10 WWE Storylines That Turned Into Real Life Shoots

Art imitating life. Life imitating art. Sometimes it's difficult to know where the script ends and the shoots begin in WWE.

Was Randy Orton really supposed to get his head caved open by Brock Lesnar at last year's SummerSlam? Did Randy Orton really get mad at Kofi Kingston a few years back? Does Randy Orton really hate high-flyers? Is Randy Orton really a petulant hot-head who trashed his hotel room?

The answer to all of those questions is yes. But not everything is as black-and-white as the world of Randy Orton. Sometimes WWE storylines that begin in front of the camera before long start to spill over into the real world - like in Wes Craven's New Nightmare.

Whether it's fledgling fictional romances resulting in actual love affairs, kayfabe feuds leading to real rivalries (or better yet, fisticuffs) or an unfulfilled career becoming - well, an unfulfilled career, wrestling angles have a peculiar tendency to come true.

And when they do, it's important to compare the real life details with those that unfolded on-screen, so that future generations of wrestlers may learn the lessons of their forebears.

Mainly, though, it's just funny.

When CM Punk dropped his infamous "pipebomb" on Raw in 2011, it was obvious that his words were more genuine than those of the average wrestling promo.

The Straight Edge Superstar clearly had serious misgivings about his first five years on the WWE payroll, having seen his initial fanfare ignored and a maiden World title reign horribly mishandled.

In response, corporate suits Vince McMahon and Triple H, whose real-life boardroom ties were at last being acknowledged onscreen, accused Punk (in kayfabe) of being too difficult a customer to please.

Three years later, when the ROH star hightailed out of the company after a row over his injury concerns, and then dragged its name through the mud in a revealing shoot interview, it turned out they weren't far wrong.