9 WWE couples who weren't together in real life

#7. Gail Kim-Daniel Bryan

The final straw for Gail Kim

Daniel Bryan was still a relative newcomer in early 2011. While he was briefly released in 2010, he returned at SummerSlam that year and would capture his first Championship just a month after when he beat The Miz to win the United States title.

It was in early 2011 when he found himself getting the attention of both The Bella Twins Nikki and Brie Bella - before he would begin his real-life relationship with the latter. He was managed by the twins but that would soon end after they discovered him kissing Gail Kim backstage.

It led to a feud and a couple of catfights. In the eyes of Gail Kim, it was the final straw for her and delayed her inevitable WWE departure. When speaking to 411Mania about it, she gave her thoughts on being in the storyline with Bryan:

It was a good experience in terms of having a story and being more of a — not wrestler, but character I guess amongst the story. People remember it, I’ll say that. [laughs] That’s for sure. So that did prolong my time there, and I think we played that out. And it was basically like, I remember they were really happy with it. They loved the catfights and all those things, and we had like two more catfights after that backstage and in the ring. And then I got kind of replaced by Eve Torres in that storyline, and I remember just thinking, ‘Okay, why did that happen?

She would be directionless for the rest of her run before making a return to Impact Wrestling and revolutionizing The Knockouts division. As you know, Kim and Bryan were never together in real life.