10 Greatest Wrestling Families
Sometimes you're born with wrestling in your blood.
Professional wrestling has been a family business for its entire existence. Sons would follow their fathers into the wacky world of professional wrestling and try to fill the shoes of the man who came before them. Many times the father's shadow was simply too much and the second-generation star was viewed as a disappointment. Every once in awhile, the son would surpass the father and become a bigger star than anyone ever dreamed. Wrestling's famous families have produced world champions, tag champions, and stars who continue to entertain to this day. For some families, wrestling is simply a way of life. Fathers have been passing on the secrets of the business since the early 1900s and continue to do so today. Brothers, sisters, cousins, uncles, husbands, and wives have all passed through the squared circle at some point and, in the process, helped to change and revolutionize the business that we all love today. Back in the territory days, families would guard their turf and push family members to the main event because they knew they could be trusted. Promoters like Bill Watts and Verne Gagne pushed their sons down the throats of the audience, in spite of their lack of talent and charisma. During World War II, the Dirty Dusek family ran wild all over the Nebraska territory, earning the nickname of the Dusek Riot Squad and causing havoc wherever they went. Even Vince McMahon learned the business from his father Vince Sr., who learned from his father, Jess McMahon. Soon enough, Stephanie McMahon will inherit WWE from her father and become a fourth-generation promoter. In this strange line of work, one thing is true: The family that wrestles together, stays together...sometimes.