10 Most Heartbreaking On-Screen WWE Break Ups

10. Santino Marella & Maria

Jealousy. A terrible thing to feel, one will agree, and a regrettable emotion that becomes terminal when insecurity and delusion are added to the mix. It was this terrible trio that led to the end for Santino Marella and Maria in 2007, when the latter's Playboy shoot proved too much for the Milan Miracle. Marella had only been on the scene for a cup coffee, and in that time he managed to win and lose the Intercontinental Championship and gain an on-screen girlfriend in the shape of Maria.

Jealousy would soon envelop the Italian Stallion however, as the attention focused more on Maria and less on Marella. Ron Simmons would win a date with Maria in a gameshow, which enraged Marella but he was unlikely to take it up with the former Faarooq. It was soon after that Maria was offered a Playboy photo shoot, which stoked the insecure fires deep within our hero.

You see, once jealousy gets a hold of an insecure individual it rarely lets go. The poor sod dealing with these feelings more than likely knows it too, but the tidal wave of fear is impossible to turn back, whether we're talking about an ordinary man or an Italian Stallion. As the shoot drew nearer and nearer, Santino could no longer contain his jealousy and insecurity and gave his beau an ultimatum; the Playboy shoot or the Milan Miracle? Maria chose Playboy, because of course, and the duo split up in the middle of the ring. Santino acted shocked, but he knew that his weakness was the reason for his heartbreak.