10 Wrestlers Who Were Kicked Out Of The Locker Room

4. Matt Striker (By Chris Benoit)

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To the terrifying mid-2000s SmackDown locker room again, with Matt Striker this time in the crosshairs of the blue brand's terrifying usual suspects.

The former teacher came with a bit of a reputation thanks to the story of him taking indecent weekend dates when he was free from school responsibilities. WWE capitalised upon it immediately when he debuted against Kurt Angle on Raw in 2005, but the tale didn't impress the SmackDown lieutenants when he was sent there at the end of the year.

Eddie Guerrero had allegedly felt disrespected by Striker from conversations they'd had, and things got worse when rumours spread that he'd told one of the SmackDown agents that the Raw roster was much better.

Supposedly, Chris Benoit lobbed Striker's bags into the hall where he'd change until respect was earned, though Striker later claimed that 'The Crippler' had forewarned him of this earlier in the day but had to follow through with the punishment to send the right message to everybody else.

 
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