History Main / WrestlingFamily

* The '''Flair''' family: Wrestling/RicFlair, his two sons David and Reid, and daughter Ashley (younger than David, older than Reid). David Flair had a brief run in Wrestling/{{WCW}} as a manager/backstage type who trained part-time at WCW's Power Plant wrestling school as more of a hobby than out of any real desire to wrestle for a living. As WCW quickly plunged into it's early 2000's AudienceAlienatingEra, he was pushed onto the card in actual matches long before he was ready to perform professionally. After WCW closed its doors, he had a mildly successful run in TNA and the independent circuit before retiring, and is today best remembered for his old [=TitanTron=] video. Younger son Reid was a highly decorated amateur wrestler in high school and college before making his professional debut in 2008. He later wrestled for a handful of [[Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance NWA]] affiliates. Sadly, Reid passed away on March 29, 2013 at the age of 25 from a drug overdose. As for Ashley, she's now one of WWE's top female stars as Wrestling/CharlotteFlair, was married to British wrestler Thom Latimer from 2013-2015 and then to [[Wrestling/AndradeCienAlmas Andrade El Ídolo]] since 2022. Ric's other daughter Megan (who made non-wrestling appearances on ''Monday Nitro'') is married to Conrad Thompson, a mortgage broker and (more importantly for this topic) a host/moderator of several prominent wrestling podcasts and promoter of the intermittently held Starrcast fan convention in Nashville. He's also currently in possession of the original Wrestling/BigGoldBelt. Thompson organized ''Ric Flair's Last Match'', an indy supershow held on July 31, 2022 in conjunction with Starrcast, in which Ric worked what he [[TenMinuteRetirement now claims]] will be his last match ever as part of a tag team with Andrade.

* As noted, the '''[[Wrestling/SamoanDynasty Anoa'i]]''' family of Samoa has any number of relations. The Anoa'i branches of the family tree start with Wrestling/TheWildSamoans (Afa and Sika Anoa'i). All three of Afa's sons are wrestlers (Samu, Afa Jr. (also known as Manu), and Lloyd (who wrestles as Alofa the Samoan Tank or L.A. Smooth, depending)). Afa's daughter, Monica, was married to Gary Albright before Albright's death. Sika's sons Matt and Joseph are also wrestlers, the former best known as The Hurricane's sidekick, Rosey, and the latter as Wrestling/TheShield's muscle and later the WWE's new poster boy Wrestling/RomanReigns. Afa and Sika's two other siblings sired wrestlers -- brother Junior's son Rodney wrestled as Wrestling/{{Yokozuna}}, and sister Vera Fatu's sons all wrestled (Sam as Tama, Solofa as many names, most famously Wrestling/{{Rikishi}}, and Eddie as Jamal then Wrestling/{{Umaga}}). Sam's son Jacob Fatu is signed with Wrestling/{{MLW}}. Rikishi's twin sons Jonathan and Joshua became a top {{tag team}} as [[Wrestling/TheUsos Jimmy and Jey Uso]], Rikishi's another son Joseph Fatu known as Solo Sikoa in NXT 2.0 and main roster. Samu's son Lance also became a wrestler. Afa also has a nephew who wrestles most notably in Europe as Black Pearl.

* Wrestling/AngelinaLove and Davey Richards were married from 2015-2017.

* Matt and Nick '''Massie''', best known as Wrestling/TheYoungBucks (and also as Matt and Nick Jackson), have been one of the most heralded tag teams on the indie scene since their 2004 debut, and became co-founders of Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling in 2019. They also wrestled in TNA for a while as Generation Me under the names Max and Jeremy Buck and are a part of Wrestling/BulletClub. Their younger brother Malachi was also a wrestler and occasionally teamed with them before retiring from the business, their cousin Tab is also a wrestler, and Matt's wife Dana is AEW's chief marketing officer.

* Wrestling/JohnMorrison and Taka Valkyrie have been married since 2018.

* The '''Flair''' family: Wrestling/RicFlair, his two sons David and Reid, and daughter Ashley (younger than David, older than Reid). David Flair had a brief run in Wrestling/{{WCW}} as a manager/backstage type who trained part-time at WCW's Power Plant wrestling school as more of a hobby than out of any real desire to wrestle for a living. As WCW quickly plunged into it's early 2000's AudienceAlienatingEra, he was pushed onto the card in actual matches long before he was ready to perform professionally. After WCW closed its doors, he had a mildly successful run in TNA and the independent circuit before retiring, and is today best remembered for his old [=TitanTron=] video. Younger son Reid was a highly decorated amateur wrestler in high school and college before making his professional debut in 2008. He later wrestled for a handful of [[Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance NWA]] affiliates. Sadly, Reid passed away on March 29, 2013 at the age of 25 from a drug overdose. As for Ashley, she's now one of WWE's top female stars as Wrestling/CharlotteFlair, was married to British wrestler Thom Latimer from 2013-2015 and then to [[Wrestling/AndradeCienAlmas Andrade El Ídolo]] since 2022. Ric's other daughter Megan (who made non-wrestling appearances on ''Monday Nitro'') is married to Conrad Thompson, a mortgage broker and (more importantly for this topic) a host/moderator of several prominent wrestling podcasts and promoter of the intermittently held Starrcast fan convention in Nashville. He's also currently in possession of the Wrestling/BigGoldBelt. Thompson organized ''Ric Flair's Last Match'', an indy supershow held on July 31, 2022 in conjunction with Starrcast, in which Ric worked what he [[TenMinuteRetirement now claims]] will be his last match ever as part of a tag team with Andrade.

* Joel and Jose '''Maximo''', The Spanish Announce Team. The brothers debuted in 2000 and would go into [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]] with cousin Amazing Red, who later be joined by another cousin [[Wrestling/TheaTrinidad Rosita (also Divina Fly)]]. The Maximos have another brother who wrestles named Wil. Rosita later found some success in WWE as Zelina Vega, and is married to Dutch wrestler [[Wrestling/AleisterBlack Thomas Büdgen]], known as Tommy End, WWE's Aleister Black and AEW's Malakai Black.

** Vince's son-in-law, the aforementioned Paul "Wrestling/TripleH" Levesque, is among the most recognizable and arguably infamous wrestlers in the history of the business. Now retired, he serves as WWE's Content Director, combining the formerly separate positions of Head of Creative and Head of Talent Relations (i.e. he's the booker) and was retained in that position after the UFC-WWE merger. Before that he was well-known as the brain behind Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} during the beloved Black & Gold era, Wrestling/ShawnMichaels is now booking NXT.

** Patriarch [[Wrestling/VinceMcMahon Vincent Kennedy]] was the behind-the-scenes AND onscreen Chairman and CEO of the company until 2022, returning in those roles in 2023[[note]]To sell the company to the parent company of UsefulNotes/{{UFC}}, a deal that was announced at ''Wrestling/WrestleMania 39'' and finalized later that year. Vince was sort of KickedUpstairs, as he was made a vice president in the new combined company (called TKO Holdings) and given a huge payoff in both cash and stock, but also (according to TKO Holdings CEO Ari Emanuel) completely removed from having ''any'' input in [=WWE's=] creative (now run by Triple H, see below)[[/note]]. , and wrestled on a semi-regular basis, having held both the WWE and revived ECW World Championships as well as being a former Wrestling/RoyalRumble winner.

A SubTrope of RealLifeRelative.

** Patriarch [[Wrestling/VinceMcMahon Vincent Kennedy]] was the behind-the-scenes AND onscreen Chairman and CEO of the company until 2022, returning in those roles in 2023, and wrestled on a semi-regular basis, having held both the WWE and revived ECW World Championships as well as being a former Wrestling/RoyalRumble winner.

** Vince's son-in-law, the aforementioned Paul "Wrestling/TripleH" Levesque, is among the most recognizable and arguably infamous wrestlers in the history of the business. Now retired, he serves as WWE's lead writer and Executive Vice President for Talent Relations, and before that was well-known as the brain behind Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} 1.0.

* Kyoko '''Kimura''' has a wrestler husband in Isao Kobayashi and a wrestler daughter in Hana Kimura. Kyoko and Hana even held the [[Wrestling/WorldWonderRingSTARDOM Artist Of STARDOM]] belts for Oedo~tai.

* The '''Flair''' family: Wrestling/RicFlair, his two sons David and Reid, and daughter Ashley (younger than David, older than Reid). David Flair had a brief run in Wrestling/{{WCW}} as a manager/backstage type who trained part-time at WCW's Power Plant wrestling school as more of a hobby than out of any real desire to wrestle for a living. As WCW quickly plunged into it's early 2000's AudienceAlienatingEra, he was pushed onto the card in actual matches long before he was ready to perform professionally. After WCW closed its doors, he had a mildly successful run in TNA and the independent circuit before retiring, and is today best remembered for his old [=TitanTron=] video. Younger son Reid was a highly decorated amateur wrestler in high school and college before making his professional debut in 2008. He later wrestled for a handful of [[Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance NWA]] affiliates. Sadly, Reid passed away on March 29, 2013 at the age of 25 from a drug overdose. As for Ashley, she's now one of WWE's top female stars as Wrestling/CharlotteFlair, and married [[Wrestling/AndradeCienAlmas Andrade El Ídolo]] in 2022. Ric's other daughter Megan (who made non-wrestling appearances on ''Monday Nitro'') is married to Conrad Thompson, a mortgage broker and (more importantly for this topic) a host/moderator of several prominent wrestling podcasts and promoter of the intermittently held Starrcast fan convention in Nashville. He's also currently in possession of the Wrestling/BigGoldBelt. Thompson organized ''Ric Flair's Last Match'', an indy supershow held on July 31, 2022 in conjunction with Starrcast, in which Ric worked what he [[TenMinuteRetirement now claims]] will be his last match ever as part of a tag team with Andrade.

* Corey '''Graves''', one of WWE NXT's standouts, has a brother who had a very short stint in the FCW developmental territory as Buddy Stetcher, and left a few months before Graves arrived.

* [[Wrestling/TheBlackjacks Bob "Blackjack Mulligan" Windham]] and sons Wrestling/{{Barry|Windham}} and Kendall. '''Windham''' is also the father-in-law of wrestler Wrestling/MikeRotunda, who is the poster child of WrestlingDoesntPay with no less than three "second job" gimmicks under his belt (Captain Mike, V. K. Wallstreet, and most famously IRS). Rotunda's own sons, Windham and Taylor, are also wrestlers. Under the name Husky Harris, Windham competed on NXT season 2 and was with the Nexus for a few months, and later became one of WWE's top heels as Wrestling/BrayWyatt. Taylor had a short stint in WWE and dominated NXT as the unpopular Wrestling/BoDallas. Taylor also met his wife Sarah Bäckman during her brief (two months) stint in NXT as Shara.

* Rey '''Misterio''' Sr., who debuted in 1976, and [[Wrestling/ReyMysterioJr Rey Misterio Jr.]] (now wrestling as Rey Mysterio), although they are uncle and nephew, rather than father and son. And, just to confuse matters, Rey Misterio Sr.'s son also wrestles under the same mask as El Hijo de Rey Misterio. To confuse matters even further, El Hijo de Rey Misterio briefly retired from professional wrestling, after which time Rey Misterio Sr. and Wrestling/{{Konnan}} introduced a new wrestler in May 2011 who also went by the name El Hijo de Rey Misterio (though his relationship to the Misterio family is unknown). The original El Hijo de Rey Misterio then returned in November of that year, wrestling under the name El Hijo de Rey Misterio I. We now have, in order of debut: Rey Misterio Sr.; Rey Mysterio; El Hijo de Rey Misterio I; and El Hijo de Rey Misterio. To confuse matters even FURTHER, the original El Hijo de Rey Misterio sometimes wrestles as Rey Misterio Jr. The Misterio/Mysterio family also includes El Hijo de Rey Misterio's other cousin Metalika and his uncle Super Astro. More recently, Rey Jr.'s real-life son Wrestling/DominikMysterio was involved in a few of his dad's WWE storylines in his childhood (though not as a wrestler), and started formal wrestling training in 2017. In 2020, Dominik was brought into an angle between his father and Wrestling/SethRollins and had his in-ring debut against Rollins at ''Wrestling/SummerSlam''. Later that year, said angle was extended to include Dominik's younger sister Aalyah, though she has yet to be involved as a wrestler. In 2021, Rey and Dominik briefly held the [=SmackDown=] tag team belts. The Misterio family almost included a fictional member - bookers considered making Dioncio Castellanos a member of the family, and even considered giving him the Rey Misterio Jr. gimmick. However, he ended up becoming Rey Misterio Jr.'s arch-rival Wrestling/{{Psicosis}}.

** It also includes WWE female performers Wrestling/{{Naomi}} via marriage to Jimmy Uso and Wrestling/NiaJax, who is The Rock's cousin.

* Wrestling/CMPunk and Wrestling/AJLee are married since 2014.
* Wrestling/TheMiz and Wrestling/{{Maryse}} are married since 2014.
* Wrestling/MickieJames and Wrestling/NickAldis are married since 2015.
* Wrestling/MadisonRayne and Josh Matthews are married since 2015.

* Wrestling/JohnnyGargano and Wrestling/CandiceLeRae are married since 2016.
* Mercedes Varnado aka Wrestling/SashaBanks aka Mercedes Mone has been married to retired wrestler and WWE costume designer Sarath Ton aka Mikaze since 2016.
* Jonathan Good aka Wrestling/JonMoxley aka Dean Ambrose and Renee Paquette aka Renee Young are married since 2017.
* Wrestling/BiancaBelair and Montez Ford of the Street Profits are married since 2018.
* Wrestling/JohnMorrison and Taka Valkyrie are married since 2018.
* Wrestling/RoderickStrong and Marina Shafir are married since 2018.

* Wrestling/NikkiCross and Big Damo/Killian Dain are married since 2019.
* Wrestling/PeytonRoyce and Shawn Spears are married since 2019.
* Wrestling/SethRollins and Wrestling/BeckyLynch are married since 2021.
* Wrestling/KarrionKross and Wrestling/ScarlettBordeaux are married since 2022.
* Wrestling/SammyGuevara and Tay Melo are married since 2022.

* [[Wrestling/BillyGunn Monty Sopp]], better known as Billy '''Gunn''', has tagged with two of his sons in AEW as Gunn Club—first with older son Austin, and later with younger son Colten as well. The sons later [[{{Kayfabe}} split from their father]] and now tag team as The Gunn Club.

* The '''Flair''' family: Wrestling/RicFlair, his two sons David and Reid, and daughter Ashley (younger than David, older than Reid). David Flair had a brief run in Wrestling/{{WCW}} as a manager/backstage type who trained part-time at WCW's Power Plant wrestling school as more of a hobby than out of any real desire to wrestle for a living. As WCW quickly plunged into it's early 2000's AudienceAlienatingEra, he was pushed onto the card in actual matches long before he was ready to perform professionally. After WCW closed its doors, he had a mildly successful run in TNA and the independent circuit before retiring, and is today best remembered for his old [=TitanTron=] video. Younger son Reid was a highly decorated amateur wrestler in high school and college before making his professional debut in 2008. He later wrestled for a handful of [[Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance NWA]] affiliates. Sadly, Reid passed away on March 29, 2013 at the age of 25 from a drug overdose. As for Ashley, she's now one of WWE's top female stars as Wrestling/CharlotteFlair, and married [[Wrestling/AndradeCienAlmas Andrade El Ídolo]] in 2022. Ric's other daughter Megan (who made non-wrestling appearances on ''Monday Nitro'') is married to Conrad Thompson, a mortgage broker and (more importantly for this topic) a host/moderator of several prominent wrestling podcasts and promoter of the intermittently held Starrcast fan convention in Nashville. Thompson also organized ''Ric Flair's Last Match'', an indy supershow held on July 31, 2022 in conjunction with Starrcast, in which Ric worked what he [[TenMinuteRetirement now claims]] will be his last match ever as part of a tag team with Andrade.

* Garett '''Bischoff''', son of infamous WCW president Wrestling/EricBischoff, was a much hated part of TNA in 2012, due to the undeserved amount of screen time he got. In short, LikeFatherLikeSon.

* [[Wrestling/BillyGunn Monty Sopp]], better known as Billy '''Gunn''', has tagged with two of his sons in AEW as Gunn Club—first with older son Austin, and later with younger son Colten as well. The sons later [[{{Kayfabe}} split from their father]] and now tag team as The Gunns.

** Hulk did have one legitimate family member in wrestling. His nephew Horace wrestled for WCW.

* The '''Steiner''' Brothers are comprised of Robert "Rick Steiner" Rechsteiner and [[Wrestling/ScottSteiner Scott [=[Rechsteiner]=]]]. Later on, Rick's son Bronson also became a professional wrestler under the ring name "Bron Breakker".

* Wrestling/BrianPillman had a stepdaughter named Lexi '''Pillman''' who got into wrestling. Sadly she was killed in a car crash in 2009 before she had a chance to even get noticed on the indy scene. More recently, his son Brian Jr.[[note]]not actually a "Jr."; he's Brian Zachary, while his father was Brian William[[/note]] has entered the business, working successively in Wrestling/{{CZW}}, Wrestling/{{MLW}}, and [[Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling AEW]].

* The '''Lucero''' Twins Tiffany and Nicolth
* The Renegade Twins Charlette and Robyn

* Haley and Hanna '''Cavinder''' entered WWE's training center after calling time on their college basketball career in 2023.[[note]]Thanks to COVID-19, they could have returned for a fifth year of college basketball in 2023–24.[[/note]] Of course, it remains to be seen whether they'll make it as wrestlers.

* As noted, the '''[[Wrestling/SamoanDynasty Anoa'i]]''' family of Samoa has any number of relations. The Anoa'i branches of the family tree start with Wrestling/TheWildSamoans (Afa and Sika Anoa'i). All three of Afa's sons are wrestlers (Samu, Afa Jr. (also known as Manu), and Lloyd (who wrestles as Alofa the Samoan Tank or L.A. Smooth, depending)). Afa's daughter, Monica, was married to Gary Albright before Albright's death. Sika's sons Matt and Joseph are also wrestlers, the former best known as The Hurricane's sidekick, Rosey, and the latter as Wrestling/TheShield's muscle and later the WWE's new poster boy Wrestling/RomanReigns. Afa and Sika's two other siblings sired wrestlers — brother Junior's son Rodney wrestled as Wrestling/{{Yokozuna}}, and sister Vera Fatu's sons all wrestled (Sam as Tama, Solofa as many names, most famously Wrestling/{{Rikishi}}, and Eddie as Jamal then Wrestling/{{Umaga}}). Rikishi's twin sons Jonathan and Joshua became a top {{tag team}} as [[Wrestling/TheUsos Jimmy and Jey Uso]], Rikishi's another son Joseph Fatu known as Solo Sikoa in NXT 2.0 and main roster. Samu's son Lance also became a wrestler. Afa also has a nephew who wrestles most notably in Europe as Black Pearl.

* WWE's one-time "Million Dollar Man", Wrestling/TedDiBiase, is the son of mid 1940s debuting wrestler Helen Hild and the stepson of wrestler "Iron" Mike '''[=DiBiase=]'''. Ted's three sons, Mike, [[Wrestling/TedDiBiaseJr Ted Jr.]] and Brett have recently gone into the wrestling business. Ted Jr. was a midcard staple in WWE, Mike wrestles independents, and Brett was in WWE's training fed FCW and made a one-off appearance at Summerslam in 2009.

** Luna was married to and raised children with WWE's Attitude Era vampire [[Wrestling/DavidHeath Gangrel]]. Also, her godfather was Wrestling/AndreTheGiant. [[Website/{{Wikipedia}} The Other Wiki]] mentions that she was buried at a ranch that he used to own; presumably, this is the same ranch where his cremains were scattered.

* The '''Blanchard''' family consists of late wrestler and promoter Joe, who debuted in 1953 and had a run later that decade as Zorro in Texas before being unmasked by Cyclone Anaya; Joe's son Tully, most famous as part of Wrestling/TheFourHorsemen, later in AEW as on-screen manager of Wrestling/ThePinnacle and an off-screen producer, and now in ROH in similar roles; Tully's daughter Wrestling/{{Tessa|Blanchard}}; and her husband Daga (real name Miguel Ángel Olivo).

* Rey '''Misterio''' Sr., who debuted in 1976, and [[Wrestling/ReyMysterioJr Rey Misterio Jr.]] (now wrestling as Rey Mysterio), although they are uncle and nephew, rather than father and son. And, just to confuse matters, Rey Misterio Sr.'s son also wrestles under the same mask as El Hijo de Rey Misterio. To confuse matters even further, El Hijo de Rey Misterio briefly retired from professional wrestling, after which time Rey Misterio Sr. and Wrestling/{{Konnan}} introduced a new wrestler in May 2011 who also went by the name El Hijo de Rey Misterio (though his relationship to the Misterio family is unknown). The original El Hijo de Rey Misterio then returned in November of that year, wrestling under the name El Hijo de Rey Misterio I. We now have, in order of debut: Rey Misterio Sr.; Rey Mysterio; El Hijo de Rey Misterio I; and El Hijo de Rey Misterio. To confuse matters even FURTHER, the original El Hijo de Rey Misterio sometimes wrestles as Rey Misterio Jr. The Misterio/Mysterio family also includes El Hijo de Rey Misterio's other cousin Metalika and his uncle Super Astro. More recently, Rey Jr.'s real-life son Wrestling/DominikMysterio was involved in a few of his dad's WWE storylines in his childhood (though not as a wrestler), and started formal wrestling training in 2017. In 2020, Dominik was brought into an angle between his father and Wrestling/SethRollins and had his in-ring debut against Rollins at [=SummerSlam=]. Later that year, said angle was extended to include Dominik's younger sister Aalyah, though she has yet to be involved as a wrestler. In 2021, Rey and Dominik briefly held the [=SmackDown=] tag team belts. The Misterio family almost included a fictional member - bookers considered making Dioncio Castellanos a member of the family, and even considered giving him the Rey Misterio Jr. gimmick. However, he ended up becoming Rey Misterio Jr.'s arch-rival Wrestling/{{Psicosis}}.

* The '''Bellas''' have become a large wrestling family due to marriages and long-term relationships. In addition to Brie marrying Daniel Bryan and Nikki dating John Cena, their mother married John Laurinaitis, a wrestler known for his career in Japan and his role in WWE as a heel authority figure, as well as the brother of Road Warrior Animal.
* The '''Calaways''', starting with Wrestling/TheUndertaker, who also has wrestling family like second wife Sara, third and current wife Wrestling/MichelleMcCool and cousins Brian Lee aka the fake Undertaker and Ron and Don, the Harris twins, "The Disciples of Destruction" in USWA in turn leading to the "Brothers of Destruction" with Taker's kayfabe sibling Kane.

* The Sexy Purple Thunder Sisters, Mio and Io '''Shirai'''.

* The indy Briscoe Brothers best known in Wrestling/RingOfHonor aren't related to the legendary Brisco Brothers, but both sets are legit brothers themselves.

* [[Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys D-Von Dudley's]] twin sons Terrell and Terrence '''Hughes''' tag together as TNT, and have {{cameo}}ed on ''TNA Impact''.

** Vince's daughter Wrestling/{{Stephanie|McMahon}} got her first company gig in the mid 80's as a teenager when she modeled t-shirts and other merchandise in the [=WWF=] catalog. She was first introduced on screen in the late 90's by being almost "sacrificed" by the Undertaker. She later married Paul "Wrestling/TripleH" Levesque, faked a pregnancy, divorced him, and has been Women's Champion. Offscreen, she was the CEO and Chairwoman before her resignation shortly after her father-in-law's return to the company, and is married to Wrestling/TripleH for real. The two have three daughters, Aurora Rose (who has "appeared" in a hilariously disturbing sketch at ''Wrestling/WrestleMania''), Murphy Claire, born in 2008, and Vaughn Evelyn, born in 2010.

* Wrestling/GeorgeWagner debuted in 1929, found fame in the 30s as the TropeMaker for GorgeousGeorge and adopted a son who wrestled as Gorgeous George Jr. His grandnephew, wrestled as Gorgeous George III, then as The Maestro.
* Frank Murdoch, who worked under various gimmicks in Texas from the 1930s to [[LongRunner 60s]] had a step son who wrestled as the evil bar brawling biker Dick Murdoch. Dick Murdock also had a cousin known as Tim Brooks, bounty hunter and champion of various North American territories.

* The '''Guerrero''' family began with father Salvadore "Gori" Guerrero. Gori's four sons would all wrestle (Eddie, Chavo, Hector, and Mando).

** Two of Kevin's sons, Ross and Marshall, have finished training as wrestlers. After working for Wrestling/HarleyRace in his independent WLW promotion, and also working in Japan with Wrestling/ProWrestlingNoah, they made their TNA debut at Slammiversary XII in 2014. They didn't last long in TNA, shuttling between Pro Wrestling Noah and various stateside indies for a few years. Most recently, they signed a long-term deal with Wrestling/{{MLW}} in 2019, with said contract allowing them occasional Japanese appearances. They held MLW's tag team title from November 2019 to January 2021, dropping the belts to another family team in Los Parks (see below).

* The '''Finlay''' Family, David Finlay Sr. and his father were wrestlers in the Irish and British scene. David Sr's wife, Evelyn, was the back office manager and driving force behind the Northern Ireland Olympic Wrestling Association. David and Evelyn's son, David Jr. aka Fit Finlay would make a name for himself in Catch Wrestling Association, Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, Wrestling/{{WCW}} and Wrestling/{{WWE}}. Their daughter, Wendy, was a referee in the business. Fit's ex-wife was wrestler and manager, Princess Paula and his son, David III, currently works for New Japan.

* The '''Calaways''', starting with Wrestling/TheUndertaker, who also has wrestling family like second wife Sara, third and current wife Wrestling/MichelleMcCool and cousins Brian Lee aka the fake Undertaker and Ron and Don, the Harris twins, "The Disciples Of Destruction" in USWA in turn leading to the "Brothers of Destruction" with Taker's kayfabe sibling Kane.

* Boris '''Malenko''' (Lawrence Simon) and sons Wrestling/{{Dean|Malenko}} and Joe. Carl Malenko (Carl Ognibene) was considered a step-brother by Dean and Joe, but he wasn't related to them by blood. There's also Debbie Malenko and Chad Malenko (former TNA/ROH jobber Chad Collyer), who aren't related to the family but were allowed to take up the name after training under the Malenkos.

* Flair's longtime [[Wrestling/TheFourHorsemen stablemate]] {{Wrestling/Arn|Anderson}} '''Anderson''', is not only a member of the fictional Anderson family, but has now been joined in the business by his son Brock, who also wrestles under the Anderson surname. Both are now in AEW, Arn as a producer and Brock as a wrestler.

* [[Wrestling/BillyGunn Monty Sopp]], better known as Billy '''Gunn''', tags with two of his sons in AEW as Gunn Club—first with older son Austin, and now with younger son Colten as well.

* Florida standout Ann '''[=LaVerne=]''' would get with Mississippi standout Roberto Pico (who had debuted as Pancho Villa in 1937). Later Ann's daughter Marie (who wrestled with her mother's maiden name) and son Bobby Lane([[IHaveManyNames another old ring name]] of Roberto's) would become wrestlers who found success in Texas and the central states, respectively. Marie would marry Canadian Gordon Nelson, who worked under the "Mister Wrestling #2" gimmick and their son Steve would then become a wrestler before going to compete in shoot wrestling and mixed martial arts and even had his own promotion for a time.

* Rey '''Misterio''' Sr., who debuted in 1976, and [[Wrestling/ReyMysterioJr Rey Misterio Jr.]] (now wrestling as Rey Mysterio), although they are uncle and nephew, rather than father and son. And, just to confuse matters, Rey Misterio Sr.'s son also wrestles under the same mask as El Hijo de Rey Misterio. To confuse matters even further, El Hijo de Rey Misterio briefly retired from professional wrestling, after which time Rey Misterio Sr. and Wrestling/{{Konnan}} introduced a new wrestler in May 2011 who also went by the name El Hijo de Rey Misterio (though his relationship to the Misterio family is unknown). The original El Hijo de Rey Misterio then returned in November of that year, wrestling under the name El Hijo de Rey Misterio I. We now have, in order of debut: Rey Misterio Sr.; Rey Mysterio; El Hijo de Rey Misterio I; and El Hijo de Rey Misterio. To confuse matters even FURTHER, the original El Hijo de Rey Misterio sometimes wrestles as Rey Misterio Jr. The Misterio/Mysterio family also includes El Hijo de Rey Misterio's other cousin Metalika and his uncle Super Astro. More recently, Rey Jr.'s real-life son Dominik was involved in a few of his dad's WWE storylines in his childhood (though not as a wrestler), and started formal wrestling training in 2017. In 2020, Dominik was brought into an angle between his father and Wrestling/SethRollins and had his in-ring debut against Rollins at [=SummerSlam=]. Later that year, said angle was extended to include Dominik's younger sister Aalyah, though she has yet to be involved as a wrestler. In 2021, Rey and Dominik briefly held the [=SmackDown=] tag team belts. The Misterio family almost included a fictional member - bookers considered making Dioncio Castellanos a member of the family, and even considered giving him the Rey Misterio Jr. gimmick. However, he ended up becoming Rey Misterio Jr.'s arch-rival Wrestling/{{Psicosis}}.