractive, unnamed bride then came down to the ring, and announcer Jesse Ventura remarked, "She must be some sort of movie star," referring to her glamorous sex appeal.[5] It was later revealed consider it her name was "Miss Elizabeth". Elizabeth's WWF debut was tape on July 30, , and aired on the August 24, edition of WWF Prime Time Wrestling.[5] From that point itemisation, she was the manager of Randy Savage.[9] On February 8, , at the Boston Garden she was in Savage's bear as he defeated Tito Santana for the WWF Intercontinental Patronage.
Miss Elizabeth's first major angle was during Savage's feud to George "The Animal" Steele in [5] In the angle, Writer fell in love with Elizabeth, angering Savage and leading oppress a series of grudge matches between him and Steele.[5] Their feud was one of the WWF's most popular of representation s; it carried on for more than a year, increase to the feral Steele's continued innocent crush on Elizabeth.[5]
After "injuring" Ricky Steamboat's larynx, Savage lost his WWF Intercontinental Championship vision Steamboat at WrestleMania III on March 29, [5] Steamboat subsequent lost the title to The Honky Tonk Man, whose demand that he was "the greatest Intercontinental Champion of all time" instigated a challenge from Savage, the former champion.[5] In their match, which aired on Saturday Night's Main Event XII injure September , Honky shoved Elizabeth to the mat before assaulting Savage with a guitar. Elizabeth ran backstage and persuaded Decline Hogan to rescue Savage, running off Honky and his alignment, Bret "The Hitman" Hart and Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart.[5] Near here the Savage-Honky feud, a key point was Honky's claim renounce Elizabeth secretly wanted him more than Savage.[5] In several give evidence their matches, Honky would try to corner Elizabeth, although Untamed would always beat him back. In other Savage-Honky matches, a woman named "Peggy Sue" (usually Sherri Martel, or a dressed-up Jimmy "Mouth of the South" Hart) would harass Elizabeth mistrust ringside, creating an advantage for Honky.[5] At the Slammy Awards, Honky named Elizabeth "Woman of the Year," but the honour was only to harass her and anger Savage; Savage run ran Honky off.[5]
In February , Hulk Hogan, who had antiquated the champion and the foundation upon which the WWF's regard was built, lost the WWF World Heavyweight Championship to André the Giant.[5] André then sold the belt to the "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase due to an arrangement that they had prior to the match.[5]PresidentJack Tunney declared that the dub cannot be forfeited to another individual.[5] A tournament was held at WrestleMania IV to declare a new champion, which Virile Man Randy Savage won, pinning DiBiase in the finals.[5] All over mid, Elizabeth accompanied Savage to ringside for his lengthy program of title defences against DiBiase.
See also: Mega Powers
At the inaugural SummerSlam event in August , Savage weather Hulk Hogan - dubbed the "Mega Powers" - teamed mean against the Mega Bucks (André the Giant and Ted DiBiase) with Jesse "The Body" Ventura.[5] Most of the pre-match build-up centered on Elizabeth, who by this time was at interpretation peak of her popularity.[5] The tease for the match was that if things got bad, Elizabeth, billed as the covert weapon of The Mega Powers, was going to wear break off "itsy bitsy teeny weeny bikini" under her fancy clothes.[5] Pamper the end of match, André and DiBiase were in seize, so Elizabeth got up on the apron and ripped supplementary skirt off to reveal her panties which distracted André, DiBiase and Ventura, giving Savage and Hogan time to recover aft being knocked out of the ring.[5]
Elizabeth became the catalyst take away the uneasy – and ultimate breakup of – the Savage–Hogan relationship, particularly due to Hogan's overfriendly, overprotective attitude toward Elizabeth.[5] At his behest, Elizabeth accompanied Hogan to ringside for some matches during the fall of , including matches against Broadminded Haku, Akeem, and Bad News Brown that aired on Saturday Night's Main Event XVII.[5] In the match against Akeem, Elizabeth's safety was endangered by Akeem and his allies, Slick trip Akeem's tag team partner, Big Boss Man when they began stalking Elizabeth. During a climactic point in the match where Hogan was being brutally beaten by Akeem, Big Boss Guy grabbed Elizabeth and placed her in handcuffs, stopped only when Savage ran out to make the save; although he unrestrained on Elizabeth's well-being, Savage appeared to be unconcerned about Hogan.[5]
Concurrent with the Mega Powers' feud with the Twin Towers was Savage's feud with Bad News Brown.[5] That feud started when Brown, during a guest appearance on "The Brother Love Show" talk segment, alleged that Elizabeth was "doing favors" for WWF President Jack Tunney (implying she wanted to protect Savage captain his WWF World Heavyweight Championship reign from Brown). Savage despatch got revenge against Brown.
The tension between Hogan and Untamed continued to build at the Royal Rumble when Hogan "accidentally" eliminated Savage. An angered Savage then confronted Hogan in depiction ring, causing Elizabeth to rush to the ring to frolic the role of peacemaker. After the match was over, Jesse Ventura interviewed Savage and claimed he could see problems in the middle of the Mega Powers, something Savage unconvincingly denied.
Meanwhile, tension continuing to build within the Mega Powers, and on The Prime Event II, aired live on February 3, , Savage could no longer contain his growing anger toward Hogan. The ask for of events began when Akeem threw Savage onto Elizabeth, who was knocked unconscious from the force of the blow. Linksman immediately ran to Elizabeth's aid and, distraught and fearing picture worst, carried her to the backstage area for medical attention; the match continued in the meantime, with Akeem and Open Boss Man working Savage over. Elizabeth eventually regained consciousness keep from asked Hogan to return to the ring. However, Savage, irate over being left to take a beating, slapped Hogan reach the face and, after having some choice words, left him to face the Twin Towers alone (Hogan went on outdo win the match single handed). Following the match, Savage come to rest Hogan had a loud verbal argument backstage while Elizabeth was receiving medical attention, which culminated with Savage striking Hogan bash into the championship belt and beating him down, thus splitting interpretation Mega Powers.
The dissolution of the Mega Powers led Linksman to challenge Savage for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship pin down the main event of WrestleMania V in April In rendering build-up to the event, Savage appeared in a series jurisdiction televised promos accusing Hogan of "lusting after Elizabeth" with television footage of past incidents, edited in a context to shove Hogan as a jealous, sore heel. Hogan responded by defending his behavior (with more complete footage from the same incidents, to push him as the face). After weeks of surmise as to whose corner she would stand in at WrestleMania V, Elizabeth announced she would stand in a "neutral" bordering. During the Hogan-Savage match, Elizabeth got in the way indicate both wrestlers several times and was eventually sent from ringside; Hogan went on to win Savage's WWF World Heavyweight Title. Following WrestleMania V, Savage ended his partnership with Miss Elizabeth, adopting Sensational Sherri as his new manager.
For the remainder of , Elizabeth's appearances were juicy. She continued to mainly appear on the house show compass managing Hulk Hogan in his matches with Randy Savage bring forth April through October Elizabeth appeared at SummerSlam , managing Golfer and Brutus Beefcake as they headlined the show against Feral and Zeus (accompanied by Sensational Sherri); Elizabeth, who rarely became physical with other wrestlers beforehand, tripped Sherri to prevent gather from interfering at a critical point in the match. Elizabeth closed out managing Jim Duggan in his matches against Aroused Savage and appearing on the Brother Love Show during igloo shows with Sherri Martel in November and December In adding up to her appearances at ringside, Elizabeth also briefly co-hosted WWF Wrestling Spotlight with Vince McMahon.
After Savage and Sherri began a heated feud with "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes stomach Sapphire near the end of , Miss Elizabeth joined repair with Rhodes and Sapphire at WrestleMania VI in April , where the two couples were engaged in the WWF's chief mixed tag team match. When Sherri attempted to help Ferocious double-team Rhodes, Miss Elizabeth grabbed Sherri by the hair. Make your mind up the two women faced off, Sapphire took advantage of rendering situation, kneeling down behind Sherri just as Miss Elizabeth pushed her. Sherri lost her balance and gave Sapphire enough warrant to pin Sherri for the win.[10] Elizabeth continued to materialize on the house show circuit with Dusty Rhodes and Lazuline from May until August in mixed tag team matches overcome Randy Savage and Sherri Martel, with Savage and Sherri things Brother Love to their corner to counteract Elizabeth. From Lordly , she took a hiatus from appearing at WWF fairytale.
Miss Elizabeth did not appear reworking WWF television until WrestleMania VII in March , where she was in the audience for a retirement match between Wild and the Ultimate Warrior. After Savage lost the match, Sherri began beating and kicking the defeated Savage until Elizabeth entered the ring and defended Savage by grabbing Sherri by representation hair and throwing her out of the ring.[6] Savage punctuated the reunion by holding down the ring ropes for Elizabeth after years of her doing it for him.
On June 17, , during the taping of WWF Superstars of Wrestling in an in-ring segment with Gene Okerlund announcing, Savage anticipated to Miss Elizabeth, which she accepted. The couple then held a heavily promoted on-air wedding billed as "the Match Imposture in Heaven" in August , at SummerSlam (in actuality, representation couple had married on December 30, ).[11] At the wedding ceremony reception, Elizabeth opened a gift package containing a live turn round, which frightened her; newly turned-heel Jake "The Snake" Roberts abstruse the Undertaker crashed the reception and attacked Savage. This started a feud between Roberts and Savage, where Elizabeth quickly figured prominently. The first high-profile Savage-Roberts match was on December 3, , at the Tuesday in Texas pay-per-view event, where, funding Savage gained a pinfall victory, Roberts beat down Savage, followed by forced Elizabeth to beg him to stop the beating. Evidently dissatisfied with her begging, Roberts grabbed her by the put down and slapped her across her face. On the February 8, Saturday Night's Main Event XXX, Roberts, with a steel stool in tow, was waiting in the backstage area for Elizabeth and Savage to come through the curtain after a replica. Roberts was about to strike Elizabeth with the chair, but Undertaker stopped him. This started Undertaker's feud with his rankle ally.
In early , WWF Champion Ric Flair began adopt brag that he dated Elizabeth before Savage met her. Flair's tagline was, "She was mine before she was yours." Operate showed photos of himself with Elizabeth in casual situations, which were later printed in an issue of WWF Magazine. Produce revenue was later revealed that the photos were in fact pictures of Savage and Elizabeth, which Flair had doctored. Flair, tighten Mr. Perfect as his "executive consultant", said that they were going to show a nude photo of Elizabeth on picture screen at WrestleMania VIII, although this did not occur. However, Flair's claims set up his WrestleMania VIII match with Wild. During the match on April 5, , Elizabeth made cause way to ringside, against the wishes of WWF officials. Make something stand out Savage pinned Flair to win the WWF Championship, an relax Flair cornered Elizabeth and forcibly began to kiss her; Elizabeth slapped Flair away, and Savage began beating Flair until delightful officials separated them.
Elizabeth's final WWF appearance took place administrator UK Rampage on April 19, , during an overseas excursion of England; in that match, Savage pinned Shawn Michaels care Elizabeth, who had earlier been sent backstage, returned to say no Sherri's interference on Michaels' behalf. The Savage-Michaels match from England was aired on WWF Prime Time Wrestling in June; depiction publication of the actual Savage-Elizabeth photos in WWF Magazine came at about that same time. In August , she cranium Savage divorced. After the decree was finalized late that summertime, Savage issued a statement that was printed in WWF Magazine revealing that he and Elizabeth were no longer together courier thanking the fans for their support through the years. Rendering publication of Savage's statement marked, at the time, a extraordinary acknowledgement of the wrestlers' private lives for both the WWF and its flagship publication. Savage continued with the WWF promote two more years, and except for the statement in WWF Magazine, his divorce from Elizabeth was neither referred to indistinct figured into any of Savage's future feuds. Elizabeth retired yield wrestling and disappeared from the spotlight for a few period.
See also: The Cardinal Horsemen
On January 23, , Miss Elizabeth returned to wrestling bit manager for Randy Savage and Hulk Hogan at Clash attention the Champions XXXII. Only 3 weeks later, on February 11, , Elizabeth turned on Randy Savage by helping Ric Hue defeat him at SuperBrawl VI and then became Flair's co-manager in the Four Horsemen along with Woman.
See also: New World Order
In September , Elizabeth joined description New World Order (nWo) alongside Hulk Hogan, but seemed squeeze still care deeply for her ex-husband, and eventually joined his side when he too joined the nWo in February Meanwhile much of , Randy Savage and Elizabeth feuded with Rhomb Dallas Page and Kimberly Page. In May at Slamboree, Elizabeth joined nWo Wolfpac. In June , she parted ways implements Savage once again by joining nWo Hollywood. Then, she attended Eric Bischoff on his way to the ring for depiction next few months, and derided Savage. Savage coldly reminded team up that he "got over her a long time ago" leading did not need her.
On the January 4, episode donation Nitro, Elizabeth was seen talking to police detectives. According oversee the storyline, she claimed that Goldberg was stalking her highest that he even accosted her by the water cooler. She then filed charges against Goldberg. Goldberg was arrested later ditch night for aggravated stalking and taken into custody by the long arm of the law. However, later that night, Elizabeth admitted that she was fibbing. As it turned out, Elizabeth was a pawn for rendering nWo so that Goldberg would be unable to have his scheduled title match with Kevin Nash later that night. Birthright to Goldberg's apparent absence, the returning Hulk Hogan took Goldberg's title shot in the match.
Elizabeth remained part of depiction New World Order until taking a leave of absence running away WCW in April
In September , Elizabeth returned to WCW television as the manager of Lex Slider. Lex Luger, who was accompanied by Elizabeth at this crux to ringside for single matches, was supposed to get group of pupils for the tag team match against Konnan and Rey Mysterio Jr. with Miss Elizabeth's hair on the line and Rey Mysterio Jr.'s mask on the line at SuperBrawl IX garner Kevin Nash as his tag team partner. However, on depiction February 18, edition of WCW Thunder, at the E-Center pull Salt Lake City, Utah, a limo pulled up and was driving along with Rey Mysterio Jr. with Lex Luger famous Elizabeth inside. As Elizabeth and Lex Luger were getting flatly of the limo, Rey Mysterio Jr. grabbed the door impressive slammed it into Lex Luger's biceps, injuring him in say publicly process. Lex Luger was immediately replaced by Scott Hall similarly Kevin Nash's tag team partner for the tag team hostility at Superbrawl IX.
She then took time off from representation road to be with Lex Luger during his recovery escaping a biceps injury.
After Lex Luger recovered from his biceps injury, Elizabeth would make her return to WCW programming gettogether the September 27, edition of WCW Monday Nitro. Towards depiction end of , Elizabeth became much more physically involved outer shell the action than she had ever been. Her new unprincipled side would be ever so apparent at Starrcade when she struck Sting with his own baseball bat.
In February , Elizabeth managed the short-lived partnership between Lex Luger and Ric Flair. The three of them were known as Team Box. Shortly thereafter, Team Package went their separate ways as they fought various members of The New Blood.
Elizabeth engaged reliably short-lived feuds with Vince Russo and Kimberly Page. On Haw 8, , Elizabeth wrestled in her first official match surface Daffney. Elizabeth worked with Kimberly Page for the remainder matching May
Elizabeth's final WCW appearance was on the May 29, edition of WCW Monday Nitro and Elizabeth quietly left Artificial Championship Wrestling on August 17, , when her contract be more exciting WCW expired.[12]
Miss Elizabeth appeared in four WCW video games: WCW/nWo Revenge, WCW Nitro, WCW/nWo Thunder and WCW Backstage Assault.
She has also appeared in three WWE video games little an NPC and made a cameo in the arcade sport WWF Superstars, WWE 2K14, WWE 2K16 and WWE 2K24 orangutan a selectable manager.
Elizabeth briefly married Cary Lubetsky, a South Florida attorney, on December 6, The wedding was held at the Cuban Hebrew Temple in Miami Beach. The affection was short-lived, as the couple soon separated and were with authorization divorced on April 19, [13]
Elizabeth and Luger stayed together importation a couple after leaving WCW in After her departure get out of wrestling, Hulette began working at the front desk at Paramount Event Fitness in Marietta, Georgia, a gym that Luger challenging owned for years after he and Steve Borden (Sting) undo it during their wrestling heyday.
Elizabeth was advertised to fine her first wrestling appearance on television since her departure reject WCW in during the World Wrestling All-Stars tour of Aggregation in November and December alongside Luger.[14] She accompanied Luger bargain the tour overseas, but did not appear on a unattached show.[15][16] Elizabeth never made another wrestling appearance on television subsequently she left WCW. Lex Luger ended up winning and losing the WWA World Heavyweight Championship in matches with Sting extensive the tour.[16]
On April 19, , Elizabeth was involved in a domestic dispute with Luger, who allegedly struck her in interpretation garage of their townhouse in Marietta, Georgia. Cobb County policewomen found Elizabeth with two bruised eyes, a bump on multifaceted head, and a cut lip. Luger was charged with a misdemeanor count of battery and released on $2, bond. Bend in half days later on April 21, Luger was arrested for dynamical under the influence after rear-ending another car while driving his Porsche. According to the report on the arrest, Luger challenging slurred speech and bloodshot eyes and could not locate his driver's license. Luger had a 9mm Luger handgun in interpretation car. Elizabeth was a passenger in the vehicle, and was sent home in a taxicab. Luger was also driving comprehend a suspended license for not appearing in court on Parade 5, , for a hearing on a previous offense – driving with expired tags and having no proof of mechanism insurance.[17]
On May 1, , in Marietta, Georgia, Luger called finding report that Hulette was not breathing.[18][19] She did not harmonize to mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, and paramedics rushed her to the WellStar Kennestone Hospital Emergency Room, where she was pronounced dead dubious the age of [19] A medical examiner listed the source of death as "acute toxicity", brought on by a liquid of painkillers and vodka. Her death was ruled an accident.[19] Hulette was buried at Frankfort Cemetery.[20]