5 WWE storylines based on real-life events

#2: Hawk's real-life problems

Hawk (left) had his real-life demons put out on WWE TV.

Fans will often hold the Attitude Era up as the greatest period in wrestling, and though those brief years did see stars like The Rock and Steve Austin become household names, not everything was great.

One controversial storyline during the period involved Hawk, one-half of the legendary Road Warriors, who was replaced on-screen by long-time partner Animal, with Droz.

The reason Animal gave was that Hawk had been battling alcohol addiction, and this angle gets even more tasteless when you discover not only had Hawk had problem with booze in the past, but he was having it whilst the story was ongoing.

The low point came when Droz revealed he had been enabling Hawk's problems on-screen so that he could replace him in LOD, though the story would thankfully be scrapped before the end of 1998.