10 Sons Of Wrestling Legends Who Failed To Fill Their Father's Boots

10. Ray Gordy (Terry Gordy)

A founding member of the Fabulous Freebirds, Terry Gordy and his travelling tribe were territorial stalwarts long before they incited riots in Dallas.

Becoming Bill Watt's first choice of world champion when he took the UWF national in 1986, Gordy would go on to establish himself as a headline attraction in Japan.

Forming epic tag-teams with both Stan Hansen and Steve Williams, Gordy became a 7-time AJPW tag-team champion in addition to capturing the distinguished Triple Crown on two occasions.

All before turning 31.

When his son Ray debuted in WWE in 2007, hopes were high that Gordy Jr. might follow in his father's footsteps. However, with no mention of his family name, Ray debuted in WWE as hillbilly Jesse in tandem with a pre-Luke Gallows, Festus.

As WWE's version of Of Mice and Men, the duo toiled on the SmackDown undercard for the best part of two years before Festus was drafted to Raw in 2009.

With the spotlight on him, Ray re-debuted as white rapper Slam Master J, but the writing was already on the wall.

Being thrown together with Japanese hick Jimmy Wang Yang was Gordy's last act of note before being released in 2010 and retiring to became a police officer.

All before turning 31.