10 Wrestling Romances That Ended In Disaster

‘The Macho Man’ Randy Savage was, from all reports, controlling and paranoid when married to Elizabeth - but her post-divorce relationship with Lex Luger is the trainwreck that makes this list, a litany of bad decisions, drama and substance abuse that tragically ended in her death.

Luger and Elizabeth began an affair in 1998 while working in WCW: she ended her marriage to her second husband and moved in with Luger shortly afterwards. However, Luger had begun taking opiate-based painkillers. Hopelessly addicted, Luger's partying was out of control and Elizabeth soon joined him on the downhill slope.

When the WWF purchased WCW in spring 2001, Luger wasn't one of the wrestlers who joined the new company. At home with Elizabeth, they continued the wasted lifestyle they'd led on the road. In April 2003, he was arrested for beating her; two days later, he was arrested for driving while intoxicated, the latest in a list of driving offences that had already caused him to lose his licence.

Nine days later, Elizabeth was dead: the victim of an overdose of pills and vodka. When their home was searched, police found a significant cache of illegal narcotics, including performance enhancing drugs and painkillers. Elizabeth's death was ruled an accident; Luger got five years probation and attempted suicide. The spinal stroke he suffered in 2007 would define the next few years of his life as he gradually recovered his mobility.

Still clean in 2020, Luger is still in a wheelchair, lives with his mother and spends his days working as a faith-based public speaker. However, many still blame him for what happened to America's sweetheart, Miss Elizabeth.