1.The McMahons
Vince McMahon convinced his father to sell in
the WWF and took the promotion and made it into one of the greatest and most
successful businesses of all time.
And remember, this is wrestling.
McMahon and his family have also gotten in the
ring to shake things up, held wrestling titles and provided enough drama to
give Days of Our Lives a run for its money.
McMahon's fertile mind also brought us
WrestleMania, characters like the Undertaker and Stone Cold Steve Austin and
made wrestling mainstream.
And just think, Triple H married into the brood,
which was a smart move.
Think of what would have happened had he not
signed Hulk Hogan away from the AWA and made him the WWF Champion? We may have
seen Jimmy Snuka as our savior.
2.The Anoaʻi Family
Pay attention, we are keeping score. No family
from American Samoa has made as much of an impact on professional
wrestling as the Anoa'i's.
Afa and Sika became wrestlers, forming the tag
team the Wild Samoans. Afa had three sons who all got into the business. Samula
(best known as Samu), Afa Jr. (known as Manu) and Lloyd (best known as L.A.
Smooth).
Sika's older son Matt Anoa'i wrestled under the
name Ro'Z and Rosey. He teamed with Shane Helms (Hurricane) to form a fun
cartoonish tag team in the WWE.
Part of the Anoa'i family also included Fatu
(known as Tama and Tonga Kid), Solofa Fatu Jr. (as Fatu, Rikishi Phatu and
Junior Fatu) and Eddie Fatu (known as Jamal and Umaga). Umaga died
in 2009.
Rikishi's family is still alive and well and
going strong in the WWE. Two of his sons, Jonathan and Joshua, are now
wrestlers as Jimmy and Jey Uso.
And let's not forget Yokozuna, who was also a
member of the family and one of the biggest wrestlers of all time.
Now that you have caught your breath, the
American Samoa connection to wrestling has always been treated with great
respect as the culture and the importance of the these wrestler's heritage has
always been a huge part of wrestling promotions across the globe.
3.The Guerreros
Maybe the most famous Mexican wrestling
family in wrestling history, three generations of the Guerrero led by Gory
Guerrero have wrestled world wide and on American soil.
The family is so popular and has been so
instrumental in the business that the Guerreros can claim to have been in
almost every major wrestling promotion ever founded, including the
WWE, WCW, Extreme Championship Wrestling, the National Wrestling Alliance,
New Japan Pro Wrestling, All Japan Pro Wrestling, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre and TNA
Wrestling.
While the Guerrreros have been immensely
popular, maybe no one wrestler has exemplified the Lucha Libre style of
wrestling more than the late Eddie Guerrero.
Gory's main claim to the business is producing
six children who all have had an impact on the business.
Chavo Guerrero, Sr. is the oldest of the
Guerrero boys, who made his debut in 1974 and was active until he was released
by the WWE. Chavo Guerrero, Jr. is Chavo's son, made his debut in 1994 as the
first third generation Guerrero to be a professional wrestler. He is currently
in TNA Impact Wrestling.
Mando Guerrero is the second oldest who
also started in pro wrestling in 1974, worked mainly in California and with the
American Wrestling Association.
Héctor Guerrero started in pro wrestling in 1977
and is now working as on the Spanish announce team for TNA Wrestling.
Eddie Guerrero was the youngest Guerrero
brother by 13 years but also the most well known. He died in 2005. His wife
Vickie is currently on Raw and has served as general manger of the WWE on both
Raw and Smackdown.
Their daughter, Shaul made her debut in 2010 as
the second third generation Guerrero to be a professional wrestler.
4.The Hart Family
They kept coming at you like they were coming
out of the woodwork. Led by WWE Hall of Famer Stu Hart, the legendary
family from Canada has been instrumental in the growth of professional wrestling
for decades.
