7. Miss Elizabeth (November 19, 1960 - May 1, 2003)
Elizabeth Hulette, better known to the wrestling world as Miss Elizabeth, was the rarest character in wrestling. She was someone who was considered untouchable by fans, almost as if she was too nice and too innocent to be involved in such a barbaric sport. She and the Macho Man were icons of their era and it's hard to picture Randy Savage without Miss Elizabeth by his side. However, by the end of her life, Elizabeth's situation was more dramatic than any storyline a promoter could book. Elizabeth married Randy Savage in 1984 after meeting at ICW shows in the Memphis area. When Savage moved to the WWF, all of the heel managers bid for his services but Randy ended up picking Miss Elizabeth. In a rare pairing, Savage was a full-blown heel while Elizabeth was loved by the fans. Savage would mistreat and talk down to Liz at every opportunity and that only made her more loved by the fans who wanted to rescue her from the evil Macho Man. Savage's babyface turn came as a result of Elizabeth. The Macho Man challenged the Honky Tonk Man for the Intercontinental title on Saturday Night's Main Event and was being attacked by Honky and his manager, Jimmy Hart. When Liz tried to stop the assault, Honky Tonk Man did the unthinkable and shoved her to the mat. It was the first time anyone had put their hands on Elizabeth and the fans were outraged. Savage's babyface turn was made official when he formed the Mega Powers with Hulk Hogan and became the number two babyface in the company. Following the awesome Mega Powers breakup angle, which featured Savage accusing Hogan of having "lustful eyes" for Elizabeth, Savage turned mega heel again and replaced Liz with Sherri Martel. She reappeared in 1991 during the Macho Man's retirement match against the Ultimate Warrior, rescuing Savage from an attack by Sherri after he had lost the match. They were married in a storyline sense at Summerslam 1991 but that wasn't enough to save their real-life marriage, which ended in 1992. Hulette returned to wrestling in 1996 when she debuted in WCW alongside Ric Flair. Eric Bischoff had convinced Liz to come out of retirement to work a storyline with Savage, an uncomfortable if not lucrative situation. Elizabeth joined the nWo alongside Savage and eventually aligned herself with Lex Luger, both in the ring and in her personal life. For whatever reason, Vince Russo decided that Liz had to become an in-ring competitor, a completely ridiculous notion since Liz reached the height of her fame as a manager and was in no way trained to be a wrestler. She had a few matches in 2000 but was released from her contract soon after. Elizabeth never made another televised wrestling appearance following her release from WCW but her relationship with Luger was strained. Luger was charged with battery after a domestic violence incident left Liz with various injuries to the head and she was a passenger in the car when Luger was arrested for DUI in 2003. In May 2003, Luger called paramedics to the house when he found Elizabeth unresponsive. The EMTs attempted mouth-to-mouth but were unsuccessful and she was pronounced dead at a Georgia hospital at the age of 42. The cause of death was listed as "acute toxicity" brought on by a mix on painkillers and vodka.
