8 Wrestling Families Involved in "Family Feuds"
Families are a huge part of a person's life. Feuds can arise in wrestling, as professional wrestlers are usually on the road, which does not leave much time for their families. In some cases though, their families are also in the wrestling business, and it can make for some compelling stories.
Let’s face it; everyone has family drama, but not everyone wants it out in the open. In the wrestling world, if your family is involved, sometimes that plays into a wrestler's on-screen character.
Fans want to be able to relate to a star and people can always relate to family drama. There have been many stories in professional wrestling that revolve around “family feuds”.
Most of those storylines only involve on-screen family members, not neccessarily the star's biological family. For example, Kane and The Undertaker are not biological brothers, but they are so in the WWE Universe.
There are many famous wrestling families in the business. Some of these families have been in it for years. For example, The Rock comes from the Anona’i family. Current WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns is also part of that family.
The Usos, Nia Jax, Tamina; all current members of the WWE roster that fall into this bloodline.
Roman Reigns and The Usos are currently in a storyline with The Mysterios. This is a perfect example of two different wrestling families facing off in the ring.
Here is a list of some notable “family feuds” that have happened throughout wrestling history. This list is compiled not only of families vs other families but also feuds within the same families.
#8. The Steiners Brothers Feud
Rick and Scott Steiner are two of the most well-known and largest real-life brothers in professional wrestling. They started wrestling together in the late 1980s and have since won multiple championships.
They dominated tag team divisions throughout the early to mid-90s, but things quickly changed for them in the late 90s during their time in WCW.
The Steiner brothers had a pretty notable feud with Stevie Ray and Booker T of Harlem Heat (who would be considered honorable mentions on this list because they had a short “family feud”)
Post this feud, Scott Steiner would get hurt and be out for quite a bit of time. When he returned he had a much different look. He cut his hair, had a goatee, and was even larger than he was before.
As the two brothers were feuding with Kevin Nash and Scott Hall of the NWO, things really started to change.
Scott was getting sick of his brother and would refuse to tag Rick in, often working full matches by himself. Rick would then be frustrated that Scott would not let him help in the match.
During their match with Nash and Hall at SuperBrawl VIII, Scott Steiner would turn on his brother and join the New World Order. Scott attacked Rick, ending their team altogether.
The next night he changed his look and became “Big Pappa Pump”, sporting his bleach blonde hair and goatee. He would align himself with NWO member Buff Bagwell, with whom he also had a notable feud.
This would upset Rick Steiner even more and the two would battle it out multiple times in singles and tag team competition. Rick never seemed to recover from the breakup.
Scott would go on to have very successful singles runs in multiple different promotions after the fall of WCW. Meanwhile, Rick would wrestle in various promotions but would fade off into the distance, only making one-off appearances.
The Steiner Brothers split was shocking in its time, but now, it has gone down in history as a great “family feud” in wrestling. The two teamed together in a few promotions when Scott needed a tag team partner but their feud seemed to be the end of their historic tag team run.