5 WWE storylines based on real-life events

#1: The Hardy/Edge/Lita love triangle

Hardy and Edge would have a war in 2005.

2005 was a bad year for Matt Hardy.

After being sidelined with an injury, Matt discovered his real-life girlfriend Lita had been cheating on him with close friend Edge for quite a while. Reacting on instinct, Matt made the affair public, a shocking act that cut a lot of storylines on WWE TV, and briefly saw Hardy be released from the company.

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Back on TV, Edge and Hardy would engage in a deeply personal feud, which saw the duo having a bloody war at Summerslam, before ripping each other apart the next month in a steel cage.

After Hardy lost a loser leaves RAW match, the story ended with Matt's move to SmackDown. Though it seems the trio have been able to put all this behind them, no-one could really blame Matt for his actions back in 2005.