The Von Erich Family Legend

Tribute/Memorial to the first family of Texas wrestling, The Von Erich's.

Fritz, Kevin, Kerry, David, Mike, and Chris.

Legacy.

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• WCCW
• World
• Class
• Championship
• Wrestling
• Dallas
• Lacey
• TX
• legacy
• VonErich
• brothers
• sportatorium
• claw
• Texas
• Tornado
• desire

[irnmadn99]

this was awesome,brings back alot of memories,I remember these guys doing the pizza hut commercials,and kicking ass in the ring...sure wish I could go back to that era.

[janborrowitz]

Wrestlers dont die, they are only sleeping and waiting for awakening in the memories of their fans

[edrielaoii]

i love texas tornado

[Jiltedin2007]

Wrestling's First Family - The Von Erichs!

[gcba33]

@LWilson74

great post bro.

[gcba33]

I used to love to watch you wrestle Kerry. R.I.P

[TheDrivechill]

R.I.P Von Erich family! They are legends of wrestling! 8(

[LWilson74]

No one may believe it, but back in the early 80's before anyone in Texas knew or cared anything about wrestling outside of Texas, the Von Erichs were almost as big as the Cowboys were. Von Erich was a household name; when you mentioned that name EVERYONE knew exactly who you were talking about. Thats cuz if you weren't staying up every Friday night to watch them, all of your neighbors surely were!!!

[xRandax94]

I think the Von Erichs are a very underrated family. They have done alot for the busness and they are not mentioned as much as the other families. It upsets me that they were not even mentioned in that WWE Top 50 greatest superstars of all time

[peterp21]

From what I have read, they were a close-knit family, and each brother idolized their older brothers. For a small, less athletic kid like Chris you could see why he idolized Kerry, who looked like a comic book hero come to life. In retrospect it's sad (though understandable) that Mike and Chris, the smaller brothers chose/were pushed to go into wrestling. I understand that Mike was more artistic (music/photography) and Chris was a real animal lover.

[peterp21]

In the good old days, I was able to catch WCCW on ESPN (and AWA, NWA/JCP, and WWF). A wonderful time to become a 9 year old wrestling fan. WCCW wasn't my specialty, but the Von Erichs are absolute legends. A highlight of the PS2 game Legends of Wrestling was to be able to team up Fritz, David, Kerry and Kevin for some 8-man tag team action. And what a tragedy. I think clinical depression played as big a role as drugs for them. Imagine your brothers dying so young, just soul crushing.

[daniel679867]

@TexarkanaBraveheart you got it bro these kids now days do not know what real wrestling is yeah back then you had props and stuff but when they got mad at each other back then it was not fake all the time like the crap they show now days the Von Erich's were the best and always will be the best i knew them personally and really miss them very much.