WWE: 10 Real Life Wrestling Rivalries

By Craig Humpage /

3. Matt Hardy vs Edge

This was another bitter real-life feud centred around a woman. When Matt Hardy was away having surgery, his girlfriend Lita had to carry on down the road working. She began to get close to another travelling wrestler, and one of Matt's friends Edge. The two became involved in an affair. When this secret fling became not-so-secret, Matt Hardy went understandably crazy. He went very public, and was fired. WWE decided to bring him back and cash-in on this real life animosity, by portraying it on TV. It's a story as old as time, but when it's legit, it's just crazy to watch! Sadly the feud was short lived and the two went on to have very different careers in professional wrestling.