History Main / UnrelatedBrothers

** Much less that their father is [[Wrestling/MikeRotunda Irwin R. Schyster]]. WWE has lately acknowledged him as Dallas's father, though not Wyatt's.

* Max Dupri and his "sister" Maxxine Dupri of Maximum Male Models. On the October 7 episode of [=SmackDown=], When Max attack Maximum Male Models, Maxxine try to stop Max and Max told her ''What I'm not Max, What I am, who I am, L.A Knight''.

* Max Dupri and his "sister" Maxxine Dupri of Maximum Male Models. On the October 7 episode of [=SmackDown=], When Max attack Maximum Male Models Maxxine try to stop Max and Max told her ''What I'm not Max, What I am, who I am, L.A Knight.

* Max Dupri and his "sister" Maxxine Dupri of Maximum Male Models.

* Andre Chase and Lance Bravado. Chase has teaming up with his brother in other promotion using ringname Harlem Bravado such as Wrestling/RingOfHonor, Pro Wrestling Noah and Wrestling/{{ImpactWrestling}}.

* Max Dupri and his ''sister'' Maxxine Dupri of Maximum Male Models.

* Damon Kemp of Diamond Mine and Gable Steveson. %% Their family name is Steveson, with only one "n".

* Max Dupri and Maxxine Dupri of Maximum Male Models.

* Wrestling/{{Christian}} ([[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling 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).

* In Wrestling/LuchaUnderground, Fénix and Pentagon Jr. After they moved to AEW, respectively being renamed Rey Fénix and Penta El Zero Miedo (later Penta Oscuro), that promotion played with the trope, teaming them up as the Lucha Brothers while not acknowledging their real-life relationship.

* Wrestling/RandySavage and Wrestling/LannyPoffo in Wrestling/{{WWE}}.

* In Wrestling/LuchaUnderground and AEW, Fénix (Rey Fénix in AEW) and Pentagon Jr. (Penta El Zero Miedo or Penta Oscuro in AEW).

* In a rare instance of an ''official'' {{Retcon}} by Wrestling/{{WWE}}, it was revealed that Brett and Brian Major were never really brothers; they now go by Curt Hawkins and Wrestling/ZackRyder. (This being wrestling, ''those'' aren't their real names either.)

* Though Omar Atlas is probably best-remembered as a 1980s Wrestling/{{WWE}} {{Jobber}}, one of his earlier outings was in the Houston territory as Omar Negro, the "brother" of his real-life friend Cyclone Negro.

* In Wrestling/{{WWE}}, Wrestling/TheGreatKhali and his translator/manager Ranjin Singh were revealed to be brothers. Wrestling/{{WWE}} booking being [[ThreeMonthRule what it is]], there's no telling how "true" this remains any given week. When Jinder Mahal made his debut, he was introduced as the kayfabe brother-in-law of both Khali and Singh (having supposedly married their sister).

* Before they debuted in Wrestling/{{WWE}} as Men on a Mission in the early 1990s, Mabel and Mo competed as the Harlem Knights in the [=PWF=] and [=USWA=], billed as brothers Nelson and Bobby Knight; they are unrelated.

* The Golden Brothers (Mike & Dizzy Golden) who competed in Texas All-Star Wrestling in the mid-1980s were not related; Dizzy Golden was one Bill Smithson, whose most famous persona was [[Wrestling/TheMoondogs Moondog Spike]] in [=IWCCW=] and the [=USWA=].

* [[Wrestling/BigShow The Giant (Paul "The Big Show" Wight)]]'s original gimmick in Wrestling/{{WCW}} was Wrestling/AndreTheGiant's "son." He still to this day has people tell him how much they loved his "dad".
* Who can forget that {{Wrestling/Hornswoggle}} was Wrestling/VinceMcMahon's bastard son, only to actually be Wrestling/FitFinlay son? Everybody, actually.

* Mark Canterbury and Dennis Knight were repackaged as [[WrestlingDoesntPay hog-farming]] cousins Henry and Phineas Godwin by Wrestling/{{WWE}} in the mid-1990s. This was [[RetCon retconned]] a few years later, as Canterbury and Knight reverted to their real names and changed the name of their team to Southern Justice. (And poor Tony Anthony--aka Uncle Cletus--wasn't really their uncle, either, needless to say.)
** In 2006, however, Wrestling/{{WWE}} affiliate Deep South Wrestling reformed the Godwinns 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).

* [[Wrestling/NickDinsmore Eugene]] was Wrestling/EricBischoff's "nephew."
* Early in his career, Wrestling/ShaneDouglas was billed as "Troy Orndorff," Paul Orndorff's "nephew."
* Wrestling/TheFabulousKangaroos had Johnny Heffernan, real name Bob Della Serra, who was billed as original member Roy Heffernan's "cousin."

* Jason Jordan of Wrestling/AmericanAlpha was revealed to be the Kayfabe son of Wrestling/KurtAngle

* In 1988, Wrestling/{{WWE}} hired Wrestling/OwenHart, younger brother of established star Wrestling/BretHart. He wore a mask and competed as The Blue Blazer. The promotion never acknowledged the Blazer's until years later, during Owen's second tenure there.

* In 2002, brothers Solofa Fatu, Jr. (then wrestling as Wrestling/{{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).

** And Wrestling/VinceMcMahon 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 made that prospect unlikely, and (as of 2016) he's about to start his eighth season in the NFL.

* Wrestling/{{Shawn|Daivari}} and Ariya Daivari
* In Wrestling/LuchaUnderground, Fenix and Pentagon Jr.
* Damon Camp of Diamond Mind and Gable Stevenson.

* Max Dupri and Maxxine Dupri of Maximum Male Model.

* [[Wrestling/BigShow The Giant (Paul "The Big Show" Wight)]]'s original gimmick in Wrestling/{{WCW}} was Wrestling/AndreTheGiant's "son."

* Rosey and Wrestling/RomanReigns.

* 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 Wrestling/BradArmstrong 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, Michael Hayes, and the masked Baddstreet, Brad Armstrong); needless to say, the relationship between Steve Armstrong and Baddstreet was not mentioned.

* Wrestling/RandySavage and Lanny Poffo in Wrestling/{{WWE}}.

* By far the most famous example is the Anderson family, Lars, Gene, Ole, and ArnAnderson. The Andersons were usually billed as a team of brothers, though Ole and Arn were sometimes billed as uncle and nephew due to Arn being the youngest. The four had nothing in common at all, other than a passing physical similarity, and only Gene was actually named Anderson in real life.

* Shortly before the Toryumon split, current Wrestling/DragonGate wrestler Genki Horiguchi got a little brother named Hiromi Horiguchi. After the schism, Genki went to DG and Hiromi stayed with Toryumon Mexico, so they never met in the ring. It wasn't revealed they were only kayfabe brothers until years later.

* In a rather obscure example, Trisa Hayes [[Westling/TommyDreamer 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.

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

* 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, Michael Hayes, and the masked Baddstreet, Brad Armstrong); needless to say, the relationship between Steve Armstrong and Baddstreet was not mentioned.

* Wrestling/HillbillyJim and his "relatives" [[Characters/WWERockNWrestling Cousin Luke, Cousin Junior and Uncle Elmer]].

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 Wrestling/TerryFunk (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.

* Wrestling/{{Christian}} ([[Wrestling/{{TNA}} 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).

* Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys are a collection of half-brothers, each allegedly having the same father but different ''mothers''. The most famous are Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley, who formed a successful tag team in Wrestling/{{WWE}} and later Wrestling/{{TNA}}; however, the clan had its origins in the original Wrestling/{{ECW}}, where several more half-brothers dwelt, including Little Spike Dudley, Dudley Dudley, the late Big Dick Dudley, Little Snot Dudley, Dances with Dudley, Chubby Dudley, and Sign Guy Dudley.

* In Wrestling/{{WWE}}, [[TheGiant The Great Khali]] and his translator/manager Ranjin Singh were revealed to be brothers. Wrestling/{{WWE}} booking being [[ThreeMonthRule what it is]], there's no telling how "true" this remains any given week. When Jinder Mahal made his debut, he was introduced as the kayfabe brother-in-law of both Khali and Singh (having supposedly married their sister).

* The Amazing Red and Crimson in Wrestling/{{TNA}}.

* Wrestling/RoderickStrong, better known for his work in Wrestling/{{TNA}} and Wrestling/RingOfHonor, started in the Florida IPW independent promotion in early 2000 teaming with his "brother" Sedrick Strong.

* [[Wrestling/TheBigShow The Giant (Paul "The Big Show" Wight)]]'s original gimmick in Wrestling/{{WCW}} was Wrestling/AndreTheGiant's "son."

* Dario and Matanza Cueto in LuchaUnderground.
* Marty Martinez and his "sister" Mariposa, also in LuchaUnderground.

* [[Wrestling/BobHolly Bob "Hardcore" Holly]] was eventually joined in Wrestling/{{WWE}} by "cousins" Crash Holly and Wrestling/MollyHolly.

* Wrestling/{{TNA}} had Rosita (Wrestling/TheaTrinidad) and Sarita (Wrestling/SarahStock).

* Big Ryck and The Mack in LuchaUnderground.

* In 2002, brothers Solofa Fatu, Jr. (then wrestling as Wrestling/{{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).

* Bob Orton, Jr and Barry O (father and uncle, respectively, of Wrestling/RandyOrton) were not acknowledged as such in Wrestling/{{WWE}} - probably due to Bob being an upper mid-carder and Barry being a {{jobber}} (or, later, Barry accusing WWE executives of sexual harassment).

* 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 Friar Ferguson and Bastion Booger in Wrestling/{{WWE}}.