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Regular WWE viewers may have noticed that more and more Superstars appear to have their own locker rooms in WWE these days.
Aleister Black, for example, began cutting intense promos from a dark room in the backstage area in 2019, while Roman Reigns now gets ready for his matches and segments in his personal locker room.
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While the majority of the locker rooms that we see on WWE television are not real, a select few Superstars have the luxury of being able to prepare for matches from the comfort of their very own space backstage.
In this article, let's take a look at five WWE Superstars who only have storyline locker rooms, as well as three who really do have a personal locker room.
#7 Fictional WWE locker room: Brie Bella and Nikki Bella
Brie Bella and Nikki Bella had their own on-screen locker room during their return to WWE television in August-October 2018.
However, as you can see in the video above, the locker room was not real and it was only used to further their storylines at the time with The Riott Squad and Ronda Rousey.
Speaking on Kevin Hart's Laugh Out Loud YouTube channel in January 2020, Brie discussed what the women's locker room was really like in WWE during The Bella Twins' early days with the company.
“One spot would just be 20 girls going for that one spot so there would definitely be arguments or girls would get jealous of each other. You would see the cat claws come out.” [H/T Wrestling Inc.]
#6 Real WWE locker room: The Rock
Having previously changed in the same locker room as the rest of WWE's male Superstars, The Rock used his own locker room when he returned to the company as a part-time Superstar in 2011.
Chris Jericho, who worked for WWE at that time, said on Cheap Heat in 2014 that he did not understand why The Rock did not want to share a locker room with everybody else.
“I wouldn’t even want to have my own dressing room. I even called Rock out when he came back. I’m like, ‘Why do you have your own dressing room? You should change with the guys. Like, dude, you’re just one of the boys. Don’t think that you’re not.’ And that’s not cool, you should be with everybody.”
Jericho added that The Rock did not say much when he made that comment.
#5 Fictional WWE locker room: Aleister Black
Aleister Black’s personal locker room began featuring again on WWE RAW after he made his return to television in August 2020.
Speaking from a mysterious room backstage, the former WWE NXT Champion used to challenge his fellow Superstars to knock on his door if they wanted to pick a fight with him.
As you can see above, Randy Orton was seen coming out of Black’s locker room before his scheduled match against Kevin Owens on the August 31 episode of RAW.
Moments later, Black attacked Owens with a Black Mass, allowing Orton to record an easy victory over his opponent.
#4 Fictional WWE locker room: Becky Lynch
In August 2018, WWE’s decision-makers attempted to turn Becky Lynch into a heel by booking her to betray Charlotte Flair after their SmackDown Women’s Championship Triple Threat match (also involving Carmella) at SummerSlam.
Lynch’s new heel character alienated herself from the rest of her WWE colleagues by preparing for her segment on the next episode of SmackDown in her own locker room.
WWE’s fans refused to accept Lynch as a villain, which meant her heel persona and personal locker room did not last for very long.
#3 Real WWE locker room: Brock Lesnar
It is well known that Brock Lesnar had his own WWE locker room during his second run with the company.
The man himself said on The Stone Cold Podcast on the WWE Network in October 2015 that he does not tend to socialize with other Superstars, as he simply sees WWE as a job where he “clocks in and clocks out”.
Speaking to TMZ before his match against Lesnar at WrestleMania 35, Seth Rollins even discussed the fact that The Beast does not share a locker room with the rest of his WWE colleagues.
“He doesn't contribute to the locker room, he doesn't give anything back. I admire Brock Lesnar from a fighter's perspective, from an athlete's perspective. He's incredible. The way he trains for his fights, his mindset going in. He's a specimen unlike any other and that's why he's able to do what he does, but he doesn't inspire people, man, and we need a Champion that does that.” [H/T Wrestling Inc.]
Matt Riddle also mentioned after his interaction with Goldberg at SummerSlam 2019 (more on that shortly) that he had just walked past Lesnar’s locker room backstage.
#2 Fictional WWE locker room: Roman Reigns
After making his long-awaited return to WWE television at SummerSlam 2020, Roman Reigns appeared on the next episode of SmackDown in his own locker room alongside his surprising new ally, Paul Heyman.
Two days later, WWE interviewer Kayla Braxton waited outside Reigns’ locker room in an attempt to grab a quick word from The Big Dog ahead of his Universal Championship match against “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt and Braun Strowman, but Heyman refused to let her see the SmackDown Superstar.
Anybody who follows behind-the-scenes WWE news will likely know that Reigns is considered a locker room leader by his fellow Superstars, which means he definitely does not have his own locker room backstage at WWE shows.
Speaking on Sitting Ringside with David Penzer in July 2020, Luke Gallows even credited Reigns with changing the negative atmosphere that used to exist in WWE.
“When I got there in 2016, I was pleasantly surprised because the locker room of old had changed. The old guard was gone. It wasn't everybody walking around on eggshells. I give big credit to Roman Reigns for that.” [H/T Wrestling Inc.]
Gallows explained that he did not like the vibe of some of the people in the WWE locker room during his previous run with the company.
#1 Real WWE locker room: Goldberg
On-screen, WWE Hall of Famer Goldberg has had his own private locker room ever since his destructive character began appearing in WCW in 1997.
Off-screen, it is not known exactly when Goldberg began getting ready for his matches and segments in a room by himself, but Matt Riddle confirmed on the WWE SummerSlam 2019 Watch Along that he bumped into the former WCW star outside his personal locker room.
“I’m walking by and I see his [Goldberg’s] locker room. I’ve already seen Brock’s, but I see Goldberg’s locker room. And I’m trying to get a peek, and I’m looking, I’m looking, all of a sudden… pow! Big shoulder, 300 pounds, at least. I look up… it’s Bill Goldberg.”
Goldberg defeated Dolph Ziggler in a two-minute match at WWE SummerSlam 2019, two months after Riddle called him a “liability” in a scathing tweet following his match against The Undertaker at WWE Super ShowDown.
The short interaction, which you can hear about in the video above, saw Goldberg tell Riddle on two occasions that he is not his “bro”.
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