Biggest case of nepotism in wrestling EDIT: Added Charlotte

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

Cant decide between david flair and bischoff

Everyone else is at least somewhat talented

Charlotte is talented regardless of last name

She def wouldnt have as many title reigns without it though

 

[Champagne Kudo]

Chuck

 

[R=G]

Think about Stephanie for a sec..she would be less than a hooker on the street if not for her father.

 

[JerseyBoy23]

Charlotte might not be a 10 time champ already but Vince would def push a tall athletic blonde over everybody else like he did with McCool before she dated Taker.

 

[TheBigBopper]

Charlotte might not be a 10 time champ already but Vince would def push a tall athletic blonde over everybody else like he did with McCool before she dated Taker.

Chuck got a man face though. Michelle McCool was attractive.

 

[Rell Lauren]

Stephanie and Shane are the children of the boss. They'd have a role in the company even if they weren't in the ring.

The biggest beneficiary of nepotism at the moment is Charlotte for the reasons many have stated. She's not great on the mic, she's reckless in the ring and she's on pace to eclipse her father's record while still in her prime. She's the furthest from the greatest women's wrestler in the world, but her positioning in the company would make one think otherwise.

 

[JerseyBoy23]

Would Braun and Alexa count? They aren’t related to anyone but I feel like management gives them preferential treatment for having no indie quirks and doing things the WWE way, and for looking like prototypical WWE stars.

Someone shorter or less menacing than Braun would never get his type of push after only 5 years in the biz and Bliss, I’ll give her due for her promo skills but look at how high she’s gotten.

 

[luckyse7enz]

How the fukk isn't it Shane McMahon?

This guy has booked himself in WrestleMania matches with The Undertaker, AJ Styles, Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, and Daniel Bryan....after the age of 40.

I'm even giving the Best In the World bit a pass, but these Mania slots....nah.

 

[ThaBronxBully]

Hate All You Want But Stephanie And Shane And Educated, Smart Worked Hard Paid Dues And Are Good At What They Do

I Can See If They Graduated HS, Sat On Their Ass A Few Years Then Got A Cushy WWE Job Making 400k But No One Knows What They Do

 

[jwinfield]

This guy has booked himself in WrestleMania matches with The Undertaker, AJ Styles, Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, and Daniel Bryan....after the age of 40.

And giving all of those guys go

 

[OVER]

Erik Watts or David Sammartino

David Sammartino was a pawn and used as a means to get Bruno back. The moment he was on wwf television his dad was managing him.

He knew he was a prop and fell out with Bruno over it and got fired for submitting to a bear hug that was applied by a job guy in a match he was supposed to win the second time he was fired was for punching a fan who spit on him. He's on the list of wrestlers who nepotism failed with Brian Christopher.

 

[stro]

I think you really have to scale the talent to position because like....Charlotte in her position and David Flair in his position are completely different things. A shytty second generation talent in a lower card role going nowhere ultimately isn't really a big deal, so you have to find a garbage second generation or spouse talent that were active in major roles and top of the card shyt that hurt the segments and ultimately the company.

I would rule out Shane and Stephanie because obviously they're great performers. Same for Charlotte. HHH was overpushed before he was even dating Stephanie in secret, let alone a member of the family, so I'm not sure it's really nepotism for him, plus he's proven to be worthy of his role with NXT alone.

The real answer is probably something like....Bruce fukking Hart. Or Debra.

 

[The G.O.D II]

Now Jax would be a charter school 1st grade teacher if not for Rock. She has not redeeming qualities at all

 

[R=G]

Hate All You Want But Stephanie And Shane And Educated, Smart Worked Hard Paid Dues And Are Good At What They Do

I Can See If They Graduated HS, Sat On Their Ass A Few Years Then Got A Cushy WWE Job Making 400k But No One Knows What They Do

Worked hard? Huh?

 

[Potential Spam]

Nepotism got Charlotte in ESPN’s body issue, so I’m goin’ with her.

shyt, they GAVE her a full name 4 years into her run (probably so outsiders would understand why they kept pushin’ her, since Charlotte alone wasn’t obvious enough) when they usually shorten full names, if anything.