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Post by Dave the Dave on Nov 27, 2011 15:02:02 GMT -5
Now, this may be common knowledge to some, but the family of Aurelian "Grizzly" Smith ended up being pretty succesfu.
His kids were Rockin' Robin (Women's Champ), Sam Houston and Aurelian Smith Jr. That last one you might know better as Jake "The Snake" Roberts.
What other wrestling families exist that you don't hear about?
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Post by "Hollywood" Cactus Matt on Nov 27, 2011 15:07:50 GMT -5
WWE Hall of Famer James Dudley is, in fact, the patriarch of the famous Dudley wrestling family: Bubba Ray, D-Von, Little Spike, Big Dick, Chubby, Dances With, and the whole clan.
Actually, that's not true. It's kinda fun to think about, though...
I did just find out recently that Johnny Ace and Road Warrior Animal have a third wrestling brother, Marcus, who wrestled in Japan as The Terminator and in the U.S. as Fury from the short-lived WCW tag team the Wrecking Crew. I had often wondered what happened to Rage & Fury, but I never knew Fury was a Laurinaitis until recently.
And let's not forget Animal's son, "Baby Animal" James Laurinaitis, St. Louis Rams linebacker.
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Post by Savage Gambino on Nov 27, 2011 20:09:17 GMT -5
I would argue the Malenko family. I didn't find out until recently that Dean Malenko was a second-generation wrestler, and he has a brother that's a wrestler.
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Post by Dave the Dave on Nov 27, 2011 20:42:37 GMT -5
I didn't know his brother, but I did know of his father Bore-us.
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Post by molson5 on Nov 27, 2011 20:44:17 GMT -5
The Poffos are well known, but not necessarily known as a "wrestling family" like some of others, probably because the three played such hugely different characters. But still, that's wrestling royalty.
Also, I always found it kind of amusing that Jerry Lawler and the Honky Tonk Man were cousins. They look so much alike and have similar charisma, but yet - I'm not sure I've ever seen them interact or talk about each other. So "family" may be stretching it, but between them and Brian Christopher, it's not a bad lineage.
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Post by TGM on Nov 27, 2011 20:45:30 GMT -5
Is Jimmy Janetty related to Marty? Or did I just imagine that Jimmy Janetty even exists?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2011 20:50:59 GMT -5
The Hennig's have three generations to their credit, even if everyone forgets that McGillicuddy is the most recent one. Same with the DiBiases.
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Post by nisidhe on Nov 27, 2011 21:03:10 GMT -5
Not sure how well the Cormiers are known outside of Atlantic Canada, but they pretty much ran Grand Prix Wrestling through most of its existence, both in and out of the ring; the most famous brother was Leo Burke. Rene Dupree is a son of Emile Dupree, who for a long time owned Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling. On his first outings, Rene was booked as Rene Rougeau.
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Post by chunkylover53 on Nov 27, 2011 21:21:02 GMT -5
I did just find out recently that Johnny Ace and Road Warrior Animal have a third wrestling brother, Marcus, who wrestled in Japan as The Terminator and in the U.S. as Fury from the short-lived WCW tag team the Wrecking Crew. I had often wondered what happened to Rage & Fury, but I never knew Fury was a Laurinaitis until recently. And let's not forget Animal's son, "Baby Animal" James Laurinaitis, St. Louis Rams linebacker. I didn't even know those two were related, the more you know. Stan and Shawn Stasiak come to mind. |
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Post by Apricots And A Pear Tree on Nov 27, 2011 21:23:35 GMT -5
The Grimes family, Vic and Nic.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2011 21:27:16 GMT -5
Windham's/Rotunda's as well.
BlackJack Mulligan
Barry Windham
Kendall Windham
Mike Rotunda
Husky Harris
Bo Rotunda
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Post by Mozenrath on Nov 27, 2011 22:10:06 GMT -5
The Poffos are well known, but not necessarily known as a "wrestling family" like some of others, probably because the three played such hugely different characters. But still, that's wrestling royalty. Also, I always found it kind of amusing that Jerry Lawler and the Honky Tonk Man were cousins. They look so much alike and have similar charisma, but yet - I'm not sure I've ever seen them interact or talk about each other. So "family" may be stretching it, but between them and Brian Christopher, it's not a bad lineage. If I recall, Lawler and HTM really don't like each other, though I've only really heard it from HTM's end, since Lawler isn't in four billion shoots like HTM is. Orton having an uncle in wrestling doesn't seem to get mentioned much, unlike of course his father and to a lesser extent, his grandfather. Probably since Orton's uncle didn't wrestle as an Orton for much of his career, if any. |
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Post by Baixo Astral on Nov 27, 2011 22:21:35 GMT -5
The mighty Gulas'.
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Post by lovingway on Nov 27, 2011 23:31:53 GMT -5
Dave Taylor is third generation
Ricky Steamboat's brother was also a wrestler
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Post by kidkamikaze10 on Nov 27, 2011 23:47:59 GMT -5
The Knights from England would count.
Britani Knight
Sweet Saraya Knight
Zebra Kid
Zak Zodiac
Rowdy Ricky Knight
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Post by Throwback on Nov 27, 2011 23:58:26 GMT -5
Not sure how well the Cormiers are known outside of Atlantic Canada, but they pretty much ran Grand Prix Wrestling through most of its existence, both in and out of the ring; the most famous brother was Leo Burke. Rene Dupree is a son of Emile Dupree, who for a long time owned Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling. On his first outings, Rene was booked as Rene Rougeau. Rene's big brother Jeff also wrestles. |
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Post by RowdyRobbyPiper on Nov 28, 2011 4:06:36 GMT -5
Also, I always found it kind of amusing that Jerry Lawler and the Honky Tonk Man were cousins. They look so much alike and have similar charisma, but yet - I'm not sure I've ever seen them interact or talk about each other. They were both in the Tupelo Concession Stand Brawl. |
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Post by RowdyRobbyPiper on Nov 28, 2011 4:12:55 GMT -5
Not sure how well the Cormiers are known outside of Atlantic Canada, but they pretty much ran Grand Prix Wrestling through most of its existence, both in and out of the ring; the most famous brother was Leo Burke. Rene Dupree is a son of Emile Dupree, who for a long time owned Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling. On his first outings, Rene was booked as Rene Rougeau. I grew up in the Maritimes so my first exposure to pro wrestling was Grand Prix. Leo Burke, prior to my intitiation to WWE was my favorite wrestler. His oldest brother, Yvon wrestled as The Beast and his next older brother wrestled as Rudy Kay. After Leo retired from the ring, he worked for WWE as a trainer. His best known proteges were Ken Shamrock, Edge, Christian, and Mark Henry. |
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Post by Baixo Astral on Nov 28, 2011 4:39:03 GMT -5
The Knights from England would count. Britani Knight Sweet Saraya Knight Zebra Kid Zak Zodiac Rowdy Ricky Knight Poor Nikki Best  |
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Post by Throwback on Nov 28, 2011 4:43:04 GMT -5
Not sure how well the Cormiers are known outside of Atlantic Canada, but they pretty much ran Grand Prix Wrestling through most of its existence, both in and out of the ring; the most famous brother was Leo Burke. Rene Dupree is a son of Emile Dupree, who for a long time owned Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling. On his first outings, Rene was booked as Rene Rougeau. I grew up in the Maritimes so my first exposure to pro wrestling was Grand Prix. Leo Burke, prior to my intitiation to WWE was my favorite wrestler. His oldest brother, Yvon wrestled as The Beast and his next older brother wrestled as Rudy Kay. Don't forget Bobby Kay and they had another brother Malcolm who was a ref |
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