The wrestling world tragically lost Miss Elizabeth on May 1, 2003 at the age of 42. A medical examiner listed the cause of death as "acute toxicity", brought on by a mix of painkillers and vodka.
Lex Luger was the person who made the 911 call to say she was not breathing.
Speaking to Chris Van Vliet on Insight, Luger opened up about Elizabeth's death and his role.
"I had too much time and money on my hands and got messed up on drugs and alcohol. I was a complete trainwreck. Tragic passing of Elizabeth. People go, 'You killed Elizabeth.' I didn't kill her, but was I a contributing factor to the lifestyle I was living and her being around me all the time and she overdosed? Absolutely," he admitted.
Asked if he takes responsibility for what happened, Luger replied, "Absolutely. For sure. There is always collateral damage to lifestyles like that and she was part of it, absolutely. Sadly."
Luger said that the amount of partying they were doing and Liz' size, being much smaller than Lex, "absolutely" played a factor.
Asked if that was rock bottom for him, Luger replied, "You'd think it was, but that led me to even more depression where I felt completely unlovable. I was never going to be able to be part of wrestling again after that happened. I hate to admit who I was back then, but instead of grieving over the loss of Liz, I was thinking what this would do to me and my career more so. I hate to admit it, back then. 'Well, I'm done in wrestling.' After wrestling, I was going to be a big fitness nutrition guy and have my own nutrition company. 'No one is going to want that from me now.' I went into a massive depression and darkness, and did more drugs and alcohol. It wasn't until, at that point, I had dug such a deep and dark hole, I always thought that I could somehow work or be smart enough to get out of it, but I knew I was at the bottom of the pond with no light and I was drowning in darkness. That's when I turned to God."
Luger said he was able to forgive himself after he was saved.
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