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While WWE plans stories to get more viewers, it sometimes scraps them midway. However, some well-known storylines were continued and they did entertain people. As it is a business affair, many tag teams and families became popular and filled the sales and viewership charts. Fake family members were presented with an interesting story and most of the people assumed them as real. These "family" relationships helped many big stars get a good start in the early stage of their career and it also helped them to connect with people.
These kayfabe families include former World Champions, Hall of Famers and present superstars as well. We are known to many wrestling families but not every fact has got our attention. Though the list is long, let's take a look at some wrestling families created for hype but which made with a good story.
#5 The Andersons
The Anderson family started off in the late 1960s with Lars Anderson and Gene Anderson. Although Lars and Gene weren't really brothers, they brought in Ole and Arn Anderson and called them brother and nephew respectively.
Surprisingly, Gene was the only wrestler of the faction whose name was really Anderson. The team also claimed 'The Nature Boy' Ric Flair to be their cousin.
The team won over 11 different tag team championships at various wrestling promotions.
# 4 Dudley Boyz
The Dudley Boyz debuted in WWE in 1999 and are considered to be one of the greatest tag teams of all time by fans and many veterans. They were the ones who made tables famous in wrestling. WWE has announced that The Dudley Boyz will be inducted into the WWE Hall Of Fame class of 2018.
WWE portrayed them as half-brothers, Bubba Ray Dudley and D Von Dudley. They later appeared on ECW, WCW, NWA, TNA and IWGP with many other names like Team 3D, Brother Ray and Brother Devon.
It turned out to be even more puzzling when they were joined by Spike Dudley and who was said to be their cousin. With their created or non-related tag team, they won many championships in many wrestling promotions around the world and are fan favourites.
#3 Big Show and Andre The Giant
Big Show is one of the strongest wrestlers in WWE today. He is the only man to have held the WCW, WWE, World Heavyweight and ECW titles. Andre The Giant is a legend in the business being the inaugural inductee into the WWE Hall Of Fame and his much-remembered feud with Hulk Hogan.
Though they both had a similar build, they were not related to each other.
Having a body figure similar to Andre The Giant, Big Show was billed as Andre's son in WCW and was also called 'The Giant'.Though they later dropped this, Big Show had already gotten the limelight and was off to a terrific start.
#2 Edge and Christian
Edge and Christian had their own story of being portrayed as brothers but were then retconned as childhood friends.The two started wrestling in 1997 with their team known as 'The Brood'. They were popular among people with their comedy and mockery.
The faction broke in 2001. Performing as individuals, Edge won 11 WWE Championships along with many other titles. Christian also enjoyed various title runs with WWE and other wrestling promotions like TNA and ICW.
Both reunited in 2011 and appeared on different events before Edge retired due a neck injury followed by Christian.
#1 The Brothers of Destruction
In October 1997, Kane debuted with Paul Bearer who said that Kane was undertaker's half-brother and had come to seek revenge from The Undertaker for killing his parents and burning his face. Kane cost Undertaker his match against Shawn Michaels which gave birth to an unforgettable feud.
Both of them teamed up and dominated the tag team division. They had rivalries with Triple H, Stone Cold Steve Austin, DDP and many more. Both led devastating attacks, using the Tombstone Piledriver as a common finisher together.
The duo part ways and reunited several times since 2006 along with individual feuds. Though the team won 4 Tag Team Championships together and were not brothers, it was arguably the best Tag Team ever with two of the most destructive wrestlers, The Undertaker and Kane.
