10 Times Wrestlers Took Shots At Colleagues
These wrestlers weren't afraid to speak their minds when it came to their colleagues.
You can guarantee a number of things in the wrestling business: Fans will rally against pretty much anything that is rammed down their throats. WWE will do just about everything in their power to avoid a clean finish. And shoot season is never as far away as you think.
However, it's one thing to fire off shots at a rival company, old sparring partner in another promotion, or your former employers, it's another entirely to take aim at those currently plying their trade alongside you within an wrasslin' organisation. Yet, as history has shown us time and time again, the fact that the exact same company appears on their paycheques doesn't necessarily mean that every single star is destined to get on like a Wyatt compound on fire.
Either due to a wrestler not being happy with what their colleague has unleashed into the Twitter-verse, taking offence to other folk's backstage etiquette, or being rubbed up the wrong way by a veteran voice behind the scenes, each of these talents weren't afraid to hang a fellow employee out to dry for the world to see.
10. AJ Styles Doesn't Hold Back When Discussing Paul Heyman
Mid-2020 was a bit of a messy time for WWE's resident Phenomenal One, largely thanks to the knock on effects that followed the sudden departure of his long-time pals and stable mates Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows.
Not long after the O.C. men were released from the company, AJ Styles would find himself hopping from Monday to Friday nights, with many suggesting that this was due to the former WWE Champion's feelings towards the man he felt was responsible for his buds' unexpected departure - Paul Heyman.
Styles would later very publicly blast the one-time executive director of Raw for going out of his way to ensure the Bullet Club men were given the heave-ho. And on top of labelling him a "liar", he'd also claim that everybody felt the same way about Roman Reigns' current special council; that being, "You’ve done some great things in the past, but you’re not well liked here. Hit the bricks."
It's hardly a surprise that the two men have been kept as far apart as humanly possible in the wake of this very public fallout, with Styles rarely appearing on the blue show in the wake of Heyman's latest SmackDown run.