10 Times Promoters Sided With A Wrestler The Locker Room Hated

10. Edge

Back in 2005, absolutely nobody was siding with Adam 'Edge' Copeland once the revelation came out that the Canadian was having an affair with Amy 'Lita' Dumas. Not just was Edge himself married at this point, but Lita was in a long-term relationship with Matt Hardy.

When this news broke, the IWC went into meltdown and sent vitriol in the direction of Copeland and Dumas. But while wrestling fans calling for, in particular, Edge's head was one thing, this same sentiment was said to be felt behind the scenes of WWE. With Triple H one of those pushing hard for the one-time Brood man to be fired, it seemed as if Edge's time with the company was coming to an end.

Instead, Vince McMahon held off on handing Copeland his termination papers, and instead it was Matt Hardy who would ultimately be fired due to making this situation an extremely public one through his social media activity.

Hardy would eventually be brought back into the fold, and this very real issue was spun into great wrestling television. The unfortunate irony for Matt, though, is that all of this served to be the catalyst to truly propel Edge into a main event player, with him immediately the hottest heel in the industry.