10 Things We Learned From Dark Side Of The Ring: Brian Pillman

7. His Complicated Love Life

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Brian's manic love life takes up as a fair portion of both parts, as it should.

Here's a recap. He started dating a woman called Rochelle, and they had a daughter together called Brittany. Around that same time, Pillman found out that he had a two-year old girl called Dani from a previous relationship. He was good to his kids, but later started pursuing Melanie when he was working for WCW.

Rochelle found out about his cheating, was naturally hurt, and then Melanie fell pregnant (with Brian Jr) too. Brian and Rochelle split up, and Pillman proposed to Mel. The whole thing was as topsy turvy as it sounds, although it never really left a sour taste in the mouths of his kids at first; that, much like everything else in Brian's life, would change.

His sister Linda told VICE that Melanie was hard to like, chiefly because she didn't like Brian speaking to Rochelle. Actually, she didn't much like Brian's family talking to her either. That's just the tip of this tale's iceberg...

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