Wrestling Family

Professional Wrestling is very much a family business, after all, the secrets of Kayfabe are more secure when passed down to relatives rather than shared with outsiders. There have been many, many families involved with the pseudo-sport; generally, it begins with a successful patriarch, whose children all follow him into the business. If you're part of a wrestling family, you have an in-built gimmick; you're a second-generation (or, less likely, third-generation) wrestler trying to live up to the legacy of your forefathers. You also have in-built allies when things get rough; namely, your brothers. Sometimes however, family members are portrayed as antagonistic towards each other, especially if they are brothers.

A Wrestling Family may be an actual family, such as the Guerreros or the Harts, or it may be fictional, such as the Andersons or the Dudleys. A family may even blend the two, as did the Von Erichs (primarily made up of the Adkisson family, though two members, Waldo and Lance Von Erich, weren't Adkissons). A family may not even be acknowledged on screen (such as the Anoa'i family, whose members include almost every Wild Samoan in North American wrestling [and the one sumo wrestler]), though its presence is certainly felt.

A Sub-Trope of Real-Life Relative. Sibling Team often comes into play with tag teams.

Compare to It Runs in the Family. See also Circus Brat, for another type of performance which runs in the family.

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Examples:

Real Life Families

A comprehensive list of Wrestling Family trees is probably impossible. However, we shall try... first, the real families:

• The most obvious and well-known example of this is the McMahon family, who own and operate WWE.
  • The Patriarch of the McMahon family is Roderick James "Jess" McMahon. Jess McMahon was a boxing promoter prior to becoming a wrestling promoter, and he co-founded the original Capitol Wrestling Corporation with Raymond "Toots" Mondt, which he ran from the 1920s through the 1950s. Jess had three children; Dorothy, Roderick Jr., and Vincent James...
  • Vincent James McMahon was the only of Jess' children to get involved in the wrestling business, and he took over his father's role in the CWC after his death. He renamed the company to the World Wide Wrestling Federation and later the World Wrestling Federation, but his major area of promoting was the Northeast, mainly in New York City, New Jersey, and Baltimore, Maryland. His domination of the most densely populated part of the US made the company one of the most lucrative territories of the NWA. He had two sons; Roderick James III and Vincent Kennedy. In the early 80s, with his health failing, he sold the WWF to the latter...
  • Patriarch Vincent Kennedy was the behind-the-scenes AND onscreen Chairman and CEO of the company until 2022, returning in those roles in 2023^note To sell the company to the parent company of UFC, a deal that was announced at WrestleMania 39 and finalized later that year. Vince was sort of Kicked Upstairs, as he was made a vice president in the new combined company (called TKO Holdings) and given a huge payoff in both cash and stock, but also (according to TKO Holdings CEO Ari Emanuel) completely removed from having any input in WWE's creative (now run by Triple H, see below), and wrestled on a semi-regular basis, having held both the WWE and revived ECW World Championships as well as being a former Royal Rumble winner.
  • Wife Linda was the offscreen and onscreen CEO (leaving the offscreen role to run for Senate in Connecticut), and a member of the board of directors.
  • Son Shane has been, in order, part of the ring crew, a referee (under the name "Shane Stevens"), a "backstage official", a color commentator, a member of The Corporation (a Heel faction), a "wrestler" (European and Hardcore Champion), "owner" of WCW and leader of the WCW-ECW Alliance, and tag-team partners with his father. Offscreen, he was the Vice President of Global Media for WWE until his departure in 2009, leaving to become the CEO of a technology company dedicated to bringing widespread internet access to Chinese citizens. Then he returned in 2016, was General Manager (and later comissioner) of WWE SmackDown, was a Tag Team champion with The Miz and led his own posse after turning heel before being given the kayfabe boot and returning as the host of Raw Underground.
  • Shane's wife Marissa Mazzola-McMahon co-hosted WWF Livewire for a time, and worked for the WWF's PR department. Their older son, Declan James McMahon, was born in 2004 and appeared in the opening video package of WrestleMania XX, and their younger son, Kenyon Jess, was born in 2006.
  • Vince's daughter Stephanie got her first company gig in the mid 80's as a teenager when she modeled t-shirts and other merchandise in the WWF catalog. She was first introduced on screen in the late 90's by being almost "sacrificed" by the Undertaker. She later married Paul "Triple H" Levesque, faked a pregnancy, divorced him, and has been Women's Champion. Offscreen, she was the CEO and Chairwoman before her resignation shortly after her father's return to the company, and is married to Triple H for real. The two have three daughters, Aurora Rose (who has "appeared" in a hilariously disturbing sketch at WrestleMania), Murphy Claire, born in 2008, and Vaughn Evelyn, born in 2010.
  • Vince's son-in-law, the aforementioned Paul "Triple H" Levesque, is among the most recognizable and arguably infamous wrestlers in the history of the business. Now retired, he serves as WWE's Content Director, combining the formerly separate positions of Head of Creative and Head of Talent Relations (i.e. he's the booker) and was retained in that position after the UFC-WWE merger. Before that he was well-known as the brain behind WWE NXT during the beloved Black & Gold era, Shawn Michaels (who's so tight with Triple H that they might as well be related, in fact they're the first two names mentioned on the wrestling page of Heterosexual Life-Partners) is now booking NXT.
• George Wagner debuted in 1929, found fame in the 30s as the Trope Maker for Gorgeous George and adopted a son who wrestled as Gorgeous George Jr. His grandnephew Robert Kellum wrestled as Gorgeous George III, then as The Maestro and The Stro.
• Frank Murdoch, who worked under various gimmicks in Texas from the 1930s to 60s had a stepson who wrestled as the evil bar brawling biker Dick Murdoch. Dick Murdock also had a cousin known as Tim Brooks, bounty hunter and champion of various North American territories.
• Debuting in the Tri-State territory in 1932, eventual NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion and Midwest Championship Wrestling promoter Leroy McGuirk would go on to have a daughter named Michelle, who served as an interviewer for the WWF as "Mike". Mike would go on to have a son named Max, who became a wrestler in the Southwest area of the US. Mike also married Brian Blair, who has a niece best known for wrestling in World Wonder Ring ST★RDOM named Chelsea.
• Mexican icon El Santo ("The Saint") wrestled professionally for over forty years and starred in over fifty films in his career, becoming an icon to the people of Mexico (think of Bret Hart and his status in Canada, plus the street cred of being the closest thing there is to an honest-to-God superhero), was first trained by his brother, Black Guzmán, and had two other luchador brothers, Pantera Negra and Jimmy Guzmán. His son, El Hijo del Santo ("The Son of the Saint"), made his debut shortly before his father's retirement in 1982 and has become almost as popular, still competing after nearly thirty years. He has even had popular matches with contemporary Mexican stars who've attained fame north of the border, including Rey Mysterio Jr. and Eddie Guerrero, and is probably one of the best wrestlers in the world who has never made an appearance in the WWE or other American promotions besides those on the independent circuit such as IWR, PWR and the NWA remnants. Three of El Santo's grandsons also wrestle, unfortunately, very nasty legal issues regarding the name of El Nieto del Santo ("The Grandson of the Saint") - due to the first not being a direct descendant of El Hijo del Santo but rather his nephew - forced him to go with a very similar yet not identical mask and also to use his first name ("Axel") as wrestler name. The legal issues are ongoing to this very day. The other two grandsons go by Rocker II and Santo Jr.
• The Guerrero family began with father Salvadore "Gori" Guerrero. Gori's four sons would all wrestle (Eddie, Chavo, Héctor, and Mando).
  • Eddie, the younger of the siblings, wrestled in AAA, CMLL and NJPW, was one of the biggest attractions of WCW's Cruiserweight division, jumped ship to WWE as part of The Radicalz and eventually became WWE World Champion after defeating his own demons before passing away in 2005. Afterwards, the rumor was that Vince had promised Vicky that if they chose, there would always be some member of the Guerrero Family employed in WWE. This did remain the case until the spring of 2020, when Matthew Rehwoldt (Aiden English) was released from his contract, alongside over 20 other wrestlers, as part of WWE's cost cutting measures.
  • Chavo's son Chavo Guerrero Jr. had a long, successful run in WWE and TNA.
  • Héctor, second to the youngest, is infamously known as The Gobbledy Gooker.
  • In the wake of Eddie's death, WWE provided his widow Vickie with a non-wrestling personality job. She has served as General Manager for both RAW and SmackDown and has later played a managerial role. She's serving a non-wrestling role in All Elite Wrestling.
  • Eddie and Vickie's daughter Shaul was signed to a development contract with WWE and worked in FCW as a valet for the Ascension under the name Raquel Diaz before leaving the business for a time, returning to WWE developmental in NXT, leaving the business again, then returning via WOW and the US independent circuit before being pulled out by her family during COVID-19 due to health concerns. With the pandemic waning, she's since returned to the indies.
  • Shaul eventually married Matthew Rehwoldt, better known as Aiden English of the Vaudevillains and Rusev Day fame. He was released in 2020, and after some stints in the indie circuit, in 2021 became part of Impact Wrestling's roster.
  • Herlinda Guerrero, wife of Gori and mother of his children, had three brothers who wrestled: Enrique, Mario & Sergio Llanes. Enrique's son Javier was also an excellent wrestler.
• The brothers Firpo and Bobby Segura, who were apart of the first high profile mask and hair wager matches of Mexico. Firpo would have a son named Carlos and Bobby one named Canelo, who would enjoy ten years with EMLL.
• Florida standout Ann LaVerne would get with Mississippi standout Roberto Pico (who had debuted as Pancho Villa in 1937). Later Ann's daughter Marie (who wrestled with her mother's maiden name) and son Bobby Lane (another old ring name of Roberto's) would become wrestlers who found success in Texas and the central states, respectively. Marie would marry Canadian Gordon Nelson, who worked under the "Mister Wrestling #2" gimmick and their son Steve would then become a wrestler before going to compete in shoot wrestling and mixed martial arts and even had his own promotion for a time.
• Alfonso Amezcua from Jalisco, Guadalajara, who debuted in 1937 and was better known as Golden Terror and Black Monster #3, until he was unmasked by El Santo and The Olympicos, respectively, was succeeded by two sons Septiembre Negro and Alfonso Dantés, and also had a son in law he trained to be a luchador, Indio Jerónimo. Septiembre Negro's son became the luchador Blade, while Alfonso had two sons who became luchadors, Apolo and César Dantés. Alfonso also had a brother-in-law luchador, Alberto Muñoz, the uncle of Apolo and César.
• Robert Fuller, who later became Col. Parker of "Stud Stable" fame, has a brother in Ron, father in Buddy and grandfather in Roy Welch who were in the wrestling business. After starting in 1939, Roy was followed by three more Welch brothers in Herb, Jack and Lester. Herb had two sons who wrestled named Doyle and Bobby. Jack had a wrestling daughter named Jojo. Lester had two wrestling sons named after his brothers, Roy Lee Welch and Jackie. Jimmy Golden aka Bunkhouse Buck is a first cousin of Robert and Ron. In addition, Jerry Jarrett (father of Jeff) is believed by many to be an illegitimate son of Roy Welch (his mother, Christine Jarrett, was a secretary and later a live event promoter for Welch).
• Chris Belkas who wrestled in the US South for the National Wrestling Association in the 1940s and the National Wrestling Alliance in the 50s, married Florida legend Sherrie Lee. They were the father and mother in laws to Super Star Billy Graham. Belkas's nephew wrestled in Canada as Ski Hi Lee.
• The largest would be the Harts of Calgary. Father Stu and mother Helen sired twelve children. Eleven would go on to either wrestle or marry wrestlers. His seven wrestling sons were Smith, Bruce, Keith, Dean, Bret (the most famous), Ross, and the youngest, Owen, who died when a stunt went wrong in a 1999 Pay Per View. Son Wayne became a referee. All four daughters married wrestlers: Ellie (Jim Neidhart), Georgia (B.J. Annis), Alison (Ben Bassarab), and Diana (Davey Boy Smith). The third generation of Harts has entered wrestling, as Diana and Davey Boy's son Harry wrestles in WWE as D.H. Smith (one half of The Hart Dynasty, with Hart House trainee Tyson Kidd, who later marries Natalya), Ellie and Jim's daughter Nattie is on the WWE roster as Natalya, two of Bruce's sons Bruce Jr. and Torrin have wrestled and helped their father train wrestlers, two of Smith's sons Matt and Mike are also currently wrestling in the independent circuit in Canada, and Georgia and B.J.'s son Teddy has become a fixture in the independent wrestling scene as Teddy Hart.^note Or tried to, as he has a history of getting fired for pissing off entire locker rooms. And just to make this weirder, Bret's first wife was a sister-in-law of wrestler Thomas Billington (Dynamite Kid) — who is Davey Boy Smith's cousin. Dynamite's oldest daughter Bronwyne Billington and her husband, Dan, are also involved with wrestling, they're known as The Dynamite Doll and Dynamite Dan. Another in-law is Pete Minnema (Pete Wilson) who is married to Brooke B Hart, one on Alison's daughters.
  • And let's not forget that it was confirmed in Roddy Piper's biography that he was a "distant relative" of the Hart family.
• Another legendary Canadian wrestling family are the Rougeaus of St. Sulpice, Quebec, who have been actively involved in wrestling for almost seventy years. The first wrestler in the family was Eddie Auger, who debuted in the 1940s, and worked as a trainer after his ring career ended. Auger's nephews, the brothers Jean (Johnny) Rougeau and Jacques Rougeau Sr. had lengthy careers as wrestlers and promoters in and around Quebec. Four of Jacques's five children also entered the wrestling business; sons Raymond, Jacques Jr. (best remembered as the Mountie), and Armand all became wrestlers, while daughter Joanne worked backstage for the WWF from 1985-1999 and also married a wrestler (Denis Gauthier Sr.). Jacques Jr. currently runs a wrestling school and promotes shows in the Montreal area, and his son Jean-Jacques (J.J.) Rougeau has begun wrestling on the independent circuit, making him the fourth generation of the family to compete in the wrestling ring.
• After The Sheik perfected his gimmick and achieved fame in the 1940s, his followed him into the professional wrestling business as Captain Ed George, a babyface unaffiliated with his father. The Sheik's nephew wrestled as Sabu as both a babyface and a heel tagging with or being managed by his uncle. Sabu also married a Canadian bodybuilder who wrestled as Melissa Coates and seconded him as the valet Super Genie.
• WWE's one-time "Million Dollar Man", Ted DiBiase, is the son of mid 1940s debuting wrestler Helen Hild and the stepson of wrestler "Iron" Mike DiBiase. Ted's three sons, Mike, Ted Jr. and Brett have recently gone into the wrestling business. Ted Jr. was a midcard staple in WWE, Mike wrestles independents, and Brett was in WWE's training fed FCW and made a one-off appearance at SummerSlam in 2009.
• Bobo Brazil's Brother Hank James, his eventual wife, Kathleen Wembley and their son, Bobo Brazil Jr, were all wrestlers, if not as well known as him.
• AWA founder Verne Gagne's son Greg wrestled (pretty much only for his father, as Greg was said to look more like an accountant than a wrestler), and daughter Kathy did TV work while married to wrestler Larry Zbyszko (born Larry Whistler, he adopted the legendary wrestling family name from two 1930s brothers).
• Randy Orton is the son of '80s legend "Ace/Cowboy" Bob Orton Jr., the nephew of longtime jobber Barry Orton, and the grandson of "The Big O" Bob Orton Sr., who debuted in 1950.
• From Korea, there is Rikidozan who had two sons that were pro wrestlers, Yoshi and Mitsuo Momota. Mitsuo's son Chikara also became a pro wrestler.
• The Vachon family started in the 1951 NWA, and later, the AWA with brothers Butcher (Paul) and Mad Dog (Maurice) and their sister Vivian (Diane). Paul's daughter Gertrude is probably the most well-known for her stint in the New Generation era of WWF as Luna Vachon. Her brothers are Damien (Pitbull) and Pierre (The Beast) who wrestled in Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling. Vivian's son Ian Carnegie is an arm wrestler.
  • Luna was married to and raised children with WWE's Attitude Era vampire Gangrel. Also, her godfather was André the Giant. The Other Wiki mentions that she was buried at a ranch that he used to own; presumably, this is the same ranch where his cremains were scattered.
• The most tragic would be the Adkissons, better known as Texas's favorite sons, the Von Erich Family. Not counting Fritz's "brother" Waldo and Waldo's "nephew" Lance, the family consisted of father Jack (Fritz Von Erich), and sons Jack Jr., David, Kerry, Chris, Mike, and Kevin. Jack Jr. was electrocuted in childhood, while David died under mysterious circumstances in Japan in 1984 (either enteritis or drugs, depending on who you ask), and Kerry, Chris, and Mike all committed suicide in the years before Jack's death. Kerry's daughter, Lacey, wrestled for TNA.
  • Kevin, the barefoot high-flyer, is the only survivor. He has four children, and does real estate as well as controlling old WCCW footage.
  • Two of Kevin's sons, Ross and Marshall, have finished training as wrestlers. After working for Harley Race in his independent WLW promotion, and also working in Japan with Pro Wrestling Noah, they made their TNA debut at Slammiversary XII in 2014. They didn't last long in TNA, shuttling between Pro Wrestling Noah and various stateside indies for a few years. More recently, they signed a long-term deal with MLW in 2019, with said contract allowing them occasional Japanese appearances. They held MLW's tag team title from November 2019 to January 2021, dropping the belts to another family team in Los Parks (see below).
• As noted, the Anoa'i family of Samoa has any number of relations. The Anoa'i branches of the family tree start with The Wild Samoans (Afa and Sika Anoa'i). All three of Afa's sons are wrestlers (Samu, Afa Jr. (also known as Manu), and Lloyd (who wrestles as Alofa the Samoan Tank or L.A. Smooth, depending)). Afa's daughter, Monica, was married to Gary Albright before Albright's death. Sika's sons Matt and Joseph are also wrestlers, the former best known as The Hurricane's sidekick, Rosey, and the latter as The Shield's muscle and later the WWE's new poster boy Roman Reigns. Afa and Sika's two other siblings sired wrestlers — brother Junior's son Rodney wrestled as Yokozuna, and sister Vera Fatu's sons all wrestled (Sam as Tama, Solofa as many names, most famously Rikishi, and Eddie as Jamal then Umaga). Sam's son Jacob Fatu is known for his time in MLW. Rikishi's twin sons Jonathan and Joshua became a top tag team as Jimmy and Jey Uso, Rikishi's another son Joseph Fatu known as Solo Sikoa in NXT 2.0 and main roster. Samu's son Lance also became a wrestler. Afa also has a nephew who wrestles most notably in Europe as Black Pearl.
  • James "Jimmy Snuka" Reiher is related to the Anoa'i family through marriage, as is his son Jimmy Snuka Jr. (formerly "Deuce" of the "Deuce N' Domino" tag-team, then a Legacy hopeful as Sim Snuka, before being released). And his daughter Sarona, who goes by the name Tamina in WWE and started out managing her cousins the Usos before playing a more active role in the Divas division.
  • Closely related to the Anoa'is by friendship, but not blood, is the Maivia family. Father "High Chief" Peter considered Afa and Sika's father his blood brother, and the friendship has extended through the generations (at least back to 1953). Peter's wife Lia has been promoting wrestling in Hawai'i for years, while Peter and Lia's daughter Ata married "Soulman" Rocky Johnson. You may have heard of Rocky and Ata's son...
    • Afa and Sika actually started out as ultra-mark Maivia fans in San Francisco who would threaten to beat up his heel opponents. Fearing a riot, promoter Roy Shire had Maivia befriend them, and sent them far, far away to be trained in wrestling. Maivia's real name is Pita Anderson. Early in his career, since "Anderson" didn't sound particularly Samoan, he was brought to the UK as a "brother" to longtime Samoan wrestler "Prince" Neff Maiava. The two met years later and became blood brothers and best of friends, and Neff's grandson Kaluka Maiava (a former linebacker for the NFL's Cleveland Browns and Oakland Raiders) considers himself a cousin to The Rock.
  • The Anoa'i clan is actually so pervasive that from the formation of the WWF/E until mid-2009, there has always been at least one member in the promotion. And then, later that year, Rikishi's twin sons were signed to a developmental contract and became the Usos. Sarona Snuka/Tamina followed soon after.
  • It also includes WWE female performers Naomi via marriage to Jimmy Uso and Nia Jax, who is The Rock's cousin.
  • The Rock's daughter, Simone, began wrestling as Ava Raine in 2022.
• The Brothers Sputnik and Jet Monroe. Sputnik also had a wrestler son in Bubba.
• The Blanchard family consists of late wrestler and promoter Joe, who debuted in 1953 and had a run later that decade as Zorro in Texas before being unmasked by Cyclone Anaya; Joe's son Tully, most famous as part of The Four Horsemen, later in AEW as on-screen manager of The Pinnacle and an off-screen producer, and now in ROH in similar roles; Tully's daughter Tessa; and her husband Daga (real name Miguel Ángel Olivo). Tully's ex-wife eventually married Terry Allen aka Magnum T.A., making Magnum the stepfather of Tully's children.
• The Linares family started with Black Sugar, who made his name in Lucha Libre in La Arena Olímpico Laguna, who also had two brothers who joined him on the roster of EMLL, Tony Sugar and Rayo de Jalisco. The latter's son would carve out his own legacy as Rayo de Jalisco Jr. and also marry a luchadora known as Mitzuki Wong, the two having a son who would wrestle as Rayman. Tony's sons would also take on the 'rayo' gimmick, wrestling as Rayo Star and Ultra Rayo, while Black Sugar's son would wrestle as El Tigre de Guanajuato. Black Sugar and his brothers also have a grandnephew who wrestles as Saruman.
• Irma González, who occasionally wrestled as Novia del Santo, had a luchadora sister, Reyna González and a daughter luchadora, Irma Águilar. Águilar would marry luchador Hara Kiri and their son would wrestle as Hara Kiri Jr while Águilar's son with ex husband Lasser would wrestle as Mafaras.
• The Brazo Family in Mexico may be the single biggest wrestling family, although most of them aren't well known outside Mexico. The family patriarch, Shadito Cruz, started as early as 1959 and predates the family's gimmick. His sons are Brazo de Plata (aka Super Porky from WWE's short lived Juniors division, probably the best known outside Mexico), Brazo de Oro, El Brazo, Brazo Cibernético, Super Brazo, and Brazo de Platino. Brazo de Plata had several sons and daughters who all got involved in wrestling - his sons are Máximo, Kronos(who became Psycho Clown), Robin, Golden Magic, and Andros de Plata, his daughters Goya Kong and Muñeca de Plata. Brazo de Oro's son is known as La Máscara, his daughter Aramís and Lady Apache of the Apache family is his former wife. Brazo Cibernético's son took on the Robin Hood Jr gimmick(to distinguish himself from his father). Súper Brazo's son decided to keep the family gimmick and remain Súper Brazo Jr.
• A few more from Mexico which, seemingly due to the value placed on tradition, seems to be completely steeped in this trope...
  • The Hernández family: The two pairs of half-brothers who steadily debuted from the mid-1940s to early '50s, Sugi Sito, Huroki Sito, Panchito Robles and Manuel Robles. Sugi's daughter went into the business as La Briosa. Huroki's son became Black Cat of Los Gringos Locos. Panchito's son just went with Panchito Robles Jr. Manuel's two sons went by El Jabato and Pánico. Briosa married El Halcón '78(aka El Mexicano) and had three luchador sons known as Combat, El Halcón Jr. and Hammer Fist. Pánico married the daughter of Raúl Reyes(aka Escorpión #2), himself the father of the luchador Impacto, and two of Pánico's sons became the luchadors Escándalo of Los Rebeldes Tuareq, and Estima.
  • Rey Mendoza had five sons, all of whom became the Villanos (respectively Villano I, Villano II, Villano III, Villano IV and Villano V). IV and V are the best known of the bunch for their time spent in WCW - IV in particular is known for suffering a severe neck injury off a botched powerbomb neckbreaker combo from Kanyon and Raven. Villano V also wrestled as Rey Mendoza Jr. and had two sons who worked as Kaving and Kortiz. Villano III married luchadora La Infernal and their sons went on to become the luchadors El Hijo De Villano III and Villano III Jr.
  • Dr. Wagner (Manuel González Rivera) had two wrestling sons, the currently active Dr. Wagner Jr. and the late Silver King/Silver Cain (whom movie fans will recognize as Ramses from Nacho Libre). Dr. Wagner Jr. has a son who wrestles as Dr. Wagner III (and sometimes El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr.) with female wrestler Rossy Moreno meaning the Wagner family also includes (or has included) Rossy's sisters Cinthia, Esther and Alda, their brothers Mini Cibernetico and El Oriental and father Alfonso Moreno.
  • José "Pepe" 'Casas Granados had three luchador sons: Negro Casas, Heavy Metal and Felino. Negro Casas would marry Dayls La Caribeña, part of a Panamanian wrestling family that included father Chaco Medina and brother Veneno. Negro and Dayls had a luchadora daughter named Noris. Felino had two sons who competed as Tiger and Puma. The third generation of luchadores also includes cousins Canelo Casas, Danny Casas, Nanyzh Rock and Destroyer.
  • Jesse Rojas, who wrestled in the 1960s as El Vasco, married a masked luchadora known as La Diabólica. They had a son who alternatively wrestled as Jesse or Vasco Jr. in AAA or LLU and a daughter known as Tiffany of Las Brujas who married fellow luchador Kraneo.
  • Halcón Suriano, whose sons include Caballero Halcón, Halcón Suriano Jr, Junior Halcón and Príncipe Halcón. Cabellero's son is known as the mini estrella Pequeño Halcón while Suriano Jr's son is the mini estrella Stukita.
  • Dr. Karonte's son Myzteziz (or Caristico, formerly known as Místico in CMLL and Sin Cara in WWE), whose family also includes his brothers Astro Boy, Argos, Argenis and Mini Murder Clown, cousins Magnus, Ulises Jr and Alexis Salazar and their father, his uncle, former wrestler/CMLL booker/ring announcer Tony Salazar.
  • Rey Halcón, who debuted in 1971, shared his gimmick with a cousin before moving on to the new gimmicks Astro Rey and Kahoz. He went on to have two sons who wrestled as Astro Rey Jr and Kahoz Jr. He also had a brother who wrestled as Giro and two nephews who wrestled as Astro and Astro De Plata.
  • El Soberano, who wrestled since 1973 but didn't become too known outside of Mexico until working for Triple A in the 90s, had two slightly more famous sons who wrestled as El Hijo del Soberano and Euforia, as well as a third son, Stranger, whose career was just getting off the ground after two years in the sport but then died three years later. Then a grandson who wrestles as Soberano Jr.
  • Cien Caras would debut in 1974 and later be followed by his brothers Máscara Año Dos Mil and Universo Dos Mil, the three of them holding the Mexican National Trios belts for three years during the 1990s. Cien Cara's sons entered the business to become El Cuatrero and Sansón. Universo Dos Mil's sons became the luchadors Forastero and Universo Dos Mil Jr.
  • Negro Navarro, who would become best known for his stint in Los Misioneros de la Muerte, has two slightly less famous brothers Apolo Navarro and Drako. He would later form La Dinastía de la Muerte with his sons Trauma #1 and #2.
  • There's the Apache family headed by patriarch Gran Apache. His daughters wrestle as Faby Apache, Mary Apache and Baby Apache, his ex-wife as Lady Apache and his son-in-law (and Faby's husband) Billy Boy.
  • Águila del América from Mexico's version of the World Wrestling Association, later known as Muerte Súbita, has three nephew luchadors in Cronic, Súper Laredo and Laredo Kid. The latter two have worked as a pareja in the World Wrestling League. They were opponents in AAA though.
  • Gallego, his two sisters, Reyna Gallegos and Neftali, that latter of whom would marry his AULL tag team partner Rocky Santana and his brother Galgo.
  • Franco Columbo who debuted in 1975 and became a trainer and booker in the 1990s, had three younger brothers, Pitbulls #1 and 2 along with Poder Indio/Boricua/Mexica. The latter took up the Comandante Pierroth gimmick while Columbo was booking CMLL to interact with his three sons-Columbo's nephews, Rush, CMLL's second Místico and CMLL's second Dragon Lee.
  • The Ibarra family, the most famous member undoubtedly being Adolfo aka La Parka (later changed to L.A. Park due to legal issues with AAA stemming from his time in WCW). Adolfo's younger brother, Eustacio, wrestled as El Hijo de Cien Caras until being murdered for unknown reasons in 2010. Adolfo's uncle Ramon wrestled initially as Volador until becoming Super Parka (in reference to his nephew) in 1997 while Ramon's son wrestles as Volador Jr. Two more of La Parka's uncles are also wrestlers under the name Johnny Ibarra and Desalmado. La Parka's son, whose name has yet to be publicly revealed, began wrestling as Black Spirit in 2008 and became El Hijo de L.A. Park in 2010. He and his father now tag-team as Los Parks, and took the MLW tag team belts off the aforementioned Marshall and Ross Von Erich in January 2021.
  • Luchadora Diosa del Fuego had a son who went on to wrestle as ATM in the International Wrestling League leading a stable of the same name. He went on to have a daughter who went on to wrestle as La Italiana.
  • Oso García was succeeded by two sons, El Moro and Stuka. Or rather three sons, as Stuka Jr is not Stuka's son but his much younger brother, to the point "Jr" is contemporary to Stuka's nephews El Espacial and Insolito.
  • Costeñito Moy had luchador sons in Chavo Lomelí, Green Demon(later Futuro Dos Mil), Green Demon #2 and El Latino as well as luchadora daughters in Lady Star, Vampireza (unmasked as Patty Rey) and Gatubela. Lomelí in turn had a son who wrestled as El Ángel del Infierno and a daughter who went by Maligna. Vampireza's son wrestled as Krator Jr and his other cousins wrestle as Sangre Latina, Guerrero Latino, Krator Jr and Sexi Lady (not to be confused with the AAA luchadora previously known as such, who later became Lady Shani).
  • Fantasma de la Ópera began traing his three brothers Súper Pinocho(who was also Tigre de Bengala #3), Pinocho Star and Pinocho Tres Mil to be luchadors in 1979. Fantasma de la Ópera's gimmick would later be taken up by his son.
  • The luchador Red Flammer trained his sons and daughter to succeed him as Red Flammer Jr, Pequeño Flammer, Lady Flammer, Cachorro del Ring, Cicloncito and Obsesión. The second generation also includes cousins El Hijo de Flammer and Flammer Boy. Most of their work is in the state of Nuevo León.
• In Panama there was Kato Kung Lee, who would debut in 1965 and find fame in all the Mexican majors of his time(Lucha Libre Internacional, CMLL, AAA, IWRG), then his son, Kato Kung Lee Junior would marry Mexican luchadora Zuleyma, whose sister was also a luchadora, Miss Janeth.
• Carlos Colón who started in mid 1960s Puerto Rico and sons Carlito and Eddie (aka Primo). There's also his daughter and sister of Carlito and Eddie, Stacy Colón who wrestled, but retired before her brothers. And Carlito's and Eddie's cousin Orlando Colón, using the name Epico in the 50 states, who was in a tag team with Eddie/Primo and dominated the division. While not a wrestler, Carlos's brother José had an onscreen role in WWC.
• Mexico's most famous wrestling family is arguably the Caras/Sicodelico family. At its head is Dos Caras (José Luis Rodríguez Arellano), who started in and became the greatest heavyweight wrestler from Mexico, and his brothers, Mil Máscaras (Aaron Rodríguez Arellano, who started first in 1965 by taking on the identity of a famous movie character) and Sicodelico (Pablo Rodríguez Arellano), who together are known as La Tercia Real. The second generation include Sicodelico's sons Sicodelico Jr. (Aaron Rodríguez) and Hijo del Sicodelico; and Dos's sons Dos Caras Jr. (José Alberto Rodríguez Chucuan), aka WWE's Alberto Del Rio, and Guillermo Rodríguez Chucuan, who had a short-lived stint in NXT as Memo Montenegro and is now back in Mexico as El Hijo de Dos Caras^note an identity previously used by Alberto.
  • At least, "most famous wrestling family without the last name of Guerrero or Guzmán."
• From Cuba in 1967 (and the Dominican Republic in the latter's case) came the Castillo Brothers Fidel and Raoul, who were best known outside of the Caribbean for wrestling in Maple Leaf, New Japan and the Hart's Stampede. Fidel was also known as Ciclón or Huracán Castillo when wrestling without his brother, leading to his son wrestling as Huracán Jr. His son in turn would enter the business as AJ Castillo. Raoul's son would also wrestle as Magnificent Chris but suffer an untimely death three years into his career.
• The Dundee/Eaton family consists of Bill Cruickshanks, better known as Bill Dundee; his son Jamie, who has frequently performed as Jamie Dundee but is better known as J.C. Ice; Bill's son-in-law Bobby Eaton; and Bobby's son Dylan.
• The Morton family was founded by referee Paul Morton. His son Ricky achieved greater fame as half of The Rock 'n' Roll Express and the namer of one of the most famous tag team tropes. Ricky's son Kerry now wrestles in the NWA. Ricky's cousin Todd also wrestled, sometimes teaming with Ricky.
• Bob "Blackjack Mulligan" Windham and sons Barry and Kendall. Windham is also the father-in-law of wrestler Mike Rotunda, who is the poster child of Wrestling Doesn't Pay with no less than three "second job" gimmicks under his belt (Captain Mike, V. K. Wallstreet, and most famously IRS). Rotunda's own sons, Windham and Taylor, are also wrestlers. Under the name Husky Harris, Windham competed on NXT season 2 and was with the Nexus for a few months, and later became one of WWE's top heels as Bray Wyatt before his premature passing in 2023. Taylor had a short stint in WWE and dominated NXT as the unpopular Bo Dallas. Taylor also met his wife Sarah Bäckman during her brief (two months) stint in NXT as Shara.
• The Finlay Family, David Finlay Sr. and his father were wrestlers in the Irish and British scene. David Sr's wife, Evelyn, was the back office manager and driving force behind the Northern Ireland Olympic Wrestling Association. David and Evelyn's son, David Jr. aka Fit Finlay would make a name for himself in Catch Wrestling Association, New Japan Pro-Wrestling, WCW and WWE. Their daughter, Wendy, was a referee in the business. Fit's ex-wife was wrestler and manager Princess Paula, and his son David III is the current leader of New Japan's Bullet Club.
• WWE commentator Jerry Lawler's sons have wrestled (Brian Christopher, who dropped his last name and became Attitude Era staple Grandmaster Sexay) and refereed (Kevin Lawler). Additionally, his cousin is the Honky Tonk Man (Wayne Ferris), and one of his numerous ex-wives was a WWF/E Diva for a while (Stacey "The Kat" Carter).
• Doug Anderson may not have any relation to the more famous Minnesota Wrecking Crew but is part of his own wrestling family with brother Billy, who he started wrestling with in 1974 and later his daughter, Cheerleader Melissa.
• Rey Misterio Sr., who debuted in 1976, and Rey Misterio Jr. (now wrestling as Rey Mysterio), although they are uncle and nephew, rather than father and son. And, just to confuse matters, Rey Misterio Sr.'s son also wrestles under the same mask as El Hijo de Rey Misterio. To confuse matters even further, El Hijo de Rey Misterio briefly retired from professional wrestling, after which time Rey Misterio Sr. and Konnan introduced a new wrestler in May 2011 who also went by the name El Hijo de Rey Misterio (though his relationship to the Misterio family is unknown). The original El Hijo de Rey Misterio then returned in November of that year, wrestling under the name El Hijo de Rey Misterio I. We now have, in order of debut: Rey Misterio Sr.; Rey Mysterio; El Hijo de Rey Misterio I; and El Hijo de Rey Misterio. To confuse matters even FURTHER, the original El Hijo de Rey Misterio sometimes wrestles as Rey Misterio Jr. The Misterio/Mysterio family also includes El Hijo de Rey Misterio's other cousin Metalika and his uncle Super Astro. More recently, Rey Jr.'s real-life son Dominik Mysterio was involved in a few of his dad's WWE storylines in his childhood (though not as a wrestler), and started formal wrestling training in 2017. In 2020, Dominik was brought into an angle between his father and Seth Rollins and had his in-ring debut against Rollins at SummerSlam. Later that year, said angle was extended to include Dominik's younger sister Aalyah, though she has yet to be involved as a wrestler. In 2021, Rey and Dominik briefly held the SmackDown tag team belts, and Dom turned heel in 2022, briefly feuding with Rey and going on to become arguably the most effective heel in 2020s wrestling. The Misterio family almost included a fictional member - bookers considered making Dioncio Castellanos a member of the family, and even considered giving him the Rey Misterio Jr. gimmick. However, he ended up becoming Rey Misterio Jr.'s arch-rival Psicosis.
• Victor The Body Guard debuted in 1983 managed by his brother, Ángel Rodríguez in both WWC and IWA Puerto Rico. Two years after Victor's death, his son Noel would also become a wrestler.
• The UK has the Bevis family, known in kayfabe as the Knights, which started with Patrick Bevis, who began wrestling in 1985 as Ricky Knight, and his wife Julia Hamer-Bevis, who wrestled as Sweet Saraya once her husband finished training her. Then daughter Nikki Best, sons Roy Knight and Zak Zodiac and daughter Britani Knight, who joined WWE as Paige and became an NXT standout and later Divas Champion, and after retiring for a few years returned as Saraya in AEW. Nikki had a son named Patrick, Roy two sons in RJ and Zodiac Kid, who all became wrestlers too.
• Steve Corino, former ECW World Heavyweight Champion and NWA World Heavyweight Champion (after the glory days of both titles), and his son Colby. At 15, Colby held titles in Japan and the Northeast (unsurprisingly, in areas where his father is heavily involved on the booking side). His sister Cathy Allison Corino competed for Ring of Honor, CHIKARA, SHIMMER and many other promotions all over the world as Allison Danger. She is also married to Marco Jaggi, better known as the Swiss wrestler Ares.
• ECW midcarder Chris Chetti had an older brother named Joe. Joe was one half of The Tasmaniacs alongside his cousin Taz. The relationship between Chris Chetti and Taz was actually acknowledged while they were working in ECW at the same time.
• Joel and Jose Maximo, The Spanish Announce Team. The brothers debuted in 2000 and would go into TNA with cousin Amazing Red, who later be joined by another cousin Rosita (also Divina Fly). The Maximos have another brother who wrestles named Wil. Rosita later found some success in WWE as Zelina Vega, and is married to Dutch wrestler Thomas Büdgen, known as Tommy End, WWE's Aleister Black and AEW's Malakai Black.
• Australia's Professional Wrestling Alliance has the brothers Robbie Eagles and Ryan Eagles. Ryan's wife, Madison, is also a wrestler.
• The tag team from Hawaii, Taylor Made, is made up of the brothers Micah and Brett Taylor. Before Brett's debut, Micah trained his wife Tracy to be a pro wrestler. Micah and Tracy also have a daughter who wrestles as Twisted Trixie.
• The tag team of Dave and Jake Crist—the Irish Airborne; OI4K, Ohio Is for Killers if you're a CZW fan; Ohio Versus Everything (oVe) in Impact Wrestling; or The Ring Rydas in JCW. Jake would go on to marry fellow wrestler Nevaeh.
• Kyoko Kimura has a wrestler husband in Isao Kobayashi and a wrestler daughter in Hana Kimura. Kyoko and Hana even held the Artist Of STARDOM belts for Oedo~tai.
• Matt and Nick Massie, best known as The Young Bucks (and also as Matt and Nick Jackson), have been one of the most heralded tag teams on the indie scene since their 2004 debut, and became co-founders of All Elite Wrestling in 2019. They also wrestled in TNA for a while as Generation Me under the names Max and Jeremy Buck and are a part of Bullet Club. Their younger brother Malachi was also a wrestler and occasionally teamed with them before retiring from the business, their cousin Tab is also a wrestler, and Matt's wife Dana was AEW's chief marketing officer for a few years.
• The Bella Twins have become a large wrestling family due to marriages and long-term relationships. In addition to Brie marrying Daniel Bryan and Nikki being formerly engaged to John Cena, their mother married John Laurinaitis, a wrestler known for his career in Japan and his role in WWE as a heel authority figure, as well as the brother of Road Warrior Animal.
• The Calaways, starting with The Undertaker, who also has wrestling family like second wife Sara, third and current wife Michelle McCool and cousins Brian Lee aka the fake Undertaker and Ron and Don, the Harris twins, "The Disciples of Destruction" in USWA in turn leading to the "Brothers of Destruction" with Taker's kayfabe sibling Kane.
• While mentioned further down in the siblings category, the Hardy clan has expanded in recent years with Matt's marriage to fellow wrestler Reby Sky. Her father-in-law worked as Señor Benjamin, a simple gardener with a penchant for carrying a taser, in the Broken Hardy gimmick. Matt and Reby's son—Maxel—played a part in the storyline as well and became one of the youngest pro wrestlers when he defeated (with the help of his grandfather) Rockstar Spud.
• The Sexy Camachos, the cousins Angel, Roberto and Vinnie.
• The Steiner Brothers are comprised of Robert "Rick Steiner" Rechsteiner and Scott [Rechsteiner].^note At SummerSlam 1993 Rick's sister was at ringside and when interviewed accidentally broke Kayfabe and called him "Rob". Unsurprisingly this was her only appearance on a wrestling show Later on, Rick's son Bronson also became a professional wrestler under the ring name "Bron Breakker".
• Shawn Michaels' cousin Matt Bentley (sometimes known as Michael Shane) wrestled for TNA from 2003 to 2007, winning the X-Division title twice, before retiring in 2008 to start a band called Lost in Chaos.
• Edge was married to Alannah Morley, sister of Sean Morley aka Val Venis, from 2001-2004. Edge's eventual third marriage is with Beth Phoenix, whom he's married to since 2016.
• Corey Graves, one of WWE NXT's standouts and later a color commentator, has a brother who had a very short stint in the FCW developmental territory as Buddy Stetcher, and left a few months before Graves arrived. Graves has also been married with wrestler Carmella since 2022.
• Drew Galloway aka Drew McIntyre and Taryn Terrell were married from 2010-2011.
• Tommaso Ciampa has been married to Jessie Ward, a former Tough Enough II contestant and WWE stage manager, since 2013.
• Thom Latimer was married to wrestling royalty Charlotte Flair from 2013-2015, and then to another wrestler Kamille since 2022.
• CM Punk and A.J. Lee have been married since 2014.
• The Miz and Maryse have been married since 2014.
• Mike Bennett and Maria Kanellis have been married since 2014.
• Mickie James and Nick Aldis have been married since 2015.
• Madison Rayne and Josh Matthews have been married since 2015.
• Angelina Love was married to Davey Richards from 2015-2017, and then to another wrestler "Psycho Boy" Fodder since 2023.
• Johnny Gargano and Candice LeRae have been married since 2016.
• Mercedes Varnado aka Sasha Banks aka Mercedes Moné has been married to retired wrestler and WWE costume designer Sarath Ton aka Mikaze since 2016.
• Jonathan Good aka Jon Moxley aka Dean Ambrose and Renee Paquette aka Renee Young have been married since 2017.
• Bianca Belair and Montez Ford of the Street Profits have been married since 2018.
• John Morrison and Taya Valkyrie have been married since 2018.
• Roderick Strong and Marina Shafir have been married since 2018.
• Darby Allin and Priscilla Kelly/Gigi Dolin were married from 2018-2020.
• Nikki Cross and Big Damo/Killian Dain have been married since 2019.
• Peyton Royce and Shawn Spears have been married since 2019.
• Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch have been married since 2021.
• Karrion Kross and Scarlett Bordeaux have been married since 2022.
• Sammy Guevara and Tay Melo have been married since 2022.

The more straightforward father-son (or parent-child) relations are many and numerous:

• During pro wrestling's infancy in the 1800s, there was a mother to son case with Nancy Hanks, whose son would become much more famous for exploits unrelated to wrestling...
• Dory Funk and sons, who both became NWA World Heavyweight Champion, Dory Funk Jr. and Terry. Dory Funk's grandson, Dr. Dory Funk Jr., debuted on !Bang TV in 2010.
• The Blue Demon, one of the inspirations behind Spider-Man, and his son, Blue Demon Jr.
• The Rhodes family, chiefly known for Virgil "Dusty Rhodes" Runnels, and sons Dustin "Goldust" Runnels and Cody Rhodes. Dusty is also the brother-in-law of wrestler Fred Ottman, also known as Typhoon, Tugboat, and The Shockmaster. Dustin's ex-wife Terri used to work for WWE under the name "Marlena", managing her ex-husband, and later, under her real name. Jerry Sags of the Nasty Boys is/was a brother-in-law of Dusty at some point. Cody's wife Brandi was an announcer in WWE going by the name Eden Stiles. After she and Cody left WWE, she began competing in the squared circle.
• Larry "The Axe" Hennig and son Curt ("Mr. Perfect"). Curt's son Joe Hennig has competed on NXT season 2 and appeared on RAW as The Nexus's Michael McGillicutty, and then Curtis Axel (as a tribute to both his father and his grandfather, as well as using his own middle name), winning the Intercontinental Championship at one point and temporarily aligning himself with Paul Heyman.
• Eddie "Graham" Gossett and son Mike (although see below for the twisted fictional family tree).
• Tatsumi Fujinami and his son LEONA
• Lobo del Norte, his son Lobo del Norte Jr, and Jr's sister, Amazona in Baja California.
• Maicoque Poison and his son, Jack Veneno, of the Dominican Republic.
• Dominican wrestler El Dinámico, who became the long running champion of Italy and had a son born there; the masked luchador Italian Dream.
• Rufus R. Jones was a wrestler whose son would become a manager, Slick.
• Tony Falk, a tag team wrestler in USWA and Gorgeous George Boy Tony, had his son, LT Falk. LT would later marry British Wrestler Miss Rachel.
• The aforementioned "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka and son Jimmy Jr. (formerly WWE's Deuce/Sim Snuka) and daughter Sarona (currently in the WWE as Tamina Snuka).
• "Bullet" Bob Armstrong had four sons who all took up wrestling: Brad, Steve, Scott, and Brian. Only the latter has gone on to any sort of real fame in wrestling (as "Road Dogg" Jesse James in WWE, and then B.G. James in TNA}, although Scott is now one of WWE's top referees. Brad was known for a series of bad gimmicks in WCW, and Steve was best remembered for being WWF's Lance Cassidy. The former three were subject to a storyline in WCW centering around the Armstrong Curse, which largely amounted to Lampshade Hanging for using them as jobbers. Brian's been known to mock the Armstrong Curse idea by, for example, wearing shirts that read, "Look ma, no curse."
• Wrestler/promoter Angelo Poffo had two sons who followed him in the business—Randy, better known as "Macho Man" Randy Savage, and "Leaping" Lanny or The Genius.
  • His one-time daughter-in-law, Miss Elizabeth.
• Boris Malenko (Lawrence Simon) and sons Dean and Joe. Carl Malenko (Carl Ognibene) was considered a stepbrother by Dean and Joe, but he wasn't related to them by blood. There's also Debbie Malenko and Chad Malenko (former TNA/ROH jobber Chad Collyer), who aren't related to the family but were allowed to take up the name after training under the Malenkos.
• Fuerza and Juventud Guerrera, though Fuerza also had a little known nephew, Furia Guerrera, who was murdered before he could really make his mark.
• The Flair family: Ric Flair, his two sons David and Reid, and daughter Ashley (younger than David, older than Reid). David Flair had a brief run in WCW as a manager/backstage type who trained part-time at WCW's Power Plant wrestling school as more of a hobby than out of any real desire to wrestle for a living. As WCW quickly plunged into it's early 2000's Audience-Alienating Era, he was pushed onto the card in actual matches long before he was ready to perform professionally. After WCW closed its doors, he had a mildly successful run in TNA and the independent circuit before retiring, and is today best remembered for his old TitanTron video. Younger son Reid was a highly decorated amateur wrestler in high school and college before making his professional debut in 2008. He later wrestled for a handful of NWA affiliates. Sadly, Reid passed away on March 29, 2013 at the age of 25 from a drug overdose. As for Ashley, she's now one of WWE's top female stars as Charlotte Flair, was married to British wrestler Thom Latimer from 2013-2015 and then to Andrade El Ídolo since 2022. Ric's other daughter Megan (who made non-wrestling appearances on Monday Nitro) is married to Conrad Thompson, a mortgage broker and (more importantly for this topic) a host/moderator of several prominent wrestling podcasts and promoter of the intermittently held Starrcast fan convention in Nashville. He's also currently in possession of the original Big Gold Belt. Thompson organized Ric Flair's Last Match, an indy supershow held on July 31, 2022 in conjunction with Starrcast, in which Ric worked what he now claims will be his last match ever as part of a tag team with Andrade.
• Flair's longtime stablemate Arn Anderson is not only a member of the fictional Anderson family, but has now been joined in the business by his son Brock, who also wrestles under the Anderson surname. Both are now in AEW, Arn as a producer and Brock as a wrestler.
• Former wrestler/promoter Jerry Jarrett and his son Jeff Jarrett, who he actually helped follow in his footsteps through the co-founding of one TNA. Oh, and Jarrett's wife Karen, who was previously married to Kurt Angle.
• Katsuhisa Shibata of Tokyo Professional Wrestling and JWA, best known outside of Japan for his hair matches in EMLL before becoming a referee, has a famed son who briefly crossed over in mixed martial arts, Katsuyori Shibata.
• Ivan Putski, a WWF mainstay in the late 70s and 80s, had a son named Scott who wrestled for WWF and WCW. However, his "daughter" Rachael Putski wasn't related. She eventually dropped the Putski name to wrestle as Rachel Summerlyn.
• Brian Pillman (middle name William, which as you'll see is significant) had a stepdaughter named Lexi Reed who got into wrestling. Sadly she was killed in a car crash in 2009 before she had a chance to even get noticed on the indy scene. More recently, his son Brian Zachary entered the business, working successively in CZW, MLW, and AEW as Brian Pillman Jr. before moving to NXT as Lexis King.
• Mexico's 666, a pareja consisting of Damián and his son Bestia.
• Hisao Tanaka, aka Duke Keomuka, was a successful wrestler during the 50s and 60s. One of his sons was Pat Tanaka, who had moderate success (primarily in tag teams) in the 80s and early 90s. Another son, Jimmy Tanaka, became a referee.
• Star Boy, of the IWRG stable "Los Strippers" and Star Jr., who continued his father's Mr. Fanservice legacy.
• Garett Bischoff, son of infamous WCW president Eric Bischoff, was a much hated part of TNA in 2012, due to the undeserved amount of screen time he got. In short, Like Father, Like Son.
• Tonga Fifita, better known as Haku (WWF/E) and Meng (WCW), has a son named Tevita Fifita who worked as the Mexican bodyguard for Hunico, Camacho, in WWE. His adopted son, Alipate, wrestles for New Japan Pro-Wrestling as Tama Tonga and was joined by Tevita, going by Tanga Roa, to form the Guerrillas of Destiny.
• The Barbarian has a niece named Lei'D Tapa who uses some of his signature moves (the Samoan Drop and the Kick of Fear).
• CMLL has El Gran Hamada along with his two daughters, Xóchitl and Ayako. It also includes Tiger Mask IV, due to him marrying a sister of Ayako and Xóchtil who's not a wrestler.
• Junkyard Dog helped train his shoot fighting nephew, who went on to wrestle as Redd Dogg and later Rodney Mack in the WWE. Rodney Mack would go on to marry another wrestler, Jazz.
• Ferrin "Sandy" Barr and his sons Arthur (Art Barr, best known as tag partner to Eddie Guerrero and the inventor of the frog splash) and Ferrin Jr. (known as Jesse Barr, who is possibly better known for his time as Jimmy Jack Funk).
• José Estrada, who wrestled in the Capitol Wrestling Corporation, World Wide Wrestling Federation and WWF has two sons, who wrestle as José Estrada Jr. and Rico Suave. They've also taken his other roles in recreations of the medico and conquistador tag teams.
• Ox Baker and Ox Baker Jr., the latter most often seen in NWA Midwest and Pro Wrestling King.
• Dick the Bruiser, his biological son Karl Afflis and his son-in-law Spike Huber, that latter of whom he won the WWA World Tag Team Titles with. His successor Dick the Bruiser Jr. is not actually his son, however.
• The resuscitator of CMLL's women's division, Marcela, and her masked luchadora daughter, Skadi.
• Jessie the Latin Freebird, perhaps better known for his managerial duties in WWC than his wrestling matches, which included managing his daughter Killer Kat, one of WWC's longer reigning women's champions.
• Cody Hall, son of Scott Hall, went to the New Japan dojo, going on to become part of the Bullet Club.
• "Mr. Ratings" Ray González, best known for his stints in WWC and IWA Puerto Rico, followed by Ray González Jr.
• Aside from the doctor, another Karonte wrestles on the b shows of CMLL and AAA as well as the independent circuit, followed by La Hija de Karonte.
• The luchador Ultratumba has been succeeded by his daughters and son, Lady Puma, Baby Puma and Ultratumba II.
• D-Von Dudley's twin sons Terrell and Terrence Hughes tag together as TNT, and have Continuity Cameoed on TNA Impact.
• Chet and Bruce Tharpe; Chet was a ring announcer for Championship Wrestling from Florida (CWF) who brought Bruce into the business. Bruce would become a ring announcer and referee for CWF and briefly a pro wrestler in the '90s. Eventually Tharpe became president of the NWA for five years.
• Jimmy Wang Yang's mysterious daughter Jazzy Yang made her debut right before her father retired.
• Monty Sopp, better known as Billy Gunn, has tagged with two of his sons in AEW as Gunn Club—first with older son Austin, and later with younger son Colten as well. The sons later split from their father and now tag team, first as The Gunn Club before changing to The Gunns.
• Mexican wrestler/promoter Thunder Rosa and her son, Anakin Rosa.
• Jon Huber, known as Luke Harper in WWE and Mr. Brodie Lee in AEW, became the de facto founder of a wrestling family after his untimely passing in December 2020. First, his young son Brodie (his real name) was signed to an AEW contract, and has succeeded his father as official leader of The Dark Order. The younger Brodie was initially billed as "Negative One", but is now billed as Mr. Brodie Lee Jr. A few months later, Jon's widow Amanda became AEW's community outreach officer (using her real family name).
• Another AEW father-son pairing: Taz and Hook (Peter and Tyler Senerchia). Hook was part of his father's Team Taz stable until it broke up in 2022. More significantly, near the time of that breakup, Hook won the FTW Championship, a title created and first held by Taz in ECW, later merged into the ECW World Championship, and reintroduced by Taz shortly after his 2020 arrival in AEW.
• Mother-daughter version: The Amazing Maria James (real name Maria Evans) and HollyHood Haley J, both stars in Ohio Valley Wrestling, featured in the Netflix series Wrestlers.
• During Sting's (Steve Borden) final match at AEW Revolution in 2024, his sons Garrett and Steve Jr. got physically involved, each dressing as one of their father's past in-ring personas. Garrett's wife Katelyn has a backstage role in AEW.

Sibling pairings are also common:

• The Miller Brothers of the 1950s Doctor Big Bill and Danny. Big Bill worked as a veterinarian when not wrestling, hence "Dr.", while Danny also became a promoter in the Carolinas. The third Miller Brother "Ed" was not actually related to them.
• The Flying Scotts George and his student, younger brother Sandy Scott, starting in Canada during 1950s and traveling around from there.
• Jackie Fargo and his less famous but still very over older brother Roughhouse Fargo. Roughhouse generally worked as a referee (Sonny Fargo) in areas outside of Memphis, and would work the "mental patient" Roughhouse gimmick for holiday shows while visiting his family.
• Babs Wingo, Marva Scott and Ethel Johnson, though as you can tell their status as sisters wasn't exploited much. Babs and Marva were sometimes paired together as Wingos at least.
• The brothers Atlantis and Atlántico from CMLL
• Lola and Leslie González, the former would find fame after Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre lifted their ban on luchadoras.
• Shunji Takano (Super Ninja in the AWA, Giant Zebra in Michinoku Pro Wrestling) and his older brother, George(who also wrestled under a mask as The Cobra).
• The Mulkey Brothers, quite possibly the greatest jobber Tag Team of all time.
• In the families listed above, brothers often teamed to form a tag team or to participate in 6-man-tag team competitions, most notably the Von Erichs and the Harts.
• Harlem Heat (of which Booker T became famous in singles competition) were composed of Booker and Lash "Stevie Ray" Huffman.
• Caifán Rockero #s 1, 2 and 3, mostly seen in pairs throughout Monterrey Nuevo Leon but have had stints with both AAA and CMLL as well.
• Even wrestling referees get in on the act: Earl Hebner (of Montreal Screwjob fame) was first introduced as his brother Dave's Evil Twin, and Earl's son Brian is also a ref. Earl's daughter Katie also wrestles; she made a cameo appearance on TNA as Gail Kim's sister.
  • On the flip side, WWF referee Joey Marella was the real-life adopted son of wrestler-turned-commentator Gorilla Monsoon, but this was never stated on-screen, though Monsoon's broadcast partners indirectly alluded to it from time to time.
• Matt and Jeff Hardy of the Hardy Boyz (or The Hardys in AEW).
• La Felina and Princesa Yara out of Monterrey, Mexico.
• Tony and Marco Rivera, the Chippendale brothers of the IWRG stable "Los Strippers".
• The evil Canadians Shane and Shannon Ballard, also known as the evil Spartans Rob and Rick.
• The Briscoe Brothers, best known in Ring of Honor, aren't related to the legendary Brisco Brothers, but both sets are legit brothers themselves.
• Eric Angle, brother of Kurt Angle, was also a professional wrestler, though Eric's career was much shorter - he never got called up from Developmental, and quit the business when he was released.
• She Nay Nay (Athanasia Alexopoulos) and Annastacia are another pair in Canada.
• In the Netherlands, there are the DLC Brothers Eddy de la Combé and Jamie de la Combé.
• In Italy, there is the brother-sister pair of Mr. Excellent and Queen Maya.
• Dolph Ziggler (real name Nick Nemeth) has a younger brother, Ryan, who worked in NXT primarily as an interviewer as Briley Pierce.
• A sister-sister pairing - Victoria and Christina Crawford. Victoria is Alicia Fox in WWE while Christina is Caylee Turner in FCW as well as ring announcer on NXT.
• The Sexy Purple Thunder Sisters, Mio and Io Shirai.
• Harlem and Lance, the Bravado Brothers from the ROH academy and FIP.
• Aeroform is made up of brothers Flip Kendrick and Louis Lyndon. They're also known as the Puerto Rican Powers.
• The Lowlanders, a Tag Team mostly seen in the Scottish Wrestling Alliance made up of Glen Dunbar and Grant Dunbar (the latter known as Grado to TNA and Britwres fans)
• In 2007 Dennis Rivera debuted during the IWA/NWG/WWR/WWS Omar Antonio Pérez Barreto Tribute Show. Rivera's brother, Savio Vega, was a partial owner of IWA Puerto Rico.
• Drew and Rory Gulak, who both had memorable CZW stints that didn't highlight the familial relations. Drew also has a stint in the WWE, competing on 205 Live and NXT before becoming part of the Smackdown roster. Rory on the other hand would be blacklisted from the professional wrestling business due to allegations relating to abuse of women and possession of child pornography.
• Christina Von Eerie and her brother, James.

Twin pairings exist as well:

• In the 1960s, the UK was invaded by Ignatius and Tony, the Borg Twins of Malta
• The Dargon Twins Luther and Leroy, who were featured semi regularly in the Southeastern NWA territories.
• Rikishi, himself the twin brother of Samuel Fatu (best known as "The Tonga Kid" and "Tama"), had twin sons in the aforementioned Jey and Jimmy Uso, formerly working as the "Samoan Soldiers" under their real names of Jonathan and Joshua Fatu and later as The Usos.
• There are two generations of Power Twins, first Larry and David, then Elaine and Diane... though they're from different families, the ladies' surname is Klimaszewski.
• The aforementioned Ron and Don Harris.
• The Batten Twins out of West Virginia, Bart and Brad.
• The Cole Twins of California Keith and Kent, who had their last hurrah in NWA Wildside. The brothers' last names are spelled differently from the team name, Kohl, confusingly.
• Charlie Haas and his late brother Russ, The World's Greatest Tag Team.
• The evil Brahman Brothers Kei and Shu of Toryumon and Dragon Gate.
• The Shane Twins, WCW jobbers better known for the Gymini in WWE (they were also The Johnsons in TNA and made jobber-to-the-stars appearances in WWF under their real names).
• Dash and Tweek Phoenix, champions in All American Wrestling and All American Pro Wrestling.
• Nicole and Brianna Garcia, better known as Nikki and Brie, the Bella Twins. (Brie is married to Bryan Danielson and has two daughters; Nikki dated John Cena at one point.)
• There are the Blossom Twins, Hannah and Holly from OVW, TNA, and Pro Wrestling EVE fame.
• Ireland gives us Kasey and Leah, the Owens Twins.
• Weighing in at a combined weight of 1,468 lbs: The McGuire Twins! Billy Leon and Benny Loyd McCrary wrestled from 1972 to 1979 (when Billy died), and hold two records: the heaviest two-man tag team ever and the world's heaviest twins. Billy weighed at 723 lbs (outweighing many tag teams all on his own), and Benny outweighed him at 745!
• The Tate Twins out of the Ohio Valley, also two of many "Boys" who participated in a Vegas show send up with Dalton Castle.
• Canada has the Voros Twins Chis and Patrick.
• The Riegel Twins Sterling and Logan. In the National Wrasslin' League they were instead "Royal Blood" Jet and Jax.
• The Lucero Twins Tiffany and Nicolth.
• The Renegade Twins, Charlette and Robyn.
• From Tonga are the (MK)Manukainiu Twins, Ashley and Steph.
• Daffney Unger and her adopted daughter Jamie Lynn Senegal.

Fictional Families

• The Andersons of Minnesota, for the most part, aren't related at all. Gene Anderson was the only real Anderson. "Brothers" Lars (Larry Heinimi) and Ole (Alan Rogowski) were college friends. "Nephew" Arn (Marty Lunde) resembled the "family" and happened to arrive in the NWA Mid-Atlantic area when Ole needed a tag-team partner. "Cousin" Ric Flair wasn't related to any of them, but was billed as a cousin to help get him over as a star. The only other legitimate Anderson is Gene's son Brad. The Carolina branch of the Anderson family (Pat, Rocky, and C.W.) all have a broad physical resemblance, but none are related. Clouding the issue somewhat is the fact that WWE's Ken Kennedy was actually born Ken Anderson; he was asked to change his name upon making the big time, so as to avoid confusion with the fictional family. When he was future endeavored by WWE, he joined TNA as "Ken Anderson", though nothing has been made of the name or possible Anderson family connections.
  • Karl Anderson was originally billed as a member in the indies, which probably still holds true. Chad Allegra himself has no known relation to any of the above; he's just another bald wrestler with a full beard.
• Mike and Pat Kelly exploited this, as they just so happened to discover that they looked a like, worked in the same business and alternative insisted to anyone who would listen that they were brothers, or even clones.
• Speaking of Kennedy, he nearly got into a second family (in part) because of it. Throughout much of 2007 and into 2008, the WWE ran a "Who Is Vince McMahon's Bastard Child?" storyline, where one of Vince's numerous flings had had a son and was now suing McMahon for owed child support while simultaneously keeping the identity of the child a secret to mess with his head (yes, it's very hard to assert paternity for a child you refuse to identify. It's wrestling writing, go with it). Smarks immediately pointed at Ken Kennedy as the likely son; he had Irish heritage, like the McMahons, he was due for a push, and hey — Vince's full name is Vincent Kennedy McMahon. Unfortunately for Kennedy, right when the reveal was scheduled, he got himself suspended for violations of the WWE Wellness Program (read: failed a drug test), forcing WWE to punt. They wound up naming Dave "Fit" Finlay's Leprechaun sidekick, Hornswoggle, as Vince's bastard son. When enough time had passed, it was announced that Hornswoggle wasn't really McMahon's son, he was really Finlay's son and Finlay was scamming McMahon for... well, no reason really, but at least the storyline could be put to bed. Kennedy would eventually get his push by feuding with RAW's Heel General Manager, William Regal... until that storyline had to be aborted when Regal got suspended for a Wellness violation, and shortly thereafter Kennedy would get injured. He really couldn't catch a break.
• As noted above, the Grahams have an interesting history. The "real" Graham appears to be Dr. Jerry Graham. Jerry later "adopted" Grady Johnson as "Crazy" Luke Graham. The Grahams then added Eddie Gossett as brother Eddie Graham, who'd go on to be the most successful wrestler and promoter in the fictional family. Wayne Coleman would later team with fellow Phoenix native Jerry in the Los Angeles territory as "Superstar" Billy Graham, on his way to becoming WWWF champion. Various sons and nephews of the Grahams have wrestled, with the most successful being Eddie's son, Mike, who wrestled mostly in Florida, and then promoted there after his father's suicide.
• Another wrestling clan who blended real and fictional relations were the Garvins and their associates. The original Garvin tag team consisted of fictional brothers Ronnie (Roger Barnes) and Terry (Terry Joyal). Joining them a few years later was a third "brother", Jimmy Garvin (James Williams), who in real life was actually Roger Barnes' stepson. Since they were only seven years apart in age, though, it was possible to pass them off as brothers on the screen. Later in his career, Jimmy Garvin would be managed by his real-life cousin Sunshine (Valerie French), though their relationship was never revealed to the audience. Sunshine was later replaced as Jimmy's manager by Precious (Patti Williams), who is his real-life wife. If that isn't already tangled enough, Sunshine during her stint with WCCW was also given a fictional relative, her "aunt" Stella Mae French (Tanya West).
• Then, there are The Dudley Boys. Created as a running storyline gag in early ECW — the joke was that all the Dudleys had one father, a traveling salesman named Big Daddy Dudley, but each had a different mother — the family numbered nearly a dozen at one point. Three of them would go on to greater success: Bubba Ray (Mark LoMonaco), D-Von (Devon Hughes), and Spike (Matt Hyson). Now that Bubba Ray and D-Von are back in WWE, they're working under the Dudley name again; while they were in TNA, they had to use other names, as WWE owns the Dudley trademark. Instead, they took the name Team 3-D, a reference to their Finishing Move the Dudley Death Drop which was often referred to in short hand as the 3D, in TNA, as Brother Ray, Brother Devon, and Brother Runt (Hyson). Later, they retired the team, and LoMonaco turned heel (changing his name to "Bully Ray") by attacking Devon (who dropped the "Brother" part of his name). Runt didn't return to WWE along with Bubba Ray and D-Von.
  • The Dudleys that got the most ring time were the three aforementioned - Bubba, D-Von and Little Spike Dudley. The supporting cast, if you will, included Big Dick Dudley, Chubby Dudley, Dances With Dudley, Dudley Dudley, Little Snot Dudley, Psycho Sam Dudley, Schmuck Dudley, Sign Guy Dudley, and Studley Dudley, their manager. In the WWF, Stacy Keibler acted as the "Duchess of Dudleyville".
    • At one show, The Bushwhackers (Butch & Luke) were revealed to be their long-lost cousins. At ECW's second PPV, Hardcore Heaven 97, porn star Jenna Jameson also made an appearance as "Lady Dudley".
• Also noted above were two fictional Von Erichs. Jack Adkisson made Walter Sieber into Waldo Von Erich when he needed a tag-team partner, and later turned nondescript rookie Ricky Vaughn into Waldo's "son" Lance Von Erich when injuries and deaths depleted the real Adkisson family. What made Lance most notable (sorry!) was that when Lance later jumped from Adkisson's World Class Championship Wrestling promotion to the outlaw (rival promotion operating in the same geographical area as an established promotion in competition) Wild West Wrestling, Adkisson made the then-rare move of breaking kayfabe and admitting, on World Class' television show, that Vaughn wasn't related to the family.
• The McMahons, as their entry notes, play a fake wrestling family based somewhat on their reality. Vince plays himself up as much more arrogant and evil, constantly cheating on Linda with a string of divas. Shane and Stephanie play conniving rich brats who hate their father and constantly scheme against him - except, of course, when they team back up with him. Linda rarely shows up, and if she does it's usually just to act disgusted with whatever Vince has done lately — in the fake McMahon family, Vince and Linda seem to be separated.
  • They're married in-storyline; Linda's just very... forgiving.
    • Which seems to have originated as a Take That! aimed at the Clintons.
    • Truth in Television. Vince admitted in a Playboy interview to have constantly screwed around on Linda in the eighties, and was accused of sexually harassing a tanning bed employee in 2006. However, as Vince is someone whose blood could test positive for kayfabe, little of what he says should be taken as fact.
    • Then again, Linda's Crowning Moment Of Awesome was at WrestleMania X-Seven, when she kicked Vince in the balls.
  • HHH is a part of the fake family too, after a long period of the WWE pretending he wasn't. After Randy Orton attacked Vince, Shane, and specifically Steph, they finally pulled the trigger and had HHH admit, on camera, to being married to Steph and Steph being the mother of his children, even going so far as to have other characters refer to him as "the last McMahon standing", so welcome to the fake family, HHH! This is a very recent development, so there are currently no deviations we can see between real HHH's standing in the family and his fake standing. Married to Steph, has kids with her, loves his wife... that's pretty much all we got at the moment. One does wonder at what point after their "divorce" HHH and Steph decided to give it another go, but screw it. That storyline was way more than three months ago.
  • During that long period of HHH being a member of the real McMahon family but not the fake version, he seemed to take a nearly unholy glee in bending kayfabe nearly to the breaking point by teasing that fact whenever possible, mostly to have some fun with the smarks, who knew damn well what was up, and as the knowledge became commonplace, the entire audience.
    • When Stephanie was pregnant for the first time — after their kayfabe divorce — HHH got in the ring and called that fact out, completely in character... and then went on to wonder at the identity of the father and his no-doubt prodigious sexual equipment.
    • When the McMahons gathered in the ring for a family portrait, HHH came up too and demanded to be included. He didn't give a reason, merely saying that he "deserved" to be in any McMahon family portrait, and let the fans figure it out for themselves. Stephanie got into the act that time, kissing Triple H during the family portrait to supposedly "piss off [her] father". HHH, not to be one-upped, responded to the kiss with "Bye Steph, see ya at home! Uhhh... errr... I mean, your brother's a gnome!"
    • HHH even managed to pull this once when he wasn't there. When he had to miss an episode of RAW because Stephanie was giving birth to their second child, his DX partner Shawn Michaels (HBK) explained that HHH wasn't there because he was secretly following the McMahons (whom DX was feuding with at the time) and added that he thought HHH had some inside information on this "baby business". He finished with a camera close-up during which he said that between him and the fans, he thought HHH knew who the father was.
• The Undertaker and Kane are on-screen half-brothers... though sometimes, the bizarre retconning that's gone on about their family history may be thick enough to actually obscure this fact. A more recent example; SmackDown General Manager Vickie Guerrero, to wear The Undertaker down before his PPV match with Edge, booked him against Kane. The match started with a lengthy sequence of arm-locks going nowhere, noted by the commentators as a consequence of the brothers not really wanting to hurt each other. All of this brotherly love makes little sense if one remembers that in recent times, they had a very character-driven match based on the fact that Kane had killed The Undertaker for becoming the American Badass^note Vince d. Taker in a "Buried Alive" match at Survivor Series 2003 as a result of Kane's interference. and forgetting his roots as a monster, and The Undertaker came back from the dead for revenge. It's pro wrestling; what're ya gonna do, accuse it of being unrealistic?
  • Not to mention that Kane or Undertaker (don't ask) may or may not have murdered their parents in the first place... of course, at the same time, Kane's biological father was Paul Bearer. Better to just ignore that whole parental storyline, as Vince Russo wrote it.
    • Just think of Taker and Kane as brothers and forget the rest. It's easier that way.
    • Some poor writer actually had to make sense of the entire thing in an actual, published book, however.
    • The late wrestling parody site Scoop This did a short article on the brothers' history, going through Kane's graduating from dental school, and his Kevin Nash infatuation.
  • Interestingly, since Undertaker and Kane have been depicted as brothers on WWE programming for almost as long or longer than some fans have been alive, many are genuinely surprised to learn that Mark Calaway and Glenn Jacobs, the men portraying them, are not actually related.
• And of course, the Hardy Brothers. Although we can probably safely presume that Real Matt is not making constant attempts on Real Jeff's life.
• An odd example where a kayfabe Wrestling Family has been sundered by Continuity Drift is the Canadian 'brothers' (and real-life childhood friends) Edge and Christian, who were first paired up in WWE in stable The Brood (where they apparently had some sort of relation to their leader Gangrel, but this was never fully explained), then went on to become one of the most decorated tag teams in history. Their feuds with the Hardys and the Dudleys remain famous, and at the time effectively pitted three sets of wrestling brothers against each other. However, at some point in the last decade, during a long period spent apart in solo careers, the relevance of their being 'related' was apparently deemed rather low in comparison to the relevance of their great past success as a team; so subsequent on-screen reunions have merely referred to their history as a partnership but quietly forgotten the fraternal bond. Presumably, according to the Three Month Rule, they therefore now never were brothers.
  • They have in fact gone into detail about their real past history together several times since 2010, so it's safe to say the brotherhood has been retconned.
• The Legacy stable has been entirely composed of subsequent-generation wrestlers: Randy Orton, Ted DiBiase Jr. (although the "Jr." is dropped in WWE as with Rey Mysterio), Cody Rhodes, and former Legacy hopefules "Manu" (Afa Anoa'i Jr.). and "Sim Snuka" (Jimmy Snuka Jr.).
• Japan has this too with Kensuke Office, an agency/touring group (or at least the banner under which they appear for promotions) which centers around Kensuke Sasaki and his adoptive son Katsuhiko Nakajima and is run by Sasaki's wife, famous female wrestler Akira Hokuto. Along with two biological sons, they're also called the Kensuke Family.
• The Great Muta (Keiji Mutoh) was initially introduced in the West as the son of the Great Kabuki. Later, in Fighting Opera HUSTLE, Monster Bono was introduced as Great Muta's son, though Bono is more like a monster he accidentally created when he magically impregnated Yinling instead of his biological offspring. Nonetheless, he adopted him as a legitimate child, and joined him and his mother. The family had a sad end, as Yinling was killed by Bono in retribution to her abuses, and Muta sacrificied himself to send The Esperanza to the underworld in order to save his son.
• On The Amanda Show, there was a sketch involving a Nuclear Family all consisting of wrestlers.
  • Fun fact: The father and son in this family were modeled after Goldust and The Blue Blazer, respectively.
• During Hulk Hogan's AWA and NWA days, he regularly tag teamed with Ed Leslie. The two were promoted as brothers, sometimes using the names Terry & Ed Boulder, and sometimes Hulk & Dizzy Hogan. While not as brothers, Leslie also formed a tag team with Hogan in the WWF; the former was known as Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake.
  • Hulk did have one legitimate family member in wrestling. His nephew Horace wrestled for WCW. Horace Hogan is the cousin of the late Mike Awesome, though Aewsome isn't related to Hulk Hogan.
• When The Giant (Paul "The Big Show" Wight) first showed up in WCW, they billed him as the Son of André.
• There were the Holly Cousins in the Attitude Era, none of whom were related to each other. First there was Bob "Hardcore" Holly and Crash Holly who tagged together. At the end of 2000 a third cousin, Molly Holly, was introduced (and who wasn't from Mobile, Alabama where they were billed from either). The three cousins went their separate ways around mid 2000-ish though the announcers did keep continuity going between them.
• In TNA this is coupled with Fake Nationality with kayfabe cousins Sarita and Rosita, both billed from Mexico. Rosita is actually from New York and Sarita is Canadian, though she took up residence in Monterrey, then in Mexico City (and she's not Hispanic either).
• One of the original plans for Sable's feud with Tori (not Wilson) in 1999 was for Tori to turn out to be Sable's biological sister. Indeed many reports for the shows where Tori would be seen sitting in the front row would point out how similar they looked. The creative team then scrapped that idea and made Tori just an obsessed fan.
• In early 2008 Katie Lea was called up to the main roster to be the kayfabe sister of Paul Burchill in a controversial angle with some Incest Subtext.
• When Terry Funk and Dory Funk Jr. were in the WWF (and Dory was renamed Hoss Funk for some reason), they recruited unrelated brother Jimmy Jack Funk (actually Jesse Barr, listed above) who was billed as the "crazy" younger brother (this is with Terry on the team, mind you). The gimmick was so stupid that Terry left the company and Dory followed after a couple of months, leaving "Jimmy" to job out the rest of his contract.
• On My Name Is Earl, Joy's half-sister Liberty is aspiring to join BLOW (Black Ladies of Wrestling). She plays "Lady Liberty," and her husband Ray-Ray plays her evil manager, "Da Man". (Even though he'd rather go for walks with his pet bearded dragon.)
• "La Familia del Dinamita" Power Stable was a mixture of real family members such as Cien Caras and his aforementioned brothers, as well as fake family members such as the aforementioned Cien Caras Jr.
• Jack Swagger's "father" made a pair of appearances in WWE, getting his ass kicked by Kane both times. Swagger's father was played by Jimmy Golden aka Bunkhouse Buck, mentioned above as being part of the (real) Fuller family.
• Eugene was originally introduced as Eric Bischoff's nephew.
• The Godwinns, a tag team of hog famers from Arkansas - Henry O. Godwinn (Mark Canterbury) and Phineas I. Godwinn (Dennis Knight). Henry arrived in WWE about 2 years before Phineas joined him. The two were originally said to be cousins, and then retconned to be brothers. After another year or so, the two dropped the pig farmer gimmick and reverted to their real names, the idea that they were related at all quietly dropped. The team ended when Canterbury suffered a severe neck injury and retired.

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