10 Kayfabe Wrestling Moments That Became Real
3. Chris Benoit Steals Woman... Then Steals Nancy From Kevin Sullivan
Ask most wrestling old-timers and they'll advise that workers never get their lovers involved 'in the business'. Kevin Sullivan found this out the hard way when on screen rival Chris Benoit and his real-life wife Woman (Nancy Sullivan) started falling in love back in the mid-90s.
Incredibly, Kevin was the one who booked their union.
Obviously, he did so to inject some drama into his feud with Benoit. The more and more time Nancy and Chris spent together though (they held hand in public, travelled as a pair etc), the deeper and deeper their fondness for one another grew. Eventually, this Woman was Benoit's, not Sullivan's.
It'd be remiss to speak about all this without mentioning the grim end to both their lives. Everyone knows what happened years later with the Benoit double murder and suicide, for example. For more on this story, check out VICE's 'Dark Side Of The Ring' episode that explores each relationship.