5 Current WWE stars you might not know had real-life heat

Many current WWE stars have had heat in recent months
Many current WWE stars have had heat in recent months

WWE Superstars work closely together for around 300 days a year. These stars are on the road away from their families for the better part of the year and are forced to share the ring with people that they don't necessarily get along with.

As with any job, there will be employees that don't get along, but this also means that there are often some real-life problems between them that they try to keep private. However, WWE stars don't have the luxury of privacy since much of their lives are there for the public to read about.

The fact that every WWE star is also on Twitter means that some of these problems are brought to light on the social media platform. Interestingly, there are a few WWE wrestlers still employed by the company who once had heat with fellow Superstars.


#5. WWE: Ronda Rousey and Nia Jax

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Ronda Rousey made her WWE debut at The Royal Rumble in 2018, the same night that the Women's Division made history with their first-ever Royal Rumble match.

Rousey then went on to wrestle for WWE for more than a year before walking away at last year's WrestleMania, even though she is still under contract with WWE until 2021.

Given the way Rousey was added to the WWE roster, it was obvious that she was going to ruffle a few feathers. For example, The Bella Twins admitted in their memoir, Incomparable, that they were annoyed that Rousey's debut overshadowed the women making history at the Rumble.

One WWE Superstar who seemingly gained a dislike for the former UFC standout was Nia Jax, who admitted in an interview with Alex McCarthy of TalkSPORT in June that she went to WWE management to complain about Ronda Rousey when Jax believed that she was being too forceful with her friend Alexa Bliss.

Rousey also recently tweeted about Nia Jax following her botch against Kairi Sane, but it was later deleted. Jax had claimed that since Sane couldn't say anything about it, perhaps Rousey could.

#4. WWE: Tommaso Ciampa and Randy Orton

Randy Orton has never been someone who sugarcoats his thoughts and since he's decided to take his thoughts about the WWE to Twitter, it has caused The Viper a number of issues.

Most recently, Orton decided to share his thoughts on the matches at NXT TakeOver: In Your House and tweeted about the fact that many of the stars were slapping their legs when executing their strikes.

The former WWE Champion obviously offended Tommaso Ciampa, who was on the card that night, and who responded by stating that he plays Orton's matches to help get his daughter to sleep.

Things then escalated and even included Orton's wife, before the Tweets were then removed which makes it seem like the exchange wasn't part of a storyline but rather a real-life personal attack.

The Wrestling Observer went on to report that WWE Chairman Vince McMahon was furious with the two men for having a public argument when they weren't involved with one another in a storyline. There is reportedly an unwritten rule that prevents stars from having arguments online unless they are booked to do so. Ciampa and Orton have yet to step into a feud and the argument hasn't been mentioned on WWE TV.

#3. WWE: Kevin Owens and Jaxson Ryker

Kevin Owens has always been a WWE Superstar who speaks his mind on social media no matter how controversial his opinion is, something that he proved a few weeks ago when The Forgotten Sons' Jaxson Ryder posted a particularly offensive Tweet.

Owens and a number of other WWE Superstars responded to the Tweet to tell him how wrong he was to use his catchphrase while declaring his support for Donald Trump.

Owens wrote:

"The freedom you speak of entitles you to speak your mind all you want. I'm not here to argue that. I just really need to tell you that I think you pushing your s--tty wrestling catchphrase as all of this is happening is absolutely f--king pathetic. Good night."

Ryker has since been taken off WWE TV alongside Wesley Blake and Steve Cutler and it's believed that the trio are now being repackaged ahead of a return in the coming months.

#2. WWE: Matt Riddle and Brock Lesnar

Matt Riddle came to WWE following a stint with the UFC, much like former WWE Champion Brock Lesnar. It makes sense that the former MMA star would want to work with Lesnar in WWE and even claimed that he wanted to be the one to retire the former World Champion.

Riddle had already caused a few issues with fellow WWE star Goldberg on social media before be began tagging Brock Lesnar into his tweets, likely in hopes that he could build up a match with the former UFC Champion.

This all came to a head at The Royal Rumble in January when Lesnar and Riddle crossed paths backstage and the former WWE Champion was able to get his point across.

According to TalkSPORT, Lesnar told Riddle:

"Kid, you might as well stop saying my name and tagging me in sh-t because you and I will never work together. Ever.”

Riddle wanted to get in the ring with Lesnar during The Royal Rumble match. Ultimately, that didn't happen and it appears that The Beast was able to get his point across.

#1. WWE: Lacey Evans and Lars Sullivan

Lacey Evans and Lars Sullivan came through the ranks in NXT together and were even promoted to WWE's main roster at the same time, but Sullivan's debut was delayed after he suffered an anxiety attack backstage.

While Sullivan and Evans haven't crossed paths in a WWE ring, the two stars did do battle in quite the Twitter war back in 2018.

Sullivan posted a tweet in-character and following a response from fellow NXT star Roderick Strong, The Freak decided to pick fault with Strong's parenting, something that obviously offended Lacey Evans.

Evans claimed that she loved the fact that Strong could be a father and chase his dreams before the exchange between them continued with The Sassy Southern Belle making light of the fact that Sullivan wasn't in a relationship.

Sullivan went on to delete all of the tweets which proved that it wasn't part of a WWE storyline. Clearly, when Evans made the exchange personal, Sullivan took offense.

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