4 second-generation wrestlers who never made it to the WWE main roster

A famous parent will get your foot in the door of the WWE, but not necessarily on the main roster
A famous parent will get your foot in the door of the WWE, but not necessarily on the main roster

# 3 Dakota Darsow

Son of Demolition's Smash, Dakota Darsow failed to make a similar impact to his famous father
Son of Demolition's Smash, Dakota Darsow failed to make a similar impact to his famous father

The name Barry Darsow won't be familiar to most wrestling fans. Barry Darsow wrestled for the WWF between 1987 to 1993. Darsow is probably best remembered as being Smash, one half of the dominant Demolition Stable whose first tag team title reign lasted 478 days which was recently passed by the New Day. However, during the 90s he also wrestled as the Repo Man

Barry Darsow's son, Dakota Darsow, also beame a professional wrestler and in 2008 signed a developmental deal with the WWE and was sent Florida Championship Wrestling. Wrestling under both his real name and as Barry Allen for the promotion from 2008 until his release in 2009. During his time he would wrestle future WWE stars like Drew McIntyre, and Derrick Bateman, as well as wrestle other pedigreed wrestlers like Tank Mulligan, Brett DiBiase, and DH Smith.

Dakota would be released from his developmental contract with WWE in the middle of 2009. He continued to wrestle after his release, eventually signing with TNA but he failed to make a significant mark there. His last match was for the Legends of Wrestling promotion where he faced Deimos.

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