10 On-Screen WCW Couples You’ve Totally Forgotten

Pro wrestling loves a good romance angle. It also loves a mediocre one, and it adores a bad one that nobody really wanted to see in the first place. WCW (of course) had some of the shortest-lived flings in industry history, especially during the late-1990s and early-2000s.

To find them, you have to be the kind of sicko who'd trawl through endless episodes of Nitro, Thunder and even Saturday Night to pinpoint exactly when 'Wrestler A' and 'Valet B' fell in love. Sometimes, it was an innocent affair - young love blossomed, then inevitably went wrong so the company could exploit the kayfabe heartache later on.

A few WCW affairs were used to manipulate babyfaces or spite an ex too. One example here was only really implied to viewers so that they'd hate the villain of the piece and rally round the babyface. Meanwhile, because it was the year 2000, they could merrily chant obscene things at the lady in the frame for living her life.

Keep score to find out just how many of these on-screen relationships you remember. You might be surprised by how many you don't.

Madusa loved herself some boybands.

In 1999, WCW programmed her to fall for dreamy young stud Evan Karagias. Their love story bloomed when the charming future 3 Count member (no, that hadn't quite started yet) offered to let Madusa pin him if she planted a kiss on his chops. She did, and that was that.

WCW didn't shy away from the age gap either - Madusa was around 10 years older than Karagias, which is something Tony Schiavone delighted in telling fans live on air. The announcers also set the stage for some treachery when Evan's wandering eye kicked in and he started flirting with some of The Nitro Girls.

That p*ssed Madusa off, and she split from her boy toy. Rather randomly, WCW then booked the pair in a singles match at Starrcade '99 for Evan's Cruiserweight Title. She ended up winning, which then led to Madusa's feud with regrettable Jim Ross parody Oklahoma.

Gee, thanks WCW.