10 Wrestlers Who Married Their Fans

1. Randy Orton (Kim Kessler)

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Things worked out for Randy Orton though.

The RK-Bro member split from his first wife Samantha in 2012, and they then divorced in 2013. By 2015, Randy had remarried. He'd met Kimberly Kessler by chance at a WWE event, or so he thought. "By chance" isn't the way Kim remembers it. She revealed what really happened on the 'Wives Of Wrestling' podcast.

Kim was a wrestling fan who couldn't believe how "hot and sexy" Orton was. One time, she even told her kids that she'd meet Randy someday and make him fall in love with her. They found that funny, and totally thought mother dearest was joking. She really, really wasn't.

Kessler, who was also part of a Randy fan club, showed up at a WWE event and shouted Orton over. He asked her name, and told her to give the security guard her number if she wanted to go for dinner with him. She did, then dropped her kids off home before returning to meet up.

Now, they're husband and wife, and Kim is roundly credited for getting Randy back on the straight and narrow.

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