3 WWE 2nd generation stars who surpassed their parents (and 3 who didn't)

#4 Surpassed - Eddie Guerrero

Eddie Guerrero's legacy was so great that his impact surpassed his father's shadow

Eddie Guerrero was one of the greatest technical wrestlers that the world had ever seen. One of four sons born to the legendary wrestling promoter Gory Guerrero, Eddie grew up wrestling during the intermission of the shows his father ran in El Paso, Texas while he was growing up. Eddie would spend 7 years wrestling for both of the major Mexican promotions, CMLL, and Triple-A, before wrestling in Japan for NJPW. After Japan, Eddie signed a contract with WCW to wrestle alongside fellow NJPW roster member Chris Benoit. While with WCW, Eddie won both the US Heavyweight Championship and the Cruiserweight title.

He then left WCW with Chris Benoit, Dean Malenko, and Perry Saturn for the WWE as part of the Radicalz. It was in the WWE that Guerrero would make a real name for himself. While with the promotion Guerrero won almost every title available in the company, including the European, US, Intercontinental, and Tag Team title before finally winning the WWE title on February 15, 2004.

Unfortunately, Eddie Guerrero passed away on November 13, 2005. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame the following year.

Eddie's father, Gory Guerrero, was an incredibly influential wrestler in the 1950s and 60s, wrestling alongside legendary luchador El Santo. Gory is credited with inventing several wrestling moves including the Camel Clutch, the Gory Special, the Gory Bomb, the Reverse STO, and Widow's Peak. Gory won many national and world titles during his time with Mexican promotion Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre, which would later become CMLL, but had limited success in American markets.

He did manage to challenge Lou Thesz for the NWA World Heavyweight title in Mexico City but lost in a Two Out of Three Falls match. Gory Guerrero's career ended in NWA Hollywood with the elder Guerrero feuding with a young wrestler named Roddy Piper.