10 WWE Storylines That Turned Into Real Life Shoots

9. Chris Benoit's Affair

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WCW writers came up with so many tales of back-stabbing and betrayal that one of them was almost bound to come true sooner or later. But booker Kevin Sullivan probably would have preferred it if this one had stayed in the realm of fiction.

In 1996, Benoit's onscreen character embarked on a love affair with Nancy Sullivan, Kevin's wife both behind and in front of the cameras. It was supposed to help elevate the Canadian Crippler to greater heights, but all it really accomplished was helping him get closer to Nancy, whom he would marry himself three years later.

To compound his misery, Sullivan lost a retirement match with Benoit at Bash in the Beach in 1997 - marking the end of an in-ring career whose one real highlight is probably better forgotten.

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