Blood has been married five times. First to Maureen Powers from 1977 until divorce in 1980, he later married his second wife Debra in 1981, they divorced in 1985 after four years of marriage, Blood then married his third wife Bonny Hastings in 1985, together they have a son, Richard Jr. (born July 7, 1987), who is also a wrestler, their marriage ended in a divorce in 2003. After divorcing from Hastings, Blood married his fourth wife Claudia Sobieski in 2004. They divorced in 2012. Blood married his fifth wife, Sandi McAlister, in 2017.