10 Things WWE Wants You To Forget About Maria Kanellis

10. Her Character's Former Flames

We’re yet to hear more from Mike and Maria Kanellis following their debut at Money In The Bank 2017, but their gimmick seems pretty clear. With their cheesy dialogue and ludicrous ‘80s-esque entrance theme, the duo are set to bring “the power of love” to SmackDown, with an act based almost entirely on their real life marriage.

This is far from Maria’s first on-air relationship in WWE, however. In June 2007, she was involved in such an angle with Santino Marella, which lasted for close to a year, and ended in jealousy over her 2008 Playboy cover. In 2009, Kanellis entered a new relationship with Dolph Ziggler, who eventually dumped her after costing him a match, and she was involved in a new romance with Matt Hardy prior to her release in 2010.

None of these angles were particularly memorable, and they all came during a time when WWE couldn’t resist cheapening their female talents by attaching them to male superstars. Given that her new act is based on extreme devotion to her husband, WWE will do their best to ensure that these storylines stay buried in the past, and will likely pretend they didn’t happen in the first place.