Rafferty/Mills Connection - Kevin Von Erich Interview (1/8)

A podcast interview held on Tuesday 11th May 2010 with former professional wrestler, Kevin Von Erich, a sibling of a legendary wrestling family and the star of World Class Championship Wrestling based in Dallas, Texas. Kevin shares his insight and knowledge on the rise and fall of the Von Erich's and WCCW. Topics range from the WWE inducting the Von Erich's into the Hall of Fame, his start in wrestling, psychology, wrestling styles, his rise to fame, the media, Gary Hart, the feud with the Fabulous Freebirds, his brothers' deaths, Gino Hernandez and Chris Adams, Bruiser Brody, the new resurgence of the WCCW/Von Erich story (including thoughts on the documentaries), Lance Von Erich and other topics. It's all revealed in this eight-part in-depth telephone interview.

*Note*: There is some audio difficulty with Kevin's telephone line for a short period during the interview. This should not affect your listening pleasure.

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• kevin
• von
• erich
• adkisson
• interview
• rafferty
• mills
• connection
• world
• class
• championship
• wrestling
• wccw
• wwf
• nwa
• wcw
• hall
• of
• fame
• 2010
• fritz
• david
• kerry
• chris
• mike
• gino
• hernandez
• adams
• bruiser
• brody
• michael
• hayes
• fabulous
• freebirds
• lance
• tragedy
• triumph

[jenbunny1984]

What a great guy

[HorrorFreak68]

Why can't Kevin JUST tell the TRUTH about his family and how wild they were? Every other wrestler that talks or writes a book talks about how many drugs all of them took. I grew up in Dallas, and even back in the early 80s, I could tell that Kerry was high every time he did an interview. Read Ric Flair's book if you want more details.

[rtfuhj]

Greatest family in wrestling history from my state! But i still think kerry was the best he was my hero!

[doublepenetr8or]

Now who on Earth carries loose asprin, or any other pill in their pocket??

[louie817]

Most people would avoid the fans after all the tragedy the Von Erich family went through, but Kevin stayed a class act. No matter where you saw him, if you approached him in a kind manner to shake his hand or ask for an autograph Kevin would do so with a smile and with an honest "Thank you" afterwards.

[MarvinYoureNaked]

Can't believe they hassled Kerry over a bunch of soiled aspirin.

[HCL808]

Kevin Von Erich a class act. Saw Kevin and Dick Slater wrestle the Kiwis in a tag team match at the Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu. This was one of the matches from the old "Wrestling Hawaii" tv show in the late 70s. Before he wrestled barefeet. After all the family tragedies, He's shown to be a man of character

[henryj32]

A class act! these guys were famous for wrestling stiff . mccmahon has ruined wrestling with his circus . Kevin and kerry would kick your ass in the ring

[jackson5781]

Kevin has went through so much you have to feel for him at the end of the day

[hershysquirts187]

kevin is awsome