List of family relations in professional wrestling
This is a list of family relations in professional wrestling. Since the creation of the National Wrestling Alliance in 1948, family members have been involved in all aspects of the industry. Although most connections are among wrestlers, there have been significant contributions from family members in managing, promoting, training and refereeing.
According to this list, 32 pairs of brothers (excluding kayfabe relationships) have wrestled together as a tag team; among them, one team has won the NWA World Tag Team Championship, five have won the WCW World Tag Team Championship and three have won the WWF/E World Tag Team Championship together. Brothers have also squared off against each other in singles competition, for example, Bret "The Hitman" Hart wrestled his brother Owen in a steel cage match for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship at SummerSlam (1994).
Two-hundred and twenty-three children have followed in their father's footsteps with many competing in the same promotions. Fathers and sons have sometimes teamed together in tag team matches since the 1950s and, on occasion, have wrestled each other in singles matches.
World Wrestling Entertainment has seen the most familial connections with 85: fifteen brother pairs, twenty-six father–children combinations, fourteen grandfather–grandchildren combo, four uncle–nephew pair, two cousins, fifteen husband–wife combinations, five sets of brothers-in-law, and two combination of father-in-law and son-in-law.
Below is a list of family relations throughout professional wrestling since 1948. Names in bold have won a national or world heavyweight championship. Names in italics are members of a recognized hall of fame (e.g. NWA Wrestling Legends Hall of Heroes, Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame, Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame).
Siblings
Parent–children (Second-generation wrestlers)
Grandfather–grandsons (Third-generation wrestlers)
This category is for such pairings not already listed in the "Father–son" section above.
Great-grandfather–great-grandsons (Fourth-generation wrestlers)
This category is for such pairings not already listed in the "Grandfather–grandsons" section above.
Grandfather | Grandson | Country | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Eddie Auger | Jean-Jacques Rougeau | Canada | Great-grandnephew.[21] |
Jess McMahon | Shane McMahon, Stephanie McMahon | United States | [21][38] |
Roy Welch | Bobby Golden, Eddie Golden | United States | [28] |
Uncles–nephews
This category is for such pairings not already listed in the "Father–son" & "Siblings" sections above.
Cousins
In-law
This category is for pairings of in-laws.
Marriages
This category is for marriages.
See also
- List of family relations in American football
- List of second-generation Major League Baseball players
- List of second-generation National Basketball Association players
- List of family relations in the NHL
- List of rugby league families
- List of association football families of note
- List of international rugby union families
- List of chess families
- List of boxing families
- List of professional sports families
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External links
- The 9 Greatest Professional Wrestling Families
- SLAM! Wrestling: 2nd-gen grapplers reflect on their Dads at SLAM! Sports
- SLAM! Wrestling: Fathers find raising wrestlers a challenge at SLAM! Sports
- SLAM! Wrestling: Family matters in pro wrestling at SLAM! Sports
- Did You Know? Wrestling Families Edition (Part 1) at RingSideNews.com