5 WWE Superstars who surpassed their brothers

Professional wrestling is very much a family business. The current roster is packed with second and third generation Superstars who are following in their family's footsteps. The Flairs, The Harts, and even The McMahons, there are a multitude of family trees stretching back into the annals of professional wrestling.

It's not all father and sons, and mothers and daughters, of course, and a lot of the time whole generations of families can be in the business at one time. We've seen brothers do battle against one another and when it comes to the Samoan Dynasty in WWE, every family member imaginable going up against each other.

While having wrestling in your genes can often mean you'll take to the business, it doesn't mean you're necessarily going to be the best your particular family has to offer. If you're wrestling at the same time as a sibling, then unless you're twins like The Usos, one of you has to be better, even if it's only ever so slightly.

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#5 Dolph Ziggler

Dolph Ziggler

Dolph Ziggler may be an established name in WWE right now, but it wasn't all plain sailing for The Showoff. Some of you may recall how he made his main roster debut. For those who don't, Ziggler was once a member of the male cheerleading themed faction the Spirit Squad.

Even if Dolph's only experience in the main roster had been with his cheerleader pals, then he would have sadly still enjoyed more success than his pro wrestling younger brother, Ryan. Ryan was also signed to WWE for a time but never made it past the NXT stage.

The younger Ziggler - real last name Nemeth - still continues to wrestle on the independent circuit. Dolph is pretty vocal about not getting the shots he thinks he's owed in WWE. He should consider himself lucky that he's even getting a shot at the big time at all, unlike his younger brother.

#4 Paige

Paige performing the PTO on Becky Lynch

Now is most certainly the time for women to excel in WWE. Never have the females in the company been given a bigger and brighter spotlight than they're being awarded right now, and they're certainly making the most of it.

Previously in professional wrestling, a sister excelling and achieving greater things than her brother would have been almost unheard of. Well no longer, as Paige has already gone far beyond what her siblings have achieved in the industry. Both she and her brother tried out for WWE on multiple occasions, but up until this point, only Paige has made it.

Hopefully, all of the accomplishments that the former Divas' Champion has achieved up until this point in WWE won't be eclipsed by the mishaps that have taken place during the last year and a half. When fully fit and focused the British Superstar is a tremendous asset to the company.

#3 Roman Reigns

Roman Reigns on his way to the ring

Roman Reigns is quite proudly a member of perhaps the biggest pro wrestling family there is. It seems that if you're from Samoa you're destined to be a wrestler, and somehow related to every other Samoan who has ever wrestled. The Rock is Roman's cousin, as are The Usos, Rikishi is his uncle, and that really is just the tip of the iceberg.

There's one wrestling relative of Roman's that you may not have been aware of though, and that's his older brother. Cast your minds back to a time when The Hurricane was on WWE's roster. At one point he had a sidekick named Rosey. That man was The Big Dog's brother who sadly passed away earlier this year.

Despite being much younger than Rosey, Reigns has already accomplished a lot more than his brother managed while under Vince McMahon's tutelage. The superhero side kick was a Tag Team Champion at one time, while big brother Roman is already a two-time WWE Champion and counting.

#2 Charlotte Flair

Charlotte Flair

Paige isn't the only female worthy of making this list, and also not the only one with the blood of a professional wrestling based family coursing through her veins. Charlotte Flair has seemingly set out to not only emulate the accomplishments of her Hall of Fame father but to surpass them, and if she does she'll also eclipse her brother along the way.

That's right, long before Charlotte had ever stepped foot in a WWE ring there was another Flair sibling looking to carry on the legacy of the Nature Boy. At the turn of the century, WCW introduced us to Ric's son, David Flair. With WCW winding down by the point David arrived, his career naturally didn't take off.

It wasn't just WCW though, and when WWE signed baby Flair to a developmental contract it, soon became clear that he didn't have the 'it' factor his father did. Charlotte most definitely does though, and it's hard to imagine her not surpassing her father's record of 16 championships by the time she's done wrestling.

#1 Jeff Hardy

Jeff Hardy takes on The Miz on Raw

There's one thing that all the previous entries on this list have in common. They weren't known for working together as a team. The lesser sibling in each duo could argue that if given the same opportunities at the same time they could have done just as well as their brother or sister. Well, there's no arguing that with this entry.

Matt and Jeff Hardy will predominantly be known as a tag team. They rose to fame in WWE as a tag team, and they've recently returned to the company as a duo almost 20 years later. There was a time in WWE however when the company split them up and it was plain to see who exactly was the better brother.

As a singles star, Jeff was far and away the better competitor. While his brother Matt got stuck in the mid-card, Jeff was all the way at the top competing in main events and winning World Championships. Matt becoming Broken in TNA may have earned him some prominence, but we're yet to see that side of him in a WWE ring.