10 Most Heartbreaking On-Screen WWE Break Ups

4. Matt Hardy & Lita

Chris Jericho, Trish Stratus
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Yikes, this is messy.

Let's forget the Edge stuff for a moment. Let's forget that Lita would eventually find herself in an on-screen relationship with Kane, lose a baby thanks to Gene Snitsky and generally get abused by crowds worldwide for being an attractive woman who made some choices.

In 2004, Lita was trying to achieve her dream of winning the Women's Championship. Surely her boyfriend, Matt Hardy, would support her in following her dream?

Well, no. After teasing a proposal Matt promptly dumped her, stating that her desire to win the championship was stronger than her desire to be with Matt Hardy (Version 1.0). Not unlike Santino's refusal to accept Maria's posing for Playboy, it was the possibility that Lita would go on and succeed on her own that was too much for Matt Hardy, and he dumped her rather than deal with it.

Of course, this would all be forgotten just a year later thanks to that whole Lita/Edge thing, but taken out of that context this is pretty harsh.

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