This commitment ceremony got mainstream publicity because it involved 2 men. The marriage ceremony was performed by a rickety old man. Before the ceremony ended, both wrestlers backed out and said it was only a publicity stunt and then blamed their manager Rico. The minister then took his mask off to reveal RAW GM Eric Bischoff. He then had his team of 3 Minute Warning attack Billy & Chuck.
Al Wilson & Dawn Marie - SmackDown! 1/2/03
Al Wilson is the real life father of Diva and Playboy cover girl Torrie Wilson. Dawn Marie was another WWE Diva that put the moves on Torrie’s dad to further their feud. After a few months, they were married on TV. Dawn made her fiancé get married in his tidy whities. During the honeymoon, Dawn oversexed the elderly Al Wilson and he had a fatal heart attack.
Lita & Kane - RAW 8/23/04
To prevent her boyfriend Matt Hardy from being beaten up by Kane, Lita had sex with Kane. During this encounter, Lita became pregnant. A few weeks later, Matt lost a match to Kane which stipulated that Lita would have to marry Kane. When Matt tried to stop the ceremony, Kane beat him up. A few months later, Kane & Lita lost their child when Gene Snitsky injured Lita during a match with Kane.
Edge & Lita - RAW 6/20/05
On TV, Kane and Lita were married and were getting along better since they both shared the grief of losing their child. In real life, Lita's boyfriend was Matt Hardy and she cheated on him with their friend Edge. Matt Hardy went public with this story on his website and he was promptly fired by the WWE. The fans turned on Lita and the WWE had to do something since the fans were booing the "good guy" Lita. During a match between Edge & Kane, Lita turned on Kane. A few weeks later, she threw her wedding ring down the toilet. Edge & Lita's marriage ceremony was broken up by Kane who was hiding under the ring.
Teddy Long & Kristal - SmackDown 9/21/07
For the first time, the rosters of ECW and SmackDown were in attendance for a ceremony. It was first disrupted by Jillian singing. Then the Godfather came out and most of the men on the rosters left to join his Ho Train. Then Vince McMahon's leprechaun son, Hornswoggle, crawled under Kristal's gown and was followed by Jonathan Coachman. When order was finally restored, Teddy Long had a heat attack just as he was about to say "I Do". The cause appears to be that he took some Viagra before the wedding.
Edge & Vickie Guerrero - SmackDown 7/18/08
The wedding ceremony took place earlier in the day and highlights from it were shown at the beginning of the telecast. The wedding reception was featured during the show as La Familia set up their table at the top of the ramp. As the GM of SmackDown, Vickie Guerrero was able to make matches for her family's amusement. The end of the telecast featured Triple H show a video he secretly recorded of Edge making out with the wedding planner.
