History Main / UnrelatedBrothers

* Shawn and Ariya Daivari

* In Wrestling/{{WWE}}, Domino and Cherry were not really brother and sister.

* Marty Martinez and his "sister" Mariposa, also in LuchaUnderground

* In a rare non-wrestling example, Jack and Meg White of Music/TheWhiteStripes originally claimed to be brother and sister, when actually they were AmicableExes.

!!'''Variations (unrelated cousins):'''

!!'''Inversions (legitimate--but unacknowledged--brothers):'''

Perhaps due to the internet making it easy for fans to learn if wrestlers are really related or not, along with there being a plethora of real relatives in the business now, this practice seems to be [[DiscreditedTrope falling out of favor]].

* World Class Championship Wrestling mainstay Solomon Grundy (your typical "wrestling hillbilly" gimmick) competed in Mexico in the early 1990s. During his tenure there, he was joined in tag team matches by his brother, Aaron Grundy--played by Mike Shaw, who had been Norman the Lunatic in the NWA and would subsequently portray Makhan Singh in the GWF and Bastion Booger in Wrestling/{{WWE}}.

* After the British Bulldogs split up in the late 1980s, [[Wrestling/DynamiteKid the Dynamite Kid]] competed in Japan, where he teamed with Johnny Smith under the pretense that Johnny was former partner Wrestling/DaveyBoySmith's brother; he was not.

* In a rather obscure example, Trisa Hayes Laughlin, better known to Wrestling/{{ECW}} fans as Wrestling/{{Beulah McGillicutty}}, had a brief run in Stampede Wrestling in TheEighties as Wrestling/BrianPillman's "sister" Theresa. Hayes and Pillman had been dating at the time in RealLife, so that's how she got the gig.

* When Wrestling/TheSheepherders, Luke Williams and Butch Miller, entered Wrestling/{{WWE}} in 1988, they not only changed their team name to the Bushwhackers, but became cousins as well.

* Joe and Wrestling/JohnLaurinaitis (better known as [[Wrestling/TheRoadWarriors Road Warrior Animal]] and Johnny Ace, respectively) have never been acknowledged as related, let alone as brothers, even though they've been in the same promotion together--most notably the NWA of the late 1980s. Furthermore, a third brother, Marcus Laurinaitis, was a {{Jobber}} in the NWA around that time, competing as The Terminator.

** Much less that their father is [[Wrestling/MikeRotunda Irwin R. Schyster]].
* Rosey and Wrestling/RomanReigns

* Wrestling/{{Christian}} Cage and Wrestling/{{Edge}} were introduced as brothers upon their entrance to Wrestling/{{WWE}} in 1998. As their characters evolved in the mid-2000s, this aspect of their relationship was deemphasized, but was never officially [[RetCon retconned]] until 2010 when the two finally referred to themselves simply as best friends since childhood. It doesn't help that Edge is actually ''one month'' older than Christian (Edge born October 30th, and Christian on November 30th, both in 1973).

* Dario and Matanza Cueto in LuchaUndeground.

* Big Ryck and The Mack in LuchaUnderground

* Wrestling/{{Arn|Anderson}} and Ole Anderson were billed as almost every possible familial combination, including brothers, but usually uncle and nephew; they are unrelated. In fact, of the four Andersons--Gene, Lars, Ole, and Arn--only Gene is even named Anderson. Gene had a son named Brad Anderson, who never even got pushed as part of the Anderson Family.

* Wrestling/RicFlair was a cousin of the Andersons (see above) during the early years of their affiliation in the NWA.

Brothers are a common phenomenon in wrestling. This makes sense; the consecutive SuperBowl successes of Peyton and Eli Manning at least hint at a genetic component to athletic success. The presence of siblings in a wrestling promotion contributes a degree of logic and realism to the proceedings; after all, it seems only natural--and a {{tag team}} of brothers is even more logical, for surely siblings would work together more effectively than a tandem composed of mere acquaintances.

** Mostly this one is still remembered; best example is that whenever they team-up, the tag-team is called the "Brothers of Destruction." It is occasionally referenced when they feud.

* While working in Florida in the mid-1980s, the legendary Dory Funk Jr. and Wrestling/TerryFunk decided they needed another brother so they were joined by Jesse Barr, sporting a Lone Ranger-style mask and going by the name Jimmy Jack Funk. They were even able to convince [[Wrestling/VinceMcMahon Vince [=McMahon=]]] to bring him in to the WWF to team with "Hoss" (aka Dory) after Terry got a singles push.

* Waldo Von Erich was not related in any way to [[Wrestling/VonErichFamily Fritz Von Erich]], patriarch of the five wrestling Von Erich brothers.

* Axl and Ian Rotten, whose pairing as brothers began in the GWF in 1992 and continues to this day.

* Early in Tommy Dreamer's career, he changed his name to T. D. Madison and teamed with G. Q. Madison in IWCCW.

** In 2006, however, Wrestling/{{WWE}} affiliate Deep South Wrestling reformed the Godwins with Henry (Canterbury) and new cousin Ray (Ray Gordy). This iteration ended when Ray left for Wrestling/{{WWE}} proper to become a Dalton (see above).

* In 2002, brothers Solofa Fatu, Jr. (then wrestling as Rikishi) and the late Eddie Fatu (then known as Jamal, most recently as Wrestling/{{Umaga}} were on the Wrestling/{{WWE}} roster at the same time. They never really interacted in storylines, and weren't acknowledged as brothers (though given the complexity of the Samoan wrestling family tree, they may have been the only ones who knew).
* Steve Armstrong competed in Wrestling/{{WCW}} in the early 1990s, primarily as half of the Southern Boys (aka Young Pistols) tag team with Tracy Smothers. During this time, his brother Brad Armstrong portrayed a number of masked characters, such as Baddstreet, [[CaptainErsatz Arachnaman]], and The Freedom Fighter; each of these could be considered an example of unacknowledged brothers, as none of these characters was ever identified as Brad. On one notable occasion, the 1991 Great American Bash, the team of [[Wrestling/{{Goldust}} Dustin Rhodes]], Tracy Smothers and Steve Armstrong defeated the Freebirds (Jimmy Garvin, Michaels Hayes, and the masked Baddstreet, Brad Armstrong); needless to say, the relationship between Steve Armstrong and Baddstreet was not mentioned.

** And [[Wrestling/VinceMcMahon Vince [=McMahon=]]] is on record as saying that Joe's son James is welcome on his roster if football doesn't work out. Although the Butkus Award for best college linebacker makes that prospect unlikely.

* [[Wrestling/EddieGilbert Eddie]] and Doug Gilbert both entered the GWF upon its inception in 1991. Doug spent his entire tenure competing under a mask as The Dark Patriot, and their relationship was never acknowledged--even when Eddie beat Doug for the promotion's heavyweight title.
* Despite previously working as a brother team in FCW, there have been no allusions to the relationship between [[Wrestling/TheWyattFamily Bray Wyatt]] (Windham Rotunda) and Wrestling/BoDallas (Taylor Rotunda)

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* Wrestling/{{TNA}} had Rosita (Thea Trinidad) and Sarita (Sarah Stock).

* Neither are Paul Burchill and Katie Lea.

Wrestling brothers might indeed form a legendary and oft-decorated team, like Rick and Scott Steiner; or each might be recognized as a legitimate star in his own right, like Dory and Terry Funk (each a former Wrestling/{{N|ationalWrestlingAlliance}}WA world champion). If they were once a single zygote, then you have TagTeamTwins, such as Ron and Don Harris (they would also qualify as a SiblingTeam). If there are a bunch of them, like the Harts or the Wrestling/{{Von Erich|Family}}s, that's a WrestlingFamily.

Brothers are a common phenomenon in wrestling. This makes sense; the consecutive SuperBowl successes of Peyton and Eli Manning at least hint at a genetic component to athletic success. The presence of siblings in a wrestling promotion contributes a degree of logic and realism to the proceedings; after all, it seems only natural--and a tag team of brothers is even more logical, for surely siblings would work together more effectively than a tandem composed of mere acquaintances.

Wrestling brothers might indeed form a legendary and oft-decorated team, like Rick and Scott Steiner; or each might be recognized as a legitimate star in his own right, like Dory and Terry Funk (each a former NWA world champion). If they were once a single zygote, then you have TagTeamTwins, such as Ron and Don Harris (they would also qualify as a SiblingTeam). If there are a bunch of them, like the Harts or the Von Erichs, that's a WrestlingFamily.

* When former AWA tag team champions Mike Enos and Wayne Bloom arrived in Wrestling/{{WWE}} in 1991, they were immediately rechristened Beau and Blake Beverly.

* Michael Hayes and "Hollywood" John Tatum were billed as cousins in the NationalWrestlingAlliance in the early 1980s.