5 Married WWE Superstars who were in an on-screen relationship with another star

WWE has thrived in sports entertainment due to its ability to tell stories to perfection and get fans so engrossed into it that they are unable to differentiate between on-screen drama and reality at certain points.

Over the past several decades, we have seen WWE hire managers and valets for it’s biggest Superstars and several such angles have led to on-screen relationships as well.

Many such relationships have spilled over backstage too with the Superstars actually falling in love and getting married. At times WWE has penned its married Superstars to run on-screen relationships with other individuals.

While we have seen many storylines involving married WWE Superstars, it’s interesting that several individuals have been involved in angles with other WWE Superstars while being married to someone else within the company.

In this article, we will look at the 5 WWE Superstars who had an on-screen relationship with a star other than their spouse.

#5 Lana

Rusev had a tough time dealing with storylines involving his wife in WWE

Lana is one of the most well-known characters in WWE today thanks to the gimmick she’s been given by the company and the role she plays on RAW.

Having arrived in WWE as the manager of The Bulgarian Brute, Rusev, Lana has managed to make a name for herself.

Over the years, we’ve seen Lana get involved in several romantic storylines with Superstars including Rusev, Dolph Ziggler, and Bobby Lashley. WWE has pulled her from the ring in recent times and used her in managerial roles and relationship angles more than anything else.

While they were involved in a storyline relationship with Dolph Ziggler and Summer Rae, Rusev and Lana got engaged in real-life during late 2015. The two tied the knot in mid-2016 and continued to work on-screen together.

Even though the two were married in real life, WWE tried to use that angle to the fullest on screen and tried to ignite some tension between the couple. The Rock appearing to reference a past relationship with Lana in a hilarious backstage segment and Aiden English trying to drive a wedge between the couple are some of the examples.

WWE had a big angle between Lana and Lashley

However, the biggest romance angle involving Lana since her marriage to Rusev saw her have an on-screen relationship with Bobby Lashley. Both Superstars got married in the middle of the ring after Lana ‘divorced’ Rusev.

Lana remains one of the biggest characters on RAW who has seen several relationship angles even though she’s married to a former WWE Superstar who was released earlier this year.

#4 Marlena/Terri Runnels

This was by far one of the most bizarre real-life couples in WWE

Marlena is known as one of the best female managers WWE has seen. She made her first appearance in WWE during the 1996 Royal Rumble, just a year after Goldust made his debut for the company. Both Superstars were married in real-life and WWE decided to use their real-life chemistry on-screen. Marlena was a big hit and helped push Goldust’s character.

Goldust won the Intercontinental Championship at the 1996 Royal Rumble, making the presence of Marlena even more valuable.

After the duo worked together for over a year, Goldust turned heel in November 1997 and refused to work with his Survivor Series partners. This also led to his split with Marlena on-screen.

Goldust and Runnels had a rough time after a certain WWE storyline

While Marlena disappeared for some time, she returned in 1998 under her real name Terri Runnels and became the on-screen girlfriend of Val Venis. The company then ran a pregnancy angle between the two Superstars before Venis went on to dump Runnels.

She then went on to join forces with Jacqueline Moore and Ryan Shamrock to form the Pretty Mean Sisters (P.M.S.). The duo then added Meat (Shawn Stasiak) to their team with whom both had an on-screen relationship.

The team broke up a few months later as Jacqueline became tired of Runnels’ infatuation with Meat. It is also said that Runnels was having a real-life relationship with Stasiak behind the scenes and this proved to be one of the major reasons that led to her divorce with Goldust in 1999. Runnels, however, has completely denied any such rumors.

#3 Torrie Wilson

Torrie Wilson and Billy Kidman worked together before their WWE debut

Torrie Wilson is another extremely well-known female Superstar who was seen as an icon by the WWE Universe during her time in the company. She made her debut in June 2001 and competed in some high-profile matches and was also featured in some gimmick matches on-screen to entertain the crowds.

She met Billy Kidman during their time in World Championship Wrestling, where the two were involved in an on-screen relationship, and tied the knot in 2003 while working together in WWE.

Wilson never had an on-screen relationship with her real-life husband in WWE

However, Wilson was always used by the company to act as a valet for Superstars such as Billy Gunn and Billy Wan Yang, and she went on to have an on-screen relationship with Carlito in late 2006.

Carlito and Wilson had a good on-screen relationship until the former turned heel in 2007 and dumped her. The two competed in a match against each other in June 2007 on RAW which was won by Carlito.

Wilson had several such romantic angles in WWE even though she was married to WWE Superstar Kidman throughout her initial run with the company until 2008.

The couple separated in mid-2006 because of their chaotic traveling schedules and later divorced in 2008.

#2 Sable

Sable made her debut for WWE at WrestleMania XII where she escorted Triple H to the ring for his match against Ultimate Warrior. This event saw her first major angle come to life involving her real-life husband "Wildman" Marc Mero, who was also making his debut. Mero attacked Triple H backstage after he saw him mistreating Sable and picked her as his own manager.

Sable and Mero were married in 1994 before the two made their debut in 1996. However, Mero was injured soon after and Sable went on to become much more famous on her own which led to a jealousy angle upon his return in 1998.

Sable found herself in a romantic angle with the Chairman of WWE

She was released from her contract in 1999 along with Mero but she returned to the company in 2003. Soon after that she got into a rivalry with Stephanie McMahon and began a romantic angle with Vince McMahon. At the time of the storyline, Sable was still married to Mero in real-life even though he did not return to WWE.

The angle was more than just bizarre, and that along with Sable’s continuous appearances for the Playboy Magazine led to Sable and Mero separating in mid-2003 and later divorcing in 2004. Sable would then go on to marry Brock Lesnar in 2006.

#1 Miss Elizabeth

Elizabeth and Randy went through several real-life issues after joining WWE

Miss Elizabeth is arguably one of the most famous and well-respected female valets in the history of WWE. In June 1985, Macho Man Randy Savage made his WWE debut.

WWE had an angle where several managers and valets surrounded the ring to try and get The Macho Man’s attention to pick them as his valet.

After a lot of consideration, Savage picked Miss Elizabeth, a woman who he was married to in real-life since 1984 after the two met in International Championship Wrestling.

Elizabeth was a prominent figure in WWE who helped Randy in several storylines and became an important part of his partnership with Hulk Hogan. While there was no real romantic angle between Hogan and Miss Elizabeth, Savage was always suspicious of the two and went to many extremes during their time together.

WWE booked a past romantic angle between Miss Elizabeth and Ric Flair

Her alleged on-screen affair came in 1992 when ‘The Nature Boy’ Ric Flair went on to claim that Elizabeth was dating him long before she married The Macho Man. Flair's tagline was, "She was mine before she was yours."

The angle ran for several months before ending at WrestleMania VIII where Savage pinned Flair.

While fans still remember the great relationship between Randy and Miss Elizabeth, the two separated soon after the Flair storyline and filed for divorce.

Edited by Alan John