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While doing our jobs, most of us are bound to make a friend or two at our place of work. WWE Superstars are no different. Throughout the course of their training with the company or while working storylines, members of the WWE Roster stay in touch with each other, with some of them befriending one another.
Friendships in WWE
When it comes to WWE though, the unexpected happens rather often. And when WWE Superstars are traveling more than 300 days a year – in non-COVID times that is – several stars who you wouldn't originally expect to be close to one another, forge meaningful relationships.
Thus, for whatever reasons, we've seen several unlikely friendships come to life in WWE in the company's storied history. Let's now look at five of them.
#5 Seth Rollins and Finn Balor
If you think that Finn Balor probably hates Seth Rollins because the latter injured The Prince during their match at SummerSlam 2016 for the Universal Championship, you probably aren't the only one. But the truth is that Balor and Rollins are actually good friends in real life.
Balor and Rollins have been pictured together several times now, be it while traveling or while training among other things. Balor has time and again mentioned how he holds no grudges against the Monday Night Messiah. In fact, the two were even rehabbing together following Rollins' MCL injury.
Finn Balor was one of the first trainers of Becky Lynch when she was trying to get into the wrestling game back in Ireland and their camaraderie outside of WWE is common knowledge. This dynamic has also possibly helped in Balor's friendship with Rollins since The Architect is now engaged to Lynch and the duo is expecting a baby in December this year.
#4 Randy Orton and John Cena
There's a lot in common between John Cena and Randy Orton's careers. Both men started off and trained in OVW, even facing off a few times before making it into WWE. Cena is a 16-time world champion while Orton has won the company's top title 13 times.
More importantly, the duo has had several clashes for the WWE Championship and their rivalry has lasted close to a decade. However, the same has helped the two become friends while learning the craft from each other in WWE. The Viper has even spoken to about how he's learned from Big Match John in an episode of Corey Graves' After The Bell Podcast:
"And John Cena. God, I hate saying it, but I learned a lot from that m***********. I really did. Talk about slowing down and breathing and listening to the people. He was a master. He was a f****** ninja at listening to the crowd." [H/T: Fightful]
Randy Orton and John Cena have been seen together across various events and there are simply lots of pictures available online where the duo is hanging out together. They even take jibes at each other on social media from time to time as Orton has done above.
#3 Braun Strowman and Roman Reigns
Braun Strowman and Roman Reigns have been at arms with each other for the majority of the former's career. In fact, Strowman made his WWE debut back in 2015 by decimating Reigns and Jon Moxley (fka Dean Ambrose).
Both Superstars have come a long way since and have had several feuds, the most recent one being back in 2018 when The Big Dog was the Universal Champion. The Monster Among Men was stopped from cashing in his Money in the Bank contract after The Shield reunited.
Despite all the heated matches between the two, Strowman and Reigns are very good friends indeed. The image above is actually a sign of that but caused a furor within the WWE Universe.
Fellow WWE Superstar Titus O'Neil accidentally posted this picture on social media while the duo was exploring Rome with other stars during the company's European tour back in 2017. The only problem was that Strowman and Reigns were involved in a serious feud back then.
The two Superstars have been spotted together several times but nothing epitomizes their friendship more than Strowman's reaction when Reigns announced that his leukemia had returned. The Monster Among Men was visibly distraught and proceeded to hug Reigns as he returned backstage before telling him that he's there for him.
#2 Triple H and Sheamus
Speaking of Triple H and Sheamus, the first thing that comes to my mind is the hellacious street fight between the two at Extreme Rules back in 2010. The Game left definite imprints of kendo sticks on the back of The Celtic Warrior before dropping the match and getting written off WWE TV.
However, despite that explosive rivalry, the two are reportedly buddies with many rumors suggesting that Sheamus quickly rising through the ranks in WWE was due to the two being friends although there's no proof of the same.
There were reports that Sheamus was also Triple H's gym buddy at a time, a claim that he's since debunked in an interview with Paddy Power.
“We went to the gym three times together in Australia, that was it....The green-eyed monster was everywhere in the place at the time and that’s where the rumours started that I was Triple H’s workout buddy, which is not the case."
However, he did acknowledge how he first got in touch with The Game in the same interview. William Regal, Sheamus' mentor from his early days had introduced him to Triple H:
"...he is very close to Triple H, so he kind of introduced me to Triple H from there, and that’s kind of like how that relationship started.”
#1 R-Truth and Vince McMahon
Let's talk about the WWE head honcho, shall we? We all know about the fair share of controversies that Vince McMahon has gotten into and also that he's certainly never going to work again with a few people. But what about the people in the company with whom Vince has a good relationship with? Well, R-Truth definitely falls in that category.
Truth has been in the company for more than a decade now in his current run and his friendship with Vince certainly helps in that regard. In a report by WrestlingNews.Co, one of their sources had revealed just how much the WWE Chairman loves R-Truth:
“Everyone loves Ron but Vince really loves the guy because he is up for everything. Sometimes Vince can tell when someone is not into what they are doing because it’s silly or whatever. You never see that with Ron and Vince loves that. I think Ron will have a job for life here if he wants it.”
We hope that this friendship continues to flourish and that R-Truth continues to bring the WWE Universe more wacky spots. He most recently partnered up with the WWE Champion Drew McIntyre in a tag team affair on Monday Night RAW earlier this week.
