10 Awesome Ways Wrestlers Got Back At Critics
5. Edge & Lita's Fight Against The Fans
It had been a rocky road for Lita and Edge after Matt Hardy revealed that his fiancee and best friend had been seeing each other behind his (and Edge's wife Lisa's) back throughout late-2004 and early-2005.
The pair invited brutal and bruising scorn privately, but Matt's exposure resulted in crowds showering them with feverous fury in the weeks and months that followed. Uncomfortable for everybody involved, the abuse from audiences hijacked countless matches and shows until they were forced together on television to awkwardly act out their affair as evil heels.
An on-screen feud between the scorned babyface and the girl-stealing heel didn't particularly dull the disdain, but Edge in particular basked in the inglorious nature of the newfound hatred. Fans still raged about their treachery, but the act insisted upon a topline promotion as a result - Edge's swaggering confidence catapulted him to the top of the card, helped by the Money In The Bank briefcase he'd clung to with as much lust as he had for Lita.
A New Year's Revolution 2006 win over John Cena didn't quite solidify his status, but it didn't really need to - his confidence carried him there by the end of the year.