10 Ridiculous Reasons WWE Stars Had Backstage Heat

6. Misusing an analogy

The SmackDown locker room in the mid-2000s was a dangerous place for a greenhorn to find himself, as it was policed by a crew of intimidating enforcers including The Undertaker and JBL. 

Matt Striker – who is self-admittedly a bit of a loner whose shyness could be misread as cockiness – found himself feeling the full force of their wrath after making the comment that the blue brand was like ‘high school’ in comparison to the ‘college’ of Raw. Taking it as a massive slight, the goon squad read him the riot act and kicked him out of the locker room for a while, with Bradshaw also drunkenly challenging the former schoolteacher to a fight in a hotel bar.

Striker didn’t help himself by brushing off Eddie Guerrero’s attempt to give him advice. This led to Striker’s bags being thrown into the hallway, being banned from dressing with his colleagues. Striker accepted his punishment, even if he claimed his comment was meant to demonstrate how ‘laid back’ SmackDown was next to the pressure-cooker atmosphere of the flagship show.