5 WWE Champions that didn't like each other in real-life

#3 Triple H and Rob Van Dam (RVD)

Rob Van Dam has been pretty open about the cold vibes he received from Triple H in WWE

Rob Van Dam notably won the WWE Championship at the One Night Stand PPV back in 2006--defeating John Cena in an Extreme Rules Match after cashing in his Money In The Bank contract. While RVD's reign was relatively brief, with him being one of the most beloved performers in pro-wrestling history, fans clamored for the WWE to accord more of a push to the high-flyer.

Van Dam subsequently parted ways with the WWE, returning to the indies in 2007; and apart from a brief comeback to WWE (2013-14), RVD has largely wrestled on the independent professional wrestling circuit. While certain sections of fans believed that the WWE higher-ups took issue with his marijuana-smoking habit, which is why they chose to refrain from putting the WWE Championship back on him--a few others alleged that it was Paul "Triple H" Levesque who played a huge role in phasing out Van Dam from WWE.

Addressing the same on a YouShoot interview a few years ago, RVD explained that pro-wrestling is an extremely cliquish business, and that Triple H was indeed involved in the WWE creative meetings around the mid-2000s as well. Van Dam noted that while he can't downright blame Triple H for 'burying' him, it's no secret that "The Game" didn't view RVD as someone whom they could put the WWE Championship on and have him represent the company.

Meanwhile, Triple H took a rather intriguing shot at RVD in a promo on the October 21st, 2013 episode of Monday Night RAW--tagging Daniel Bryan as a "B+ Player" and comparing the latter to Chris Jericho, RVD and Edge; whilst noting that none of them were ever "The One". While Triple H's promo was written off by many as part of the WWE's storylines, most hardcore fans and experts claimed that The Game had taken a truly cunning jab at RVD under the guise of his promo against Bryan...