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Post by Throwback on Feb 20, 2017 19:22:13 GMT -5
Just thinking about Bray Wyatt being champion and how he reached success that his relatives didn't and it got me thinking about other generation superstars that surpassed their relatives. And it almost seems that most 2nd/3rd generation ended up fitting this category Bret Hart, Macho Man, Randy Orton, Yokozuna, etc... So I'm wondering what are some superstars that had a hard time getting out of their relatives shadows? I recently learned that these 2 are father and son.
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Post by horsemen4ever on Feb 20, 2017 19:23:40 GMT -5
The conversation begins and end with one name, David Sammartino.
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Feb 20, 2017 19:30:41 GMT -5
Bryant Anderson (Ole's son) and Brad Anderson (Gene's).
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Post by Mozenrath on Feb 20, 2017 19:34:05 GMT -5
Decent career in his own right, but Brian Lawler is a glaring example.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Feb 20, 2017 19:35:04 GMT -5
Just thinking about Bray Wyatt being champion and how he reached success that his relatives didn't and it got me thinking about other generation superstars that surpassed their relatives. And it almost seems that most 2nd/3rd generation ended up fitting this category Bret Hart, Macho Man, Randy Orton, Yokozuna, etc... So I'm wondering what are some superstars that had a hard time getting out of their relatives shadows? I recently learned that these 2 are father and son. Why doesn't his son have shoulders?
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Post by Ted Sheckler on Feb 20, 2017 19:55:48 GMT -5
Jamie Dundee. Made it to the big time but mainly as a lower midcard/opening tag team. Had success in the Memphis territories in the 90's as well I think but nothing on the level of Bill.
Also, Dustin Rhodes, great career in his own right but he's no Dusty.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Feb 20, 2017 19:58:07 GMT -5
Ted DiBiase Jr. In fairness he seemed to want to get out the wrestling life and once he did he never looked back
Brian Lawler as mentioned could never escape his fathers shadow
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Post by Throwback on Feb 20, 2017 20:36:54 GMT -5
I don't know much about Larry Hennig or Kurt Hennig outside of WWF. how was Kurt's career compared to his dad's?
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Post by Reflecto on Feb 20, 2017 20:50:10 GMT -5
I don't know much about Larry Hennig or Kurt Hennig outside of WWF. how was Kurt's career compared to his dad's? Curt Hennig won the AWA World Title, and Larry peaked as AWA Tag Champ nationally (though he did have a run as Texas Heavyweight Champ.) So, Curt would count at least as much as Bray Wyatt to Mike Rotundo where the father wasn't exactly a slouch, but the son won the big one.
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Post by Sicho100 on Feb 20, 2017 20:56:46 GMT -5
Vader's son was once in NXT.
And there's Lacey Von Erich, who came SO CLOSE to getting out of her dad's shadow. And her Grandpa's. And Uncles'. And Lance's.
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Post by 2coldMack is even more baffled on Feb 20, 2017 20:57:05 GMT -5
I don't know much about Larry Hennig or Kurt Hennig outside of WWF. how was Kurt's career compared to his dad's? Curt Hennig won the AWA World Title, and Larry peaked as AWA Tag Champ nationally (though he did have a run as Texas Heavyweight Champ.) So, Curt would count at least as much as Bray Wyatt to Mike Rotundo where the father wasn't exactly a slouch, but the son won the big one. Plus, while Larry Hennig was a pretty big regional draw back in the day, it's hard to argue that Curt wasn't a much larger national star, even without winning a World Title in one of the big 2 of the 90's.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2017 21:46:02 GMT -5
Just thinking about Bray Wyatt being champion and how he reached success that his relatives didn't and it got me thinking about other generation superstars that surpassed their relatives. And it almost seems that most 2nd/3rd generation ended up fitting this category Bret Hart, Macho Man, Randy Orton, Yokozuna, etc... So I'm wondering what are some superstars that had a hard time getting out of their relatives shadows? I recently learned that these 2 are father and son. Why doesn't his son have shoulders? Because he is Melt Man!
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Feb 20, 2017 21:56:58 GMT -5
Why doesn't his son have shoulders? Because he is Melt Man! Well, Mark did protray a hillbilly. I don't want to assume things.
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Post by lionheart21 on Feb 20, 2017 22:01:01 GMT -5
Why doesn't his son have shoulders? Because he is Melt Man! With the power to...Melt.
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Feb 20, 2017 22:08:13 GMT -5
David Benoit. Has never even had the chance to step out of his father's shadow and likely will never be given that chance.
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Post by celtics543 on Feb 20, 2017 22:09:04 GMT -5
Another obvious one is David Flair, although I'm not sure how much he really wanted to be in the business and the odds are really low that he was going to outdo Naitch. I think this should be relative to how big a star the first generation was, especially in a case like Dustin Rhodes. 99% of all wrestlers ever would kill to have the career that Dustin had and he still couldn't get to Dusty's level, but he still had a great career.
I'll throw out Scott Putski as another guy who didn't live up to his dad's legacy.
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Post by 2coldMack is even more baffled on Feb 20, 2017 22:15:10 GMT -5
David Benoit. Has never even had the chance to step out of his father's shadow and likely will never be given that chance. Has he actually had matches yet, or is he still in training?
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Feb 20, 2017 22:17:59 GMT -5
David Benoit. Has never even had the chance to step out of his father's shadow and likely will never be given that chance. Has he actually had matches yet, or is he still in training? I don't actually know, he might have given up on it completely because he was never going to get a fair chance.
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Post by Reflecto on Feb 20, 2017 22:21:29 GMT -5
Another obvious one is David Flair, although I'm not sure how much he really wanted to be in the business and the odds are really low that he was going to outdo Naitch. I think this should be relative to how big a star the first generation was, especially in a case like Dustin Rhodes. 99% of all wrestlers ever would kill to have the career that Dustin had and he still couldn't get to Dusty's level, but he still had a great career. That also leads to other cases where on paper, they SHOULD be living up to it, but for reasons outside of any possibility they never will. That list pretty much only consists of Charlotte- getting a historically huge push to begin her career, getting a huge push as a star, objectively being given every opportunity to be THE WOMAN in WWE and be the core female superstar they have...but solely due to being a woman and the women's title just not being on the same level as a men's World Title, it's virtually impossible to outdo Naitch.
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Post by agent817 on Feb 20, 2017 22:24:28 GMT -5
Another obvious one is David Flair, although I'm not sure how much he really wanted to be in the business and the odds are really low that he was going to outdo Naitch. I think this should be relative to how big a star the first generation was, especially in a case like Dustin Rhodes. 99% of all wrestlers ever would kill to have the career that Dustin had and he still couldn't get to Dusty's level, but he still had a great career. That also leads to other cases where on paper, they SHOULD be living up to it, but for reasons outside of any possibility they never will. That list pretty much only consists of Charlotte- getting a historically huge push to begin her career, getting a huge push as a star, objectively being given every opportunity to be THE WOMAN in WWE and be the core female superstar they have...but solely due to being a woman and the women's title just not being on the same level as a men's World Title, it's virtually impossible to outdo Naitch. It seems that WWE is taking their women's division more seriously these days than before. I wonder if there would maybe be women's tag titles in the future. Anyway, on the subject, I wonder how far Reid could have gone had he lived. Do you think he would have been given a fair shot in WWE?
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