Dark Side of the Ring 1x1

1. If you were to try to package I,

2. and electricity, and just

3. pure explosiveness into one pac,

4. that would have been the macho.

5. Oh my god. Macho man.

6. It's a stick of dynamite that id

7. the fuse has gotten very short.

8. 100 percenter, man. He's gonna.

9. The macho man randy savage. He.

10. The cream of the crop!

11. He was colorful. He was intense.

12. Oh, yeah!

13. Miss elizabeth... Was... Not.

14. Elizabeth was an icon and a rol.

15. Her character was something thad

16. emotion to the matches.

17. Elizabeth, I love you!

18. Randy "macho man" savage and mie

19. wrestling royalty, and their roe

20. captivated audiences around the.

21. It's bonnie and clyde, it's rom.

22. They were the first, you know, e

23. that was created in that new ww.

24. They were the first and they we.

25. Dysfunctional, as it may have b,

26. but I saw it... It's a love sto.

27. On this episode, art imitates le

28. as we examine a fictional love g

29. a real-life marriage that explog

30. with tragic consequences.

31. - I don't want to do that. - Pr.

32. Look at how ripped I was. Look.

33. Good god. I was in fighting sha.

34. My name is bruce prichard and id

35. in the wrestling business for a.

36. First time I met randy savage w,

37. in houston, texas.

38. Randy got into the wrestling bu,

39. he was a second-generation wres.

40. His father, angelo poffo, was o.

41. And, angelo had a wrestling tery

42. and it was considered, back in,

43. an "outlaw" wrestling territory.

44. Can't do nothing against the ma.

45. Complete mental insanity, yeah!

46. You're a champion, randy.

47. You'll go down in history as th.

48. The greatest—

49. I broke this chair by sitting d!

50. Then, all of a sudden, it's tim.

51. Jimmy, baby, the best thing that

52. stand back and let the macho mas

53. nothing that you could say that.

54. There was a period in the wrest,

55. if you were crazy onscreen, you.

56. You had to live your gimmick.

57. And randy played crazy really w.

58. He lived it 24/7.

59. just, personally, do you think f

60. I came out that randy was a bed?

61. (laughs) ah...

62. What was it like growing up wit?

63. He's the same as any other alph,

64. except his dial is not only pas,

65. but it's broken and it's gone o.

66. I was upstaged every day, but I,

67. so I was proud to be holding th.

68. He had a dream that he could be,

69. a bad guy, a ruffian.

70. He wanted to be an antagonist 'e

71. creativity than just being the.

72. Randy would take a lot of risks.

73. He would say, (gruff voice)

74. "you gotta stare into a candle "

75. staring at the candle for abouts

76. and get my head together.

77. Some people loved him, some peo.

78. But everybody respected him bect

79. kind of athleticism, you have t.

80. so, this is my autograph table.

81. Okay, this was another night wh,

82. I think everybody was drinking.

83. And, right here is that little,

84. never know what he meant by it,

85. That's what macho carved into td

86. he used to say, (gruff voice)"

87. I'm linda bollea.

88. Married to my ex-husband, profe,

89. hulk hogan, for 25 years.

90. Oh, that was back when we loved.

91. (laughs) in the olden days.

92. So, once I met miss elizabeth,

93. we ended up being friends becaue

94. only other female on the road.

95. Elizabeth was from frankfort, k.

96. Good upbringing.

97. She addressed her mom as, "moth.

98. And she said, "we were broke. M.

99. It was just me, and my mom, and,

100. and money was always really tig"

101. there was a gym called sin the,

102. and randy worked out there.

103. And then, one fine day, a new g,

104. and that was elizabeth hulette.

105. And she said randy was in the gg

106. and she's working the front des,

107. and he comes in and she goes,

108. "oh, my, your eyes are so red."

109. and he goes, "you should see 'e"

110. and I said— I looked at liz an,

111. "that did it for ya? That one l"

112. my name is scott oliver hall.

113. I also was wrestling as razor r.

114. I don't know; if I was a chick,

115. I'd 'a banged randy. I thought.

116. Randy would always tell the stot

117. it was love at first sight.

118. (gruff voice) "yeah, she saw me.

119. What more she could want?"

120. liz would always be like, "yeah.

121. It took a little while to get u"

122. she was beautiful, she was phen,

123. and she was excellent. What a n.

124. And I think that came across on.

125. Elizabeth got involved in icw a,

126. and she also helped with the ed.

127. Because it was a mom and pop sh,

128. we did everything.

129. And, she was adaptable and bril,

130. and very quick to learn.

131. Their first wedding was in frany

132. at the home of elizabeth's moth,

133. and that was about 6 months befe

134. randy made his debut with wwe.

135. Alright, this is gonna be a jim.

136. Here we go. Hey, it's me!

137. The mouth of the south, jimmy h.

138. The sun is shining. Life is gre!

139. There's randy, and myself, and w

140. when I managed them for a few m.

141. The rest was history.

142. He goes, "how's new york?" I sa"

143. I said, "look, they just saw yo.

144. They want you in new york."

145. the macho man, randy savage, wh,

146. making his world wrestling fede.

147. Vince and linda mcmahon had como

148. get the contract signed before.

149. Is that vince? Oh my gosh. Whoa.

150. When vince took over, he went ay

151. and took the very best of what.

152. He made you bigger than life.

153. Vince was taking it to a whole l

154. that none of us were ready for,

155. or used to, and we were all in.

156. You know, when macho came onboa,

157. "well, you know, we really wante

158. a valet, a woman, a manager."

159. I think randy probably just sat,

160. "look, you know, I want to comek

161. I can make you money in this te.

162. Can we work a spot out for liz a

163. go with me on the road. She's g"

164. randy, if he loved somebody, whr

165. or whether it was liz or whoeve,

166. he was gonna be very loyal to t.

167. Macho man is at his peak right,

168. and we gotta know who the manag.

169. They fell in love with her as sr

170. and stepped into wrestling hist.

171. Here she comes.

172. Oh... Oh... (laughs.

173. Liz was very demure, very quiet.

174. The person and the character we.

175. As far as the persona of the mae

176. package of the macho man and mi,

177. was they were two opposites.

178. And randy, so intense, and eliz.

179. They wanted you to love elizabe.

180. Picture of elizabeth.

181. No picture of the macho man ran.

182. That's very, very, very bad, el.

183. Randy would bring her out. She'.

184. He'd get in the ring, he'd circ,

185. and then he'd get out, "no, I t"

186. the people were hating randy jug

187. the beautiful young girl.

188. Like, "you can do better than h!

189. Get away from him."

190. and there would be times randy d

191. give liz a look and just... (in)

192. turn his head and give her thos,

193. and she would almost be subserv.

194. Macho man randy savage, isn't t?

195. - Right, randy. - Shut up and k.

196. If I lose tonight, it's your fa!

197. Each time he did, they just, "o"

198. you know, and that's exactly wh.

199. And you want liz to see the lig.

200. But liz, underneath this, you'r,

201. she loves her man.

202. And you infer that randy mistre,

203. but he never really does. He's.

204. By the spring of 1987, elizabete

205. red hot and are about to make hf

206. a record-breaking crowd of 93,0.

207. Wrestlemania 3 was, at the time,

208. the largest indoor attendance r.

209. I mean, the largest gathering if

210. any event in the world.

211. Oh, Jesus. It was unbelievable,

212. 90,000 people.

213. I had alice cooper with me.

214. I mean, the electricity from th.

215. I mean, your skin is crawling ae

216. your hair is growing.

217. The randy savage- ricky steambo,

218. wrestlemania 3, I think a lot or

219. one of the greatest matches of.

220. Two of the greatest athletes thn

221. in my life. All that athleticis,

222. all the drama, all that excitem.

223. It killed him that he could nev.

224. He was a perfectionist,

225. and perfectionists are never ha.

226. The thing with savage I learned,

227. when I started working with sav.

228. Trying to hold him down.

229. Because, he always wanted to gi.

230. Well, sometimes you can give to.

231. Two years after their debut,

232. randy and elizabeth are taking,

233. but a surprising twist in theird

234. propel them to the top of the w.

235. I pulled out a bunch of picture,

236. that had liz and randy.

237. This is sweet.

238. There's randy and liz. This was.

239. We were just hanging out in flo.

240. Polaroid picture, macho.

241. A picture of elizabeth, so swee.

242. So, macho man, he always kept eh

243. in the dressing room, so nobody.

244. Then one night, macho came into,

245. (gruff voice) "where's linda?"

246. and, ah, "liz needs some help w"

247. (laughs) and she had her hair kd

248. and tightly curled, and it was,

249. and I said, "bitch, you need to"

250. you know, and so, I started like

251. getting her hair teased up and.

252. She's like, "oh yeah, I like th"

253. once we all realized that, hey,

254. "oh, you live in tampa?"

255. "yeah, I live in clearwater. I.

256. You know, we all kind of lived,

257. hey, let's all get together, yo.

258. It was nice because when we did,

259. I could call on her and she cou,

260. and we could either go shopping.

261. And, it was just great 'cause ad

262. somebody to do something with.

263. Hulk would have big parties ove,

264. you know, and randy and liz wou.

265. And it seems like that's when s,

266. when she could be out around th.

267. You know, we'd be out barbequind

268. the weekend before.

269. Terry would always kind of like,

270. "here's how I want to run it," d

271. throw in some ideas, you know.

272. And liz would always just go al,

273. talking about the "angle".

274. The hotter the heel, and peoplee

275. will begin to respect you.

276. And, randy was so good, he was.

277. The audience liked him and it w.

278. Randy savage was really catchine

279. and people had, had grown to...

280. Really love the macho man.

281. By the end of 1987,

282. the fans'love for randy savage s

283. a revelation in vince mcmahon,

284. a partnership with the company'e

285. a team unlike anything pro wres.

286. The two biggest names in the wre

287. are gonna combine forces, you k,

288. the madness in hulkamania combi.

289. With the madness and the mania..

290. - They got powers. - Yeah!

291. I mean, who's gonna match up ag?

292. By the summer of 1988, hogan an,

293. with elizabeth as their manager.

294. They've destroyed all challengee

295. only place left to turn is on e.

296. What we knew is that we would h.

297. You create the mega powers for,

298. especially when one is a parano,

299. and the other is the all-americ.

300. And what is the easiest thing

301. for two men to argue about?

302. A woman.

303. Summer slam '88.

304. Randy hoists liz up on his shou,

305. and when he does, there's like,

306. hulk puts his hand up to steady.

307. (gruff voice) "freeze it!

308. Look at how long his hand is on!

309. Nobody touches elizabeth, un-uh"

310. there was hulk, "say your praye"

311. you know, "here's the american "

312. and here's randy going, "you knk

313. you're as truthful as everybody"

314. they don't realize that underne,

315. he's been boiling.

316. You got lust in your eyes

317. and in your black heart, for el!

318. Randy is the jealous raving lune

319. best friend who's trying to scr.

320. Picked her up and put elizabeths

321. never been before, on top of an!

322. It's easy for him to blow it oue

323. you can tell the jealousy side.

324. He's blinded by love and he's b.

325. He's paranoid.

326. He's got the championship; he'sd

327. on his back, so of course everyo

328. knock him off, even his best fr.

329. His best friend's not only tryi,

330. he's trying to take my girl.

331. That really played off randy's,

332. and it was real, so that's what.

333. The twin towers - big boss man -

334. against, you know, randy and hu.

335. But there was a point in the mak

336. a bump out and ended up taking.

337. Hulk sees that she's hurt,

338. carries her back to get her hel.

339. "you're hovering over her, over.

340. How dare you!

341. I'm out there fighting for my l,

342. but you're more concerned about.

343. It all makes sense now!"

344. when you take a look at the mad,

345. all you're gonna see is

346. complete and utter rage!

347. Match made.

348. What corner is elizabeth gonna?

349. Well, a lot of people wondered,

350. did randy really control her in;

351. absolutely.

352. Randy...

353. Very protective of her, man. Go.

354. I mean, he would get visibly upt

355. tried to talk to her or carry o.

356. He just did not like it.

357. When they would be getting read,

358. we didn't want any malfunctions,

359. so he would literally take the.

360. And like wrap it all around her.

361. And then, the other big thing ws

362. always in a short dress was, ged

363. entering the ring over the rope,

364. and was she gonna go over the s?

365. She should go under it.

366. This was all a big huge thing fe

367. this was his wife. He loved and,

368. and he didn't want anybody to b.

369. He was definitely in charge of d

370. she was just the tag along.

371. And, I think that that started.

372. I think that started to just un.

373. That may have been where a lot.

374. In wrestlemania 5, are you gonnn

375. the macho man randy savage's co?

376. When you take real life situatit

377. in front of the camera, it's gre

378. it's usually very relatable.

379. - No, no. - (cheering)

380. however, when you take your reau

381. put them on camera, and you mak,

382. 'cause they don't know you...

383. They don't know what you guys d.

384. They have no clue.

385. But, they know you're really maw

386. what you said on tv, you sorry.

387. Life imitating art...

388. And sometimes art imitates life.

389. And then you get really ed.

390. Being on the road 24/7 with you,

391. it's not an easy task.

392. You know, elizabeth, as his wif,

393. had those same duties as I did.

394. I did travel with randy and liz,

395. and their relationship was that.

396. They didn't go out and party.

397. They went back to the room and,

398. and they had their privacy.

399. You'd get back to the room, ando

400. scrub the blood off the boots l,

401. from their wrestling match.

402. You know, you'd put the wrestlie

403. bath tub of the hotel and wash,

404. get all the blood off 'cause the

405. next night, and I'm sure he prod

406. and I'm sure she probably didn',

407. you know, and maybe she did and.

408. Then, her, unlike me, she has t.

409. What the hell dress is she gonn?

410. I had my wife involved for a wh.

411. It's brutal, man, having your w.

412. They did practical jokes that w.

413. I'm telling ya, they used peopl.

414. There were no boundaries; that.

415. I mean, you know, cutting somebf

416. while they're passed out, or, I,

417. I wouldn't want my wife around.

418. The pattern seemed to be that rp

419. elizabeth away from "the boys" .

420. And... You know, there's...

421. I don't blame him, really.

422. Randy being so intense and bein,

423. she couldn't have freedom.

424. And I think, I think you can't y

425. all the time like that.

426. Elizabeth wanted to leave the rd

427. she wanted randy to quit.

428. Randy wasn't done yet. Randy wa.

429. I knew she needed to have more,

430. and more friends, and she misse.

431. Liz, apparently, was looking fo,

432. than I realized at the time.

433. By 1990, an exhausted elizabethr

434. some time off the road,

435. and the wwf seized this as an oy

436. to reinvent the macho man into.

437. We did randy as the heel.

438. We made randy the macho king,

439. and thought that sensational shi

440. to be his manager, another femad

441. make her the queen.

442. Sherri was a women's wrestler,

443. and the guys loved working withe

444. she could take it, she was toug.

445. Queen sherri adds a whole new de

446. macho man's character, but the e

447. wrestling's first lady back in.

448. Every day that randy spent with,

449. "let's bring— where's elizabet"

450. I mean, the people hungered for.

451. Going into wrestlemania, randy o

452. take the summer off.

453. He and liz were looking to spens

454. husband and wife, not being on.

455. So the idea was, at wrestlemani,

456. have a, a career match with the.

457. If warrior lost, he was gone.

458. If randy lost, he was gone.

459. We'd shown, earlier in the nigh,

460. that in attendance that night w,

461. sitting like in the 4th row.

462. And, when sherri started to kic,

463. liz made her way to the ring an,

464. and you know, liz is there figh,

465. and people were... Are slowly a,

466. and you see grown men with tear.

467. That's emotional. That's good s.

468. We got 'em...

469. Because it, it was...

470. They felt it, you know, and peo,

471. you know, the getting back toge,

472. getting back to the one you rea.

473. Elizabeth...

474. Will you marry me?

475. Despite being married in real l,

476. which was kept secret from fans,

477. randy and elizabeth's charactert

478. on live television on August th.

479. Oh, yeah.

480. and they were excited. I mean,

481. they were like two kids plannin.

482. I think it was just the first te

483. macho man break down and have a,

484. other than anger.

485. You saw him actually happy, andy

486. care for someone outwardly, whi.

487. Liz and randy are having this b.

488. Now cue the devil.

489. and, at the reception bullshit..

490. putting the snake in the box an,

491. and that got it started, that k.

492. 14, 15-foot king cobra.

493. Look at that son of a bitch.

494. Beautiful, beautiful ing an.

495. Randy came to me and said, (gru,

496. I hear we're gonna do something"

497. I'm like, "yeah, man. A snake's"

498. and he's like, "yeah, so... Has"

499. " , yeah!

500. It's a ing cobra, you dumb!

501. Of course it's been fixed!"

502. "maybe it has and maybe it hasn.

503. How about the snake biting you "

504. " you, man. I ain't ing"

505. "oh, oh, you don't want it to b.

506. 'cause if you won't let the sna,

507. that tells me it hasn't been fi"

508. and he was dead ing serious.

509. I went and got the snake, and rg

510. and let it bite me.

511. And, he's like, "don't move. Do.

512. Don't take no antidote, don't t,

513. no ing nothing, brother."

514. ! For like 20 minutes, man,

515. "I guess you're okay. How do yo"

516. "pissed off right now, to be ho"

517. so when it was time for that sn,

518. I got the snake out and turned,

519. and I ing paint-brushed the,

520. pissed it off. And then,

521. whenever I turned around that s"

522. you know, he was ready.

523. And I got him close to randy and

524. would not let go.

525. I mean, the time that you see is

526. nothing to the real time. It we.

527. Vince wound up sending elizabet,

528. "get the snake off of him. Get!

529. Vince said now!" I'm like, "I'm"

530. and I'm pulling on the snake an.

531. It's just chewing on him. And I.

532. First time it's ever been done,

533. it shocks people, man. The, the.

534. Bottom line is nobody ever felt.

535. They felt sorry for her.

536. And it's not a good situation.

537. Like with me, whenever I slappe,

538. and then they tried to go home,

539. grandpa meets him on the porch,

540. "you're not coming in this hous.

541. You promised us you'd always pr"

542. the only way he could gain accee

543. was basically kicking my ass an,

544. so to speak.

545. You know, these are tennessee f.

546. Wrestling's real. People are fa.

547. What was the state ofp

548. at the time they were getting m?

549. I would say tumultuous.

550. On the verge of breaking up.

551. (zap)

552. so, terry had been cast in a mo.

553. It's called mr. Nanny.

554. It required us to be down in mio

555. liz called and goes, "when are "

556. and I said, "I'm going back the"

557. she's like, "oh," she's like,"

558. I heard her talking to him in t.

559. She's like, "can I please go?

560. I want to go help linda with th.

561. I just want to go see them and h

562. nick and brooke in the pool and"

563. and he's like, "well, only if ye

564. babysitting and you're gonna be"

565. she flew down with us. It was s.

566. She helped me unload the kids,

567. we got the toys, we were hangin.

568. We were all gonna go out to din,

569. I said, so, I'll just go get re,

570. come back from your workout or.

571. 7:30, I'm thinking like, aren'to

572. our makeup together and our hai,

573. which is what we always did, soe

574. knocking on her door and I see,

575. I can see under the door, but s.

576. I'm like, "where's liz?"

577. in 1992, leaving her husband ra,

578. elizabeth travels alone to miamh

579. hulk hogan and his wife, linda.

580. Terry had to film the next morne

581. whole next day goes on and I se.

582. I'm like, "liz, where were you?"

583. you know, "we were worried abou"

584. and she's like, "oh, well, I men

585. that lives in the building and m

586. here in the building, and he,

587. he thought maybe I'd want to ta"

588. the way I heard the story was td

589. away from randy, and so, she co,

590. linda, and went and stayed with.

591. Now meanwhile, randy is freakine

592. he doesn't know where the love.

593. Randy kept calling my room want,

594. and I was like, "liz is not her"

595. (laughs) I didn't say she had h.

596. I just said, "she's not here.

597. I think she's with friends," or,

598. and he goes, "well, where is sh"

599. I was like, "she's not here, sh"

600. randy was like, "I'm gonna fly,

601. "don't tell her because I, I do.

602. You know, she's never like missd

603. she should be answering.

604. She should at least be calling "

605. three hours later, he lands, co,

606. blazing in the door.

607. Blazing guns of fire, looking f,

608. and I'm sitting there and he's "

609. I was like, "randy, look. I don"

610. he's like, "what?" you know,

611. "where do you think she is?"

612. you know, "who was she with las?

613. What did you guys do?

614. I'm gonna go find liz and I wan,

615. and if you so much as leave thid

616. you smarten her up and tell her,

617. you're gonna hear about it."

618. I'd never seen randy like this e

619. because I'd never even seen the.

620. Seriously, I really hadn't.

621. So, him and terry went out the,

622. and I didn't know what was goin.

623. I just knew I wasn't leaving th.

624. And, I guess he found her.

625. Terry came back to the room and,

626. "I left them on their own. They"

627. so they got in their rental care

628. and he basically told terry in,

629. like, "liz is not coming back td

630. there's no more hanging out. Pa.

631. This is ridiculous. She just we.

632. I think randy felt, you know, a,

633. that hulk was taking liz's side.

634. Well, that was the beginning of,

635. but beginning of the end for rae

636. randy always thought that hulk.

637. And, I'm with— I've been with.

638. Hulk had nothing to do with tha.

639. He was shooting the doggone mov.

640. I think that when, when you sepe

641. she's at home and he's on the r.

642. All of a sudden, it's a newfound

643. that's a whole brand new life o.

644. You know, it was just a normal.

645. I was just home with the kids...

646. Beautiful day out, and this is e

647. 5, 6 weeks after we wrapped fil.

648. You know, hard line phones.

649. I'm in the kitchen.

650. I'm giving nick a bottle or wha,

651. and it's liz. I'm like, "hey, l!

652. God, I miss you. How are you?"

653. you know...

654. And it was like dead silent on.

655. I was like, "liz?" she's like,

656. I left randy."

657. I was listening to her and she,

658. sounded like she was at a gas s.

659. I could hear cars going by on t.

660. I was like, oh my god.

661. She goes, "I'm done. I left him"

662. and I said, "oh my god." I said?

663. Can I come help you? Can I talk"

664. I was like, I need to talk some.

665. And, she wasn't home. She goes,

666. "nope. I'm halfway to miami.

667. I'm going back. I met some peop.

668. I got a place to stay." she goe,

669. "just promise me, don't tell ra"

670. she had a convertible, little r.

671. And I, I just— the mental pict,

672. like a country music video or s,

673. with two suitcases in the back e

674. down to miami with the wind blo,

675. probably feeling free and reliee

676. constant submission that randy.

677. And it wasn't that he was tryint

678. out of being mean or anything.

679. It was just his protective way,

680. but she had just had enough of.

681. When randy and liz split up, yos

682. a change in the macho man.

683. You know, he was a little drawn.

684. He really wasn't as intense as.

685. Once she was gone, he really ki.

686. He lost all...

687. He didn't really care about the,

688. you know, it was like the light,

689. but nobody's home.

690. Sad, but yet, there was that ex,

691. "okay, I've gotta move on."

692. I think randy was tormented.

693. You know, I mean, he had all th,

694. all the stuff, and all that, bu,

695. (gruff voice) he was never...

696. I don't know; he was always so,

697. and I'm thinking "mach, like, y"

698. like, what's missing?

699. Like, what's it gonna take to m?

700. One day, we were sitting in the.

701. Ah, waiting for vince to come d,

702. taking forever, and vince gets,

703. shuts the door and says, "gentls

704. now the proud property of world"

705. and, we're like...

706. "what happened?"

707. wcw was owned by ted turner, th.

708. Ted turner had started to try ae

709. wwf over to wcw.

710. Hulk hogan was the first talent.

711. The macho man, randy savage, her

712. because the wwe, randy had been

713. put out to pasture by vince mcm.

714. And vince mcmahon basically sai.

715. Your gimmick's over, your shtic.

716. You're gonna be a colour commen"

717. and that hurt randy.

718. I didn't want to reinvent a whed

719. already worked. And by the way,

720. when randy savage came over...

721. - want to spice up your life? -!

722. Have a slim jim!

723. $750,000 a year of slim jim,

724. and slim jim wasn't interested.

725. Wcw has given the macho man a r,

726. but his protective nature won'te

727. his one true love behind.

728. Randy called her up and said, ".

729. You can be a part of the story "

730. he's divorcing elizabeth at thi,

731. but cares about her enough thata

732. 250 grand a year contract,

733. just to kind of stand around an.

734. She wasn't even on camera much,

735. but he wanted her looked after.

736. Except this time, she was the vd

737. randy was the babyface. It was.

738. She had changed so much.

739. She wasn't like the same little.

740. She was more talkative. So, I s"

741. I go, "are you dating anybody, "

742. she goes, "well, I'm kind of, l"

743. and I go, "you're like seeing l"

744. I go, "lex is married."

745. and she goes, "I know; that's t"

746. I go, "liz, that's not good."

747. lex luger was oftentimes consid,

748. the second coming of hulk hogan.

749. Lex had a million-dollar body a.

750. Lex luger is a, one of the top r

751. in professional wrestling histo.

752. He's easy to hate because it's -

753. there's nothing wrong with him.

754. She was... Head over heels over.

755. I could tell that.

756. Paired together as part of a wr,

757. elizabeth and lex luger's profep

758. evolves into a secret love affa.

759. They were a very happy couple.

760. They'd go work out at the gym t.

761. They would spend a lot of time.

762. They were being a little bit sn,

763. but adjoining rooms and stuff,

764. And I guess you can't help who d

765. who you fall in love with, and d

766. I always liked liz. And hey,

767. if you guys make each other hap.

768. So, when the ideas started bount

769. blurring the lines, if you will,

770. between scripted and reality

771. with regard to elizabeth's relay

772. and their marriage and their di.

773. Randy, she's your ex-wife...

774. At least you owe her this much,

775. I was really shocked at first td

776. entertain some of those ideas.

777. I'm really lost and I need you,

778. I don't think I can reach you.

779. He was still very protective of,

780. but in a much different way.

781. He watched lex like a hawk.

782. It wasn't just that they were I;

783. lex was married and he had kids.

784. Everybody knows that that's gony

785. one way or the other.

786. "where are you living?

787. You have an apartment or whatev"

788. she's like, "no, he's... He's g,

789. he's keeping me in, but the wein

790. the same complex of where he an"

791. I go, "oh..." I said, "this is "

792. it was pretty apparent also tha.

793. They were pilled up.

794. They were just spending too muc.

795. I've never witnessed her doing,

796. and in fact, when we'd go out a,

797. she'd have two glasses of wine e

798. already like feeling it.

799. I'm like, "oh, it's time to go.

800. Thing is, liz doesn't weigh 270.

801. Liz, liz weighs about 85 pounds,

802. so she's taking...

803. Same amount of pills that a 300.

804. You know, they had some kind ofd

805. she fell down the stairs, and

806. she ended up with two black eye.

807. In April of 2003, squad cars rea

808. domestic disturbance at the hom.

809. Upon their arrival, the police e

810. elizabeth has bruised eyes.

811. At first she denies the injurie,

812. but she eventually admits to ths

813. that he did hit her.

814. Luger was charged with a misdemt

815. of battery and released on bail.

816. I thought, falling down the sta?

817. Hm...

818. Talk about the idea of

819. getting lex luger on your podcat

820. and talk about that process andu

821. wanted to talk to him about.

822. When nick, my producer and co-h,

823. suggested it, you know, that we,

824. you know, I was, I had mixed em,

825. I still...

826. Honestly, lex, I'm sorry, but I,

827. even during the time we were ma,

828. but lex rose to the occasion.

829. He was, he was brutally honest.

830. I, I'll never forget...

831. The, ah— it was actually early,

832. we were having just an evening r

833. and she came back and had been

834. sipping on some vodka and poppi,

835. literally, before the 9-1-1 cal,

836. I realized she'd stopped breath.

837. 9-1-1: Okay, what I want you to,

838. I want you to go over and see I.

839. I can't tell.

840. 9-1-1: I understand that, sir.

841. I have somebody on the way, but,

842. you need to help her breathe.

843. You need to find out whether or.

844. Go over to her... Sir.

845. 9-1-1: Lay down and check to se.

846. Look at her chest, see if it's.

847. Terry called me and he just sai,

848. "really, really bad news. Liz I"

849. and, like, when he said that,

850. I just felt like somebody poure.

851. Oh, I was at home in atlanta.

852. Heard it on the morning news.

853. I was pissed.

854. I was pissed because I saw lex..

855. Manipulating and exploiting a v,

856. and using prescription drugs to.

857. They told me that elizabet.

858. I thought she was gonna make ito

859. the hospital, and then I heard.

860. Then, I was arrested on, I thin,

861. and all the drugs they found in.

862. Thought I had the drugs under c,

863. but I ended up having—

864. getting control of elizabeth an,

865. and the tragedy of that, to wit,

866. it was a very dark time, withou.

867. I knew he was telling the truth.

868. I knew he was being honest and.

869. I look at him so differently no.

870. Ah...

871. I respect him, which I never th.

872. I want to ask you about miss el,

873. you know, her loss and everythi.

874. Earlier in your career, you guys

875. helped each other out in your c.

876. Yeah, we were actually married,

877. like, which happens in life som,

878. and we had separation, we had c.

879. But, really feeling real bad fo.

880. And a situation where we hadn'tn

881. about maybe 5, 6 years, but, yo,

882. we had closure and we said hell.

883. But, feel bad for her family.

884. Elizabeth tragically passed awa,

885. but grieving fans would have noa

886. was approaching its final chapt.

887. This is my brother getting marre

888. second time to the lovely lynn.

889. In 2010, 7 years after elizabet,

890. randy savage finds love once ag.

891. He, you know, weathered the stoe

892. and he was finally kind of on h,

893. he was remarried and, and...

894. Just starting to kind of really.

895. When randy retired from wrestlis

896. able to devote a lot of his tim.

897. That was his passion and he...

898. Enjoyed his final years as a se.

899. I was supposed to go to san jos.

900. American airlines stopped in da.

901. I turned on my phone and there e

902. and it said, "this is largo med.

903. Your brother and his wife were,

904. and she's banged up and

905. your brother's in critical cond"

906. but the way they said it, I kne.

907. I got a phone call early that m,

908. "jimmy."yeah, lanny.

909. I didn't have time to call ya '"

910. he goes, "no, listen. I'm comin"

911. "why?"

912. and I could tell his voice was.

913. Goes, "what?" he goes, "I just "

914. he said, "my brother just got k"

915. we want to share some breaking w

916. regarding a randy macho man sav.

917. You may know him well. He is a.

918. We have just confirmed that rans

919. died coming from the florida hi.

920. There was a car accident.

921. I was literally on my way to thr

922. when I got the phone call from.

923. Crashed into a tree and died as.

924. It was, it's hard to believe.

925. Even now, sitting here doing th,

926. it's hard to believe it's true,

927. he was so full of life.

928. He was so full of energy, broth,

929. it's hard to imagine that he's.

930. We're going to the site where m,

931. and you're gonna see the tree.

932. They still got a few flowers,

933. although they've taken some of.

934. It's been 7 years, you know.

935. I judge people by the way, for,

936. randy treated my kids. Oh, and.

937. If I start thinking about that.

938. He went out of his way to be re,

939. really good to kids, and that's.

940. He loved brooke and he loved ki.

941. I'm sure he probably would havee

942. and loved to have kids with liz.

943. I think it's a shame liz isn't.

944. I think that she was called theg

945. for a reason. She was the first

946. significant female star who nev.

947. Because he had her at his side,

948. made him even more special beca.

949. She was the first female that w.

950. In a powerful role.

951. She was beautiful, quiet, but s.

952. Elizabeth was class.

953. Maybe a boy named timmy would cr

954. and they say, "may I have your "

955. and he'd, "oh, yeah. Here's the.

956. I'm gonna sign your autograph,

957. but you gotta do something for "

958. "well, what's that?"

959. "how ya doin' in school, timmy?

960. How you doing in school? Are yo?

961. 'cause timmy, I'm gonna sign yo,

962. but if you don't do well in sch,

963. if you don't do your best every,

964. it's gonna be real, real bad fo"

965. randy and elizabeth were greaten

966. the sum of their parts.

967. They were undoubtedly key to ea.

968. Fans had never before experiencl

969. and relatable story line on the.

970. Together they transcended telev,

971. and, well... Wrestling, too.

972. Even after the divorce, they sts

973. amount of love and respect for.

974. They were true, true celebritie.

975. There's not one person on the wt

976. doesn't know who they were.

977. From a wrestler's point of view,

978. she's one of the greatest perfo.

979. While both passed too soon, thes

980. with an epic love story that wit

981. long after they're gone.

982. To me, randy savage is on the m.

983. Could perform, could do an inte,

984. had the right look.

985. He was the macho man.

986. He was an innovator, he was a c,

987. and he, he made the business be,

988. in my opinion.

989. I would call randy savage one o,

990. without a doubt.

991. And the real human being, randy,

992. was really a very good man, and.

993. It was a lot of art imitating l.

994. You know, sometimes in the worl,

995. what really happens, it's not r.

996. After you roll with it, then al,

997. you really turn into that charat

998. dilemma that takes place.

999. I think people will always wants

1000. miss elizabeth, the one that'd.

1001. You don't want to remember her.

1002. It just doesn't seem right.

1003. I mean, that's what we were fed.

1004. You know, that's what we believ.