5 WWE Superstars who are nothing like their on-screen persona

Because WWE is good at occasionally blurring the lines between fiction and reality, there's a large portion of fans who associate superstars' real-life personalities with their on-screen personas.

Sometimes, many fans tend to forget that superstars are simply normal people who are good at playing characters on TV. When they do a good enough job, fans seem to hate them outside the ring as well - which has its pros and cons.

This list focuses on five WWE Superstars who are nothing like their on-screen characters:

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#5. Roman Reigns - The greatest WWE locker room leader of all time?

It could be argued that Roman Reigns' over-pushed babyface character was nothing like his real-life personality, and his current Tribal Chief heel persona only has elements of his real-life personality.

Reigns has been on the main roster for nine years now and will be approaching a decade by late 2022. In that time, he has become the most pushed superstar in the company, headlining a whopping five WrestleManias since 2015 - more than anybody else in the past decade.

He had to suffer a lot of fan backlash between early 2015 to late 2018 when WWE attempted to push him as the face of the company without ever turning him feel despite fans rejecting his persona.

In hindsight, the heel turn likely should have happened years ago, and by now, Reigns would likely have already been the top babyface organically.

With that said, don't let any negativity associated with Roman Reigns fool you into thinking that he is a bad person. By all means, every backstage story about Reigns from his fellow superstars seems to paint the picture of him being a cool, positive type of locker room leader.

Being a locker room leader comes with a lot of responsibility, and there have been several negative stories from previous eras of toxic locker room culture. Whatever you want to say about modern WWE and the quality of the product, the locker room culture is now the healthiest it has ever been, and there's one man to thank for that - Roman Reigns.

While the story of him kicking Enzo Amore out of the WWE tour bus in Europe might be a negative one, there were also rumors of him getting support from his peers. When Reigns was suspended for violating the Wellness Policy in 2016, he apologized to the entire locker room.

Former WWE Superstars Braun Strowman and Malakai Black also had nothing but good things to say about him. Strowman credited Roman Reigns for helping progress his career, while Black shared a positive story about always having a good time with Reigns and the entire locker room. Luke (Doc) Gallows also credited him for the healthy locker room culture.

Despite his arrogant, stuck-up and hateable persona on-screen, The Tribal Chief is not only great at his job, but he seems to be a very relaxed and calm person who isn't interested in going into business for himself.

#4. The Miz - The most likable heel in WWE outside the ring?

While the likes of John Cena get the credit they deserve for all the work they did in and out of WWE, Cody Rhodes once said that The Miz works just as hard as Cena did.

The A-Lister is a superstar who is already appreciated by many fans, but the true level of appreciation he deserves may only come once he retires from the squared circle. He has enjoyed a decade-and-a-half long tenure in the company, which is far longer than the average superstar.

In that time, The Miz went from being a superstar who fans couldn't take seriously to a superstar who fans couldn't stand, and then a superstar who fans simply couldn't deny.

The only two-time Grand Slam Champion in WWE history has already accumulated a Hall of Fame-worthy career, and his work with Miz & Mrs. and more recently, Dancing With The Stars are likely going to serve as a pivot to the next stage of his career.

He spent most of his career being one of the most hated heels, while also remaining a beloved figure backstage. All you need to do is watch The Miz out of character on Miz & Mrs., and he comes across as a nice, cool, and relatable human being.

The A-Lister did a brilliant job in getting the fans to hate him while being the complete opposite of his on-screen persona in real life.

#3. Becky Lynch - A "hero" in the WWE women's locker room?

With all the recent rumors about the backstage confrontation between WWE's two top women Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair, the reports have been favorable to Big Time Becks.

While Flair has had to face a certain level of backlash, the picture seemed to paint Lynch as a "hero" and one who the women's locker room respects more.

Be that as it may, Becky Lynch currently has an obnoxious heel persona - one that fans didn't expect to see when she made her return after over a year. While they didn't want to see The Man return as a heel, it was reportedly made on her own request, and she has thrived in that role so far.

It's a massive transformation in persona from the Becky Lynch we've seen in 2015, 2016, and 2017, where she experienced little success minus a small reign as the inaugural SmackDown Women's Champion.

However, various clips of her real-life persona can be seen in various WWE Network documentaries and interviews outside, with everything indicating at her being nothing like her on-screen persona.

#2. Seth Rollins - A lot of personal progress during his WWE tenure

Unlike a lot of WWE Superstars on this list, Seth Rollins wasn't always the easiest to work with. It was one thing to believe in his ability to make it big in the company, but it was another thing to have an egoistic side that rubs people backstage the wrong way.

This is exactly what happened to Rollins in his early years in WWE, as his attitude backstage rubbed people the wrong way. The Visionary admitted that he was almost fired because he thought he deserved more than everybody else.

It was a long conversation with Triple H that put things into perspective. Since then, he has become a lot more of a team player and his attitude issues withered away as well.

While he has had personal clashes with Vince McMahon occasionally due to creative decisions that he disagreed with (such as the disastrous match against The Fiend at Hell in a Cell), that is normal for any superstar performing consistently at the highest level.

However, in recent years, there has been nothing but good things said about Seth Rollins and his presence backstage. It's quite a contradiction from his heel persona that he's so good at.

#1. Brock Lesnar - A real-life personality that contradicts his WWE character

There is no WWE Superstar on this list whose real-life personality contradicts their on-screen persona more than Brock Lesnar. Because of his absence from social media and public events, the aura of his character and persona is often preserved.

In WWE, we see Lesnar as one of the most ruthless, dominant stars in professional wrestling history. In reality, the picture painted of him is quite the opposite.

While there are multiple stories of current and former WWE Superstars talking about Brock Lesnar, who better to hear it from than one of his greatest opponents this past decade, CM Punk?

Punk is now an AEW star and he had an all-time classic against Lesnar at SummerSlam 2013. Although he lost the match, CM Punk described Brock Lesnar as a "sweetheart" and said that he considers himself lucky that The Beast Incarnate wanted to work with him.

Not only was Lesnar receptive to Punk's ideas of calling the match on the fly, but he later offered his help for the latter's MMA career in the UFC. He said that Lesnar doesn't get enough credit for being a great family man:

"They'll talk about the freak strength and the crazy athletic things he's done in his career, the accomplishments. But they don't talk about the fact that he loves his wife, his kids, lives on a farm and just kind of wants to be left alone. All the fame and the money and everything is really just a side effect of being successful at what he wants to do. And he does what he wants, when he wants. That's the beauty of Brock Lesnar," said Punk.

Although many fans resent Brock Lesnar for his part-time status and desire to collect big paychecks, there's now a greater appreciation for him, with some realizing that he's simply a great businessman,

His off-screen caring persona makes him even more likable, proving how contradictory it is to his character in WWE.