5 Current and former WWE Superstars whose parents you might not know were also wrestlers

#1 Carmella is the daughter of former WWE Superstar Paul Van Dale

Former WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Carmella has come a long way since she debuted in the company. Carmella signed with WWE in 2013, and she started from NXT.

Carmella is now one of the top women in the company and has made headlines for all the right reasons. While fans know a lot about The Princess of Staten Island, a few might not know that her father was a former WWE Superstar.

Carmella was a guest on Lilian Garcia's Chasing Glory podcast in 2018, and she spoke about how a lot of people don’t know that her father was a wrestler in WWE.

"A lot of people don't know that. I don't really put it out there that much, but he did a lot of enhancement work. He wrestled Razor Ramon, 'Superfly' Jimmy Snuka. There has been so many; Big Boss Man, Papa Shango, so, I really did grow up wrestling because my dad watched it every week, and I am making myself sound a little older, but we used to record Monday Night Raw on VHS every single Monday night because he would work nights so we would watch it the next day together after I would come home from school. Growing up, of course I was the coolest girl in the 3rd grade because I told everyone that my dad was a wrestler and I would bring in these wrestling magazines of him and, every Saturday morning he would be body slamming me on my bed. He would put on a big show whenever I would have my friends sleepover for sleepovers we would always do that. Now, I am here, and never did I think I would be in a wrestling ring after watching him do it."

So proud of my daughter “carmella “ pic.twitter.com/ejorgZcWZi

— paul chainsaw vandale (@brawler54) November 1, 2020

Carmella has revealed in a few interviews and WWE videos how her father was the reason why she decided to become a WWE wrestler. She is currently performing on the SmackDown brand and has been a top contender for the SmackDown Women’s Championship.