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Weddings and professional wrestling don't tend to go well together, especially in WWE. But with AEW's Kip Sabian and Penelope Ford finally tying the knot at AEW Beach Break,it's an appropriate time to put together a list of the most memorable weddings in professional wrestling.
There's really only been one wedding in professional wrestling that has ever gone according to plan. The rest usually end with broken hearts, broken bones, and tons of carnage. After all, that's the drama the viewers crave as wrestling fans. It's fair to say that, based on this history, things don't bode well for Sabian and Ford.
To kick things off, the top couple in WWE, Triple H and Stephanie McMahon took the first spot on this list.
#5 Stephanie McMahon and Triple H - WWE RAW, February 11th, 2002
Other weddings might seem like they should be the top item here. But much like professional wrestling, these lists need to spread out the more exciting moments. This wedding deserved to be higher than this spot. But one of the five segment had to take this spot.
Still, wrestling is all about the drama and the payoff. Boy, did fans get that on February 11, 2002. Picking this wedding might be cheating, as the ceremony was actually a renewal of their wedding vows. But it's still one of the strangest storylines that has aired on WWE Monday Night RAW.
Triple H had just returned from a severe, career-threatening quad tear. He came back to RAW as a babyface in January. Leading up to WrestleMania, Triple H and Stephanie McMahon's marriage was on the rocks. In order to save it, McMahon faked a pregnancy in order to guilt trip the multi-time WWE Champion into renewing their vows.
On the night they were supposed to go through with it, Linda McMahon called Triple H. She revealed that the doctor they'd seen to talk about Stephanie's baby had been paid to do so. Linda dropped the bombshell that the pregnancy was a complete fabrication. Livid, Triple H decided to make it one of the worst days of his wife's life.
After he let Stephanie pour her heart out in her vows, he let her know how he truly felt. He verbally unleashed on her. Vince McMahon, though, faced a worse punishment. He was planted with a Pedigree in the middle of the ceremony.
#4 Kane and Lita - WWE RAW, August 23, 2004
This storyline might just take the cake. Lita and Matt Hardy were a beloved couple in the early 2000s. The WWE Universe always loved Team Xtreme, even when the teammates went their separate ways. Many fans expected the young, rebellious couple to be together forever.
Unfortunately for Hardy, WWE had other plans. A certain Big Red Machine became infatuated with Lita after WWE WrestleMania XX. After his loss to The Undertaker, Kane was spurned by the former WWE Women's Champion. Needless to say, he didn't take it well. Eventually, he kidnapped her. It didn't take long for Hardy, Lita's boyfriend at the time, to come to Lita's rescue.
Shortly thereafter, Lita revealed that she was pregnant, and both men believed that tey were the father. At a certain point, Lita tried to trick Kane into attacking her and causing a miscarriage. In order to do so, she hoped to reveal the identity of the true father. At SummerSlam 2004, Kane and Hardy faced off in a "Till Death Do Us Part" Match.
Kane won the bout, so he gained the right to marry Lita. On August 23, the wedding ceremony was held on WWE RAW. Hardy attempted to interrupt proceedings, but he couldn't stop it. Due to the actions of Gene Snitsky, Lita eventually had a miscarriage.
But she was so hellbent on revenge that she wound up siding with Snitsky and Edge. It was hard to feel bad for Kane, though. The kidnapping and the other horrible implications made it much easier to root for Lita.
#3 Billy and Chuck - WWE SmackDown, September 12, 2002
Billy Gunn and Chuck Palumbo were teamed up in WWE back in 2001 after Palumbo was kicked out of The Alliance. Soon, they began to behave more affectionately toward each other. Soon, WWE revealed that the two men were a couple.
They were joined by Rico, and the duo was pushed as the first on-screen gay couple in WWE. The pair even got support from GLAAD when WWE revealed that the multi-time WWE Tag Team Champions would have a wedding ceremony on SmackDown.
But it was all a sham. During the wedding, Gunn and Palumbo revealed that their relationship was a publicity stunt that went too far. As a result, GLAAD rescinded their support of the company and lambasted WWE for lying about the whole situation.
Rico, furious about the deception, defected to RAW. He began managing 3-Minute Warning, the team that happened to interrupt the controversial wedding. Gunn and Palumbo quietly split up. Palumbo joined the Full Blooded Italians, and Gunn reverted to his "Mr. Ass" gimmick.
#2 Stephanie McMahon and Test...then Triple H - WWE RAW, November 29, 1999
It's time to explore one of the most infamous weddings in WWE history. In 1999, Stephanie McMahon was engaged to Test, one of the most dominant members of The Corporation. "The Billion Dollar Princess" was expected to marry the future Intercontinental Champion, and Vince McMahon tried to prevent any interference.
At the time, D-Generation X was in a heated feud with McMahon and his crew. The WWE Chairman claimed that if any member of the group attempted to ruin his daughter's special night, they'd be fired immediately. While the wedding initially went fairly well, one ruined the festivities. It lived on in infamy for years to come.
Triple H appeared near the end of the ceremony. He revealed that he drugged Stephanie during her bachelorette party. He then took her to a "drive thru" wedding chapel. As a result, he married Stephanie when she was unconscious.
It's hard to find any officially released footage from the night on WWE's YouTube page. But in one episode of "This Week in WWE History", Corey Graves and former WWE personality Cathy Kelly explored the unforgettable moment.
Most wrestling weddings, WWE or otherwise, are remembered for being trainwrecks. They invite chaos. Someone always tries to interfere, and most of the time, the ceremonies fall apart. But one wedding defied the odds, and it remains near and dear to the heart of every fan in the WWE Universe.
#1 "Macho Man" Randy Savage and Miss Elizabeth - WWE Summerslam 1991
Of course, this WWE wedding ranks above all the rest. "Macho Man" Randy Savage and Miss Elizabeth's relationship, from the beginning to its tragic end, is one of the most engrossing stories in professional wrestling. It blended reality with fiction better than anything fans had ever seen before. In the years that have followed, nothing has compared to the "Match Made in Heaven."
Macho Man and Miss Elizabeth split after the Mega Powers exploded at WrestleMania V. Then, Savage adopted the moniker "The Macho King" when he won the King of the Ring Tournament. He brought in Sherri Martel as his new valet.
"Macho Madness" was at an all-time high, and it lasted all the way to WrestleMania VII. There, Randy Savage was forced into retirement by The Ultimate Warrior. Sherri attacked him after the match, but Savage was saved by Miss Elizabeth, who had been watching in the crowd. It was one of the greatest reunions in WWE history.
"Macho Man" proposed to Miss Elizabeth, and she replied with an emphatic "Oh Yeah!" At WWE SummerSlam 1991, Macho Man and Miss Elizabeth got married. Unlike 99% of all wrestling weddings, this one had a happy ending.
And unlike every single wedding on this list, the couple actually got through the ceremony. There's a reason WWE and the fans compare every wedding story to this one, and that's because it was done right.
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