Wrestling Star Arrested on Drug Charge (Miss Elizabeth dead; WCW's Lex Lugar in jail)

WSB-TV/DT Atllanta ^ | 5.1.03

[mhking]

MARIETTA -- Cobb County police on Thursday arrested the former professional wrestler known as Lex Lugar after authorities found a controlled substance in his home while investigating the death of a woman who died after she was rushed early Thursday from his residence to the hospital.

Elizabeth Hulette, 42, known in the wrestling world as Miss Elizabeth, was taken from the Cobb town home owned by Lawrence Pfohl, who wrestled professionally as Lex Lugar.

Rescue workers were summoned around 5:30 a.m. to the home, which is located off of Powers Ferry Road, Cobb police spokesman Cpl. Brody Staud said.

He said the woman died at Kennestone Hospital shortly after she arrived, but authorities have not yet determined her cause of death.

"At this point, we don't know if it's a suicide, we don't know if it's a natural death (and) we don't know if it's a homicide," said Staud, who added later that there was no indication of foul play.

The woman was transported to Kennestone by ambulance. Authorities said Pfohl, 44, rode with her to the hospital. Neighbors said the woman was Pfohl's girlfriend.

Hulette had been married to the wrestler known as Marcho Man Randy Savage but the two are now divorced.

Pfohl owns the Main Event fitness club in Cobb County.

Several hours after Hulette was pronounced dead, Pfohl was taken into custody after investigators found the illegal substance in his home.

Authorities said police recently responded to a domestic disturbance call at his home two weeks ago, during which Pfohl was arrested for allegedly beating Hulette, according to a copy of the police report. He was out on a $2,500 bond in connection with that incident when he was re-arrested on the controlled substance charge. It was not immediately clear what the substance was.

[mhking]

[John Beresford Tipton]

http://members.aol.com/bmh75/missliz.htm

[RedBloodedAmerican]

[green team 1999]

most of the crimes are drug related.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

http://www.sportsgirls.net/wrest/misseliz.html

[lilylangtree]

"Hulette had been married to the wrestler known as Marcho Man Randy Savage"

I'm not a wrestling fan except when I visit my parents. My dad stays glued to the boob tube when wresting is on. Is this the same woman that Randy "Macho Man" Savage and Hulk Hogan fought over a number of years back? If so I thought she was blonde.

[mhking]

"Hold muh beer 'n watch this!" PING....

If you want on or off this list, please let me know!

[CounterCounterCulture]

Earlier thread...
Clues Sought in Death at Ex-Wrestler's Cobb Home (Miss Elizabeth DEAD!)

I'm still stunned.

[CounterCounterCulture]

Pretty much a brunette although she lightened her hair in recent years as indicated by the above photo.

[SC Swamp Fox]

This reminds me of an oldie, but a goodie...

What do a Georgia divorce and a tornado have in common?

...somebody's gonna lose a trailer.

[SevenofNine]

WHOA Miss Elizabeth is dead?

I remember her back at then WWF back in da day when she was hang out with Randy Macho Man Savage

[majordivit]

What utterance was Randy Savage most known for?

Whatcha gonna do when the worlds biggest arms surround you...

Ooooh Yeeaaaaahhhh!!

this goes out to all you freaks out there...holla if ya hear me!!

i do everything perfect

give me a hell yeah!!

i am the peoples champion..

[MrLeRoy]

most of the crimes are drug related.

ALL crimes are "oxygen related." Ban oxygen!

[from occupied ga]

most of the crimes are drug related.

Heard on the radio that the drug was a steroid. Wow! Pro wrestlers take steroids. Who woulda thought it?

[MrLeRoy]

police recently responded to a domestic disturbance call at his home two weeks ago, during which Pfohl was arrested for allegedly beating Hulette, according to a copy of the police report. He was out on a $2,500 bond in connection with that incident

Screw the War On Some Drugs---we need a War On Wifebeating!

[MrLeRoy]

Heard on the radio that the drug was a steroid. Wow! Pro wrestlers take steroids. Who woulda thought it?

If he'd been using pot instead of steroids, Miss Elizabeth would be alive, well, and wondering where all the Cheetos went. But John Walters says pot is Public Enemy #1.

[jmc813]

WOD Ping

[hirn_man]

I believe the correct response would be:

Ohhh yeaahhhhh

[ewing]

The Macho Man is gonna be PO'ed!!

Seriesly, Miss Elizibeth is dead? This isn't some kind of Vinny McMahon stunt for pay per view..

[mhking]

Seriesly, Miss Elizibeth is dead? This isn't some kind of Vinny McMahon stunt for pay per view..

Nope - no stunt - Cobb Co. PD have Lugar in the county jail pending a hearing.

[ewing]

That looks like some series 'roid rage..my guess is that Miss Elizabeth was serching for her cold medication and swallowed Lex's steroid pills by mistake..

[wardaddy]

Pot used to mellow me too but if you look at all the urban gangstas and vatos who smoke weed copiously and still kill the hell out of each other...or anyone in the way of their poor chickenshit aim.


Pot is not the pacifier it was amongst longhairs anymore.

[MP5]

snap into a Slimjim! LOL

Hulk Hogan

I thought that was Macho Man

?

Mr. Perfect?

Stone Cold

Rock?

[ewing]

[ewing]

[ewing]

[CollegeRepublican]

I believe that your ? is Big Papa Pump AKA Scott Steiner.

[ewing]

Man, this sucks-I remember being a little kid and watching 'Pipers Pit' and all of these guys were going their thing, much more fun and campy than the steriod fests are today.

Miss Elizabeth really was a beautfiul lady, she died much too soon..

[MrLeRoy]

Pot used to mellow me too but if you look at all the urban gangstas and vatos who smoke weed copiously and still kill the hell out of each other

It's a safe bet they're using more than pot---and that they're killers when cold sober.

[robertpaulsen]

"If he'd been using pot instead of steroids, Miss Elizabeth would be alive"

Thank you. I filed that under "MrLeRoy's Facts You Can Trust".

[AppyPappy]

Nope. Ain't nothin but the chronic. They use marijuana to chill before the strike.

[MrLeRoy]

Nope. Ain't nothin but the chronic.

You know this how?

[wardaddy]

The ones I've had experience with smoke like Dreads. It always confused me...the appetite for violence when stoned...not something I was used to.

[hattend]

Dittos what you said. Wrestling used to be fun, now it's "Boyz in da Hood". RIP "Miss Elizabeth"

[RedBloodedAmerican]

geocities wont link that way; have to change the image to a text file extension and then link it.

[Roscoe]

Ain't nothin but the chronic. They use marijuana to chill before the strike.

You mean dope doesn't make the gangstas get jobs and go to church?

[MP5]

Yeah I think your right. I remember the Steiner brothers. He was also called the Dog Faced Gremlin.

[MP5]

That would be Rick who was the dog faced gremlin.

[rintense]

Yep, that's her. Very sad.

[pepsionice]

Miss Elizabeth was mostly fake...even the boobs. And based on what one wrestler told me once...she was a bit dim on brains. But one deserves to die like this. Thats the sad part of the story. There are so many wrestling deaths these days.....

[ewing]

Elizabeth had 'great presence' in the ring, she basically did the same schtick for 20 some years and was truly the 'First Lady of Wrestling..'

[pupdog]

In addition to the great sadness of losing Ms. Hulette, this could very well do in the WWE.

Not only have they lost a number of stars in the last few years, but one of them died in an in-ring accident (Owen Hart). Now after this has occureed (and this is after, I thought, a ostenisble "flushing out" of steroids) they're probably going to be under attack by every parental group and regulatory organization in existence.

And the WWE has in the last decade changed to an "almost reality" format. They now, for example, do shows where they interview wrestlers "out of character", and just let them let loose. So whereas in the 80's a current or former star dying they would just sweep under the carpet, they now have been following the policy of bringing things out in the open. But how do you do that for something as damning as this?

The only thing that I think can save them is the fact that a large percentage of their fan base "doesn't care". This is not to mean that they are not going to be sad at this loss, and possibly angry at the organization for not doing more to stop this. This means that they accept that, contrary to those who laugh at pro wrestling as nothing more than a grown-up game of make-believe, that this really is an "extreme" sport. The fans, in fact, make it so, by demanding nothing less than feats which at this point are literally death-defying.

Think I'm exaggerating? Kurt Angle just recently wrestled in a match at Wrestlemania that several doctors told him if he did he might not live through. Shane McMahon a few years ago did a, what, 40 foot jump onto the Big Show? (Watching that, especially him crossing himself right before jumping still gives me chills). And then there is the mere career of Mick Foley: if you know him, you know nothing more needs to be said.

So while this is a sadness, and they in no way wanted to see it, they also understand this as being simply a part of the nature of the business, that these things happen. Please understand: I'm neither endorsing nor condemning this view, just stating that I believe it is the case.

Yet while all of that is the case, we are living in the warning-label era of civilization, where every time a drop of blood is spilled a lawsuit follows. At one coffeehouse I worked I once had a customer insist that we needed to have a sign posted next to a divet in the concrete that was maybe half-an-inch high, no joke. In that kind of environment, I don't know if pro wrestling can survive this latest incident, however supporting its fans are. McMahon is a better spinmeister than most individuals in governmental positions, and if there's anyone who can bring his organization out of it it's him. Still, I don't think even he can wiggle out of this one. The WWE might be down for the count.

[TomHarkinIsNotFromIowa]

I am (NOT) a wrestling fan. One of my favorite Christian bands (NEWSBOYS) were in Minneapolis recently. They were doing a program called Aquire The Fire. Several wrestlers were giving testimony and talks at the event. One of them was a wrestler called (STING?) and a couple of others I can't remember their names. People with a concience have left ProWrestling or are leaving.

[AppyPappy]

Cause they tell it.

[MrLeRoy]

Cause they tell it.

You've spoken with a large radom sample?

[MrLeRoy]

radom --> random

[majordivit]

I believe the correct response would be:

Ohhh yeaahhhhh

oooooooohhhhhh yeeeeeahhhhhhhhh! you are correct...

[majordivit]

Hulk Hogan - correct ...and whatcha gonna do (insert wrestler name) when the worlds biggest arms..these 24 inch pythons and Hulkamania run wild on you? (run like hell..my momma didn't raise no dummy)

I thought that was Macho Man - ooooooooohhhhh yeeeeeeeeaaaaaahhhhh!!

? (Rick Steiner...Big Poppa Pump)...This goes out to all you freaks out there..Big Poppa Pump is your hook-up..Holla if ya hear me... * .when I come to town all the hoochies run to see the big bad booty daddy" * "...I look into the crowd and all I see is a bunch of tobacco-chewing, scumbag rednecks" * "...because Big Poppa Pump is a genetic freak" * To Diamond Dallas Trash, "While you're in the hospital screaming in pain, your wife will be on her back screaming my name" * "...because you are all a bunch of, loooooooooooossssssssers".. lol

Mr. Perfect (Curt Henning - RIP) - correct again.. I used to love Henning's segments on wwf. He picks up a bowling bowl for the first time and throws..yep..you guessed it ..a perfect game...."Bret your're excellent, but you're NOT perfect"..(Mr Perfect at summerslam in 1991 on his match against Bret Hart)..lol

Stone Cold - Hell yeah..right again....the rattlesnake stone cold steve austin.."I got nothing to say to you. Just park my damn truck, and if you scratch it, you're gonna get get your ass whipped."

Rock? - right again.. The Rock (Dwayne Johnson) .. The peoples champ delivering a knockout blow with the peoples elbow... Can you smell what the rock is cookin!!!!

[arielb]

oh man how can anyone not remember the days of Miss Elizabeth and Randy Savage and Jesse the Body Ventura and Hulk Hogan? oh wait Hulk is still around but who would've thought that Miss Elizabeth would die?