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

# 2 Surpassed - Jake "The Snake" Roberts

Jake the Snake Roberts alongside his father as a child with his half-sister

While it wasn't spoken about much during his tenure at the WWF, Jake "The Snake" Roberts was a second-generation wrestler. Robert's father Grizzly Smith wrestled for NWA Georgia, as well as the World Wide Wrestling Federation, the American Wrestling Association, and in Japan for the International Wrestling Enterprise promotion. Smith was predominantly a tag-team wrestler, winning a variety of tag team titles, mainly with Luke Brown as the Kentuckians.

Smith's son, Jake, wrestled in the World Wrestling Federation in the late 80s to the mid-90s, making his debut for the promotion in March 1986. During his career, Roberts was praised for his psychology, his incredible promo ability, and his ring work - the last of which involved Roberts knocking out opponents with his DDT. He would then wrap his pet snake Damien around his opponent's prone body. Roberts is one of the best wrestlers to never win a WWF title during his career, but he was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2014.

Much has been made about Jake's comments about his father, including accusations that his father raped his biological mother when she was 12. Roberts also spoke about how his father would act as though the wrestling was real, scaring him with his injuries.

Robert's half-sister also wrestled for the WWF as Rockin' Robin.