10 Ridiculous Reasons WWE Stars Had Backstage Heat

3. Spilling chicken over someone's bag

As we’ve already established, the SmackDown locker room of the mid-2000s was a dangerous place for a newcomer to be. Now imagine you’re a naturally annoying newcomer with a reality show background and a fauxhawk. There was enough to dislike about The Miz already, but when he committed the cardinal sin of eating and subsequently spilling some chicken on a veteran’s bag, his life was duly made a misery. 

The veteran in question was a certain Chris Benoit, who flat-out ignored Miz’s numerous attempts to apologise and exiled him from the locker room. Later describing this period as a career low point, Miz recalled how he would have to get changed in stairwells and janitor’s closets and occasionally had to use the arena bathrooms where fans could see him. 

This went on for months until The Undertaker decided that he’d suffered enough and allowed him to get changed with the rest of the roster once again. While The Miz perhaps should have been more considerate with how and where he ate his lunch, the punishment far outweighed the alleged crime here.