9 WWE Superstars who got enormous backstage heat

Professional wrestlers have it tough. Not only are they on a grueling schedule, putting their bodies on the line night in and night out but they also have to deal with a locker room filled with eccentric characters and personalities where it can be pretty difficult to get along with everyone.

This often results in something going wrong for a certain wrestler and them getting ostracised by the entire roster. Backstage politics are very much a part of the wrestling culture and getting any sort of heat with the big dogs in the back will get you in a lot of trouble.

Not everyone seems to know this, though, and there have been stories of several men and women who have become so hated and reviled backstage that they suffer some dire consequences for their apparent lack of respect for their colleagues and the traditions of wrestling. Today, we are here to look at the offenders.

So, without any further ado, here are 10 WWE Superstars who got enormous backstage heat:

#9 Roman Reigns

Roman Reigns was suspended for violating WWE's Wellness Policy

The darling of the company, Roman Reigns, had backstage heat? Well, yes, and quite a lot of heat if the rumors that came out are to be believed. The cause of this was his Wellness Policy Violation, which earned him a 30-day suspension as well as the loss of WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

That wasn't all, though, as several news outlets were reporting that Roman was forced to issue a public apology to the rest of the locker room. He was also kept out of the main event picture for many months. Eventually, the heat died down and Reigns went back to the top of the card.

#8 Don Callis

Don Callis was part of WWF/WWE between 1996 and 1999

The man known in the WWE as The Jackal was not someone who was liked very much in the WWE locker room and it seems like he didn’t care about it too much either. He was reportedly aloof and kept himself at a distance from the rest of the roster.

He was eventually thrown out of the locker room and not allowed back in for an extended period although the reason remains unclear. The Jackal himself confirmed during various interviews that he doesn’t know why it was done but that he probably deserved it.

#7 The Miz

For all intents and purposes, it seems like The Miz was a guy that was hated backstage due to his roots in reality TV. The Miz himself has confirmed on various occasions how much he was hated in the locker room.

He generally rubbed all the veterans the wrong way and when he spilled some chicken he was eating on Chris Benoit’s bags, the Crippler lost his mind and threw Mr. Mizanin out of the locker room, not allowing him to return for months and forcing him to get changed in the showers outside.

#6 Mr. Kennedy

Mr. Kennedy reportedly rubbed the WWE locker room the wrong way

Mr. Kennedy was earmarked to be a pretty big deal in the WWE and was given a massive push (that included wins against the Undertaker) but all that came to a crashing halt. First, he got kicked out of the locker room for not following wrestling traditions and then failed drug tests during his time with the company.

After leaving the company, Kennedy opened up about his time with WWE, especially the incidents which led to his dismissal from the company – when his unsafe wrestling style got him on the wrong side of John Cena and Randy Orton. He claimed Cena and Orton were behind his release, but was that really the case?

#5 Matt Striker

When Matt Striker was a part of SmackDown during his run with the WWE, he decided to mouth off about how the RAW roster was so much better. Considering that the Blue brand had legends such as The Undertaker, Eddie Guerrero, Chris Benoit amongst others, it wasn’t the greatest idea and eventually got kicked out of the locker room.

Striker confirmed the same during an RF shoot interview, although he claimed that Benoit liked him personally but still had to kick him out in order to maintain the status quo.

#4 Goldberg

Goldberg and Jericho are rumored to have not gotten along

Goldberg and Chris Jericho had beef from their time in WCW stemming from Goldberg’s refusal to work with the smaller Cruiserweight and that heat carried over to WWE when Big Bad Bill joined up. The two got into a fight that Chris Jericho won and Goldberg got a lot of backstage heat for his shenanigans as various wrestlers have confirmed over the years.

He was forced to admit in public that he had lost a fight to Y2J and that The Ayatollah of Rock n Rolla had always been the better wrestler.

#3 Muhammad Hassan

Hassan had a tiff with Eddie Guerrero in the 2000s

Muhammad Hassan’s monster push in the WWE came to an end when The London Bombings occurred at a time when the terrorist part of his gimmick came to the fore. But, even before this, he had some major backstage heat thanks to a clash with Eddie Guerrero.

Hassan demanded that Eddie stopped using The Camel Clutch – which was Hassan’s finisher at the time. Guerrero got furious with the youngster, not only for the lack of respect but also because it was Eddie’s father – Gory Guerrero – who invented the move in the first place.

Shane Helms aka The Hurricane confirmed this and also spoke of a time when Hassan bought the entire locker room shots in a bar and every one of the wrestlers poured their drinks on the ground as a sign of their dislike of him.

#2 Daniel Puder

Daniel Puder almost broke Kurt Angle’s arm with a move

You’re a contestant on WWE’s Tough Enough and you get a chance to get into the ring with Kurt Angle. The only problem is, you’re booked to be squashed. So, what do you do? Well, if you’re just another wrestler, you get squashed as you’re meant to.

If you’re Daniel Puder on the other hand, you lock Kurt Angle in a legitimate kimura lock that could have broken Angle’s arm. The ref counted a false pin against Puder in order to save Angle from having to tap out.

The backstage heat from this was absolutely enormous and Puder’s punishment came in the Royal Rumble where veterans beat him to pulp before eliminating him. There are various shoot interviews regarding the same from everybody involved with the incident.

#1 Melina

Melina was constantly fighting with the other women backstage and it got to a point where everyone had had enough of the diva. She was hauled into Wrestler’s Court and was yelled at by the veterans until she started crying.

Rumor has it that she was so hated that every man and woman on the roster came to watch proceedings and even placed bets as to how long it would take for Melina to break down into tears. Not fun.

There have been substantial reports from news outlets regarding the mammoth heat Melina garnered backstage during her stint with the company.

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