8 Fourth Generation Pro Wrestlers

8. The Usos

Parent: Rikishi

Grandparent: Elevera Anoa'i

Great Grandparents: Amituana Anoa'i & Tovale Anoa'i

Getting into this list on a technicality if not counted by WWE, The Usos' lineage traces back through the historic Samoan wrestling dynasty all the way to its very beginnings.

Amituana Anoa'i & Tovale Anoa'i are at the very top of the Samoan Family Tree, branching off in every direction including several others in this list. Jimmy & Jey currently reside at the very bottom having now spent longer over one continues stint with WWE (or any variant of it) than anyone else in the family.

Rikishi's repeated comebacks and nostalgia pops are borne out of a deep affection carved out between the former Headshrinker and WWE's biggest ever fanbase at their cultural, commercial and creative zenith in 2000, but his sons have done even more in the doubles ranks than both his 1990s team with Samu and Afa & Sika's fabled Wild Samoans act.

Authored by Michael Hamflett

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Posted On: 12th Feb 2020

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