10 Wrestlers Who Were Kicked Out Of The Locker Room

5. The Hardy Boyz (By John Bradshaw Layfield)

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You'd be understood for assuming that Matt and Jeff Hardy's 2003 'Exist 2 Inspire' autobiography was a little more than a company cash grab.

It was, of course, but it also proved quite the revealing look at the WWE locker room when it first landed, with lengthy sections on the various acts of anger, bullying and vitriol dressed up as "hazing" and "tradition" sticking out like the sore thumbs at the end of a Hardy Boyz hand signal.

The duo - who have both since battled drug and alcohol addiction - admitted to having never drank before joining the main roster, but that ethos was rapidly cast aside thanks to the intense peer pressure. And all for the price of John 'Bradshaw' Layfield's acceptance after he hauled them out of the dressing room for inadvertently disrespecting Kane.

The pair had unknowingly sat in the 'Big Red Machine's upgraded plane seats during a long flight between shows, triggering Bradshaw to slap on his self-appointed sheriff's hat. Following a 'Wrestler's Court' hearing about the matter, the North Carolinians were forced to do a number of chores and errands for the future WWE Champion and buy a sh*tload of booze for the rest of the wrestlers.

 
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