Post by hassanchop on Jan 2, 2007 12:56:03 GMT -5
In February 2000, Luger formed a short-lived partnership with Ric Flair -- and Elizabeth would be their manager. The three of them would be known as Team Package. The trio's main goal was to take down Hulk Hogan, who Luger had been publicly challenging for the past few weeks. Even "The Hulkster" himself would be susceptible to being potentially struck by Elizabeth's weapon of choice as she attempted to nail him with her ballbat while his back was turned on the February 2, 2000 edition of WCW Thunder. However, Hogan quickly turned around and prevented her from attacking him by easily outmuscling the bat out of her possession. As a receipt for her dastardly act - and in a throwback to his attacks on Sensational Sherri in the WWF - Hogan picked up Liz and held her up high in the air to give her his patented atomic drop. However, Elizabeth no-sold the maneuver for the most part and quickly rolled out of the ring after Hogan had delivered it to her. The reason for this was because the Elizabeth was seemingly concerned with an upskirt possibly occurring during the maneuver because she happened to wearing a short miniskirt in which her underwear would have easily been visible. As soon Hogan had lifted Elizabeth up in the air, she pressed her leather skirt up against her legs as tightly as possible so that her underwear wouldn't be visible to the audience(Thunder blunders anyone?). Both Luger and Flair would have their own moments of embarrassment as well as they were unable to defeat Hogan in subsequent matches after they had previously vowed to. Shortly there after, Team Package went their separate ways as they fought various members of The New Blood. Elizabeth would engage in short-lived feuds with Vince Russo and Kimberly Page.
Behind the scenes, both Elizabeth and Luger/Larry Pfohl were frequently at odds with WCW head writer Vince Russo regarding certain storyline angles. Hulette had already undergone a sizeable breast augmentation by the time of her black and leather-clad, 'nWo meddling manager' storyline. Russo was often trying to devise angles in which the privately shy Elizabeth would at long last end up in her undergarments before both TV cameras and an arena full of fans. To Russo (a life-long WWF fan, and former WWF co-writer) this was the only fresh angle that the Miss Elizabeth character had left to offer, as this had never been done before. Russo created an angle in which he would control Elizabeth and her contract against her will. Russo's original intent for the angle was to engage her in promiscuous situations on-camera. However, Pfohl nixed all angles which required her to strip; he also tried to nix angles in which she would have to wrestle. In spite of their objections, Elizabeth took part in her very first wrestling matches. She squared off against the likes of Madusa, Daffney and Rhonda Singh all having far more athletic ability and in-ring experience than Hulette all resulting in humiliating losses. By June 2000, Pfohl (who had a 7-figure, guaranteed contract) had such a strained relationship with WCW creative/management that he and Hulette were told not to return to work while still collecting their full paychecks. However, WCW had a release option in Elizabeth's non-guaranteed contract that repeated every 90 days, allowing it to unilaterally fire her. WCW let her go at the next available opportunity: She was released from her contract on August 17, 2000, in what was officially labelled a cost-cutting move.
Poor Liz.
Behind the scenes, both Elizabeth and Luger/Larry Pfohl were frequently at odds with WCW head writer Vince Russo regarding certain storyline angles. Hulette had already undergone a sizeable breast augmentation by the time of her black and leather-clad, 'nWo meddling manager' storyline. Russo was often trying to devise angles in which the privately shy Elizabeth would at long last end up in her undergarments before both TV cameras and an arena full of fans. To Russo (a life-long WWF fan, and former WWF co-writer) this was the only fresh angle that the Miss Elizabeth character had left to offer, as this had never been done before. Russo created an angle in which he would control Elizabeth and her contract against her will. Russo's original intent for the angle was to engage her in promiscuous situations on-camera. However, Pfohl nixed all angles which required her to strip; he also tried to nix angles in which she would have to wrestle. In spite of their objections, Elizabeth took part in her very first wrestling matches. She squared off against the likes of Madusa, Daffney and Rhonda Singh all having far more athletic ability and in-ring experience than Hulette all resulting in humiliating losses. By June 2000, Pfohl (who had a 7-figure, guaranteed contract) had such a strained relationship with WCW creative/management that he and Hulette were told not to return to work while still collecting their full paychecks. However, WCW had a release option in Elizabeth's non-guaranteed contract that repeated every 90 days, allowing it to unilaterally fire her. WCW let her go at the next available opportunity: She was released from her contract on August 17, 2000, in what was officially labelled a cost-cutting move.
Poor Liz.
