10 Famous WWE Love Stories That Didn’t Survive The Wrestling Business

10. Stone Cold Steve Austin & Debra

Brought together on screen in the oft-forgotten lousy build to one of the greatest main events in industry history, Stone Cold Steve Austin's relationship with Debra wasn't a useful addition to his persona until he turned heel in the match itself.

Made The Rock's manager by a sh*t-stirring Vince McMahon before being binned off ahead the show itself, the former Women's Champion's return to television as a wife as incredulous with 'The Rattlesnake's change in attitude wasn't all that convincing...because she wasn't.

Retrospective reports from those at the time suggest her mere involvement on television was down to Austin's own pull in the organisation. Debra getting "her TV time" was a gift to him, rather than her. Discussing the breakdown of their marriage years later, she noted that the ground down WWE Champion had become extremely jealous and possessive, regularly resorting to violent outbursts that foreshadowed the violence that followed around the time of their separation.

Neither were new to the struggle, either. Debra had split from husband Steve McMichael during their work together in WCW around the same time Austin was parting ways with former valet Jeanie 'Lady Blossom' Clark.