Top 10 real life friends in the WWE

Down the years, we as fans have witnessed some bitter rivalries and personal hatred unfold among various superstars in the WWE, so much so that it is very difficult to believe that some of those superstars are best of friends in the real world and share a great deal of mutual respect among themselves. They are colleagues after all and sharing their daily-life schedule together ultimately leads to a bond and in some cases, true friendship.Of course, the alliance develops based on different situations. Some stepped foot into this industry as childhood friends, while others were pitched into family storylines but eventually landed up as being best of pals. The WWE is a big wrestling family and it is obvious that so many relationships are constructed while staying ling enough with your family.So remembering the special occasion of friendship day, we managed to sort out 10 of the most popular real life friendships among WWE superstars. Take a look.

#10 CM Punk and Kofi Kingston

CM Punk and Kofi Kingston started their journey in the WWE as tag-team champions. It was their first major belt in the company. After moving forward to their respective individual careers, Punk became one of the biggest names in the WWE specially after winning the WWE title which he held for 434 days.

But due to some unknown internal problems with the officials, Punk departed from the WWE and has shown no signs of returning any sooner. And his friend Kofi, in an interview not long ago, confirmed his friendship with Punk and compared it to that of a “road wive.”

"Yeah, we were each other's road wives," Kofi said. "With Punk, I consider him to be like a brother to me. He's one of the guys who took me under his wing when I first came. So we've been able to maintain a good relationship. And there are very few people in the business that you can call true friends, so I consider Punk to be that and more. So yes, "road wife" is the term we used to sum that all up."

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#9 Daniel Bryan and Ryback

Ryback has openly stated that he does not trust anyone in the business. As suggested by Stone Cold Steve Austin, Ryback has kept his eyes open for the sharks that have been swimming amongst the dolphins in the ocean of WWE. But Ryback has specifically mentioned that Daniel Bryan is one of the few wrestlers that he considers to be a good friend.

And indeed the bond between the beard and the powerhouse has been seen outside the ring as both of them have been spotted doing promotional and community work together.

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#8 Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns

Deam Ambrose and Roman Reigns along with Seth Rollins formed one of the most dominant factions of the current era which was known as The Shield. The group recently broke up after Rollins turned heel on his team-mates and joined hands with Triple H and Stephanie McMahon.

But regardless of their split, Reigns and Ambrose continue to maintain their brotherhood on TV and are very good friends in real life. In a recent interview, Ambrose revealed that although they were not working together on the WWE storylines, Reigns continues to be his closest pal backstage.

“Roman Reigns. He's still my best friend, my buddy, and travelling partner. Me and Roman are tight. We've had on our differences on TV and we get into each our faces because we're two alpha males so we'll butt heads, but that's why we love each other. We're brothers and push each other and still got each other's back. For Roman, he's a super-charismatic, loveable, soulful guy that can be a beacon for everyone in the locker room which I think is just really good right now.”

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#7 Mick Foley and Terry Funk

Hardcore legend Mick Foley and Terry Funk became first acquainted during their stint in ECW (Extreme Championship Wrestling). They were involved in one of the most brutal matches which was known as “King of the Death Match” tournament in 1995 which was hosted by the IWA. He was known as Cactus Jack at the time and won the final round against Funk.

Later, in 2013, Funk inducted his long time friend into the Hall of Fame.

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#6 Trish and Lita

Trish and Lita took the WWE women’s division by storm during the Attitude Era and its post wrestling days. Never before had the WWE universe seen such a huge rivalry among two female wrestlers who were actually awesome with their in-ring work. Trish Stratus gradually rose to the top and claimed the WWE Women’s title, but Lita was always there providing a threat to her reign and winning the title for herself on a few occasions.

Their rivalry laid the foundation for the next generation of female wrestlers in the company. And they were well capable of executing moves which even some of the male wrestlers were unable to pull off. Together they created history after they became the first two Divas to main event WWE Raw.

But among all of the on-screen feuds and rivalries, Trish and Lita were and still are besties in real life. When Trish was inducted into the Hall of Fame, she revealed that her biggest enemy and best buddy at the same time was Lita. In the 2014 Hall of Fame, Trish inducted Lita into the Class of 2014. Recently, they have also embarked on personal tours together.

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#5 Undertaker and Kane

In real life, Glen Jacobs (Kane) and Mark Callaway (Undertaker) are good friends. To the point where Mark had brought up the possibility of Kane being the one to break the Undertaker's win streak at Wrestlemania, Glen declined. In the story side of things, they're brothers that hate each other. Kane apparently burned the house down accidentally, killing their parents. Kane hates the Undertaker more than the Undertaker hates Kane, it seems, though, as UT has forgiven Kane on numerous occasions only to see Kane turn on the Undertaker again later on.On an interesting note, Undertaker's gimmicked first name is Cain, as stated by his original introduction when he first debuted. "Cain, The Undertaker." (This was later dropped. Vince liked the name Cain so much that when they were in discussions for Glen's new gimmick, they named him Kane.)

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#4 John Cena and Randy Orton

It is really hard to believe this, but it's a really surprising fact. John Cena and Randy Orton, who have been nothing short of arch-enemies in modern times, are actually very good friends in real life. They probably are the two biggest names in the current generation and have shared a bitter on-screen rivalry that even went to the extent where Orton attacked Cena’s father during a match at ringside.

But after taking their in-ring gears, they have celebrated their segments at bars and motels together over a table of drinks or two while travelling on the road. Well I guess working as colleagues does make you get acquainted personally.

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#3 Edge and Christian

Adam Copeland who is better known as Edge, is a childhood friend of Christian. The two worked together in the independent wrestling circuit during the 90’s and worked their way up to the WWE where they formed an alliance called The Brood and Christian was projected as his on-screen brother. They went onto form a heel tag-team later, winning the tag titles for seven times and became famous for the trademark “Five Second Pose.”

Edge worked his way through to the top and became a baby-face of the company during the Ruthless Aggression Era. But sadly, his career was cut short due to injuries and was forced into taking an early retirement from the WWE. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2012, none other than his best friend Christian, who revealed some of the personal hardships Adam had faced in his early life during his induction speech.

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#2 Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit

Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit’s friendship started over a match in Japan after Benoit’s kick knocked out Eddie during their match. Because they could relate to each other’s situations in real life, they developed a strong bond and considered each other as brothers. Along with Dean Malenko, Eddie and Benoit would travel together putting on matches after matches that led to them being addressed as the “ Three Amigos” by the commentators.

Their journey from a mid-card wrestler to a main event superstar was an amazing story as both of them headlined Wrestlemania 20 for the two biggest championship belts in the WWE( WWE and World Heavyweight titles). Benoit clinched his first Heavyweight belt while Eddie retained his WWE title. WWE provided an emotional closing segment at WM20 after Benoit won the title as Eddie, who was in tears, congratulated and hugged his best friend for finally winning the gold belt.

Even after Eddie died in 2005, Benoit had written diary entries to him just ten days after his passing for about eleven days. He was largely affected by his friend’s death as evident during the tribute WWE Raw episode to Eddie. But soon, in 2007, Benoit allegedly killed his wife and son before committing suicide which came as a shock to the WWE universe.

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#1 Shawn Michaels and Triple H

Shawn Michaels and Triple H’s journey began since the inception of the Attitude Era days. Together they formed the Degeneration X group which turned out to be one of the most controversial factions of all-time. As time passed on, their on-screen friendship crossed over to real life as they became inseparable best buddies. Stephanie McMahon recently in an interview claimed that at first she thought Hunter and Michaels were gay because they were so close to each other all the time.

Even after the DX faction saw its members leave the company, Michaels and Triple H continued their friendship angle on TV, reuniting DX on several occasions to take on their opponents. The Game shared an emotional segment personally with Shawn when he retired from the WWE. In 2011, Triple H honoured his long-time pal by inducting him into the Class of 2011 Hall of Fame.

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